The arrival of a pleasant surprise and a jolly good time

Friend - "Hey dude, its a shame we will not be able to show any movie because they said they don't have the stupid projector for playing dvds lor."
Someone - "Oh god!".

I made that up. But it summed up our concerns of being unable to fulfill the boys' movie request. Last week, Answar, one of the boys, keenly suggested that we screen a good movie and we tried our very best to meet his wish. Circumstances destroyed the boy's wish. The staff said they had no projector for playing DVD movies. We only hoped for their understanding when we told the boys about it. We did not want to look like all talk and no action. However their reaction to this news was only a casual reply from Answar, "Lobaanng ah".

So we ended up playing a fun card game thought of by Chin Han, our unofficial Game Master. But before we go into that, lets address the arrival of the pleasant surprise that crashed in singapore from heaven(well its actually Netherlands). She was the first to arrive at the Boys' Home and was like a fresh warm wind blown from the summer heat in Europe, carrying all the sweet moistures across the vast continents and showering thunderously on us there and then. We were delightfully wet with bliss. They say good things come in small packages, but good things also come in the form of Daisy. To thank her for coming, we shall aptly name the blog cat "Daisy" until another angel crashes from heaven. Please feed and play with Daisy while you can. Thanks alot.

Back to seriousness, five people came today for the session. We do hope more would come. We didnt see any volunteers from the other blocks today. Does this indicate our level of dedication and enthusiasm for the boys? Maybe... *shrugs innocently with a tilted head*. Jianwen told us that since the number of volunteers are growing lesser with time, volunteers from different blocks might be merged in the future. Blk D and E, for us. This is due to the new hall point system. In the past, alot of points were given to WSC volunteers but today, not as much.

Now back to the game. The card game we played worked like this. Every player received equal number of cards and the players would decide on a theme for the game. Two groups were formed. The capable Chin Han managed one group while the four of us were in the other. The theme our group picked was animal sounds. So, each of us had to think of an animal sound and let others know what we chose. Wayne picked donkey sound - "Yee-Haw", JianWen picked chick - "chip chip", Daisy picked pig - "Oink", I picked cow - "moo", Markus picked woman(not sure)- "ren?", the boy beside me - "meow", WenXiong - "Aahh"(dunno what animal), another boy - "Pok pok pokeh" and the boy with smouldering Italian facial features - "woof". Each player had to put down a card turn by turn and when two persons had the same card number, whoever said the other person's animal sound first won the duel and the loser would have to take the winner's cards. The rest of the cards remained on the table. The game resumed from the winner afterwards. Therefore, to win, one had to clear his cards.

There were plenty of hilarious moments as this game required lightning-fast thinking reflexes and a good memory. People would say the wrong animal sound or utter incoherent noise probably because their mouth moved before their brain could send the proper signals. Haha. The loser, Markus, had to do a forfeit by dancing to music, "Last Ketchup", from a handphone speaker. He was shy and after pulling Wayne, who graciously accepted, into the hot seat, they did a short couple dance together. For a moment, I thought Wayne must have taken dancing lessons before. Hmmmm.

Today's session went well largely due to Chin Han's splendid game and the boys' openness to our game ideas. Adios.