Dance Dance :D

OKAYY. so today we had a really fun programme at Sri Kumaran.
Like, first we had this split-group thing again, the boys did pottery, girls did art.
AND ART WAS FUN ~
We had to put this gauze thingy that people put when they want to make a cast, yup, and we must dab it with water first then put on our hand to make a mould of our hand. SO FUN.
then must put some vaseline petroleum jelly first, so that it won't stick. we had a choice to do face or hand la, but we all saw the vaseline, so we were like, 'OKAY. LET'S DO HANDS INSTEAD.'
i dont know what the boys did, though. But girls had pottery later that day too.
The teachers were all very very nice and helpful. And the pottery teacher has loads of snake bites and encounters with snakes so he was telling us about them. SO COOL OKAY.
ANYWAYYYYYYY, after art (girls) and pottery (boys), we all went to the auditorium to watch Indian dance performance and learn some steps too.
They all danced really well, and i only found out now that in the Indian dance steps, there is actually a lot of meaning. Like, there's this whole list of hand gestures which are so looooong, but i guess as a dancer they have to memorise it?
Yeah, but the dance was interesting. Different from any dance I've seen before.
Then we were asked to join in and learn some basic steps, which was pretty interesting and yeah, even the teachers joined in!



Then we got Mr Raven to dance as well. FUNFUNFUNFUN:D
Uh, after that, girls went for pottery lessons, while the boys played soccer.
Sand did not fly when they kicked the ball, btw.
Then when it was time for us to go, we all took loads of pictures, exchanged emails and hugs, and they wrote Have A Safe Trip in Chinese for us!
AWWWW.
Yeah, but they directly translated it so it said like 'Zou Hao' which directly translated to English is... Walk Good.
BUT WE WERE STILL VERY VERY TOUCHED AND STUFF.
















Then we went to this supermarket, which looked quite like the ones back in Singapore. We stocked up on candy and of course, CHEWING GUM:D... AND FOOD.:D
Yup, so uh, after stocking up we went up, where there was this clothes store, selling the traditional clothing, i think.
Some other stuff that could be used as souvenirs also, like soaps, scarves... etc.
We did our last minute shopping before heading back to the hotel.
We had free time until 6, (6.30 for upper sec) and we (lower sec) had to talk about the RH day and brainstorm on what to present.
Ate dinner, drived to the airport.
WHOOSH. LOADS OF PEOPLE. AND HONKING.
HONKHONKHONK. oh well, at least not as bad as the day we landed. THAT WAS FBHDSDIFBEKBSAU.
yup, we saw our buddies and we chatted with them while we queued to get into the airport.
PEOPLE TRIED TO CUT QUEUE.
inside the airport it was still very messy.
Our buddies couldn't come in, so we could only say goodbye through a window.
like, WAVE then mouth BYEBYE. SAD :(.
UH, we had to wait a long long time to board the plane.
LONG LONG FLIGHT.
then we were back in Singapore.
Missed us? :D

Inspiring Bomb? :D - 14.6

Today we went to Sri Kumaran and did some lab experiments in Chem, Bio and Physics. The chem practical was the most fun. The teacher made elements, substances, plus plus, catch fire, (chemical reactions) and change colour, (chemical reactions). The teacher did a good job overall. Fantastic man! AHAHAHA. Ok.

We had to go and conduct the surveys la. All of them super enthu!~

Then after school we met the principal of the PUBLIC, school. WE had to introduce ourselves and one of the teachers told me that actually, in (ok wait, i type this in caps ;p)

"IN INDIA WE CONSIDER CHILDREN TO BE GODS BECAUSE THEY CAN BE FIGHTING AT ONE POINT, BUT THE NEXT THEY CAN BE FRIENDS. CHILDREN ARE AS INNNOCENT AND PURE AS GOD."

You, reading this, whoever you are, MUST BE GOOD TO CHILDREN AH!!

