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After an enjoyable night of team-bonding and reminiscing about our two weeks spent in Tamil Nadu, the boys woke up for their final morning at RTU bleary eyed, but ready to begin the long journey home. A feeling of accomplishment was in the air as we finished our final breakfast, packed our bags and tookContinue reading “Day 16 and Final Thoughts”

We left RTU at 8:30am to go on a 2-hour bus drive towards Madurai. We began by visiting the Meenakshi Amman Temple, with huge towers on the all sides. After giving up shoes, bags and phones before entering the temple, we walked around the ancient structure admiring the statues and art whilst learning about theContinue reading “Day 15!”

Rain struck RTU for the very first time, as the boys made preparations to head over to the building sites one last time. Emotions ran high as we were greeted with smiles and signs of extreme gratitude. Within what seemed like seconds, the first ribbon was cut and house number 1 was officially unveiled. WeContinue reading “Day 14!”

The last day of work for us started like any other, with the boys super tired we all struggled to head off to work ready to finish off the jobs we started 2 weeks ago. Luckily, the work wasn’t too intensive, and with most of the groups completely finished already a lot of the timeContinue reading “Day 13!”

Day 12 was very eventful for all the boys, starting with the release of our ATARs at 1:30am this morning. Some chose to see it this morning, whilst others stayed up late to see it. One of us (Sarge), went the extra mile and stayed up all night, going on to struggle throughout the dayContinue reading “Day 12!”

Day 11 brought about a slow start as some of the boys found it difficult to wake up for breakfast. However, when these boys found out that Indian French Toast with the Brother’s special coconut topping was on the menu, they swiftly jumped out of bed to make sure they didn’t miss out on thisContinue reading “Day 11!”

Back at the site following a big weekend, we all took a while to get back into the groove of things. Motivation was low when we heard the majority of the groups would be spending the day digging septic tanks for the houses. With very mediocre digging tools, (or average at best as Kai wouldContinue reading “Day 9!”

Day 4 was off to a good start with some omelettes, which were soon gone due to how hungry everyone was thinking about the work needing to be done. The manual labour was repetitive and hard but with sheer determination from the boys and Surya (a boy from the family) the work was done. AfterContinue reading “Day 4!”

Day 3 started with some delicious French toast topped with the brothers secret Indian coconut topping. Never had we ever seen Kirky (Mr Thomson) run faster when there was only one piece of French toast remaining. When stomachs where full, the boys laced up for our first full day of hard work. We split inContinue reading “Day 3!”