Thursday, July 5, 2007

Experience @ Sunbeam place

hmm.... lately hav been very busy... so onli today is free to blog the events tat happened on tuesday... so... a few of my frens hav asked mi abt the experience at the sunbeam place (a sub division of the SCS, Singapore Children Society) where mi hav been posted for a full time volunteer work.... well if i could still rem wat happened 2 days back... mi knew tat i had learn a lot of things from my volunteer work... but basically... dunno y... but mi is the onli male volunteer at the sunbeam place... and needless to sae... mi is the youngest among all the volunteers and perm staff working there... so let mi recall wat happen durin tat dae.... well mi was shocked and surprised to see tat the children are so young... all are 4-6 years old... and there were abt 30+ of them... and so after we were introduced to the place plus a briefing of wat to do by the CDO, children development officer... we head straight to the MPH to carry out the reading programme for the children... but guess wat?? the children over empower us!! they were simply super damn hyper active... even my eardrums gave way... almost landed myself in the home for the deaf.... geez... so basically they juz run abt and hop and snatch and throw anything tat they can see wif their eyes... even the attendance list tat i'm holding onto oso kena snatched away... folded into paper areoplane and threw around... then if onli 1 or 2-5 children came running ur way... perhaps to attack you... you still can ta han... but if its a swamp of 10+ kids all come rushing towards you... guess tats the end... so mi kena ambushed sia... cos for the reading programme mi sat on the floor with my legs crossed to start the programme and who noes when they saw mi..... all came charging at mi.... and b4 i could figure out wat had happened... the children already hopped from behind my back onto my shoulders... and worst... the other children all oso wan to hop onto my shoulder so they will try to push each other down and all find a chance to hop onto my shoulder... so imagine tat 2 children are hopping on ur shoulder at the same time and fighting over it... geez... then even my laps were not spared... they all came rushing... even got one jump right into my laps and lie down and sleep on my laps sia... and so when the other children saw tat.. all came rushing for my laps... then they were all so "fragile"... mi cant simply push them away... and nidless to sae mi cant shout at them... cos i cant even hear my own voice in their powersful high pitch scream and shoutings.... ya... and so all these went on for an hour... and worst... its damn hard to get their attention sia... so mi hav to learn from the more experienced volunteers sia... some are nurses wif more than 10 years of experience sia... and so mi had a tough but enjoyable time.... well... who would hav an opportunity to hav so many young children rushing at you... some asking u to help them fold aeroplane and some juz simply loves to sleep in ur laps...lol:) ok... guess till next time i will then fill in more details of my volunteer work...:)

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