EXCITING THURSDAYS

Every Thursday I get ready at 6:30 in the evening for one more journey to a prison which actually is a place of vibrant and naughty faces. I hope you guessed correctly, it was another WSC session to boy’s home.

It all started with the same routine. Everybody met at canteen A for dinner (though I was not hungry!) and prepared to move on. Though this time our block representative Chin Han did not join us for dinner and planned to reach boy’s home directly. The second session was smooth and easygoing for most of newcomers like me. As Henry mentioned in his previous blog- we all were divided into 5 groups and today group 2 (to which I belong) was given the task to think of some games. Finally, after a lot of discussion we decided to play charades.

In the home the boys seemed excited but still few behaved hesitatingly. Nonetheless, two groups A and B were formed consisting both boys and members. Six categories decided for the game were:
1. Movies
2. Songs
3. Celebrities
4. T.V shows
5. Subjects
6. Non-living
Peggy and Ivy explained the game to boys, Celine was watching carefully to catch the boys cheating and I was the unlucky one who had to set the stopwatch. Under each category there were 7-8 titles (oops! I don’t remember exactly) and each group representative was given 5 minutes to act.

Group A grabbed the first chance to act and chose movies as their category. I am sure everyone was shocked to see the hidden talent among group ‘A’ boys and members. They recognized all except one-that’s nice! But group B was even faster and gained full points under non-living category. I remember Kelvin acting and one of the boys guessing something ‘naughty’ and funny. It was good to see boys accepting the challenge to act. Though I can’t understand Malay but I could observe them teasing and passing funny comments on each other.

The game ended with group ‘B’ winning by 2 points. But it’s not about winning; it’s all about engaging boys in our every session. I could observe in the session that it is not difficult to mix with boys, they only need some time to mingle and some love to express.
The say ended with a nice photo session and everyone dispersing for their respective homes. You can catch me in the middle of picture-the cutest among all.

A Good Start in 2009...

Here comes my first blog =D...

Nice to meet you guys! At last I went for my first session for the boys home on 8th of January 2009. I managed to know quite a number of friends when we met up in the Canteen A for dinner. We moved in a big group to the block at about 7 plus pm.

I was surprised to see that there were actually a huge volunteers with 27 turned up for the first session. All of us were divided into 5 groups and I was chosen to be in the Group 1. We began by moving into a classroom and meet up with the boys. I happened to know from Boon Ming that most of them are new boys except for 3 whom he had met before during the previous sessions.

Anyway, we started by forming a big circle of boys and volunteers. Then, each of us was asked to introduce ourselves before we continued with our ice breaking games. The first game was erm...I forgot the name but this is how it's played...Chin Han was the speaker...So basically we just need to move one step forward when he mentioned anything which is related to us. We had a lot of fun and the boys seemed to enjoy it as well.

After that, the boys were being assigned equally to each of the 5 groups that we have formed previously and we continued with our games. This time, we played a game which required everyone to memorize the name of each of group members. Then, we also played a game about animals. Each of us was represented by an animal, chosen by ourselves. I chose to be a king kong...haha...I remembered the giraffe hates the fish a lot and the fish always 'kena sabor'..lol...
Next up, we had our last game of the day which I would call it a 'Who..Har..What' game (Is it?haha...) Unfortunately, I lose 3 times in that game with another boy, called Kok Yin if I am not mistaken.

Our forfeit was to do pole dancing in the middle of the circle. I thought I can become the pole...but I ended up being a dancer because I lose AGAIN in the 'scissors..paper...stone' !!! I used to be a professional player for that during my childhood period...argh...what to do? dance lor...I asked for a music so that it's easier for me..But..WORSE..I would say that the music was terrible for a pole dancing(everyone in my group should know about it >_<")...However, I tried my best to entertain the group members. What really surprised me was after the forfeit. Everyone in other groups was actually watching when I was dancing..Oh my god...haha...

