Last trip : SK Sri Kelana (6th May 2016) 

            

Today was our last social engagement activity. We started and ended our activity at the same school which was SK Sri Kelana. This morning, we gathered at our KK gate at 7.15am and reached our destination at around 7.40am by Grabcar. We planned some indoor and outdoor activities for the students there.

            Once we reached our destination and entered the school, all the memory flashback automatically which were all about the moments that we had spent with the students there. I felt excited because I am going to meet them up again. At first, we planned to have three outdoor activities which were transferring water using a sponge, monkey catch ball and three legged race at the school field before their recess time but the field was contaminated with water. We worried about the safety of the students so we change our plan to have it at the canteen. They were all handed to us by their teacher at 8am. Before we began with the games, we were having warming up session which was led by Chun Theng.

  

Warm-up Exercise.

We divided all the students into three groups. The first activity was transferring water using a sponge into a bottle. They were so excited and fully participated in the game. I felt so happy when I saw their laughter. At around 8.45am, we proceeded to another game which was three legged race. We paired them up according to height and tie their legs with clothes. The laughter on their face made me felt that I really do something right and what we had done was really worth it.We met few students who asked us are we still remembering them, the answer was definitely ‘Yes’!. We felt glad and touched that they still remembered us. The moment when you know your contribution had been appreciated was really awesome. This encourages us to involve more in this type of social engagement activity.

Transferring water. (Our group members helping throughout the game)

Second games: Three-legged race.

Giving out prizes.

            They had their break time at 9.30am so they stayed at canteen to have their recess. At around 10am, we headed to their school hall to proceed to our indoor activity which were drawing and sketching. Each group consisted of five students and two of us. They were given a piece of paper where they can use it to sketch anything they like. Some of them sketch according to the sample given which was Doraemon whereas some of them sketched flowers and animals on it. This section ended at 10.45am. The next activity after this was colouring. All of them received a book and started to do their colouring until 11.30am. I assisted two of my students to do some colouring. One of them showed no interest in doing it and actually he only wanted to attract my attention. Another little girl who named Jia Hui was really interested in doing colouring. She asked me to help her and teach her how to do better colouring. 

Guiding them on coloring.

            At around 11.30am, we started to clean and clear all the things because it almost comes to the end. We took a group photo with them before we handed them back to their teacher. Today, Dr. Eric came and visited us to understand the activities that we gone through and for today’s activities. 

The happiness that shown on their face.

Their final product!

Group photo.

After today's event,we get to know much more about how to communicate with them. It is because last time we divided them into a big group where today we divided them into small group. We got much more chances to interact with them and get to know them and we are nearer to their heart and they willing to tell us their taught because they trusted us. They teach us to never judge a book by its cover and to look deep within a person and pick out what is wonderful just like what happen during coloring session, they impressed us when they showed their product, it is creative and beautiful. Some of them might face physical difficulties but they are strong in arts on the other side. The moment we spent with them was really precious and valuable. 

This is our last visit for Social engagement, but it definitely not the last in our life. We will appreciate it and remember it forever. Throughout this 5 trips for social engagement, we learned many things that never taught in our school for the past 15 years, this teaches us humility, compassion and how to be human. These are the things that we cannot learn base on theory, formula or calculation, all these grow in us by experiencing from time to time.