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Monday, July 7, 2008
PD performance on Sat at MilkRun was not at all successful due to the DJ's sound system. They kept playing the song after the starting part, repeating for a few times, so in the end we had to start from half of the song onwards. Everyone was upset, cos we train v hard for this n esp the sec 2s, with the need to cope with hmewrk n NDP rehearals. But i tink we did a great job, most of us gave that 120% effort and given a short time of 3 weeks to learn n bond together, We really did so much=) Guess training earlier wld produce less "stress" for everyone in the team, this cld be a good lesson learnt. All the best to the team for the rest of the performances to come=] After the performance, we changed n ran the 4.5km (not sure hw long). When it started,ppl were practically walking, then the MC said: " People!, this is MilkRun, not MilkWalk!, so can u all start running ?!" ,hahahs! Despite him saying that, ppl continued to walk, n ppl lyk me tried to run, but it was too crowded to get pass everyone. I finally "broke free" from the walking ppl after lyk nearly halfway thrgh the route, then started to run. Ran passed lots n lots of ppl..most of them tired out from the distance. Even thgh i ran passed many ppl, i still kept seeing more ppl in front of me, n it was lyk a never-ending cycle =p In the end, i completed it,hhahs. Saw a few young boys running too, halfway during the run, n they were just lyk 5-8 yrs old, really v fit,lol. Plan to join more of such jogathon or charity runs in time to come,heheh, find it really challenging=D Well, today i headed to Singapore Association for The Visually Handicapped Centre with some of the NE ambassadors for the "Dine in the dark". We had a mini tour arnd the place, learnt tat the centre provides aid to visually handicapped by teaching them hw to be independent, learning hw to use the computer, hw to be massagers, and even telephone call receivers. One of the helpers there talked to me, n told me that the blind ppl's sense of hearing are v good so deceiving them wld be useless, moreover, they can calculate numbers faster than us. Almost half of the staff are visually handicapped, and one of the guy introduced to us, helps other fellow ppl with the same problem, to find jobs. The partially blind ppl wld learn hw to make handicrafts out of stamps n other things n the thngs were nicely made. We then headed for our "Dine in the dark", in of course, a dark room=) It was pitch black..i placed my hand near my face n i still cldnt see it..lyk i was really blind. And guess what? The waiter n waitress who served us were blind, n they were able to serve us food without having any problem finding where we were sitted. We had to find our utensils arnd the table n even pour water by ourselves. The trick was to place a finger in the glass n fill it till the water reaches the finger. It was really amazing to feel n find out where the food was, i tried using the utensils, but find using the hand easier=D When we were done eating, they switched on the light n the table was in a mess,haha. But my side was spotless clean,heheh=] Thanked the waiter n waitress who served us..they had been our guide during the process, wldnt noe wat to do without them. I learnt alot more abt the visaully handicapped n had a great experience hw it felt to be blind. In times lyk these they require lots of help n encouragement.. one of the blind workers there wished that more volunteers wld step up to help, n for more blind ppl to be employed by companies. I shall one day promise to go back there to volunteer, learn much more abt the ppl. Read an article pasted on one of the walls in the centre, and it said " 8.4 million ppl in Asia would become blind in the year 2010". Think about it, the sense of sight is by far the most precious sense among the five. Hope ppl wld cherish their sight n help those without it. Whew, guess this is my longest post so far:) Its going to be tougher as the days come, time to make the best out of everything 10:27 PM
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