We went to the Trust and played games. But before that they led us into a small room and talked to us. They even got a blind girl to introduce herself, (Renuga, who is pursuing a Masters in Arts). Oh yeah, then before THAT, a blind man (who participated in the world cup) AHHAHA, ok no, it's a competition for the blind. (Cricket). Yup, then he typed a few sentences on the braille machine and passed the paper around.

The braille words (letters) are actually made up of six dots, just in different positions, etc. After that, we went to the rooftop where most of the people were waiting for US. WOW MAN!! FOR UUUUUSSSSS. I feel soooo happy. Haha. Ok. Then one of the visually handicapped girls sung a hindi song to us with another v. handicapped guy on the drums. Really cool. =D

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All of us (sec 1s and 2s) had to stand around the perimeter to make sure they don't fall down and the floor was very very very hot.

uh, yeah, Dwayne explained the game rules then Kavya translated it to Kanada for them to understand. Sec 3s weren't really participating la. 2nd game was more fun though.

Like, all of us had to go and sit in this spiral/loop shape thing and then when the music is played, we have to pass this ball. And if the music stops and the person has the ball in his hands then he has to either dance/sing. First person to get the ball was :O Keith. then yah, he sang twinkle twinkle little star.

Very fun la, because they can dance very well. They all also can sing very well. JEALOUSSSSSS:O

Everyone thought that Dwayne had sabotaged them. then they were all thinking of sabotaging some people. but before they could, the game stopped.

we distributed the gifts and they all seemed very happy with them, especially with the CANDYYYYYYYYYYYY~

so uh, after that we left the trust and then we took about an hour just to reach Commercial Street.

it was like Orchard Road in Singapore. Just. abit.

Different.

we split into 2 groups based on gender.

The sec 3 girls went to the jewellery shops, and the sec 1 girls were bored, so we joined the boys.

There were many disabled people, trying to beg for money.

there was a 5 year-old girl carrying her 1 year old sister, begging for money.

we felt sorry for them. D:

Someone said that he/she really wanted to donate some money to them but did not as we do not know if it was a syndicate or a genuine case of need.

but it was a sad scene D:

after shopping we went back to the hotel, had dinner, de-brief session and fell asleep :D

Special edition: 4-IN-1

13th Jun

This is a special edition as we had a common session in the morning but parted 3 ways in the afternoon for the home visits to our buddies' homes. It was definitely an unforgettable experience for all of us including the teachers & even our ever cool, brilliant and energetic hero, Mr Raven.

Morning started a little jerky with Mr Fu, the other hero, succumbing to the flu bug. Thankfully, we had 'Dr Lim' to diagnose and dispense the needful medication.

Programme for the morning was packed as the school engaged 3 trainers to introduce us to the finer points in public speaking, journalism and theatre. It was very inspiring to listen to our buddies speak on prepared topics. There was also an impromptu segment where Timothy, Kim hai and Gwen volunteered themselves, thus saving the rest of us from anxiety pangs. Gwen's speech on 'what the world would be like without her' was so short and succinct that it became the 'tagline' for the day!

Let the Pro speak (:
"spell-bound audience"












Kavya's Hosting:
The group following Mdm So had to depart early, so the remaining of us had to create a song about our experiences in India. We managed to get extra time and some of us used whistling as a background music thing. my group did it okay. fun:D

then one group didnt finish yet so they had to dance or something to the song thing.

We were separated into our groups. Kavya was very enthusiastic and hospitable. So were her friends.
MEGHNA IS SO CHIO (PRETTY). Even Gavin and Afiq say so.
So we got the hotel bus! :D
we got air-con and stuff, but we realised that the air-con at Hanjie's spot was so much stronger than ours. UNFAIR D:
but like, yeahhhhhhhhhhh. still got air-con :D
the bus dropped us off at some place and we walked to her house. her house was so PRETTYYYYYYYYY. with nice cars:D
then uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, we were just chatting.
THEN MR RAVEN CAME UP WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY IDEA TO GET US ALTOGETHER
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He flapped his wings and flew off, thirty minutes later, he came back with hamburgers!! We were all very happy. =D
Noo lah, okay he thought up a game he played with his friends normally during chalet parties. [x Yup, then we played his fun game called, 'mafia'. It is sort of like the long version of murderer. Totally, seriously, AWESOME!! WHOOO!! Mr Raven, you rock man!

