~9:17 PM

on tuesday 15th of Aug which is actually yesterday i participated in this telematch thingy. it's actually Cip but i didnt expect it to be so fun. truthfully speaking, this is one of the best CIp activity thati've ever took part.

on that day itself we get to leave school at 12.15PM! shoik! that day my lesson ends at 4.15pm. imagine the joy i felt. But unfortunately me n my fren, K were late because although we are supposed to be released at 11.35am but in order not to miss the phy lesson which ends at 12.10pm, we attended it. and my dear phy teacher released us at exactly 12.15pm (the bell rangs at about that time and he only respond to it). And so K n me were late for about 10mins.when we finally reach the bus bay (meeting place),to our horror, everyone have boarded the bus, including the teachers and they are waiting for us. Luckily everybody were so kind they never blame us. i was quite embarrassed btw. And so we set off happily to eunos primary school.

yea the telematch involves playing games at different stations with primary school kids.There are also secondary sch students.7 pri schools and 4 sec schs took part and each sch sends about 10 kids to form a team, there are ppl called "team facilitators" ie the volunteers to guide them along the way. so me and K are assigned with guiding the eunos pri sch team, which consist of 5 boys n 5 girls, all pri 4 kids. you can imagine the shock i felt initially when i saw how the boys play among themselves. they like to climb onto each other and also fight among themselves. they treat almost everything they had on them as balls etc and then played "catch the ball" all over the place. me n K could do nothing at all. with much effort, we managed to brief them about the activities of the day and taught them a cheer they are supposed to know. From my observation, my team is the one with the most playful/active boys of all.

And so the telematch started adter a short "opening ceremony" which includes some performances like indian dances,武术,singing by the sch choir. The little少林武术boys are the cutest hohoho...and guess what song they use when they make their moves--- jay chou's 霍元甲! so cooL... the effect:cool+cute= extremely adorable!! Irresistable!!

oh ya i forgot to say that this telematch 's theme is Racial Harmony. And so..the telematch really started. We fared badly at our first station, cuz they are not so united yet and the atmosphere is still not very high. plus the fact that all of us are still unfamiliar with the cheer. as the telematch continues,all of us (me included,i dunno about K) got increasingly excited, and the kids cheered louder and louder. Dispite their rather aggressive behaviours towards one another, the boys do care and cooperate eg. when this chubby n cute boy kenneth choke on water, all of them expressed their concerns for him. so sweet right? the girls are also very sweet haha.

in the end our team didnt win but never mind it's the process that is important right? hahaha. so yesterday i went home with a happy grin on my face. by the way as i wandered about in the school compound after the telematch i cant help missing my pri sch days.lol

-s.m

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
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