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Started this blog during the last few weeks of SEM1(AY2014/15) cos' i regained interest in blogging. I blog about anything - news, social issues, music - but mostly about my university life :) Hope my posts will help you to make better life (and module) choices! Currently a Sociology Major. Still fresh. xD
Too lazy to write, but i always tell myself that i should do reflections for each session.
The EXCO came full force today! (at least for those who're suppose to come down for sat)
Some of them finally came for the 1st time and see what we're doing. WX brought his sepak takraw and he gave it to the kids XD The ball fell into a pretty deep drain oh wells. But he climbed in and picked it out #whatarmydoestoboys HAHAHA
Ben got milo sponsors too! Yay i was so suprised that so many people knew about our programme and are so willing to donate to us :)
So i gave out a carton of milos, and left another on a table and i think H took almost everything and hid it in a box at the back. I chanced upon it when i was walking around, and he looked shocked, he hugged the box cos he didn't want me to know what he was doing. But i saw him holding 2 packs of milo. I was shocked too. When i walked back, the whole table of milo was empty, i wasn't angry, but i was just kinda heartened and felt abit heart wrenching but also thankful -- when i gave milo and they delightfully accepted it, but it was also so precious to them, and he wanted to take everything. My sociological eyes just saw class structures - bang! right in your face. After that i asked him - also because some people told me he took all the milo - "What about the others?" He was playful and didn't really look at me, "the others?" (forgot exactly what he said..but he probably didn't think about that at that point in time) .. after that a few other kids came to me for milo, so i told them to get from him, and he willingly gave too. He was shoving milo to them. Awww. I really liked that scene. You see, kids really don't mean what they say sometimes, and sometimes it's just a small slip - just like adults, just like our friends and our parents... i believe we all have this care and concern for one another, but sometimes our actions are not as thoughtful, but i learnt not to be so quick to punish or judge, but give some time to people around you to think and reflect, i mean - everyone's going through something tough and you'll never know the full story - so why be so hard on others?
On a side note, the way some people teach is worrying... i think i need a debrief on this. I have never conducted a mass debrief, usu it's just 1 to 1 with the volunteers haha. But i kinda get an idea of what to say in a mass debrief session now. Some tutors teach the wrong thing - i must stress the need to ask others and clarify before teaching the kid, some tutors just state without explaining like multiplcation for math - you can use drawings to help the kid understand. Haha. That being said, i am not complaining but these are impt issues, and i really want all of us to do a good job teaching, esp after what the uncle told sam and i that time... he wasn't talking about us in specificity, but still i felt a need to prove him wrong regardless.
He said that.. you kids come here to do CIP.. cos we need it. I know you all have your CIP points or something.. but if you don't do it with all your heart, don't do it at all. I really want to pay him a visit everytime i'm there, but i'm always busy teaching and conducting the sessions that it always slips my mind, or i'm just too tired after it. Haha. But i will definitely go back after some time. And i hope that uncle will still be there, because i want to tell him about how we're doing, how happy the kids were, and that i'm really sincere about doing it. He seemed like a person who has lost alot of faith in humanity..and hope too. But through SOCIP i have learnt so much, and it has made me see the good in everyone, every small moment, and if only i could tell him what we're doing..that'd be great.
Too lazy to write, but i always tell myself that i should do reflections for each session.
The EXCO came full force today! (at least for those who're suppose to come down for sat)
Some of them finally came for the 1st time and see what we're doing. WX brought his sepak takraw and he gave it to the kids XD The ball fell into a pretty deep drain oh wells. But he climbed in and picked it out #whatarmydoestoboys HAHAHA
Ben got milo sponsors too! Yay i was so suprised that so many people knew about our programme and are so willing to donate to us :)
So i gave out a carton of milos, and left another on a table and i think H took almost everything and hid it in a box at the back. I chanced upon it when i was walking around, and he looked shocked, he hugged the box cos he didn't want me to know what he was doing. But i saw him holding 2 packs of milo. I was shocked too. When i walked back, the whole table of milo was empty, i wasn't angry, but i was just kinda heartened and felt abit heart wrenching but also thankful -- when i gave milo and they delightfully accepted it, but it was also so precious to them, and he wanted to take everything. My sociological eyes just saw class structures - bang! right in your face. After that i asked him - also because some people told me he took all the milo - "What about the others?" He was playful and didn't really look at me, "the others?" (forgot exactly what he said..but he probably didn't think about that at that point in time) .. after that a few other kids came to me for milo, so i told them to get from him, and he willingly gave too. He was shoving milo to them. Awww. I really liked that scene. You see, kids really don't mean what they say sometimes, and sometimes it's just a small slip - just like adults, just like our friends and our parents... i believe we all have this care and concern for one another, but sometimes our actions are not as thoughtful, but i learnt not to be so quick to punish or judge, but give some time to people around you to think and reflect, i mean - everyone's going through something tough and you'll never know the full story - so why be so hard on others?
On a side note, the way some people teach is worrying... i think i need a debrief on this. I have never conducted a mass debrief, usu it's just 1 to 1 with the volunteers haha. But i kinda get an idea of what to say in a mass debrief session now. Some tutors teach the wrong thing - i must stress the need to ask others and clarify before teaching the kid, some tutors just state without explaining like multiplcation for math - you can use drawings to help the kid understand. Haha. That being said, i am not complaining but these are impt issues, and i really want all of us to do a good job teaching, esp after what the uncle told sam and i that time... he wasn't talking about us in specificity, but still i felt a need to prove him wrong regardless.
He said that.. you kids come here to do CIP.. cos we need it. I know you all have your CIP points or something.. but if you don't do it with all your heart, don't do it at all. I really want to pay him a visit everytime i'm there, but i'm always busy teaching and conducting the sessions that it always slips my mind, or i'm just too tired after it. Haha. But i will definitely go back after some time. And i hope that uncle will still be there, because i want to tell him about how we're doing, how happy the kids were, and that i'm really sincere about doing it. He seemed like a person who has lost alot of faith in humanity..and hope too. But through SOCIP i have learnt so much, and it has made me see the good in everyone, every small moment, and if only i could tell him what we're doing..that'd be great.
“To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.”
- James Allen Quotes
Sometimes I wonder how people see me and what they think of me. It scares me a bit, honestly. I am sure though, that what they think of me,
what they think my life is, is a complete misperception. I have always tried to show myself as a carefree person, as someone who wont get bothered
because of public judgements. I am sure my friend and family think there is nothing going wrong in my life, that I do not worry enough, that
I am always happy. And I am sure they probably somewhat hate me for it because, lets admit it, there is nothing worse than seeing someone
who is life seems so perfect while yours is a complete mess. Truth is, I have become an expert at pretending. I think we are all experts
or at least we are getting there.
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: Amelia Lim, 20 October.