1501. 1601.

1501.

My tuition for my higher chinese student was cancelled..!! Kinda happy cos could sleep more. =D

Then went to red cross house for the disabled with a few of my project chia-se team ppl, aka the lame club members. To visit the patients there.

First intro u all the lame club ppl. whaa..
President of Lame Club: mantou
Vice-president: M
Publicity officer: C
Honourary members: KP, WL, T, PM (still got who else ah? =p)
Ordinary members: The rest of Chia-se team (*muhaa*)

1. "j'aime la Recee" (First programme to kick off the visit the activity)
Leader: M
Members involved: mantou, KP, T, PM, C
Objective: Team-bonding. Develop the potential of lameness fully.
Brief details of activities: - Alight at the wrong bus stop.
- Get lost along the way.
- Lots of walking under the rain involved.
Equipments required: - Umbrella

Outcome:
Found our way there at last,after an hour of recee. Lots of exchange of lame conversation were exchanged. Despite of all the obstacles, the lame club has become even more united and harmoniously lame. They have proved the rest of the world that they are really lame. Good job, everyone!
-Signed: President of Lame Club -
- Cc: TheLameClub.com -

2. Visit of Red Cross house for the Disabled
Objective: Interact witht the people staying in the home.

Outcome:
Find the situation seems to be more serious than when we visited the Agent Orange victims. Here, we find real big difficulty in trying to interact with them, despite of the instructions given. Unlike the agent orange victims, they seem to find difficulties in responding to our questions and also in expressing themselves, verbally and physically. Many of them have involuntary muscle movement problems. The whole scene was kinda heart-wrecking. Thought that there's no longer any language barrier between us and the patients, unlike in vietnam. But it seems that we can communicate and interact with them effectively. Nevertheless, we remain strong. We did not cry, but we gave our utmost best to interact with them, especially the kids.
Realise how blessed we are. Really blessed. (",)
Once again, good job, people..!! =)
- Signed: All-of-the-sudden-sentimental President of Lame Club -
- Cc: StrongLameClub.com -

*End of report*


Someone's birthday!
Hey hey hey...happy birthday, DLY..!!! Hope you have enjoyed ur celebration...!! One year older liao..! haa..
Must remain cheerful always..!!! =D you have been a great and helpful friend..!! =)


1601.

Have not received news from OPA. I'm going to make noise tmr le. Wish me all the best. =p

Went to Orchard with my good fren. Realise that he has a pretty good sense of fashion sense. haa...and ended up being my fashion consultant of the day. hahaha..he showed me different fashion shops and gave me many fashion advices. haha..it's only today when he told me that my previous dress sense was boring and sloppy. Cos i will always wear t-shirts and jeans and shoes. (-_-) now then tell me..hahaa..aiyo..hahaa...But well, i'm very grateful to him in being my fashion consultant of the day. I tried out a few clothes which he recommended, and realised that haa..i look not too bad..haha..so i put my trust in his unofficial profession. haa..

But i need to take time to change. Dun change me entirely overnight. Will have indigestion. hhaha.. =p

Ha..met a salesgirl in orchard. She approached both of us. She claimed that today one particular local entertainment magazine is offering some great deals of some CK-related perfume in orchard road. Also, will only offer to those people dressed in black blouse.

I wore a black blouse today.

"...Since today's bla-bla magazine is having the promotion of this product today, there will be a 70% off its usual price."
So she offered me one box.

"...Since today your friend (referring to me) is wearing black which resembles the colour of lavendar black seeds, I will offer you another box free."
A second box offered.

"...Since both of you are one of the first 50 ppl whom i approach to, I will offer you another box free."
A third box.

"...Since you are a student, there will be another box offered to you free."
A fourth box.
And there's another one more offer condition which i've forgotten, but anyway, she offered the fifth and the last box for free.

So, basically, one such box juz for about 50 bucks, after its 70% discount.
Free 4 boxes.

Her offer was so attractive and she was so persuasive that my rational mind juz eloped and i paid for it.
Hmmm.

hhaa..anyway i've eaten in one restaurant today in orchard, and find its price to be reasonable and its ambience to be pretty nice. so..haha..zj, hm, jac and sindy, if you all r interested to visit this restaurant, do tell me. hhaa..Find the style to be unique and interesting. And if i'm not wrong, it's most probably a spanish restaurant. Cos the background music played in it was all spanish or mexican. haa..so if interested, do tell me, ya? i'll be more honoured to bring u all there..hhaa..exclusively for u all 4..whaaa... =p


26th December 2006, Tuesday:

The 2nd health care workshop for Kim An Pri started today. And yeah!! =D me finally got the opportunity to teach those kids..!! (^^)

Since the venue for the second site of the sch was far, the teachers actually rode their motorbikes to bring us there. So nice of them.. (^^)

hahaa...and NM was one of the motorist to bring T and M there. hahaa..

Basically, i partnered with M for the workshop today. He will teach the hand-washing while me will be teaching teeth-brushing. hhaa...The whole workshop went on well, except i find that the kids are quieter than those in Kim Bai. hhaa..Still they are adorable. (^^)

As i say, eveything went on well,without any lameness, until its last portion.

I taught the kids a song - "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" song.
Think i've not woken up totally. My actions for indicating knees and toes totally contradicted with my words.

My words: "Knees and toes"
My actions: (tapping my head and shoulders)

Thrice.

Involuntary.

(-_-)

Ahh..throughout the whole day, and the whole trip after that, the whole team knew about this, and the lame club members were like keep imitating my actions..arg......hahahaa.. =p

On our way back from Kim An Pri, we hitched motorcycle rides from the teachers again. =D haha..so does NM. hhaa..during the journey, NM actually almost hit a cow..!! haa...so funny sia..!!! =p

In the afternoon, we went for the farewell ceremony of the Kim Bai Pri. Guess what souvenirs we have gotten from them? hhaa..the vietnamese hats again..!!!!! hahahaa.. But this ceremony was not as fun as in Kim Bai. =p

Later after the ceremony, we rushed back to our accomodation site to meet up with some handicapped people. The site where we have been living in was initially a rehabilation centre for the handicapped. and cos of our arrival, they have to offer the site for us and the handicapped could not receive any treatment during our stay. The stove which we cooked was actually rented. So sweet of them... (T_T)

The interaction with the handicapped was meaningful. And i could say that it's my first time interacting with the handicapped. And I have seen and learnt a lot from this interaction.

I only managed to interact with two people. One of them whom i interacted was a teenage girl in wheelchair. Her legs and hands were weak. She was unreluctant to be involved in the drawing activity. I could probably understand why. Initially she was very unhappy, and at one point in time, I had no idea how to cheer her up. hhaa..it's only until when i started folding paper crane and gave it to her. She smiled. =) So i was more motivated and started making her stars. =) And again, she smiled even more.

At that point in time, i juz felt very happy. (^^)

At the whole event, she left the place with a smile. Me was very happy. haha.. (^^)

And it could be pretty heart-aching to see the conditions of some kids. There was one kid who was kinda mentally challenged. All he loves to do is to pick up and collect grass. Anyone who tries to stop him or take thr grass away from him, this boy will cry. My friends and his relative could not do anything, but let him continue his activity. When i saw the whole thing, i felt kinda heart-ache for the boy and his relative. For such a adorable-looking boy like him, it's juz not fair for such thing to happen to him. But well, this is life.