Tiger Rocks!

Hi! This camp is certainly one of the most memorable camp in my life...hopefully it feels the same way to the boys. Tiger started on a losing streak in captain's ball, including a 5-2 trashing by rooney. Its kind of demoralizing for everyone, including me as i missed a couple of catches due to the light rubber ball being used. Then it was hard for the GLs to get everyone to play for volleyball as the boys were starting to gave up. Kudos to nat and nicole, we managed to field in enough players and started winning by starting with trademark free-kicks from Edwin! The team started to believe in themselves but the morale was again damped when they finished last in the cheer fight, which i think they certainly do not deserve to. The GLs then wrote short memos of encouragement to each tiger warrior at the end of day 1, hoping to up their morale after a roller coaster day.

Day 2 started with a bang! Great teamwork and running shown by Tiger warriors won us the 2 games of frisbee! Then the winning streak continues in soccer with a win and a draw. Morale is high but luck was not on our side for dirty games, 3 warriors refused to get themselves dirty so the GLs had to play. However, by tug-o-war, we are able to finally field a full team which was so heartening to see! Even the laziest warrior in our group volunteered to be the last person and contributed greatly to our win in tug-o-war! K-pop dance wrapped up a great day for Tiger as i felt the boys did really well and overcome their stage fright! The boys cooperated well in the trainings which make it quite easy for us to teach the dance.

I would like to thank fellow leaders from tiger group! Nicole for your passion in k-pop which certainly improved our performance! Also for leading Clap your hands, you did great despite of your stage fright! haha. Natalie for your sportiness in playing the games! You didn't mind getting dirty which is so noble for a girl. Thanks and sorry to both of you in blocking the shots in the soccer game! Haha! You both did a good job. And also your constant motivation to our group! With all your enthu cheering and initiative in getting the boys together as a team. Without you girls, i think it would be much harder for us to get through the first day. OH, hope you all didnt just rmb me doing seaweed...

Kelvin,

tiger warrior

Blk D Camp ROCKS!!!

Really glad that everything went smoothly... Everyone was amazing... I had a really good time.. And can see that the boys were enjoying themselves too... Group leaders did a great job at motivating and helping to hype up the atmosphere.. Game masters did an amazing job with the games... And of course, Zhengxin... You were the best!!! =) Really good job with everything... Everyone, job well done!!

Personally I feel that the annual camp will always be the highlight of being a volunteer of blk D... We cant really interact with the boys during sessions since its always very short... During camp we get to actually stay at the same place with them, eat the same food and do so many activities together... And most importantly we get to interact more with the boys especially when you are a group leader... The memories you get, you will remember it for life... We didnt get to mingle with them as much as we did last year though... But at least we made the most out of the short time we shared together... =)

Sorry I just had to put up a photo of the flag... Hahaha... =p As you all already know, Rooney did win a lot of the sports matches they played... Hahaha... But it was harder to get them to come together to do the performance... Was really a challenge for us volunteers bringing them together to think of ideas for the performance... However, they did give their best and I'm so proud of them... Thanks to Lidan and Qingfeng for making Rooney super great... Haha... Though we didnt win we all knew that the most important thing is to have fun.. I believe all groups have that in mind throughout the camp.. And true enough, everyone did have fun, boys and volunteers included... =)

Considering that this is the last camp for me, I really had a blast!! =D It ended super well.. Haha.. And it let us end 2010 with great memories and new perspectives...

Once again, good job everyone!!! Enjoy the holidays and have a good year ahead!!! =D

Hearts D-camp

I will just do short entry here since most of what happen zhenjie has it.

The camp was a success and i believe that the boys really enjoyed themselves. For me, it was like at first most boys thought they didn't want to be in the camp and that we are depriving them of their resting time but as the camp progresses most of them started enjoying themselves and opening up to us and share many things with us.

They are really a very adorable bunch of boys and as much as we try to make the programs enjoyable for them, their crappiness and fun-loving natures brought lots of laughter to us as well. As I talked to them, I realise the boys have their own dreams and goals they want to achieve which is really a good thing. Some wants to be soccer players while others hope to become guitarist and even comedians and they do have a great talents in these things. We really do have alot to learn from these boys too.

A really memorable part of the camp was the performance presentation at the end. Everyone of us enjoyed ourselves greatly. My group Phelps really throw all out on the dance floor and despite the little accidents like flying slippers, our entertainment effect was one of the greatest. Im proud to say that we got second! Good job Phelps!