yups, this is how to play the game;

1. Explain the rules, 'You have to close your eyes when the narrator says, 'Town sleep, (or whatever)'.. Etc,

2. You have 3 mafias, (M1 and M2).

3. You have 1 police, to catch the mafias. (P)

4. You have 1 doctor, to bring to life one villager at a time. (D)

5. You have n-4 villagers, also known as civilians, (C)

6. Yups, so you have to.. umm, okay,, Continue reading,,. =D

Narrator: Okay.. Town (ALL OF YOU) sleep (Basically close your eyes,)
Mafia 1 wake up.. (M1 opens eyes)
Mafia 2 wake up.. (M2 opens eyes)
Two mafias acknowledge each other.. (M1 and M2 look at each other)
Okay, both mafias go to sleep (Both M1 and M2 close your eyes)
Police wake up.. (P opens eyes)
Okay police go to sleep.. (P close eyes)
Doctor wake up.. (D opens eyes)
Okay, doctor go to sleep.. (D close eyes)
Okay town wake up.. (Everybody opens eyes)

Town: (Discuss who you think is who) (Think about if you want to kill off any villagers that you think are the mafias)

Then repeat the Narrator part lah, but got a bit of difference,

Narrator: Okay.. Town (ALL OF YOU) sleep (Basically close your eyes,)
Mafia 1 wake up.. (M1 opens eyes)
Mafia 1 who do you want to kill? (Point to the person you wanna kill)
Okay, mafia 1 go to sleep.. (M1 closes eyes)
Mafia 2 wake up.. (M2 opens eyes)
Mafia 2 who do you want to kill? (Point to the person you wanna kill)
Okay, mafia 2 go to sleep.. (M2 closes eyes)
Police wake up.. (P opens eyes)
Police who do you think is the mafia? (P points to his/her suspected person)
Okay police go to sleep.. (P close eyes)
Doctor wake up.. (D opens eyes)
[if there are any dead people]; Doctor do you want to heal anyone? (D point to the dead guy/girl)
Okay, doctor go to sleep.. (D close eyes)
Okay town wake up.. (Everybody opens eyes)

Right so, you have to make sure that both mafias point to the same person. If not nobody dies. xD

So this game, proven by Mr Raven and his buddies, that it can last for very long. We lasted for a short while though.. That was very sad, so some of us went downstairs and sat around to talk and watch Tv. =)
They had a really nice Sony plasma Tv. =D

Yups, the grandmother and Mdm Mala were very busy in the kitchen cooking with Mrs Lim. Hey! That should be a show. 'Cooking with Mrs Lim' =P. Mrs Lim watched carefully and learnt how to cook 'healthy' chapati and tomato soup. By healthy I mean, they used fresh oil every time they cooked the chapati.

Dinner was fabulous and delicious, the atmosphere there was very homely and warm. It was like the remedy for homesickness.



Rahul's Hosting:
Today, some of us went with Rahul and followed his plan.
First, we went to the IT sector, Infosys, at Electronic City.
We took the school bus from Sri Kumaran.
How disappointed we felt when we realized the bus had no air-conditioning.
And to make things worse, the ride was over an hour.
Rahul made the driver go through a shortcut.
Apparently, the shortcut was not a proper road, but just sand.
Rocks and pot holes were everywhere!
So, in order not to feel nauseous, we thought of it as a roller coaster ride!
Up and down and left and right….
It was so fun
Finally, we reached the IT sector.
We were taken around the VERY VERY VERY VERY huge area using
A small tram.

Infosys at Electronic City












The sector had many facilities:
-swimming pools
-mini golf
-many cafeterias
-table tennis places
-billiards
-shops
-and many more!

The place is so huge, they even have roads for bicycles!
It was very very interesting.
Then, we watched a small slide presentation and we left the sector.
The tour finished long before the time expected so we decided to go to THE FORUM, a shopping centre.
The roads were very busy with many vehicles driving recklessly.
Many of us took the opportunity to catch up with some REAL shopping.
Some went to Adidas, Nike and some girls went to buy accessories.
We were supposed to meet at 5.20,
However, all only gathered at 5.40.
WHAT A MESS.

