This sem marks the first time that i am officially volunteering at rsp block E. So far, i had only attended a few sessions with the boys and i have yet to know them well. However, my experience at these few sessions had allowed me to take a peek at how life is like for them in the boys' home.
Last week session was held after the chinese new year week, and to be frank i was still in a holiday mood. As usual, i met up with the fellow rsp block E volunteers to make our way to the boys' home. We started off the session by playing some memory games, one of which is the pluck feather game. Ok.. even though we didn't get to pluck real feathers from the chicken, the game is quite fun, especially when the people that lost had to do forfeit. We got the boys to dance to the song "nobody", and to my surprise, they were very enthusiastic about it and they danced pretty well for a girly song!
Next game was charade. The boys and us were split into two teams and they had to pass down the actions so that the person at the last can guess the word or phrase. Apparently the boys got too excited about it and everything became a bit messy. But still, it's nice to see the boys enjoying themselves at the sessions, which is probably one of the few times when they can do so at their stay in the home.
Time always passes very fast when we are enjoying ourselves. Though I only had a few hours to interact with the boys each time, I hoped that i would be able to get to know them better, bit by bit. As such, I would be looking forward to the coming sessions for the rest of my stay as a volunteer at rsp block E.
jingguo:)
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
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Today's the 2nd session. I bumped into others in Jurong point, level 3 food court. Then we took bus together to go to boy's home.
We played 3 games, which lasted about 1.5 hours in all. The first one is "finish a sentence". The one starting a new sentence needs to say "hoji doji hoji doji" before he/she comes up with one word as the beginning of a sentence,and the next person continues with another word, and the next, etc. Sentences can end up with full stop or question mark. The only requirement for game players is the sentence must make sense. It sounds easy but when you're actually taking part in it, it can become very tricky. You really need to pay full attention to what others say before you. Otherwise Forfeit! The 2nd is Mona Lisa. Okay, here's the rule. A person can start with Mo, or Mona, then pointing to any other who should continue until Sa. Whoever is pointed at while Sa is spoken needs to post a gesture like the famous Mona Lisa, and don't forget the mysterious smile! Also the phrase can be "Captain", or "coconut tree", or "helicopter". Gestures differ according to which phrase is used and you cannot mix them up. This is quite fun and you can actually hear people saying Captain while posing as Mona Lisa. The last game is 终极密码. A number between 1 and 99 is fixed first and the aim is to guess what number it is by shortening the interval the number lies within. The boys are really good at this. For me it's almost impossible to get the correct answer but the boys can manage to guess the correct number in just couple of times. Amazing!
As one of the new volunteers, I learned from boys and other volunteers as well. We all had a wonderful time before the end of the day. I wish everyone good luck in the coming semester and do enjoy our coming sessions at boys' home!
Last but not least,here is a photo we took few weeks ago =)
We played 3 games, which lasted about 1.5 hours in all. The first one is "finish a sentence". The one starting a new sentence needs to say "hoji doji hoji doji" before he/she comes up with one word as the beginning of a sentence,and the next person continues with another word, and the next, etc. Sentences can end up with full stop or question mark. The only requirement for game players is the sentence must make sense. It sounds easy but when you're actually taking part in it, it can become very tricky. You really need to pay full attention to what others say before you. Otherwise Forfeit! The 2nd is Mona Lisa. Okay, here's the rule. A person can start with Mo, or Mona, then pointing to any other who should continue until Sa. Whoever is pointed at while Sa is spoken needs to post a gesture like the famous Mona Lisa, and don't forget the mysterious smile! Also the phrase can be "Captain", or "coconut tree", or "helicopter". Gestures differ according to which phrase is used and you cannot mix them up. This is quite fun and you can actually hear people saying Captain while posing as Mona Lisa. The last game is 终极密码. A number between 1 and 99 is fixed first and the aim is to guess what number it is by shortening the interval the number lies within. The boys are really good at this. For me it's almost impossible to get the correct answer but the boys can manage to guess the correct number in just couple of times. Amazing!
As one of the new volunteers, I learned from boys and other volunteers as well. We all had a wonderful time before the end of the day. I wish everyone good luck in the coming semester and do enjoy our coming sessions at boys' home!
Last but not least,here is a photo we took few weeks ago =)
Thursday, 6 January 2011
the long awaited FIRST session!
Today marks the first session with the new volunteers! It was also a fresh start for the boys as most of them were unfamiliar faces.
In order to get to know each other better, Jennifer and Yuwen planned a series of icebreakers for today’s session. We also adopted the method of conducting the games session in two smaller groups. It proved to be effective as it promoted more interaction between the volunteers and the boys. We started the session with the famous washing milk game (modified from the Chinese version). It was a bit confusing for the boys and for us at first, but we soon got the hang of it. Next, the level of enthusiasm increased when we introduced the name and slap game. The person whose name was called, had to call another person's name while his/her thighs were being slapped by the two people sitting beside them. We did implement some safety precautions to ensure that the game went on smoothly. This game served as a quick and easy way to remember names for both the boys and the volunteers. Lastly, we ended off the session with an exciting game of charades. I really have to admit that some of the boys were really good at acting and they even used some of their sign languages which were easily comprehended by other boys.
Overall, there was good rapport between the boys and the volunteers. I hope this session will kick-start the rest of the sessions for the year 2011 and also enhance our volunteering experience in Block E with the new volunteers. I also hope that these sessions can serve as a learning tool for the boys as well as for us. Also wishing everyone a Happy 2011!:)
In order to get to know each other better, Jennifer and Yuwen planned a series of icebreakers for today’s session. We also adopted the method of conducting the games session in two smaller groups. It proved to be effective as it promoted more interaction between the volunteers and the boys. We started the session with the famous washing milk game (modified from the Chinese version). It was a bit confusing for the boys and for us at first, but we soon got the hang of it. Next, the level of enthusiasm increased when we introduced the name and slap game. The person whose name was called, had to call another person's name while his/her thighs were being slapped by the two people sitting beside them. We did implement some safety precautions to ensure that the game went on smoothly. This game served as a quick and easy way to remember names for both the boys and the volunteers. Lastly, we ended off the session with an exciting game of charades. I really have to admit that some of the boys were really good at acting and they even used some of their sign languages which were easily comprehended by other boys.
Overall, there was good rapport between the boys and the volunteers. I hope this session will kick-start the rest of the sessions for the year 2011 and also enhance our volunteering experience in Block E with the new volunteers. I also hope that these sessions can serve as a learning tool for the boys as well as for us. Also wishing everyone a Happy 2011!:)
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