im in love.

with children la! im in love with children!!! hahaha..they are like super DUPER cute!!! :D heh. today had training at delta..hmmm, quite ok la..more of keeping in touch with our nerves and pressure of the on-coming match on wednesday against rjc. yupx. fight fight fight saints hockey. we rock, we rule, we are fighters! I HEART SAINTS HOCKEY!!! hahaha..i left early cos i had to rush to tanah merah for the cip at salvation army. yups. took the train there to meet syaf cos she also late..hmmm..then the train ride was like super long..hahah..but ok la..cos quite spacious, nv kenna sqeezed. played hp game all the way, so time seemed to flew past. hee. ehhh..reached liao. then i found out tt stella and amy also meeting us to go. yun ma, seo hoon and jee cheng already reached. yups. then waited for the two of them la. sianz. fast forward to the bus run. got off the bus at the salvation army place there lo..at changi close by..hmmm..den walked in. man families going in also..hahha..the children were all like damn cute. made me veh veh excited..hahah!


reached le..then saw yun ma they all writing the names on the sticker tabs la. then giving out to the ppl who just came to register..the one thing tt is veh impt and new to me is tt these children were all accompanied by their mothers only, cos their fathers were all serving time in prison..yea..they werent like any other normal child with two full-time parents by their sides..but tt din make me any more hostile or change my attitude towards them. cos i really din think of them tt way anyway. and i just wanted to make these children smile and be really happy. they had nothing to do with this, and they shldbt be embroiled into complicated matters. just wanted them to enjoy their childhood while they can and also learn to forgive and forget the past mistakes of their fathers..

the children were split up into 4 groups--strawberry, choc1, choc 2 and choc 3. hahaha..nice riteee...cos there was 8 of us there, and serena was super late, she din come even after we started to facilitate the actitvities..ya..the rest better la..=) hmmm..yeas, anyway the kids were liek super cute la..active and cheery and noisy..hahah..me and syaf took choc1. we wanted strawberry one. then that syaf la..gan chiong..pull me to the wrong room. lol. then we stayed there throughout..there were these two clowns..hahaha..made balloons for those kids there..they were ard k2 to p1 age la..=) yea..balloon sculpting lo..then all the children were like screaming for balloons. and the poor clowns had to make alot alot of them..hahah..(since some kids had more than one..some even had 5 balloons!!!) heh..they were veh noisy la..then most of the guys shouted for swords..the girls even, and after they got their swords, they ran ard "killing" each other..damn cute. :D reminds me of my younger days. wahahahha!

talked to some kids..cos some werent as active and boisterous as the rest..yups, so i paid special attention to those who were left in a corner and veh quiet kind..persuaded to join in the other kids..and im glad i did, cos after i did, and pulled them into the group of noisy kids, they started playing too, and i can tell they enjoyed themselves..=) still can rmb alot of their names..hahah..they really cute..once u get to noe these kids they really rely alot on u and very willing to play with u..i think im in love with them..
there was this girl called mei xiang. huge eyes. very shy and quiet. she held back when all the kids were rushing for balloons. so i approached her and talk to her lo..told her if she wan balloon must tell kor kor(which is the clown la) then he'll make for her..asked her wad she wants..hahaha..yea..then eventually she got wad she wanted!!! A PINK FLOWER!!! :) then there was this boy who was the first boy i approached. his name is glendon. very gameboy freak can tell. hahaha..he was telling me abt his pokemon games and toys..he got a yellow sword under my persuasion also..=D then this girl bonnie. had 3 balloons la!! hahaha..she approached me cos she wanted to write on the whiteboard and asked me to hold onto her balloons. heh..cute. but she quite violent sia. kept hitting me with her balloons, and me without any, was left very very vulnerable. hahaha..then this indian boy called suri i think. quite plump but cute all the while. he kept making irritating noises with his red sword balloon. those veh shrill sqeaky sound tt irritated many. so i called him over and told him not to do tt if not i'll confiscate his sword. hahaha..made him gou gou shou with me and promise tt he wun..AND HE DIDNT!!! arent i a great teacher..hahaha..then his guy lestor ah. veh cute..his sword the handle slant to one side, asked me to pull it back for him..then i told him liddat also veh cool, cos can double as sword and gun, called sword-gun. hahaha! lame rite, but he believed me la..den was quite pleased with his new weapon. heh. sharilah was another shy and quiet girl yet veh pleasant. :) played with her and talked to her also...hmmm hui zhen and charmaine were the last two kids i got to know before their mothers came to claim them and the buffet dinner..hmmm..they also veh active la..kept killing me with their swords..only hui zhen had a blue poodle and kept using its tail to kill me. lol. i told her dogs dun kills. and gave her a sword-lookalike to stand in for the dog. so she gave me her dog. :D and they kept killing me after tt. persuaded them to kill syaf instead but they dunwan. hahahah..lucky their parents came and they went to their sides.:P still got alot more..can still rmb their names, but too much to talk abt here la..mans, these kids are the highlight of my day la..cant believe how much happiness they bring to me..their innocence and simple pleasures really make me re-evaluate my life and things tt i shld treasure. :)

i rmb one girl at the end of the whole thing, when the mothers came into the room to pick up their kids, she asked me.."where is my papa...?". that question stunned me. i cldnt answer. so i told her (tryin to be calm) to find her mama instead. yea..and she ran off..suddenly..it just dawned on me tt these kids din haf a father accompanying them in their childhood. are their fathers really repentant now? is family one of the most impt things they treasure? will the child grow up to hate or forgive his/her father? is acceptance and forgiveness really such an easy virtue to be learnt? are we treasuring our loved ones right now? or are we simply taking them for granted?

many many questions. yet no answers for now. yea..going to have another class cip on 27 and 28 may. yups. also same organisation and same kids..=) hope they'll rmb me!!! hahaha..this time going to haf more serious stuffs. we are going to organise two workshops and one telematch. yeas.!!! cant wait la. hee. and 19th june got tsa flag day ah. think i going. though i dunnid the cip hrs. but just wanna do it la..i love meaningful cips!! :)

tts all for now folks. hahaha..long long entry..but a definitely fulfilling day! finally a day spent without wastage! +) love those kids.