Next, we took a short ride to Rahul’s home.
Apparently, many other Sri Kumaran students live there too.
Rahul’s parents were very hospitable.
We learnt how to make pappadems.
Then, we went to another student’s house then to another.
They seemed like one big family.
The boys played soccer, and the girls had a tour around the apartment.

Warm Hosts (:












Then, we took the same hot bus to dinner.
Wow. It was very tiring even before we ate dinner.
The food was spicy and some couldn’t take it.
Finally, we left for our hotel.

OMG. After many turns and rounds, we realized we had lost our way!!!!!
Oh dear, dear,dear.
we thought we were very lucky when Mr Nigel thought he knew
the way
So we followed him, and ended up getting more lost.
We had to ask about 3 pupils before we found our hotel!
Thank goodness.
Then, we bade goodbye to the Sri Kumaran students and went up to the hotel to find out that we were the last group to arrive.

We felt very lucky to have found our way back, and to enjoy the comforts of our bed=)
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Vedhas's Hosting:
We were the last to set off.
11 of us were packed into a jeep.
then we headed to Vedhas' place.
it was very big; like a dream home. maybe abit more than that.
it has 3 levels and a basement. you can see all sorts of things;
from antiques, puppets to dart boards.
there was even a roof-top garden.
there were swings and ponds.
Vedhas' sister served us nachos with cool toppings.
yum.
the hot chocolate was fantastic.
some of us even took 2 cups.
Vedhas' family was very hospitable.
His father specially went to hire 2 camels and a bullock cart.
we had a ride of our time.
sitting on the camels, we were around 2m high, overlooking everything.
we went past a school and the students looked at us as if we were aliens from Mars.
the bullock cart ride was somewhat, exciting too.
with the bull dropping "bombs" in such circumstances :D
Keith received "special touches" from the bull's tail every now and then.
naughty naughty.
after the rides, we headed to Forum to relieve some of our "shopping itch".
we spent about an hour there before heading back to Vedhas' place.
we went down to the basement for an intriguing puppet show performed by Vedhas, his sister and friend.
despite attacks from the mosquitos, we really enjoyed the performance.
dinner was served immediately, with Vedhas' mum personally doing the cooking.
it has been some time since anyone of us had home cooked food, just that we were eating it "Indian" style this time.
dinner was simply great.
yum.
then we took a few group photos before leaving.
Mr Fu gave Vedhas' mother a gift of appreciation and the hosts gave each of us a gift.
we were touched by their hospitality (:
the journey home was very eventful.
the driver left the car suddenly in the middle of the road,
to ask for directions =.=
we were lost in the middle of a place which was bigger than Singapore.
the journey should only take 20 min.
we spent 40 min, 20 min extra for finding the way.
but at least, we had a glimpse of the night life in Bangalore.
all of us had a short debrief before sleeping.
(:

Time For Business- 12/6

today's breakfast menu:
Scrambled egg
prata
Vadai
Chutney
omelette
bread
spreads
coffee


after breakfast, we visited the Heritage and Aerospace Museum.
We went there because there was extra time to visit other places before heading to Dell headquarters.
The museum housed real aircrafts.
These include fighter planes, trainer planes, helicopters and even rockets.
we took many photographs.

outside the museum building, there were planes, helicopters, radar and rocket parts displayed
The planes were mostly military planes, both old and rather recent unmanned planes.
The helicopters were utilitarian types like the 'Sea King', which were used for various operations.
The radar was just a rotating radar dish, commonly used in military camps, painted red and white.

Even more interesting was the rocket part displayed at a small part of the compound.
It was a heat shield for a satellite.
A heat shield is something used to protect the satellite from heat produced.
from the friction between the air and the satellite when exiting the earth's atmosphere.


Finally, it was time to head off to the Dell headquaters.
Though no cameras were allowed, we had a good experience in the building.

