25.11.06

Service Learning

woots~ our SL finally ended. well, all i can say is that i really learnt alot from this camp. be it from myself, the children or my fellow classmates. i know some of my friends really dislike children. and this camp made it worst. but i actually feel that they are still quite young and innocent.

day 1:
our long awaited day. met at 730 outside audi to prepare. time wasn't moving the way we want it to. soon, we saw many unknown children arriving [due to miscommunication from CDAC]. then at 9, the children arrived. first it was tough to get them to settle down in their groups. oh yea, i'm in SAPPHIRE. took attendance and gave out identities. started off with some ice-breaker games. and we realised that they do not really like to mix. and they were extremely quiet. station games after that was quite ok. lunch was horrible. cause the children did not finish their food! making them do performance is already tiring. teaching of friendship dance was worst. to them, boys and girls holding hands = some relationship! hahahs. they was actually reluctant to dance [though they know the steps] cause of the holding hands part! had some other games. guess they really enjoyed ball games even more! and SAPPHIRE ppl cannot really sit properly.

day 2:
as compared to the first day, today was MUCH better. they were much cooperative and bonded. though still quite noisy. play island in the morning and we found out that they liked island the best. the lunch was much better as in they finished their food! yay! teaching of borriquito today. it's really really fun seeing the children dance. with their cute actions. and some of them actually enjoyed dancing! but it's a little tiring, though they enjoy island and you see them playing and playing. my group got one girl keep having nose bleed until hang was scared of her! haha.

day 3:
island in the morning again! but at least it gave us time to finish up our cards and gifts. hehe. today was a pretty short day. and it rained. then rehearse for performance where me guowei and peiqi was doing up the video. it was quite nice! then the actual performance. was suprised that they actually can do last min performance which is good :) and soon it was time to leave. was quite reluctant but all things got to come to a end. but we did leave our contact with them yea!

well, this SL was indeed a learning journey for me. though there were ups and downs.
2 main lessons for me was to be more patient and never promise anything if you cannot fulfill them.
had debrief and exchanging of presents. guess we do enjoy it very much. exchanging of presents went in one big circle! and i would like to thank NAS for the very cute bear. i love it very much. and james for the christmas present. thought you were just kidding yea! and guowei, hope you like it. sorry that you actually folded your own stars. but it wasn't that much! hehe.

went for class dinner at secret recipe. the food damn shiok. thank you miss chan for paying! was quite touched yea. desert at swensens. played guess the no. cum truth or dare. it was damn funny at the kelvin and laykuan part. anyway, thanks 3306 for doing such a great job. really enjoyed it. and i don't mind doing it again :D