Being a new volunteer for Blk D, it was a great eye-opening experience for us during the visit. Initially, we were sort of excited and were wondering how we would react when we face the boys and the challenges ahead etc. Guess what, the boys were equally excited as we do. Before we enter their tutorial room, we could actually see them peeping from the gates with excited faces when they saw us (new volunteers) coming to visit them. We played ice-breaking games to know each of us better, which is essential for future interactions between the boys and our own volunteers.
Our second and also considered the last session of the year, ended last Thursday, 29 October 2009. It was quite a sad thing coz we just started our journey on as volunteers for Blk D and it ended so quickly for this semester as we need to stop for exams period. Us, as group member of group 1 organized games for the boys and our fellow volunteers. A game that we have specially prepared for them was Pictionary (guessing of words from the drawings). It was kind of fun though we felt that we were not interacting enough with the boys, as the boys tend to play the game amongst themselves rather than with us. But it’s alright, coz it’s just the 2nd session, maybe we are still not warmed up yet. Haha. I’m sure we’ll better interact with each other in future sessions, making those sessions more alive and less awkward.
- Group 1 (Zhenguo, Chris, Melody, Baoling)