The speaker gave us an introduction of what Dell does
and the critical factors that made Dell a successful multi-billion company.

Dell actually has a range of products that could be specifically tailored to customers' demands
This is achieved by manufacturing the product only when the customers have ordered the product.
By doing it this way, they also get rid of the 'middlemen' to sell their products, thus saving much of the cost.
This also reduces the cost needed for various costs and ultimately saving both the custommer's and their money.
Besides this saving on cost, there are many other benefits achieved through this way.

The critical factors of Dell's success were selecting a location that provides:
A stable infrastructure, government support, good surroundings, scalability and communication.

after a long talk, we headed for lunch at Domino's Pizza.
We enjoyed our surprise lunch with soft drinks.
yum.

we then headed for the International Tech Park owned and managed by Singapore's Ministry of Industry and Trade. the moment we stepped into the park, we immediately felt a Singapore "air" as the whole place had a typical Singapore feel with names of buildings such as Discoverer, Innovator and Navigator.
we watched a short clip about the park.
it is a very well-planned place with many facilities.
although Singapore is a very small country, we felt very proud that our very own Singaporeans are able to craft, create and build up an important industry outside Singapore.

we went back that night very much enriched.
all of us felt very proud of our own country :D

SRI KUMARANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN:D-11th June 2007777777777777777777777


Keith and Gavin were late.
They didnt eat breakfast.
serve them right.
we were lost.
we cant find our way to school.
we took very long and made our hosts wait very long.
The school is very big
but we did not expect to find a school in a middle of the jungle
they were very sociable and,
they were very friendly,
and they made us feel at ease at once
We had a ice breaker game
the rules were quite confusing
because the game is called "Confusion". =.=
Biology for year 7 was nice.
we "dissected" a flower,
and we learnt the different parts of a flower
Yoga was very nice and relaxing.
the best part was library period.
everyone enjoyed themselves.
they had fun.
the books were very interesting
and there were two levels.
then we went to the the biscuit factory.
it was very big.
all of us liked the biscuits.
and all of us were very full.
we had dinner in a chinese restaurant.
we had a very sumptuous dinner.
we enjoyed our dinner.
especially the ice cream.
some sec 3 boys were very playful.
they took the lift without permission.
in the end, the lift jammed.
they had a wonderful "meet-the-Wonder Woman-session" =.=
we were all tired in the end.
so bye bye.

photos for sri kumaran

WE ARE THE KINGS (: - 10th June

we woke up at 6, sadly.
everyone was very tired.
BOO~~~ D:
there was cereal, french toast, toast. scrambled egg that looked like rice =S
everyone ate before going back to the rooms and some people changed. yadayada.
when we went down, the hosts were waiting for us.
then we began our 3 hour ride to MYSORE.
we saw a lot of cows, dogs, camels even, sheep, goats and horses on the street.
it was like a showcase of a zoo.
we stopped at places, to take toilet breaks and stretch our legs.
first stop we went to this toy shop and we looked around. some of us purchased stuff as well.
but Mr Raven said to buy it later as these prices were slightly higher than the toy shop we were going to afterwards.
got back onto the bus. most of us were sleeping already.
the sec 3s got along VERYVERYVERY well with the hosts:D
we got there and got off at the Mysore Palace where we went on a tour around the palace.
we had to take off our shoes before going inside and it felt like thaipusam, we being part of the fire-walking procession.
then we had to deposit the cameras. 5 rupees/camera.
after the tour we went to have lunch at this hotel, Sundesh the Prince.
IT SEEMED A LOTT BETTER THAN V.T PARADISE. FOOD WAS NICER TOO:D
then we went to a shop by the hotel.
then we went to the garden place.
and climbed a lot of stairs.
then we went to other places.
when going back, (somebody) got the whole bus to stop the bus for him as a joke.
got to the hotel... went back to the room, dropped off our bags and went for dinner.
EVERYONE WAS VERRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TIRED:D

HERE COMES THE MAIN CHARACTERS :D - 9th of June

TADDA.
WE'VE ARRIVED :D
EEESH.
take a look at the Bangalore Airport and you'll know why Singapore's Changi Airport is considered World Class (:
Time to GO GL GH
the moment we stepped out of the airport and what do we hear??
BEEEEEEP ~~
BOOOOOOB ~~
the cars just won't stop honking!!
ARGH!!
like what Mr. Raven said : "we will be dreaming of the honking tonight."
First Impression:
THE PLACE was MESSY everywhere.
it was a 40 minutes ride from the airport to a new paradise =.=
V.T Paradise.
Sorry.
Dead Tired.
Sleep.
GOOD NIGHT.

