Sunday, June 8, 2008
just got back from ACID camp which began on friday night. i was mun kwai's buddy for the entire camp. despite being of high support needs he generally behaved quite well and made things rather smooth going for himself and myself. the camp also saw many firsts: the first time i helped someone else to put on pampers, the first time i had to help clean someone who wet himself over the night and also the first time i tried to hush one of the residents to sleep, despite failing to do so successfully. this experience really exposed myself to the full spectrum of tasks that a volunteer, in this case, a volunteer for PWIDs, need and can do to help the residents.
after a moment's reflection last friday i have this added push to make things better however bad they seem to be (which explains why 'the mail' was sent out). on the same note, there were many ideas that crossed my mind that were conjured during the inactive ours on the 2nd day, like getting all project groups under one shelter to make one ultra-huge collage to break some records (guinness book of world records?) or something along these lines. sounds lofty definitely, but worth a try and i'll need to put these ideas onto paper before they fade away.
which requires alot of courage and i should really get the bowling programme up before i think about anything else.
disturbed you at 11:58 PM