SERVICE LEARNING
11/29/2007 11:28:00 PM
My group! (:
Jonathan.The youngest among the kids, 5, and yes, the cutest.
He is my fave little boy (:
He has difficulty paying attention and always seems alittle lost.
He`s way of saying hippopotamus is way too cute, and he likes trains.
He pee-ed on his pants today!
Lin Yu.He started being rebellious and refuses to listen to my instructions.
He even said he would call his 'brothers'.
He`s 12 but he doesn`t know his ABC.
When told to do up a Christmas card, it ended up with army tanks instead.
Initially I thought he was just another kid who would resort to violence, but eventually I see another side of him.
He helped Alan to remove the tissue bits, he helped me to organize the younger kids in the group when I told him he should play the elder brother role, he helped me to carry the stuffs, and he actually carried Jonathan to sit on his lap today!
Yes, at the end of the day, he`s yet another kid which needs our care.
So what if he is rebellious, perhaps its self-protection cause he ain`t familiar with me?
He is yet another kid.
Each group are made up of different kids.
But I do believe, each kid requires the same thing,
Tender, Loving, Care.
This Service Learning has been a fruitful one.
An experience that send me into thoughts.
I`ve learnt a great deal.
It is nearly impossible to change these kids within 3 days, but at least we, 0107, managed to bring some fun into them.
From coming up with a cheer, to musical chair, to Christmas card making, to RecordBreakers, to preparing their own lunch, etc.
They are that innocent, yet underlying these innocence are problems which they are facing, hopefully not alone.
No regrets (:
A heart-warming one (:
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
END OF THE MONTH
11/27/2007 12:34:00 AM
December is drawing near;
November is closing soon;
Christmas is just a month away;
Daddy's birthday is just a few days away.
Class chalet is over for a week,
it was a simple get-together session,
0107 is still loves.
Stayed home for the past few days,
couldn`t get any work done,
brain always seems dead,
I need a wake up call.
4 days back,
Dad asked if I`ve done my revision,
I hadn`t.
One word: Guilty.
3 days back,
I stared at my Math assignment,
blank.
One word: Worried.
2 days back,
Tuition-ed my cousin Math,
and I sighed at the education system.
One word: Silly.
1 day back,
I helped out in the housework.
Silly thoughts through the night.
One word: Tired.
Today,
Mixed feelings.
A few hours later,
SL ; pool ; CO.
A long day ahead.
Time flies.
1 year passed in AJ.
I have silly thoughts,
maybe even thoughts that a person with a right mind won`t think of.
Shrugs.
I need to get started,
time doesn`t wait for me.
Any case,
I miss my friends out there.
Take care!
In my own world...
Saturday, November 17, 2007
YAWNS
11/17/2007 11:11:00 PM
This week has been rather dull.
CO still dreads.
No progress in holiday assignments.
Lack of sleep.
Lack of $$$.
Next week,
Mum will be off to work in Hong Kong again.
0107 Class chalet.
Replenish of sleep.
Hoping for some progress in holiday assignments.
2 weeks of holidays have passed.
No shopping done.
Yet there`s a lack of $$$.
=/
Feeling guilty.
I`m sorry friends.
For all sort of stuffs.
Mix feelings.
I`m glad it came through.
Yet...
Tears have been falling in the nights.Moodswings carried on throughout the week.
I shall enjoy myself during class chalet.
Take care friends!
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Ice cream please
11/11/2007 10:47:00 PM
Moodswings.I need ice cream badly.
Reliance killed me.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
A new month
11/01/2007 12:28:00 AM
Heyohs, its a new month again.
10 months pass in a flash.
One word, fast.
PW OP was done on Tuesday.
I can`t help getting nervous in the beginning.
I would say I`ll miss PW.
I`ll miss:
getting pissed over Julian for MIA and not turning up for meetings;
getting heated up cause we always cant come to a conclusion, even when its deciding the meeting time and venue ("so whats the conclusion?");
wondering why our group are always able to come out with random ideas;
talking and doing rubbish during PW lessons;
staying up late into the late rushing through all sorts of stuffs, and then appearing like that of a zombie the next day;
Liza and Yan Hao forcing me to "jiang";
Joanne`s elaboration and "nobody want to listen to me"
...
Despite the grumbles I used to have for PW, despite how much I used to dread PW, now that its over, I would only like to say, indeed we`ve come a long way.
I`m glad to be in
AJ002,
the smiles on our face after OP was heart warming,
no regrets (:Class outing today,
one word, great!
0107 is love.
Chalet and SL coming up.
I hate to admit but there are tons of homework waiting to be done.
I should get started real soon.
2 months ain`t that long,
and results aint that satisfactory.
I need some motivation, yet again.I miss track.
I miss the sprints.
No more turning back,
I`ve got to move on,
willing or not.
I`m addicted to Jay`s new song, Cai Hong.
Nice and soothing.
Lying on my bed,
looking into the dark space,
a part of me is aching.Friends, him, me.
Jonathan.
Each group are made up of different kids.
This Service Learning has been a fruitful one.