Shocking revelation to us teachers the next morning - the boys did not go to bed immediately but stayed up to watch POWER PUFF GIRLS?????

Today is the BIG Day :D - 9th of June

IT WAS A DAY OF LOST-AND-FOUND

Part 1: MIA
it was 5.45pm
everyone's anxious..
heart pumping...
we are leaving tonight..
all of us gathered at Terminal 2, Row 1, Changi Airport.
oh no..
someone's missing..
WHERE'S KH??
cheh...
sleeping outside Mc Donald's =.=
KH found - case solved -
after giving him a big "whacking" ,, we left for the departure hall.
the procedure was very tedious.
had to queue was very long. wasted like... 2 hours.

Part 2: where's my shoe bag???
EEESH.
Our very own Ticket Boy lost his shoe bag =.=
luckily Mr. Raven, our alert and cool and handsome guide , found it.
OUR HERO OF THE DAY~~
- case solved -

Part 3: I can't FLY!!
OMGosh
we are in deep trouble.
first, Mrs Lim gave us a big shock when she said her Visa was wrongly dated.
again,, our cool, handsome and alert Mr. Raven helped her to double check.
then, our tall, hansome, muscular,but blur (censored) lost his boarding pass!!
and AGAIN, our cool, handsome and alert Mr Raven went to his rescue :D
-case solved-

OKAY
TIME TO GO~
BYE PEOPLE!
WE ARE LEAVING NOW!
WE KNOW YOU'LL MISS US.

p.s. We lost all our hair gel, deodorant spray, hand sanitiser to the dust bin =.=
Here to remind everyone not to bring more than 100ml of liquid on board.

We've raised a total of about $1300:D

Last Minute Touch Up-6th June

A few of us gathered in the library. Adam and Nadira were taking more pictures, Hanjie and Keith were analysing the survey results and I did blogging.
Mr Teh, our PSG Chairman, taught Nadira and Adam some photography taking skills. Keith and Hanjie didn't save their data and now they have to redo it :O

Taking Pictures-4th June

Only 2 students came. We went around taking pictures.
Then went back to the library and listed out the things we wanted to show the people in Bangalore.

PHOTOS:D

A student donating

Preparation for skit

Student donating

Programme Prepping-1st June

We tried to do the skit, but it was rejected.
We spent some time choosing whether to sing or act.
Yup.

Preperation of things to show-29th May & Packing of things-30th May

On the 29th we were still cutting out the greeting notes before pasting the things onto a harder piece of paper and cutting some extra hearts to make it look nicer.
On the 30th we were laminating the greeting cards.
We sort of messed up one because we didn't really know how to use the laminating machine.
Then I melted 2 together by accident. But it all turned out quite nicely.
Then we went out for lunch before returning to get our shirts and packing lists.
The Sec 1s and 2s then stayed and packed everything. Packed and packed. then had to tape the whole boxes together.
Refer to the first post for the details. :D

End of Donations-24th May

This time Adam went up to tell that now the donations were opened to all, including non-teaching staff and teachers.
We set up our booth again and this time we raised more money.
Our final sum was 1000+ then, and we were sorting out the donations of stationary once more.
We passed out a survey to each class and asked them to write donation cards as well.
While collecting the donations, we also collected the survey forms.
At first we were supposed to collect it in the morning (the students had FT contact time so they could use that time to do the survey) but many of them didnt complete it so we told them to hand it to us in the booth during recess. We also collected the greeting cards so we had to sort them out as well.