Friendships were formed and bonds were strong but all good things come to an end and 2 days past in the blink of an eye. I really hope everything could have lasted longer but at the same time really glad that I am returning to the comfort of my bed and home.

Thank you all volunteers for making all these possible. A bigger thank you to my fellow Phelps group leader Jing Yi and King for getting the boys to be really high-spirited and encouraging them to participate in the activities. It was a great 2-day and I hope all of you have as much fun as I do:)

And the speech at night by the little boy was really awww! so sweet!

Author: Siew Ping (the one that collects the money in case some of u don't know me yet)

Annual D Camp

Yoyo!!

The camp was considered a success (no wet weather & no casualty!), and I think everybody enjoyed themselves. The boys were rowdy at times but they provided an element of humor to the camp. What a way to wrap up 2010!

We met up a day before the actual camp to reece the campsite and prepare the files for the boys. We spent the whole afternoon applying artistic touches to the files. After that, we had a little xmas gift exchange before we parted the place.

Day1: We arrived at the campsite early to settle some admin work and prepare ourselves for the upcoming activities. The boys arrived in the noon and the GLs started mingling with their team members. After the ice breaker, all the teams proceed to design their own flags and discuss about their team cheers. In the meantime, the game masters went to set up the game stations and familiarize themselves with the rules of their respective games. When the flags were done and the game stations were set up, all the teams went to their individual game stations. The boys were visibly excited and showed their competitive streak. The GLs also participated in some games and everyone had fun. The game masters definitely had a hard time deciding the winner for some games as the rules were not abided. After the games, it was dinner time. After dinner, it was time to design the mascot and generate ideas for the following day’s dance performance. Each team was given a set of materials (newspaper, toilet paper, paint, marker, etc) to design a team mascot which they had to explain its meaning and parade to the audience. The boys started running around (probably due to excess energy from the dinner) disturbing each other. They only settled down when it was time to showcase their team mascots. After the mascot competition, we proceed to the cheer competition. When everything ended, it was time to present the prize (ice cream and cookies!!) to the winners! Everyone was a winner and had their fill of ice cream and cookies. It was 10pm then and we went back to shower when the boys helped to clean up the place. We still had time for night snack after our shower! The night ended at about 12am. (Tiring but fun!)

Day2: Some of us woke up at 6am to join the boys for their morning run. Some of the boys could really run fast! After the run, everyone was famished and ready for breakfast. It was as if the caterer predicted our hunger because the packed food came in mammoth portion! After breakfast, the boys went to wash up before we carry on with the dance performance practice. Then, it was time for games! The games went on for about 1+hr before we stopped for lunch. When lunch was over, it was time for dirty games. The game masters dripped/scattered/poured all sorts of ingredients (coffee powder, soap, coke, ketchup, flour, etc) they could gather from the kitchen. Though they were initially turned off, the boys eventually played the games with gusto. The GLs were not spared and had their fair share of ‘dirtiness’. After the dirty games, it was time for tug of war and water bomb! These were the 2 games which we did compete as a team with the boys. We sent out a team of men (all NS trained) to challenge a team of boys. U must have guess we won, but sorry, we were no match against the boys. (guys, its time to hit the gym) Then, we went on to play water bomb and as expected, the boys were all out to make us wet. (thank you for washing the dirty sauces/powder from our body) It was time to wash up and prepare for bbq dinner. The boys helped to start the fire and bbq-ed the food for everyone. After the dinner, each team started to perform their individual dance/song/skit. Their efforts could be seen as they came up with splendid performances. After that, it was time to reveal the champion of the entire game competition for the camp. This time round, chocolates and potato chips were given as prizes. The boys unselfishly shared their prizes with their GLs. They were then given files, which were designed by us, as a small souvenir of the camp. Photo taking session then followed. Everything ended slightly earlier than the previous night and the GLs decided to make some cards for the boys. Then, it was our own free time. Some of us went out for supper, while others played card games and chatted with each other.

Day3: We were supposed to break camp early because the campsite had to be ready for another incoming group. We woke up and settled our admin stuff before having our breakfast with the boys. After mingling with them for some time we parted our ways.

Now that the camp is over, we will start to plan outings in the future. Block D rocks!!!!!!!! =D

~Zhen Jie~

Year-End party

Its exam period for the ntu peeps but to the boys at the home, its the year-end party period! 5 blk D volunteers-Zhengxin, Khalisah, Meixiu, Shawn and Kelvin decided to take some time off

from mugging and destress at boys' home.

