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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:38 PM

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copy and paste this from RSLE reflection
some is crap some i meant it
okay most i meant it
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Throughout the Regional Service Learning Experience I feel that class 1215 have bonded a lot. We have helped each other out during prep for the trip, stepped up when leadership positions were needed and gave support to our classmates throughout the trip. During the trip itself we have bonded by working together to make the orphans lives better and playing together when we have free time. Times like singing popular Taylor Swift songs in the bus or playing games only in the hotel lobby whereby the whole class can be together will not be forgotten. We have understood each other much better, be it understanding our kind intentions behind our words or our serious words when we feel that work needs to be done. This experience has bonded our class and gave us many unforgettable happy memories.

I feel very privileged to have clean amenities in Singapore. Yet at the same time, I am envious of how carefree their lives are. The younger kids’ creativity is not stifled by the education programme. These kids used bottle caps from our mineral bottles to make a ‘pool’ competition on the spot. This competition gave them a lot of happiness and entertainment. When I compare their situation to my own, I feel disappointed at myself for not being able to experience the same amount of joy they did with even with everything I want around me. The older kids would frequently embrace the younger kids and take care of them there. They would ask the children ‘what do they want’ and they will try their best to make the children happy. The care and concern from the older children aged 15 makes me feel like I ought to do more for my younger peers. We could also tell that the older kids were pacifying us when they joined in the activities we played. Games like musical chair, freeze dancing, duck duck goose were the games we played. Some decided to join in the fun while others sat by the side to watched. I felt that it was very kind of them to immerse themselves in the games that they have grown up from just to entertain us. Even with the language barrier, older children would do their best to assist us. The kindness, hospitality and understanding they portrayed at such a young age I something I truly admire.

Also, after observing the room we cleaned up, I realised the importance of a right leader. It was obvious that the orphanage received far more external help than needed. Walls were painted with fresh clean bright colours, murals were spotted in several rooms and countless amounts of useful studying materials lay untouched in a corner of the room providing a permanent home for lizards. We saw 4 computers fully equipped with wires, keyboard, monitor, CPU collecting dust at the side of their study room. These computers will never be used since they already struggle to even install a working light bulb in a room! Books were placed 1.5 metres from the ground and it was obvious that the little children could never reach that height. A book included was ‘eclipse’ from the twilight series which is deemed useless to them as the older children could barely understand conversational English. Heaps of stationary were found untouched for months.

I feel that under a better guidance and coordination, donors could be notified of the exact things these orphanage need. This would not only prevent a wastage of materials, it would ensure that sufficient aid to these needy children is given.
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