Visit to SAVH & Collection of Donations-23rd May

That day the Sec 1s had a beach clean-up, so when we came back, some of us set up a booth in front of the bookshop while the girls went around asking for donations.
Some students were generous, donating 10 dollars, some donated 10 cents, but it was still a donation, so we just left it in the box. There was this guy whom we went to 3 times and he donated every time.
We figured out that people actually donated more if they saw more notes in the box, so we hid all the coins under the notes ($2, $5, $10) and they donated more.
:D
We raised over 400 dollars, which was quite a feat, considering we raised that sum only in 2 recesses.
We sorted out the stationary that some people donated.
Adding from our sum before, we have about 600 dollars.
:D
The trip to SAVH was fun. We learnt a lot more on how the visually handicapped read, eat, walk.
We were introduced to some computer softwares that help them to use the computer, but they are super expensive.
We were also allowed to try some walking sticks and deciding for ourselves which one was the best.
Then we were brought to the Braille production place and the person, Ben, who only had about 10% of his vision explained to us about producing Braille.
They had some Braille produced textbooks, the same as ours, only it was using Braille.
We could touch some Braille things they had on display and we also learned about another type of alphabets for the blind called Moon alphabets, which has some similarity with our normal-day alphabets.
It was for the peple who became blind at a more older stage and that Braille was too hard for them to learn, they turn to the Moon alphabets as an alternative.
After that we went to the library where everything was either Braille or in a form of a voice cassette.
We then went to the working place, where they basically threaded the ropes for shopping bags.
We left the place, after thanking our guide and on the bus back we were de-briefed again.

Starting of Donations-21st May

The donation was from 21st to 24th. That morning we divided ourselves into 4 groups and each group went to a level and collected the stationary/cash.
We raised a total of 200+ dollars.
Some stationary were not suitable for donations (either broken or old)
There were some very generous classes.:D
So we just sorted out everything.

Publicity to TK-17th May

We sorted out some postcards to make this draft thing for the TKP students to follow.
Hanjie got them to just make a few greeting cards but we wanted to show them a draft on how its supposed to look like.
Quite fun to sort out the postcards. Then we went home while Hanjie went to TKP for the greeting cards.
Gwen went to give a speech that morning to ask the TK students to donate whatever cash they could, as well as stationary. The donation will be from the next Monday to Thursday.

Finalising Operation Plans-16th May

We finally decided on the T-Shirt design.
Spent the whole time trying to decide.
So we had to just decide on the colour combo.

Designing the Service-Learning Project-15th May

Mr Foo hosted this briefing and we talked a little bit more on what the people in the Samarthanam Trust would like and we came up with a list.
We were still discussing on our T-Shirt design; we couldn't agree on one.

Intro to Service-Learning-14th May

We learnt about the Service-Learning and what its mainly about.
Like, Service cannot be come without Learning, and vice versa.
We also discussed a bit on what the people in the Samathanam Trust would need.
Like, they need materialistic things as well as non-materialistic things (e.g. more care)
Ms Wong taught us a bit more and we were still discussing about our T-Shirt design. After it we were de-briefed and also were told on a bit of what to bring on the trip.

PICTURES FOR LITTLE INDIA :D

The briefing before setting off.


Explanation of foods.

Everyone trying to taste the food.

Little India Trip- 11th May :D

We went to Little India for lunch.
Objectives were to taste the food and see if its suitable for our stomach.
The Sec 1s came at 10.30 and we just brainstormed about the T-Shirt design and we had to do this quiz thing to see how much we knew about Bangalore/India.
Sec 2s came a bit later cos they had the Math Olympiad thing.
Then at about 12+ the Sec 3s joined us.
The parent volunteers briefed us on the things we'll see there and there was a Bangalore-borned lady so she also told us some things about Bangalore.
We boarded the bus and it dropped us off at some mall.
We walked a bit to the restaurant to see a bit of the street stuff.
We ate differrent stuff then we went to one of malls and we were allowed to walk for 20 minutes.
The mall had interesting things.
Got back to school and the teachers de-briefed us a bit before letting us go home.