It started with a buffet dinner which was expected...but wad was unexpected was that the officers were serving us and the boys! So paiseh la, reminds me of ns cookhouse where the aunties served us. Then saw the block manager and the home-in-charge during the dinner. They sat down with us and interact a bit, telling us that the home-in-charge was also from ntu mechanical engineering, graduated in 1997. Oh well, so MAE graduates dun have to be an engineer in the future after all.

Then comes the long awaited performance from the boys!

First up was football juggling, and some break dancing with the balls. It was entertaining for everyone especially the break dancing part. However, the performance was relatively short. It ended when i thought that it was reaching the climax.

After that was the acrobatics segment. Boys performed walking with spring stilts and diabolo(below). They really impressed me with their performance. It shows that the boys can do something really well given the right training and interest. It was the highlight of the night for me, it was encouraging to see the boys having fun with new hobbies so much that i would like to try it! Some thoughts during the performance, we volunteers should try to learn something that the boys do...like break dancing, singing and play sports to better interact with the boys. During the camp, we should show them that we are studious people that could also play hard when it comes to playing, and not only good at achieving academic results. So for volunteers who wanted to show their talent during the camp, please contact Zhengxin! :)

Lastly its the xmas caroling by some church grp. Oh, nothing much to mention...cause im almost half asleep! Blk D camp 2010 is coming up in 2 weeks time! Hope everyone is excited about it and dun forget about the pre-camp gathering on 27th Dec! Rmb to bring along an xmas present for rsp youth post-xmas gift xchange! No restrictions! anything will do, its for the feeling of receiving a present from a unknown person! Do RSVP on Facebook if you have not done so! It will encourage ur fellow volunteers to go! Thanks!

Oh ya, tml 16/12/2010 is Meixiu's birthday! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! even though its exam period, but ur birthday wishes will still come true! if you need us to make it come true, pls tell us also! we will do our best-est! Good luck to all having exams too! Persevere through!

A small reflection for Session No. 1

I agree with you that there seems to be too little boys who turned up for the sessions. The numbers of volunteers way outnumber the boys. As for the session, i don't have much complaints abt it. It's the first session and it is inevitable that everyone feels a little awkward with each other. A point to note is that the volunteers tend to be with their own clique while the boys remain with their friends as well. Hence, it's important that we should mix around more instead of just being with our own clique. I'm also very heartened to find that the boys are pretty cheerful, lively and outspoken despite their circumstances in life. It's very good inspiration!

~Mark~

First Official Session

Finally went for the first session after all the clearance and waiting, got to interact with the boys for the first time on Thursday. Although we only did a few games, I guess it was a totally new experience for most of the new volunteers. Also, kudos to ZX for managing such a “huge crowd”. We played some simple introduction games and that took up most of the night. The boys were pretty funny and it was interesting mixing around with them. Had a pretty enjoyable night and looking forward to many more :)

~A short Entry~

By: Darren

281010: Origami

This Thursday for session, we taught the boys how to fold paper flowers for the new volunteers coming in. At first they were very bored and said they didn't like it but eventually as the session progressed, they got so into folding and decorating it they didn't want to leave! The officer even had to chase them back to their rooms. Too bad we didn't have enough colored paper for them haha. They were really creative, one boy even folded a heart with the extra paper and put it in the centre of the flower. You guys can see some of the flowers we took pictures of below (:

- Random lame joke -

Me: Zhengxin, what kind of flowers are these?

Zx: (In a very serious tone) Oh this one ah.. This one.. Idk.

Me: -.- You are the one who went to research how to fold it!

- end of lame joke -

Youth BBQ!

Hi everyone! Strange arh, i haven't even attended one youth session and now i'm blogging for u all! Supposed to have introductory talk this week but was postponed...spoil my enthusiasm to come lor! :D So freshies have to hold your horses! One more week to step into the Boy's Home. Haha!

Ok, back to the main topic. Youth had an great BBQ evening on 21 Oct 2010 at the beautiful HomeTeam NS Pasir Ris chalet! All volunteers are full of smiles(foc dinner mah...) while interacting with each other, especially between the seniors and freshies. It all started with team bonding games masterminded by our big boss Terren which includes Don't forget the lyrics! The game program impressed everyone but the lyrics appear to be too easy for all the ktv maniacs in RSP Youth! Even though for those who don't sing, they were treated to some sweet singing by our cohort of ktv singers among RSP Youth.

