Thursday, December 20, 2007

my holiday is meaningful

Dear diary,

I had been so busy the past few days... and many photos to upload.

15th Dec 2007
I went fisherman wharf for dinner, TCC and watched The Golden Compass. I enjoyed myself , the show is nice. Is my 1st time seeing polar bears fight :P

16th Dec2007
It's my dear birthday... Happy Birthday Rowena! Woke up early to eat tim sum at liang court. Wow, it's so nice! Lucky us, they have 30% promotion, not only did we eat tim dum, we also have desserts. Shall upload the pictures later. We took many pictures after lunch, walk around at The Central and took a shuttle bus which was free around town :) haha, i felt like a tourist. We alighted at city hall, went esplanade to The Chocolate Bar and had our fondue!
I felt so fat.. and sinful. Because....
My family went to Sushi Teh for dinner and somehow i ate again. My 1st time there, the food is nice:) Esp got one beef dish.


























17th - 19th
These 3 days, i really feel so happy, tired and meaningful. It was a SUPER GOOD experience. It was Kids' World. My group is group 9 - Winnie the Pooh ( my favorite cartoon character). Together in my group, I have 9 volunteers and 9 kids ( initially got 10 kids but one left to join the other group) They are from underprivileged families and really adorable. We cheered, play games and won champion! Hooray!

Day 1
We had ice-breaker games - wacko, H2O , trees and squirrels. Then we had life skill lessons where the kids do face mask and 3D origami. Next, we play sports games and we won 1st :) I can see our potential soccer and captain ball players.

Day 2
We played The Great Monopoly in school , it's like amazing race. Ran from one station to another.. shag but fun. And the kids bully me! Boo.. but nvm, for more points it's alright :) Haha, they pour a big bottle of water on me... and i was totally wet. We kinda play cheat cos the kids learn to earn more bonus points by cheering. It's so cute having to see them asking the programmers for more points. They go like ' please... give us more points. we do cheer for you." After the cheer, everyone will crowd around the programmer and see how many points they give. Completed 8 stations and we are the champions!

Day 3
Went to the science center. It's has been long since I went there... before i went in, i thought it would be quite boring but apparently i was wrong. Went around with Irfan and it's really interesting! It's his first time there and everything is like wow... press the buttons here and there, run around. Looking at them playing at the same games over and over again without getting tired of it is so weird. Maybe when we were younger, we were like them too.

I really learn how to appreciate things around me more. Ask yourself when was the last time you ate MacDonald?
My kids... some of them couldn't even remember when was the last time they ate MacDonald. On the 1st day, we gave happy meal to them with fillet o fish, nuggets and fries. Many of them either could not finish it or they don't want to eat because they wanna bring home for their siblings at home. When my friend told her that the fries will be cold by the time you reach home but she says, "nvm, my mummy will make hot. My sis likes nuggets and my bro likes fries." How sweet right? If it's any one of us, I'm sure it will land in the bin. I never thought eating MacDonald is a blessing... guess i always take it for granted.

When you were at the age of 10, do you buy your own slippers?
My little girl has to work for her own slippers at the price of $12.50. She has to do the house chores to earn the money. She said it was her favorite slippers and she really cherish it.

Today was the last day of the camp and i felt sad to leave them. Don't know if I will be able to see them again. Hopefully, they will call me someday... missing them already.

































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