Day 1
The first day of our event, the feeling of worry and anxious filled the air on that morning(that is 6.45am) the day where everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Though I had to admit I was one of the group that came late on that day (nice start of the day). Arriving at NURI house the kids celebrate us cheerfully even though some of us didn’t follow to site visit last time. Though we were told there will be 67 kids coming today but only 20 or so kids came because lots of them have other program(wow this kids are busy). First we had to separate into groups, each groups have 2 “faci tetap” and 3 “faci bantuan” and lucky me I got to be faci tetap (yayy -^-) im not good with kids and when we were given time to do ice breaking with our groups well.. we can say that time is “krikk krikk time”. Since both faci and the kids didn’t know what to say to each other. But it’s a good thing that I got the older kids(and the less cuz our group have only 3 kids) range from 11 year old to 14 year old, but later on we finally got some momentum (cuz suddenly one of them mention about video games XD) . After that we start our gotong royong, 2 group handle the outside of the house and 3 groups handle the inside of the house. That 2 group is me and jian di group and shazrul and farah’s group. Kinda a big work for us because we had to clear up all the chairs, table etc(in short term outside more on lifting work) but I was surprised that the kids volunteer to help us even though from other groups.(probably because our part has space for lots of people and after work they can quickly go to the playground next to the khemah). Fast forward after the gotong royong, I was really blurred out because lots of thing didn’t follow the tentative and we had trouble controlling the kids because they’re not that interested on the slots we made for them. Then dr. arpah ask us to remake the groups so there are only 3 groups and each group have around 7-6 kids. After that it went by kinda smoothly since we still trying to connect with the kids.For the closing ceremony our group plan on doing cheers, at first I thought its too much for them but they surprise me again and were actually excited to do the cheers even though its too “army like ^^’’. Later on the end of the day, we were really tired but kinda happy since we know a little how to interact with the kids, some of us already remember their names but Im still having problem remembering the kids name even my first group which only have 3 kids.
Day 2
The second day, we had a lot of improvement, for instance all of us knew how to attract the kids and entertain them. Since the second day is full of games for example explorace, bola sepak, bola beracun and lots more games I can see all of their face is full of joy. I can even feel lots of improvement between the faci, everyone knew what to do for every slot in the tentative. I see this day as in bonding day between the kids and the faci especially the part where we play football and bola beracun with the kids. We build a connection between each other and I myself has started to feel the bond with these kids. Oh, today is mandarin class too, the kids were really good learners. They were really focused when one of us taught in front and when we taught in groups. They really appreciate the knowledge we gave them.
Day3
The last day for us to be with these kids. Today was kinda not that fun because half of the kids will be joining a program at noon so they can’t join our games today and most of the kids that left behind are around below 8 years old. We did the games we plan on doing but at more relaxed pace since they mostly want to play with the swings ^^’’. Yeah well, most of the time after noon we spent time playing group games with the kids or play at the playground with them. Onward to the closing ceremony. It was horrible because it rained suddenly that evening, all of our decoration we did were all for nothing. Luckily we had a backup plan and set up the ceremony inside. It's not that spacey though but it will do. I was getting really anxious(or just missing them) because the kids that went to the program were not back yet and worry they’re not back to say goodbye to us. Fortunately, the kids were finally back but at the end of the ceremony. When they came back I can see the sadness in their face because they can’t present the cheers we have been practising, for three days the kids were really hyped up about the cheers some even do cheers when we were eating or before prayer when taking wudhu’ (they were so funny ^^). But now they can’t do it and already have to said goodbye to us. When we finish packing all our stuff up, we gave time to say goodbye to the kids. They surprise me once again because they were genuinely sad because we were leaving, some even started crying. It's quite amazing how these kids can get into our hearts. In just three days we already created a tight bond with them. I just can’t believe myself at the first day I felt nothing for them and last I quite miss them already.
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