Then of course comes the dinner! We were fortunate to have kind-hearted BLK D guys volunteering to BBQ the food for the rest! *applause* We need this type of people in rsp youth! Mingle-ing between volunteers started, of course with gossips and scandals flying around! Hopefully the gossips did not hurt anyone feelings! :xThis photo is not about the 2 girls...but to appreciate the effort by the chefs in the background!

BLK D ROCKS!

While volunteers are starting to leave the party, 7 heroes decided to stay overnight to have fun! And they did not make the wrong choice as we were having fun playing monopoly deal(again?), pub games, indian poker and htht session! It was a great bonding session for the heroes! oh...u dun have to know who the biggest loser is...^o^

Time to go to bed! Hopefully get to blog about more events and of course our interaction with the boys next time! Kelvin signing off!

SESSION @ 14th OCT 2010

Hello everyone! Guess this is the week when most of us are packed with quizzes and deadlines. Kudos to all (lisa, zx, wj, yb sp and kl) who have turned up today! You guys are fabulous We introduced this card game called MONOPOLY DEAL to the boys. HAHA must warn you folks who are gg to buy board games outside lt1a that there is no discount for monopoly deal okie? So it selling at the same price as major departmental stores. Nonetheless, there’s this very cheap HONG KONG version at $3 ONLY!! Woah very cheap rite?? Haha but its out of stock alr.
Anw the game went qt chaotic at the start but as the boys get the hang of it, they started the “black market” to trade cards under the table lol. Wells, I am happy to see that they enjoyed the game. At least, we fulfill their wishes to become a MILLIONAIRE wahahaha.
Next week is recess and WSC will have plenty of exciting events lining up for us. Hope that through these events, we can build more rapport with our new volunteers.

**And happy birthday to NICOLE.. HAHA have fun with the sun and sand at phuket**
-kailin

I just realised that I have not updated about the last 2 weeks... Haha.. Oops.. Ok here goes..

For the past weeks I have been tutoring the boys to prepare them for their N levels... And exams have officially ended.. I think.. Haha... Anyways, I am really proud of the boys for the hard work they have put in to do well... Us volunteers who have been tutoring them have seen large improvements in attitudes in most of the boys... I really feel like a proud big sister to them... Hahaha... I really hope they do well in their exams and are able to achieve their dreams... =) Ok actually I'm really worried for them as well... Really Really hope they will do well...

Soon the new volunteers will be joining us for sessions... I am excited for them.. Haha.. The numbers will grow and i believe the enthusiasm and spirit will grow.. From what I see, a lot of the new volunteers are very ON... Hahaha... Cant wait for them to start session... =)

SeSsIoNs!!!

We organized the game "hang man". (Good job!!) Our theme was movie titles. We had lots of fun even though the boys seemed to have difficult time in coming up with the correct answers. We realized that they love to "sabotage" each other by asking their friends to guess letters that are quite odd and seldom used. And those boys were willing to get sabo-ed(lol) by trying odd letters. They ended up with many hanged man and were still quite proud of it. We are happy that we brought joy to them through small things like this. As for our last week session. We have tuition session with the boys. We taught them maths. They are quite forgetful of what they have learnt before. We are glad that they are willing to listen to our explanations though we forget some formula. They do not jeer us down, instead sometimes they do try to help us recall the equations or formula that might linked us to the one we are referring to. We are really appreciate their efforts towards their studies and we also gained respect from them too.

Melody and Baoling
Sorry for the late posting :)

I am New!!!

Hello Everyone!

I'm a new volunteer who just entered WSC Youth. Anyway! Today was the first WSC Youth meeting that i attend and the objective was to plan for the year-end camp. Thus, it was the first time that I got to meet up with the rest of the new volunteers and seniors excluding a few friends that I already knew through Ignite Change.

As we are still new to one another so we didnt mingle much, hopefully we will get bonded throughout the future meet-ups and during our pre-camp! To me, joining WSC Youth does not only involve helping out the youths but getting together with the people who have passion in volunteerism too. So, nice to meet you (everyone) ! haha.

On the side note, as Mid- Autumn Festival is round the corner so our thoughtful seniors actually bought us lanterns to let us have a short-and-sweet-celebration.We lit them up after our meeting and i feel that we are brought back to our childhood times because it's been long since I carry a lantern! so yeah, THANK YOU SENIORS! Feel so fun especially with a group of people since Mid-Autumn Festival is the day whereby family and friends will gather together and celebrate. Last of all, HAPPY MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL TO EVERYONE & ENJOY YOUR MOON CAKES!!

