Every child loves to have fun. Well, that’s what we, the Youth Advocates of Aids Awareness and Volunteering Services discovered on a visit to Pusat Wawasan. When we were there, most of the children were really shy and quiet until we broke the ice by playing various types of games with them. We had a brief discussion about the games we should play with the children and decided that we should play some ‘noisy’ games with them. Let me define ‘noisy’ games. Noisy games as in some games that will encourage the kids or adolescents to open up and mix with us. It’s something like an ice breaker.
So, we started off with the first game called Mother Hen and Eagle. This game is quite a popular one as when we were young we used to play it with our friends. In this game, the Eagle will pass a few keys to the “Mother Hen”. The mother Hen will pass the “Eagle’s” key all the way until its last chick. Then, the last chick would throw the keys away. Then, the Eagle would come along and request for his keys and the Mother Hen will tell the Eagle that the last chick had it. The last chick shall reply that the keys were already thrown away. The Eagle will then attempt to seek revenge by catching the last chick.
After the first game, the children started to open up and communicate with us. After that, we played London Bridge and we were really happy as the air was filled with laughter throughout the game. The children were really excited and happy and they shouted and screamed with joy. After a while, Puan Tanamah, the caretaker of this children centre advised us to lower down our voices as we might disturb the residents around the area. So, we settled down to a game called “Scalo scalo lobak”. This is indeed a popular game especially to all BBGS (Bukit Bintang Girl’s School) and SMKSBU (Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Bintang Utara) students. It is somehow a heritage that had lived in us for a long time. There was a song for this game and it goes like this; “Scalo scalo lobak, quack,quack,quack, say yes chick-a-chick-a-chick-a-chick-a-chick, say yes chick-a-chick-a-chick-a-chick-a-chick, say fellow, fellow, fellow, fellow, fellow, say 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10”. After that, the childrens were treated to a party. During the party, the childrens’ and adolescents were heard chanting the song joyously.
So, we started off with the first game called Mother Hen and Eagle. This game is quite a popular one as when we were young we used to play it with our friends. In this game, the Eagle will pass a few keys to the “Mother Hen”. The mother Hen will pass the “Eagle’s” key all the way until its last chick. Then, the last chick would throw the keys away. Then, the Eagle would come along and request for his keys and the Mother Hen will tell the Eagle that the last chick had it. The last chick shall reply that the keys were already thrown away. The Eagle will then attempt to seek revenge by catching the last chick.
After the first game, the children started to open up and communicate with us. After that, we played London Bridge and we were really happy as the air was filled with laughter throughout the game. The children were really excited and happy and they shouted and screamed with joy. After a while, Puan Tanamah, the caretaker of this children centre advised us to lower down our voices as we might disturb the residents around the area. So, we settled down to a game called “Scalo scalo lobak”. This is indeed a popular game especially to all BBGS (Bukit Bintang Girl’s School) and SMKSBU (Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Bintang Utara) students. It is somehow a heritage that had lived in us for a long time. There was a song for this game and it goes like this; “Scalo scalo lobak, quack,quack,quack, say yes chick-a-chick-a-chick-a-chick-a-chick, say yes chick-a-chick-a-chick-a-chick-a-chick, say fellow, fellow, fellow, fellow, fellow, say 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10”. After that, the childrens were treated to a party. During the party, the childrens’ and adolescents were heard chanting the song joyously.
So, let me move on to the party. The younger children in the centre were more involved with the actual eating, while the older ones were either helping the children or shying away from the celebrations.
We had a scrumptious chocolate cake with delicious icing around the edges prepared for them. Initially, we didn't intend to actually sing, but as they were keen on expressing their excitement and joy, and the only song that we knew and was suitable for the occasion was 'Happy Birthday', although it was no one's birthday.
And so we sang.
After our joyous singing with great gusto, we dug in. The children, who were clearly very hungry, were very polite during the feast. They didn't grab, snatch, or even push each other.
They were extremely polite as they did not dared to take the food themself. Instead, they request for permission from us to help them with the succulent food. Kah Mun and Kah Wai's mom was especially kind as she had made fishballs and nuggets specially for the children. Besides that, she had also helped us as a mummy volunteer at the orphanage. On the other hand, Gaik Xuang's mom had prepared nuggets and drummets for the children to savour on. Diane's mom was really supportive too as she came and joined us as a mummy volunteer.
We would like to express our gratitude to everyone whom had made this visit a great success.
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