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Monday, December 27, 2010

Orphanage visit to City Revival Church's Home for Boys

Hello there :), I'm back home from Singapore around 10pm last night :). It feels good to be home, although I really love to be at Singapore :). I stayed in Hotel 81, Bugis. It's a budget hotel and the room was really small, the bed was hard LOL. I had feet ache on Saturday, but body ache on Sunday LOL!

Oh well, I shall post about Singapore later, now it's time to talk about the first orphanage visit organized by the Community Service Club for Taylor's Law School that we did this morning :). Basically everyone gathered at Taylor's and we left to the orphanage by 9am. Reached there around 9.10am because it was just at USJ 5 :). There were 12 boys in the home, they were really friendly although some was a bit aggressive I shall say :S.

Pictures time :)!

The Home

We went in for a bit, talked for a while and then brought the kids to the park!

Zhe Xian patting his buddy, Ivan :)

Wen Shen waiting for his buddy, Kevin to tie his shoe laces.

Happy people heading to the park :D

Joshua and Joshua, no kidding :)

Reached the park and time to play some games yo.

First game - the name tag game

We formed a circle and started by saying our names then everyone had to repeat it, this is memory work :) Just for warming up :D

The shyest kid of the 12 boys, Adam.

Second game - the newspaper musical game

Everyone stand on a piece of newspaper with their buddy and who stood out of the paper every round will be eliminated :)

Winner was Wen Shen and Kevin :D

Third and last game - the blanket game

Team A on the left side of the blanket and Team B on the right, one has to guess who's on the other side and answer first when the blanket is brought down :).

Team B won!

After that, the guys played futsal with the kids while we arranged the individual packets of sweets to be given to each kid :).

The sweets!

Two photographers of the day :D

Me with my ciplak camera and James with his DSLR.

Never thought that I would have a chance to camwhore with swing XD

Back to the Home, distributed the packets of sweets to the kids, took some more pics (with Jame's DSLR) and then we all left around 11.10am because the kids had a schedule to follow.

Oh well, the visit was unexpectedly fun and relaxing, the kids were friendly and well-behaved :). Now that the ice was broken, I'm looking forward to more future visits to this home and the activities that the Community Service Club will hold for this City Revival Church's Home for Boys :), and maybe next time the girls from USJ11 will be able to make it :).

Toodles!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Join the UNICEF 'Unite Against Child Abuse' Campaign at Taylor's Lakeside Campus :)

It's been a busy week :), nevertheless it's all turning out fine :). 2 Legal Skills Assignments dued and handed in, and then there are Contract and Tort assignments this week :). Law School has been really fun, especially Criminal Law. We have been fed with lots of interesting yet traumatising cases.

Who would have thought you could watch Desperate Housewives, Stephen Chow's movie or even Star Wars during classes? Then with all these work done, there's the Christmas party next Tuesday in Taylor's for the orphans! I'm really excited for that, we are gonna be doing the Christmas Carol, hope it turns out well :). There is this UNICEF event which will be happening in Taylor's every Wednesday :), our booth will be set out in front of the Student Life Centre, just come and check us out alright? All you have to do is just sign the card and fill in your details then you will be one of the supporters for preventing Child Abuse :)

The child abuse cases has been rising rapidly in KL, so let's just do all we can to prevent them alright? If you are wondering about what kind of UNICEF event I'm talking about, I have actually blogged about it before, it's here :)

If you can't be there at our booth, it's ok, we will be mobile and going around campus to look for you, just don't turn us down ok :D

The location of our booth : Amphitheater (In front Student Life Centre)
The time that we will be there : 12noon -3pm every Wednesday
Things you would have to do : Fill in your details in the little blue card that we're gonna give you! Also, ask us about the 'Get On Board' campaign :D

Cheers peeps, see you at the UNICEF booth ok :D?

P.S Our booth will be there from 11am-1pm :) for tomorrow though :)

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Let's Unite Against Child Abuse.

We often hear about war, poverty, AIDS and even bird flu cases. Child abuse is not unfamiliar to us at all, but how many actually cares to do SOMETHING to help prevent child abuse?

Do you know?

In 2008, an average of 7 children in Malaysia were abused a day. And these were only reported cases. And knowing how hardly child abuse cases are reported, chances are there were much more children being abused daily as compared to what the published statistics show. These figures does not tell us anything about the scope, magnitude and reasons for child abuse in Malaysia.

I'm sure many of us knows what child abuse means, and by child abuse, I don't mean just physically, it can be mentally and sexually. I myself don't read much on news and reports about child abuse, it's too heart wrenching for me, however I do watch the news and sometimes child abuse being portrayed in shows and documentary. Those children, they don't even know that they are being abused, because they are so young and their minds have already been made to believe that the abuse is not wrong. That's the thought that frightens me. Even if they know that they are being abused, they are too afraid to speak out.

There are many channels all around the world that we, as normal civillians can participate and lend a hand to help stop child abuse, but how many of us actually bothers to be a part of it? Excuses like 'no time' and 'not interested' should never have been there at the first place.

Considering how the number of child abuse cases has been increasing in Malaysia every year, UNICEF has started a nationwide movement called "Get on Board" to provide the public with the information, insight and resources to stop child abuse. This knowledge will empower everyone to protect the children in our families and communities. Let us show our children that at least a 100,000 of us care. The more people who raise their hand to be counted, the stronger the campaign becomes to deter an abuser from hurting a child.

What is the Get On Board Campaign About?

Get on Board is a "people's campaign" by UNICEF to provide the Malaysian public with a platform to learn and respond to child abuse in the country. The digitally driven campaign, a first by UNICEF in the region, aims to strengthen public understanding of child abuse by providing information on the types of abuse, why it could happen and how to recognise symptoms in an abused child. It also hopes to empower the public to act on behalf of children by equipping them with protection solutions, parenting tips, action ideas and a directory of important resources. The campaign will run for two months. It was launched on 6 October in Kuala Lumpur and will culminate on 10 December (in conjunction with Human Rights Day). The finale will be hosted by UNICEF together with the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development and a local NGO, Childline Malaysia.

I very much agree with what the GOB celebrities has got to say about the campaign, especially Ruth Liew (parental expert, author and columnist).

“Children are people too! They need our respect and attention.

This campaign against child abuse and neglect wants everyone, young and old, men and women to stand up for children.

It is our responsibility to give our children a safe environment to grow and develop. We must no longer wait for social problems to go away. We must do it together! ”

The Get on Board website offers the Malaysian public a platform to unite and show their support to stopping child abuse. By logging online to www.uniteagainstabuse.my, concerned and caring individuals can show their support by:

Learning more about child abuse. The website provides resources and opportunities to engage, educate and empower all of us to protect children from abuse.
Signing up to the campaign. They do this by creating their own unique "Hand" symbol which can be used as their Facebook profile picture or on other social media to show solidarity across the country to end child abuse.
Sharing materials on the website with their friends, loved ones and colleagues. All information on the website has Facebook and Twitter sharing capabilities so that users can help spread the word on how we can stop child abuse.

A short video on child abuse by UNICEF.