-YATING-

8th Sept 2010

Today was the first session of the new semester. As usual, we met in school canteen a for dinner before leaving off to the home. (Most of us aren't as lucky as Kahlisah and Nicole to have no lessons).


Upon reaching the classroom, we split into two groups. Kahlisah, Nicole, Melody and Baoling went over to teach tuition. The 'N' levels and 'O'levels are coming so some of them want the extra lessons.


Meanwhile me, Yen Bin, Kailing and Siew Ping and Zhengxin played games with the boys. Today's game was thought up by Zhengxin. All of us volunteers and boys sat round in a circle and we started introducing to each other our names. We would then write down our names on a piece of paper. This paper would then be randomly distributed to us. We then had to describe through words or actions the person whose names we were holding on to. It was quite interesting to decipher who the boys were describing. For example, what do the boys mean when they say "do the dew"??? Of course, the loser would be the one who got the least correct answers. Naturally, the boys were pretty good at the game as they were quite good friends with each other and easily knew how to describe their friends. Surprisingly, Siew Ping got all correct answers!!! Congratz.


Yen Bin and Kailing ended up with the least correct answers and thus, they had to forfeit. The boys really enjoyed thinking up forfeits for poor Kailing and Yenbin. In the end, it was decided the 2 of them would have to dance and do a one minute of fame where they show off their talents. Kailing's talent was dancing while Yenbin's talent was reaching his hand all the way across his back to the shoulder (not as easy as it seems).


Session ended later at about 915 after laughing so hard and having a small feedback session. No supper this week, hopefully, next session, more people can make it for supper.

(Entry by Wei Jin)

My turn to update the blog… Last session for August(26/8) before the holidays end and I believe most of us are already looking forward to the new semester and this means that we will be having new bloods joining our block soon. We meet up at the home directly at the same usual timing. Same thing, the boys were again split to 2 groups cos there were some of them who will be having their schools or national exams soon while others just wanted to have some fun after a long day. So Nicole, Woei Jin and Yen Bin played some games with some of the boys. Game they played was 7-up. This is quite a fun game among the boys as the previous time when we play it the boys enjoyed it a lot. Everyone comes together to form a circle and each one has to shout a number starting from 1 onwards. Eg. 1…2…3…4…… Until the numbers comes to either a multiple of 7 or containing 7 then will have to replace this number by UP. Khalisa and I were doing tuition next door and even with the barriers closed the shoutings and laughter next door was still very loud. Pretty sure that the boys enjoyed this game very much. We end the session at around 9.20 a bit later than the usual timing cos some boys really got a lot of stuffs to ask us. Really hope that these tutoring sessions can benefit them.

Next up will be the talk conducted by the MCYS on Friday evening on secret societies. Khalisa meet me at Ang Mo Kio Mrt before we took a bus to the MCYS building at upper Thomson where the talk was held. We got a Long Time No See volunteer with us…Paul!! One of our most popular volunteers in the boys home. Reach there at about 7 where we have a buffet dinner first before the talk. The talk was really very educational. It was conducted by one of the senior CID officers from the department dealing with secret societies…Forget his name already but seems to be quite a high ranking ones from the way he conducted the talk. We learnt about the origination of triads and secret societies and even he give us some of the info of the different active secret societies in Singapore, their ops grounds and how to identify them through their ‘trademarks’ on their body or even through ‘banners’. Many many more but if you guys are interested to know more can go ask Khalisa. The talk lasted till about 9ish and Paul send both me and Khalisa to Bishan Mrt before going off. Thks Paul. So that’s about all. Enjoy the new semester.

-Zhengxin

Hey everyone... We played open numbers and ended up I have to write an entry for the last session we had... -.- Hahaha...

Ok since I am updating the blog, I shall write about the Family Day that took place ages ago as well.. Hahaha...

Ok first up, Family Day....

We met up in Boon Lay and headed down to the Home.. There were only 5 of us.. Zheng Xin, Zaidi, Kai Lin, Siew Ping and me... We collected the goody bag which contained a lot of stuff.. Haha.. Then we headed up to EAT!!! There were coupons to collect the snacks available... There was even Ramly Burger with a small Happy Birthday flag poked into it.. Hahaha.. I have no idea why they poked it on the burger.. Lol...