The session ended with a briefing from Chin Han. Then, I was invited for supper nearby the place but I did not join because I have 8.30 class on Friday =P. Nobody went and everyone took their respective buses to go back. That's how it ended =D

I was glad to have a chance to meet the boys although I only had a couple of conversations with some of them. I feel that it is not really hard to communicate with them. What I need is just time...I hope to see them more often and get to know them more in the coming session.

Ok! That's all from me...I have to say that I am not a blogger and I do not like to write blog but I enjoy reading blogs. ( So next time I am incharged to read blogs which are created by you guys only..no need to write liao =P)

See you guys next week!
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December Camp 2008

Hello peeps,

Many thanks to the volunteers who helped and volunteered their time for the camp and the dry-run. Although the camp ended quite abruptly, your help is greatly appreciated. Looking to 2009, I hope everyone has a successful and wonderful year ahead with great results and a even better life. Lotsa love =)

It all started with this bunch of programmers + yenbin


Then there was Dry-Run..and the girly-thingy we got to do.. But we enjoyed it every moment. Just in case you are wondering what was going on, ah chai was having a good laugh at the "pretty" pen that Jianwen did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8q5JZISAps

Finally, some pictures of the camp to share with you.
Khalisah's ice breaking game that got the boys interacting.


Huiwen's deadly sweets!


Seowhong teaching the boys a cheer


Mass ice-breaking game with..
Newbie Yiyun, with her warm smile =)


Old head Ah Chai, and his award-winning posture!


Teammates Celine and Huijia, with a very supportive contingent.


Volleyball with a twist - Our Volunteer Team


Look at their teamwork!



After these was.. yup you know. Anyway our No.1 Brave Survivor. Stung on her tight and legs, shivering in pain and she had to endure the memories of her struggle. Pointing to her bee sting..

Introduce Michelle.


Some of us. Welfare Services for SBH.

final session + farewell

chin han! i'm here!

first of all, congrats to everyone! we survived yet another round of exams!!

ok moving to the first item on the agenda: our final session for sem 1. since it was to be the final session, boon ming and ah chai put in some effort to make it a memorable one. we played hangman, with the boys vs. the volunteers. for the first few rounds, each team thought of words for the other team to guess, and it was a close fight! for the final rounds, boon ming came up with some questions for us to guess..and the boys started to take the lead..and they ended up winning with a comfortable margin. but of course, we were happy to let them win!

oh i must state for the record that hui wen was a very good guesser! she even managed to guess 'McSpicy'..which to me is pretty amazing hahah

after the game and prize-giving session, chin han took out his multi-coloured ice cream sticks, and we were supposed to write messages to the boys and they would write messages to us. this was quite a good idea! provided you had boys you wanted to write messages to hahah. soke hwa, i still have your ice cream stick ok!

all in all, i would say that it was a really fun and memorable session. thanks to those who put in effort to make it such a great session! :)

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now moving on to the farewell part..

since i'll be going on exchange next semester, this semester is my last in ntu. hahah i didn't even realise it was my last session until on that day itself! and because it's my last session, i was tasked to blog about it and also to write my farewell thoughts.

hmm. i'm not really sure what to write. coz it still feels a little unreal..

i'll start off by thanking all of you, my fellow volunteers. especially those who've been with me since i joined in year 1. the years have gone by just like that! thank you all for giving me such wonderful memories. i think..the time i spent with you all, whether at sessions or at our (very rare) outings are definitely among the happiest in my university life.

although there were definitely some times when it felt like a chore to have to go for sessions every week, i don't think i ever regretted going for any one of them. and it's definitely something i will miss when i'm in canada :( well, hopefully i'll be able to join u all for some sessions when i come back!

but..you all don't have to be too sad and start missing me now! hahahha. coz i'll still be here for the camp! i didn't get to take part in the camp last year, so luckily i have another chance this year before i leave. let's make it a wonderful one k!

ok this is a really long post. (chin han! more than 5 paragraphs already! hahah) but if u don't remember anything about the long story i wrote, the main point is this:

thanks for the memories! :)


take care, guys and gals!