2015年8月14日

A trip to the Down Syndrome Association

The trip to the Down Syndrome Association today was a very enriching one for me. I gained a lot knowledge regarding Down syndrome from the people in charge and of couse, with short interactions with persons with Down syndrome. At the first moment when we stepped into the Association,  we were greeted by a few people with Down syndrome warmly, and a lady named Min Fei introduced herself to me with a handshake. I was shocked    
by her friendliness but told her my name in return.  Min Fei went on by telling me that she lost her pink wallet that her mother gave her. She went on telling me that her wallet contained $5 and she is looking for it. This small interaction with Min Fei made me felt that she really trust me a lot as she was really detailed with her description to a mere stranger like me.
We did not have the time to interview  the persons of Down syndrome, as throughout the visit, we only toured the place. However, when the person in charge was bringing us to various rooms of different uses like the living room and the art room, we were further welcomed by more of them, as they came over to us for handshakes and high-fives, smiling warmly at us. I noticed that most of them walk while sloughing and dragging their feet, which is one of the symptoms caused by their syndrome--Low muscle tone. This reminded me of how most of us usually drag ourselves to school on an early Monday morning, having the reluctance of going to school. They cannot control the way they walk, but we do. Yet we choose to present ourself in this type of posture.
The persons with Down syndrome also had craft-making in their curriculum, where they expresse themselves through art pieces they create, often with a different perspective of how people should interpret and view the world. The crafts they made will sold to people during charity fare, encouraging them to be self-reliant and at the same time contribute to the society.
What amazes me was that the rooms are always filled with laughters and chatterings. They maintain a positive attitude, not feeling demoralized with their conditions.
Before we leave the association, we waved goodbye to the friends from afar. What touched me is what they did next, running from their places towards us eagerly despite having difficulty walking, just to high-five us goodbye.

On the whole, I learnt that persons of Down syndrome are not disabled, just differently abled. 

THANK YOU 大家!!

So today's 14august and it was really📌📎
So during recess serene made me go toilet with her so i kept my half eaten pear and took my chinese tb to the toilet. On the way, she was like 憋笑-ing then i suddenly rmb yesterday:
Setting: outside indian dance room after end of literature class
I was wearing my shoes to prepare to go back class
"So each of us pay $4 ah "

Then after that serene asked me
"Did you hear that?"
I asked
"hear what?"
S:"you really didnt hear?"
M:"what thing?"
S"we planning a birthday surprise for you"

---SILENCE---
^awkwardX

Ok.
Ok.
Ok.
Ok.
Ok.

Ok back today:
so i thought of yesterday cuz before entering the toilet i saw zhuo heng with a squarish plastic bag

Ok so i completely clear of everything already but it was like omg omg omg

So i asked serene in the toilet what taking her so long ^as if i dont know
"我大便"
So i leaned against the toilet wall and continued preparing for chinese test the next period

...

So serene came out and we met deepasre she returned me my mechanical pencil then serene picked up her speed and ran back to class.

So the moment i reach the corridor everyone was like singing birthday song
Awkward+paise+omg+awkward XXX
It was really nice of them :")
Serene summer joey alice yukilim stephanie zhuo heng yukigoay casandra min yee clara in the class i think

So after the song they were like blow the candle! Then i blew them. It was a tom and jerry cake it was so heartwarming
🐱🐭
Then they were like shit forget to make a wish! Then they tried to relight the candle but wind too strong
They made me cut the cake then my hands were like tremble tremble tremble

I cut the square tom and jerry cake in to 14pieces and gave to everyone in the class good that it is recess so most of them in the canteen

I ate the cake although very sweet^chocolatecake but it's the sincerity that matters :'))

then after that left 2 pieces, casandra had a secind serving, then last one.
Zh: yong ping you choose don or gavin and give the cake to him
m: nevermind lah

It was quite pressurizing because i really dont talk to the guys in my class except zh because it was him who talked to me first
M: just help me give to anyone lah
zh: no you go there and give either one of them. Don! You want eat cake or not?

