[25 March 2018 (Sunday)]
‘We love because He [God] first loved us.’ – I John 4:19
Finally, we had come to the third day of event. As I knew this would be the last day meeting the children, I was quite sad, just wished to be able to spend more time with them. 😢
They sensed our arrival and we were so relieved to see them waiting for us in anticipation. Again, this morning, the Zumba exercise session led by Nazrul entertained the children. They were so joyfully amused by the fast rhythm of the music and the peculiar actions that were taught to dance to. 😄
In that morning, we did some origami, which were meant to serve as decoration. We also had a simple English session, in which Sin Hui taught simple words encapsulating expressions, feelings and descriptive phrases. Later then, majority of the children went for the nasyid and dikir barat for a competition. Believe me or not, they won the first prize in it! 👏👏
▲Figure 1: Simple English session
Almost the rest of the day became soundless, and most of us were not used to it. The remaining children played some chilled-out games with us. Later then, we had ‘Mystery Box’ session – considered to be one of the highlights of the day – whereby facilitators pretended to frighten the children with strange sounds while the children with their eyes closed, stretching out their hands to reach into the box. Some of them were really afraid and quickly ran away. After a while, we also had some casual outdoor games with the children and put up decorations for the closing ceremony.💚
▲Figure 1: Casual outdoor games with the children
At the same time, Adilah, Solihin, Putri and Arif went to Batu Caves Giant Hypermarket nearby with Dr Arpah to buy Pusat Jagaan NURI some food, drink, clothing and suchlike provisions. 💜
However, it rained in the evening while we were all prepared for our closing ceremony. Therefore, we were coerced to have the closing ceremony indoor instead of having it at the garage. Mama Nora came, and our programme coordinator Dr Sarinder was invited. The high point of the ceremony came when the facilitators, together with the kids, gave performances. It was a thrilling finale to the days’ events. The birthday surprise marked the successful culmination of our entire 3-day-2-night social engagement programme at Pusat Jagaan NURI. 3 birthday cakes were prepared for anyone whose birthday falls in February, March and April. When the cakes were sliced, there came the children back from the competition. Their faces fell, probably they were greatly downcast and disappointed because they had missed the celebration and the happy moments with us. 😡
As time silently passed by, it was time for us committee members to bid farewell to the kids. However, we were so unwilling and reluctant to leave this shelter home. We burst into tears in that rainy evening. The children waved their hands with their tears rolling down their faces / welled up in their eyes as the vans we were in cruised past the house and the compound. Some of us, even cried their eyes out as we headed back to KK 5 for post-mortem. See you, children! It was such a great and fun time with all of you! May our moments with the children lie within their minds forever. 💞
And here we are. We had come to the end of our social engagement programme. This programme, which was initially unexciting to me, turned out to be one of my unforgettable moments, filled with bittersweet memories with the children.😆
Posted by: Lee Jian Di
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