After filling our stomachs, we went into the hall to play some games before the performances start.. There was wheel of fortune (i think) where we had to spin this wheel and land on the 'i-forgot-what-it's-called' tab three times to get a water bottle.. Aaannnddd... All of us didnt manage to get the bottle.. Hahaha... We played a few more games and still didnt win any prizes.. =p

Soon after, the performances started... There were quite a number of interesting performances.. There was a magician, a man with many, many masks which he could change in a split second, and also the boys showcasing their talents... I'm impressed.. =) Zheng Xin and Zaidi even got to go on stage to do the YOG dance with the boys.. Hahaha.. Boy dont they look so happy.. =p

But the best part of the performances was this ang moh guy doing all kinds of tricks... He was seriously very very VERY funny... We all laughed till we got stitches.. Hahaha...

The day ended with prize presentation for the boys who had done very well in their studies.. I'm so proud of all of them.. Hopefully they will continue to study hard and be successful in life.. =)


Next up, Session (12/8/10)...

The boys were split up into 2 groups.. One group did tuition and the other played a game... I was with the group playing the game.. We played Crazy Stories..

Everyone is to write a word on a piece of paper... Zheng Xin gave a start to the story and everyone will take turns to continue the story.. The catch is that we need to use the word we have written on the piece of paper... At the end of the story everyone needs to guess what word did each person write.. The person with the most correct number of words will be given a prize next week... I'm telling you, the story that the boys made was REALLY crazy and dont make sense... Hahaha... But it was fun... In the end i totally couldnt make out what the boys wrote.. Hahaha... One of them even wrote the word 'is'.. -.-

When we were finished with the game, we allowed the boys to return to their room to rest and went to the other classroom to check up on the tuition group... I was really impressed.. They were really hardworking... Its very good to see... All of them were doing serious studying... They just need constant motivation to continue on.. =)


Thats all for now.. A long and wordy entry.. But i believe the dust have been cleared out from here for now.. Hahaha... Have a good week everyone.. =)

25/03/2010 SESSION!

For this week's session, Siew Ping, Zaidi and I were supposed to come up with the games but in the end we were so busy we all forgot about it except Siew Ping =x Thanks Siew Ping! Anyway it was pretty fun but the boys cheated as usual, using their hand signals to help their teammate guess their cartoon characters.

Khalisah didn't play because she was giving the other boys tuition. When we used her name as one of the "characters" they are supposed to guess, they boy asked "Is it that crazy crazy one?" Hahahahah. Okay to be honest they didn't mean Khalisah, they meant someone else. I don't know who. They don't think Khalisah is crazy lah haha. They love her too much ;)

See they made a heart for her!



Now for supper pictures, as usual:

Zaidi and his huge chocolate fudge ice thingy.

I am not uploading my picture because it looks retarded haha.

Supper was really enjoyable and we talked about so many random things from session-related things to army and ghosts and I can't remember what else. If any of you remember what we talked about and wanna share can post in the chat box!

I must say though, our supper groups are always so small. Hopefully for the last few sessions, we will have more people coming for supper to chit chat (: Must come okay people! Very fun one. Really. I do not lie.

Session on 18 March 2010

Yesterday session was tuition and games. Zheng Xin, Paul, Henry, Jason (Ah Chai) and me played UNO, chess, and talked cock with the boys while Khalisah, Zaidi, Nicole, Melinda and Siew Ping was tutoring in another room. Paul was sabotaged by the boys when playing UNO. They passed around those “Draw two” cards under the table or just ‘stole’ it from the table so that the draw-two cards kept popping out. By the way, a boy kept saying that I was staring at him and then acted fierce in front of me. But I always burst out laughing when saw the little boy trying hard to act fierce and staring at me with his round-big dilated eyes.  LOL.

After the session, we took photos under the street light outside the boys home. (The lighting effects was so romantic, right?) Ah Chai, Zaidi, Zheng Xin and me went for supper but Khalisah and Nicole didn’t join us. When we are enthusiastic to go for supper, Khalisah don’t want to come; but when we were too tired to go for supper, she kept asking us to go…*sigh*… so sad so sad…

I know you guys don’t like to read so many words, so I just write a few sentences and post up the photo… see… I am so considerate and thoughtful… hahha      :p

*blow dusts away*

This blog is getting dusty... Plus all the cobwebs building up.. Haha..

