Volunteers acting cute!
Hello dear reader! This is the virgin post! Interested to know what a Family Day event for Boys Home is like? Interested to know what we did? Move your eyes to the next paragraph. Sentimental slideshow has been removed due to legal reasons. If you want to know what they are, ask us. Us - senior vol. If you want to view it, leave message at chatbox.
On that particular saturday, six of us went to assist in the event. JunWei, JianWen, Wayne, Chin Han, Hsu Qi and me. The Family Day is an annual event with the objective of promoting family ties between the boys and parents. We expected it to be for all the blocks but discovered later it was only for our block. Block D. Last year, the WSC members had organised the event single-handedly however, this year, an events company was hired to organise. This year's event was also much smaller in scale compared to last year's while more money was spent to hire the events company. Next year, we know who the Boys' Home will ask to organise. Just kidding!
Hoping to cultivate better bonds, the host facilitated games where parents and their children formed teams. We helped to form teams with boys whose parents were unable to make it for the event. Although I would not say it was a total blast of fun from start till end, it was moderately fun. We took some pictures discreetly to kill abit of time. There were also performances. Some of the boys performed a Tamil dance and 2 Malay songs. The energetic Tamil dance had creative choreography. The three dudes kept surprising with their every next move. I was hooked, at least. But, two of the three didnt appear to have the confidence to strut their intricate dance sequences on stage. Anyway, it was entertaining still. In one of the Malay songs, Haizal played rhythm and arpeggios to a ballad which had two english and two malay song parts combined together. One of them was "Every breath you take" by Sting. The singer sang well with good vibrato and the guitar sound played by Haizal came out bright and pleasing to the ears. But the second guitar played by their friend sounded off-tune to the music. It sounded muddy and ugly. Later I asked him about it and he told me one of the guitar strings had broken at the very last minute and there was no time to restring. But anyway, it was again entertaining still. We also got some game ideas from the event. JianWen took home the paper sheets used in the games for future use.
It was a different experience interacting with the boys away from the claustrophobic and intimidating "prison walls". Bye.
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