Service Learning

went for service learning today. it was a real eye opener. my group (mira, yunzhi, nat and me) visited a family of 6 somewhere in the gimmoh estate behind our sch as part of a community involvement project. we were supposed to visit the less fortunate, and give them a hamper bought with the money we raised from washing cars to get them some things that we deem apt fo them.

the 1st thing that struck me was the size of the house. it was somewhat smaller than half a classroom, and the furniture was all recycled. they had trouble in finding meals and financial assistance. but after realising how close thier family was compared wif an everyday family, and how they braved through all the tough times, it made me realise that they are more fortunate then we think. i guess tat's why i prefer neighbourhood schs, cos every1 there is so friendly.

the head of the house, imrhan, was a real cool guy. he was a x-motorcross racer, but after an accident involving his arm, he stopped racing and joined one of singapore's soccer clubs. and he was real good. however, his carreer ended when he fell during a game and got paralysed. but that did not slow him down. he learnt two walk slowly, bit by bit, and after 2 years was fully recovered. he learnt to do many odd jobs, cos he had little education as his family was poor when he was young. he was later diagnosed with somekind of chronic arthrithis, and had to eat expensive steroids every day in order to keep moving. he learnt many new skills and moved to jobs which were not physically demanding.

all in all a very good experience. hope that they will find joy (and money).

who's says money couldn't bring happiness?

badminton.

Aviva open was damn cool. every1 there was extremely pro. manage to get a ticket and watched all the matches except the male singles between thailand and korea. i guess the highlight was still hidayat and gade. they played for roughly 2 hours straight, wif every shot well placed and consistent strokes. i especially luved taufik's overhead smash. it gained him four points against gade. gade was good thou. except that during the 1st set he played the set too high and taufik, being the agressive player that he is, managed to kill most of the balls. gade changed the strategy in the second set. that got him to around 13 points. the score was 13-14 to taufik for around half an hour. can you believe that! i am so inspired.zhang nin also rox....she is damn graceful.
forgot to mention that i got a new badminton bag. managed to get susilo and haifz (world no.6, japan open winner) to sign it. oh yeah. tat beats jieshen's mp 88.
damn tired. cya.