back from the first official day of the vsa camp n i'm exhausted....
gahhhhhh..............
my group(Peter Pan)'s befrienders: Nurul,Kamal,Jimmy,Peiqi,Christina,Chew and I
i was assigned to this little boy called wei kang who had down-syndrome. but i think he was too tough for me to handle.. he was like hyper-active n i'm old with aching bones, hence couldn't keep up with the youthfulness.
the little girl whom Kamal was looking after needed to go pee so i took her since obviously he couldn't take her to the girl's loo... ermmm.. anyways, we skipped there n after the toilet trip she kept sticking to me... hahaha. so Kamal n i switched kids..
the cute little seven old girl is Janel (i have short term memory, couldn't remember her name cos it's so unique) she was supposedly autistic but she seemed like every other young girl to me other than her petite figure. she was 7 but she looked as though she was 4. she was much easier to take care of, maybe cos we're girls n girls know girl stuff... there are occassional times she would stare out into space n she can't be focused on things. she's also not very verbal, but she's just like every other normal child who loves playing games, love eating sausages(she ate mine too), dislikes vegetables(she said she does but she doesn't touch them at all when eating lunch), likes pretty things like heart(when her little ribbon cut-out heart flew to the ground, she was like where's my heart? where's my heart?!?!?!), loves company of friends(she'll follow her new bestfriend, michelle;joanne's little buddy, everywhere she goes).
it's not easy taking care of these little munchkins. =) but they're really adorable.
sometimes when u lose ur patience n have reached ur boiling point, u really wanna scream at them but when u take a look at their faces, u'll just bear somemore. sth about children that just makes u wanna give in to them all the time.
people tend to think differently of children with autism or children with down-syndrome. i think its really sad that society seems to have already stereotyped these children.
they are not any different from normal children. they are easily contented, sth normal children seem to take for granted.
nowadays, children are getting more wilful and demanding thanks to much pampering from parents and people around these kids. they have everything they want; toys, food, a comfortable bed, nice clothes (branded even),a house, a maid at their beck and call. thanks to the comfortable environment shoved to these kids since they were brought to the world, to them, it's common and they just keep asking for more when more is given to them. nothing is ever enough. MORE MORE MORE!! they've not experienced what these other children have experienced. difficulties making friends, trying to fit in because they are different, unable to do certain things not because they don't want to, but because they are restricted to.
we take for granted being born with the ability to be able to try everything from sports to studies (we being able to do well at it is another story =P). we should be thankful for everything we have, being part of a circle of friends, being able to be part of the modern, always changing society, being part of a lifestyle just like everyone. but we have to adjust ourselves to fit the fast-moving pace of life even if we dislike it.
these special children are like in a world of their own. they live life one step at a time. sometimes, when they stare blankely, i wonder what's going on in their minds. they view the world differently from us. perhaps they don't see the evil there is in the world. perhaps their view of the world is that of the purest sense. isn't it nice to see a very colouful world, with people always happy and smiling. where rainbows dash across the sky, where puffy white clouds dot the calm blue sky, where stars shine brighter than ever at night yet it's not when they're going to explode...
i don't knoww.... i'm not exactly a kid any longer thou sometimes i prefer to think of things in their perspective. no worries, just happy, happy, happy. =) why not?
i think i talk too much. sorry. i'll stop yakking now but a last phrase...
hello botanical gardens tml!! =) night
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