Anyways.. Let me be nice and update on the past few weeks of session... After 2 weeks of tuition cum boardgames, we had a pure game session last week... We played a game of 7-UP! Hahaha.. It may seem like nothing special... But playing with the boys really crack me up real hard.. It was nice to be able to laugh so hard despite all the stress of school... Actually i really find sessions sort of a way for me to destress from the hectic and stressful school life.. What with the funny funny antics of the boys.. Also the jokes we volunteers usually share together.. =) Really make my day.. Hehe..

Anyways.. We were supposed to count up to 100, each person to call out one number each time... Everytime the multiple of 7 or a number containing 7 comes up, we were supposed to say 'UP'.. If you fail to do so or if you take too long to think, you will have to put a coin in a cup fully filled with water.. The person who causes the water to overflow will have to do a forfeit.. Amazingly.. Although it was super super stressful.. The water DID NOT overflow... Hahaha... So the person who put in the last coin had to do the forefeit...

We even had a reverse round where everytime someone says 'UP', the direction changes... It gets more confusing that way.. And let me tell you this... Never once did we reach 100... Hahaha.. We didnt even reach 70.. =x

The last round of the game was to crown the winner.. Each time you say wrongly or you take too long to answer you will be out of the game... Initially i was worried the boys could not remember their times table.. But amazingly.. One of the boys won!! Hahaha.. I feel so ashamed of myself... =p And soo.. Since we were playing a game of 7-UP, the winner gets a can of 7-UP.. Hahaha...

Job well done to Kailin, Zhengxin, Woeijin, Berne and Melinda.. Although almost half of the group wasnt present.. Haha..

Oh oh oh!! I shall announce my successor... The new centrehead.. NEXT WEEK!! Hehehe... But i think you guys should know already who... =p


Have a great weekend all!! =) See you again next week..

Charade with Block D

4 February 2010.

This is the first block D session of the year and I’m honored to be sharing with you guys the fun and exciting moments during the session!! We had a game of charades with the boys today but the game was improvised such that only sounds were allowed and each of us took turns to make the sounds. When I first went into the activity room, I recognized some old boys and realized that there were new faces as well due to the reshuffling of boys. Thus, time was given for the volunteers to break the ice and get to know more about one another. Haha the funny part was that when a boy was asked “what’s the volunteer’s favourite food?”, the boy gave a nanosecond quick wink and confidently answered “WESTERN FOOD!” Knowing that it was an impromptu answer, we were at all smiles hehe.

Another interesting point to note were the group names chosen which were nameless, unknown, no name and anonymous. As the game progressed, the boys seemed to be enjoying themselves as they created sounds effects to prompt the person standing in front to make more obvious sounds. Volunteers and boys blended well to enthusiastically raise up hands to make wild guesses. Unknown emerged as the winner with 13 points (maybe cos I was in the team) while anonymous stole the limelight with a terrific london bridge dance as a forfeit performance haha.

After the session ended, we head down to have supper as usual. As we chit-chat, recollections of what happened in the camp brought everyone giggling… An observation was made that when new volunteers are present the seniors aint around and vice versa lol. As a new volunteer, I wish to get the chance to meet up with more seniors haha. And hope more ppl come for supper to chill out

-kailin

Charade with Block E

21st January 2010, this was my 1st Block D session after our annual camp last month. Same as last week, we were managed to join Block E’s session because Block D currently was not available for visitors.

Today we were having game session with Boys and we were playing Charade! Initially I felt that this game was nothing special because we have been playing this game for quite a few times in Block D. BUT, I was WRONG ! At the end of the day, I saw volunteers and boys were enjoyed themselves throughout the game.

We started our game by divided volunteers and boys into 4 groups : Sexy Male, 3344, Sponge Bob and Ladies Killer. I was in Group Ladies Killer together with Yen bing, Henry, Chin Han and three Boys. After that, each group take turns to send out a person to act out / draw a phrase given by the gamemaster.

Throughout the game, Sexy Male and 3344(esp Alvis and a malay boy) performed very well, they are too good in guessing the answers and got them RIGHT ! Although Ladies Killer did not collect a lot of points but we were pleased with third place finish! I still remembered we managed to guess the very last phrase : NIKE JUST DO IT and earned the precious 2 points! JJ In the end, SpongeBob got forfeited by acted out creatively all teams’ name.

After the game session , as usual we went to makan supper ! Hopefully next time more volunteers can join supper and talk cock together..haha
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