Friday, June 17
FOR THREE DAYS...
for three days, my phone's internet explorer has been permanently on 2 websites:
Lightning Alert Risk; gothere.sg
for three days, i've been trying to report to the venue on time :/
for three days, i've been moving around.. supervising, observing.
for three days, i've been hearing the sounds of children around me.
for three days, i've been interacting with the 'kids' from haven,
and the volunteers of ACJC.
i would like to say, it was a really great experience.
i've really really enjoyed the whole process,
even if it meant losing sleep here & there..
being stressed, frustrated, annoyed, and even angered,
simply trying to make it a success.
the volunteers of ACJC are really a awesome bunch of people.
their enthusiasium from the first day affected me, affected the kids.
if i had a chance, i would've interacted with them more.
if i had a chance, i would've wanted them to stay with the kids for all 3 days of the camp.
i have people who volunteered for one day only..
and yet making such a lasting impact
that the kids asked for them for the rest of the camp,
and even demanding that they visit after the camp!
the 'kids' too.. i was fooled by their appearances.
they looked so young, acted so young,
i thought a number of them were in lower primary.
when, in actual fact, only Jane was 7 years old (i guessed correctly!)
and the rest were from 12-18 years old.
hmm...
i think, i've really said whatever i needed, wanted to say..
during my debrief to the facilitators ytd,
during my thank you letter to haven and the various day leaders..
i'm running out of things to say!
but i think i'll still take some time over this week
to write personal thank you letters to each & every one
who has volunteered their time to make a difference in the 'kids' lives.
uncle jones, you were right.
these kids are addictive.
some of us miss them already.
for three days, my phone's internet explorer has been permanently on 2 websites:
Lightning Alert Risk; gothere.sg
for three days, i've been trying to report to the venue on time :/
for three days, i've been moving around.. supervising, observing.
for three days, i've been hearing the sounds of children around me.
for three days, i've been interacting with the 'kids' from haven,
and the volunteers of ACJC.
i would like to say, it was a really great experience.
i've really really enjoyed the whole process,
even if it meant losing sleep here & there..
being stressed, frustrated, annoyed, and even angered,
simply trying to make it a success.
the volunteers of ACJC are really a awesome bunch of people.
their enthusiasium from the first day affected me, affected the kids.
if i had a chance, i would've interacted with them more.
if i had a chance, i would've wanted them to stay with the kids for all 3 days of the camp.
i have people who volunteered for one day only..
and yet making such a lasting impact
that the kids asked for them for the rest of the camp,
and even demanding that they visit after the camp!
the 'kids' too.. i was fooled by their appearances.
they looked so young, acted so young,
i thought a number of them were in lower primary.
when, in actual fact, only Jane was 7 years old (i guessed correctly!)
and the rest were from 12-18 years old.
hmm...
i think, i've really said whatever i needed, wanted to say..
during my debrief to the facilitators ytd,
during my thank you letter to haven and the various day leaders..
i'm running out of things to say!
but i think i'll still take some time over this week
to write personal thank you letters to each & every one
who has volunteered their time to make a difference in the 'kids' lives.
What we can learn from them,
far exceeds what we can give to them.
uncle jones, you were right.
these kids are addictive.
some of us miss them already.
what we are, right now @ 7:10 PM.