He must have replied no so zh asked me to give the last cake to gavin.
awkward level^^^

So after i packed the candles and wiped the table, under their^peer pressure i just walked to gavin and gave it to him
It was damn awkward omg then after i turned back zh was coming up with ship names and i was like wth and went back to my seat and continue to eat my pear

"Thank you ah" was the phrase that i repeated for XXX mixture of omg and awkward and thank you

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

so after i went back to my seat and continued reading chinese christy came over and wanted to shake my hands i told her my hands got pear juice so i dont want^actually i dont like shaking ppl's hands XXX
It was quite mean for doing that and i felt Christy's "you dont accept my wishes" feelings
Sorry christy sorry sorry sorry

So chinese test was oh my god brain block 6++marks gone haiz

But i was really filled with 感动の心情好不好!

谢谢大家 you all made my day
Thank you serene for the idea although surprise failed


2015年6月20日

W h y

猫は大好きですが。

2015年6月9日

Second week of june day 2

So here i am on the mrt heading to tuition. I shouldnt have said that im free today, no wait i said im not. But they are, so we went stephanie's hoise for bio pw,  to film a talk show ^bio pw about a random guy who had four heart defects .
Had 6nuggets from kfc for lunch, cuz they suddenly remembered that i haven had my lunch so we quitted the queue for llao llao.  Actually i also 不忍心eat llao llao cuz the s dont know what cost $5.90 and how many meals can i buy with that and some yesterday's lit project with alice and yuki i ate a cup of ice cream from japanese street alr. Afterwards we went to some photo taking booth in the arcard. Honestly speaking i had 预感that i might be late for tuition if i leave at 2.30on the spot but stephanie say will reach tuition in 30mins but now is 3.02and im still on the bus..... :( so at kfc no. Throughout the project work, i was feeling damn awkward with them, especially when we are walking in the mall me and joey were walking behind Stephanie and serene and they had so much kpop to talk about while i have none. That just too bad. Then in kfc joey and Stephanie were like so many things to talk about but me and serene had none. Idk i really dont know what pulled us so close together when we dont even have any 话题 to talk about..... haiz. So the arcade experience was terrible cuz it was so loud and it was the first time in my life going in. Then i didnt even know how a photo booth work-- you have to go over the other side of the booth and use a special pen to decorate photos, 3 on each side, and theres a time limit. Idek how to play with that in the first place so mine was like i do the first one halfway then i let them do it. Dont know is it member or not, Stephanie had this member card then all of us had to pay her $3each.

so im waiting for 30now, and i missed two of them at one go. Learnt bionomial theorem it was such a crazy factorization shit.

Then let me attach the cup of ice cream i had yesterday here too, kiwi sauce w marshmallows and stars sprinkles. The sprinkles tasted awful i swear cuz it was very 硬

2015年5月9日

Art with shadows

:) the kettle's shadow

2015年5月5日

Cuz it's the last this year

I am really glad to be able to take part in this year's count me in.Through these weekly Saturday sessions, I really learnt a lot, for example like how to interact better with the children and change my teaching style to suit different children in maximising their learning through more  interesting activities. The children really taught me a lot of things and made my Saturday mornings brighter and more meaningful, instead of doing nothing at home. I definitely gained a lot of experience in these years of Count Me In, and 2015's would not be my last. I would certainly wish to join cmi again the next 'season' if i am able to make it!

2015年4月17日

LIT lesson today

So we are supposed to have literature debate every friday in the dance room and today's lesson was "Caesar and Calphurnia and Brutus and Portia have the same relationship with each other. Do you agree?" My mind was completely blank this morning and still didnt wake up after i got chosen to represent my group for that debate through open numbers with Oli Winter.  I guess it was really quite awkward for me anf him to work tgt + i cannot really understand his essence ^sorry +i need subtitles..

Haiz so he did most of the talking the whole debate while my mind was still gonggong one

Ok to conclude, i think i flunked it, doubt anyone would want to group with me for eng group work anymore HAHAHAHAIZ

I AM SO 抱歉!

So summer and zhuo heng got the bubbles i helped them buy and they started blowing during lessons while waiting for pe played during recess and stuff 😂 had to help zhuo heng summer christy yi yang buy more bubbles this weekend 😂😂

2015年1月8日

am not

a good friend. sorry.

i.I.

i am feeling tired
mentally
emotionally