[24 March 2018 (Saturday)]
‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters … It is the Lord you are serving, giving thanks to God the Father.’ – Colossians 3:23, 17
My second day started off quite punctually. This second day’s pick-up point is at KK 5. Being nervous we arrived Pusat Jagaan NURI in good time around 7:30 a.m. To our astonishment, the children were waiting for us eagerly at the gate. 😍
Nazrul led the morning Zumba exercise very well, successfully lifting the children’s spirits Almost all the activities were carried out as planned punctually. Seeing the children dancing merrily cast away all our wearies and fears. The children were so enjoyed in trying hard to follow the steps. 👏
We had many indoor activities, including art and craft, guessing pictures and committee members’ sharing of experience to the kids. We also introduced star counts as a means to attract their interests. A star will be awarded to be pasted on the board for every single win. This, indirectly, stirred up their competitiveness among themselves. 👍
The highlight of the day was also the Mandarin session in which simple greetings, expressions and descriptive phrases were taught. I was really impressed by the inquisitiveness of the children. Their curiosity led them in asking many questions. I was really delighted we hear them raising their doubts and questions. As the group 3’s facilitator, with patience I helped the children in the pronunciation as well as explaining the meanings of certain Chinese words. Glad to see them putting the words correctly in speech. Hope that these words may help them in the future and that they may apply them. 😄
Thank God that we manage to entertain the children vindicated by the full involvement and cooperation given that had eluded us on the first day. Relief surged through us. We soon were able to capture their attention and interest by introducing an array of engaging activities and games to them. They were all excited for the activities especially ‘Explorace’ station games session which was also the climax of the day. The earliest group to pass all 5 stations will win the race. The game seemed to be easier for my group due to the presence of Kamil and Syakir who are the eldest among all children in Pusat Jagaan NURI. They took the roles of leaders in the group in finishing the game. I hope they can all get the lessons from this game, i.e. to be able to cooperate well, effective communications among themselves and to be able to bound and listen to the leader’s instruction as they solved the problems in each station. What’s more, hampers were given away to Group 3 and Group 1, if I’m not mistaken for winning the explore race. 👏👐
In the evening we had outdoor games which were dodgeball for girls and futsal for the boys. We also practised for cheer performance. The whole practice was really a relaxing enjoyment as we kept the children amused by inserting humorous elements in the cheer. It was truly a pleasing moment with the children. The day then ended with the children’s dikir barat performance. Again, I would like to say that it was a conflation of their personal yearnings of love, thanksgivings and forgiveness. I was totally touched by the lyrics. Meanwhile, my thoughts flashed back to my early schooling days and childhood. Seeing them reminds of embracing and appreciating the values in life and to give thanks to God for all His wondrous gifts. 💗
It can be clearly seen that we had improved ourselves in many aspects. Everyone had better communication and interaction with the kids which is our main purpose of having social engagement. We also made sure that the flow is kept in an orderly manner without further hesitation. We had really done a good job this second day of event! 👍
Posted by: Lee Jian Di
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