Angela T.: community service at st.nicholas..

ola..i've got stuff to crap about today..XD..about community service..

i shall start right from the moment i woke up..hehe..woke up at 7am +..after getting ready..dad sent me to st.nicholas for community service..arrived at 8.30am..i didn't see anyone at the entrance..so i waited in the car..till su hui arrived..and we went in together..=]

i'll consider both su hui and i as the first two girls to reach..lol..told her about the stupid irritater..then the others started to arrive one by one..XD..and the person-in-charge asked us to gather at around 9am..then kpn divided us girls into different groups for different tasks..

was in the same group as kpn..and i was really glad that i didn't need to do work that's related to water and detergent..allergy..hah..vi's group got that instead..and they had to clean the toy library..hehe..we sorta' did work like what people do in offices..dealing with files..before that..we helped to tape cardboard to form boxes..it took us an hour to complete like almost 40-50 boxes..

yi wen was dealing with those files..helped yi wen when we were done with the boxes..=] kpn and i decided to extend our service to 4pm..literally..we didn't do much work there though..it was more to learning..=]

after completing those files..wen..kpn and i saw people learning braille..and the teacher there actually offered to teach us..well..of course we agreed..poking holes on papers to form codes weren't that easy after all..the codes were really complicated and confusing..but it's a good thing to learn something new..

at lunchtime..kpn went to buy domino's pizza..vi..kpn and i shared two regular pizzas..nice wei..thinking of it just makes me drool..XD..vi..thanks for the extra piece! haha..

other members left at around 12.30pm and some nearly 1pm..kpn went to pass up her starwalk form..she called and said she wanted to buy nasi kandar for both of us..i was like..'wth..we just ate pizza!'..still..i asked her to buy for me cause' i was kinda' getting hungry..hehe..

kpn came back..not with nasi kandar..but with ROJAK..and i don't eat rojak..at least she got me a soya bean drink..so vi and kpn ate the rojak..lol..vi extended her service to 2.30pm..after she left..only kpn and i were the girl members there..then there's this lady who came at 2.30pm..she was helping the visually impaired people there to relax themselves by teaching them dance moves..it's a good thing to see them smile and laugh though they're special people..

kpn and i were bored after facing the braille thingy for some time..we continued our work with MORE FILES..at 3pm..took a glance outside the room..and we saw a few other visually impaired people weaving baskets! next thing we did was exit the room and observed them weave..asked for permission to learn weaving baskets from a man there..and he was really friendly and agreed right away..=] kpn and i took our seats and stared at another man who was teaching us..he's really good at it though he can't see properly..we tried weaving a few times..not easy though..and we found out that they live a really hard life..weaving a basket takes hours..and they sell it at a really low price to others..

another two things that i learnt -> weaving baskets..and the fact that it's really not easy for special people to earn money..it takes a lot of time..energy and hard work..

time passed by just in the blink of an eye..the clock struck 4pm..and it's time to leave..=[ we thanked them for teaching us..said bye..then went to the room where we did office work..thanked the people there..and said bye to them too..it's really nice to hear them say THANK YOU to us when we were leaving..