23/07/08

last wed we went to do SL / PW project at angmokio
the street soccer youths were SUPER and i mean UBER DUPER pro!
we stood there and just.. stoned
wells it was sorta a culture shock really
cos i mean in hwachong, you don't find people spitting on the floor and stuff
but thats totally not the point

that soccer program has been in place for like one? two? years.
ya and they have improved from vulgar, rough and rowdy to now.
it was kinda refreshing to be able to interact with people outside your comfort zone
you know all the hype about going overseas to do OCIP and stuff?
wells, i realised there is another world out of singapore, out of my comfort zone and stuff
but wed's session made me realise, heys,
actually even here in singapore, i can also do much more to break out of my comfort zone,
why bother travelling outside when you have not even done what you can in singapore?

in fact, i dont really view the session as like, CIP
cos after awhile, it feels like i am just interacting with people our age,
although on the outside, our social circles, lifestyle, cultures are obviously set apart,
on the inside, you and i are but just teenagers.

wells, then we gave another bunch of pre-teen kids (primary school la)
i got to teach this malay girl who went to the centre for the first time too
she's very quite during the tuition although i could see she is not usually so
hahas, then i got stumped by a PRIMARY MATH QUESTION
then junkang got stumped too, finally wilfred solved it with algebra methods --"
we think too much sometimes

-valerie