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 :)