Monday, October 1, 2007
My Saturday was well spent. I may said this oftenly, but what I did on my Saturday was indeed very well spent. It was again, another session of Iftar with my alamak.com people and with the most special bunch of kids that I dearly love and miss to this moment.This year was my first experince in havin' my Iftar and makin' a trip down to Geylang with Darul Ma'wa Kids. I was frantically excited when I made my way down with both Akak Dewi and Bie. Our dressed code for that day were our Orange Volunteerin' Tee. When I reached Darul Ma'wa, I was greeted with overwhelmin' joy. The kids was runnin' around gettin' ready for Iftar. As usual, we teenagers and couple of yippies shared stories under the roof. There were laughters everywhere. Be it from us or from the kids. We were all truely happy that night.
When I set my eyes on Haslam, he came towards me with a huge cubby smile. '' Akak , be my partner okies ?'' He had said. From the bottom of my heart, I was smilin' widely. Haslam or Feer's younger version look alike, was my student couple of months before. I offered my service as a tutor to majority of the Darul Ma'wa Kids. Some, I grew attached with while others are gettin' closer as I made my visit. However, due to certain circumstances that arose on myside, I was forced to quit givin' tution. I was hugely devastated. I was lookin' forward to every Fridays, not any more. May be, I would pick it up when myside of the block has settle down.
I took care of Haslam and Shamira throughout our trip around Geylang. With 22 volunteeers and 45 residence, we gave each other the support to provide the best night for those childern. Despite of certain setbacks along the way, we walked hand in hand towards the fruitful night. I could clearly see all the smiles painted across the children faces. They were all holdin' tightly to their sisters or braders in order to complete the night. We were all havin' our little fun.
I was havin' my own piece of fun. Haslam demands that I buy him a watch. He been the cute and adorable him and the good kid so far, I fork out couple of dollars to fulfil his wish. Sharima was not left out of course. Haslam had his Puma Black watch while Sharima had her Pink aeroplane analog watch. Both gave thier sincere thanks. Haslam held my hands tighter and said how much he love the watch and he carried on by sayin'...
Haslam : ''Haslam sayang akak ! Thanks akak ! ''
Can you tell me, how can I resist such cuteness and politeness from this cute boy ? Tell me, how could I resist Shamira that often cling on my arms whenever she felt so afraid or she feels the need to feel loved ? Tell me, how could I ever resist thos lovely kids that are simply them ? You would not know how I would feel. You have to be in my shoes to feel it. Cause, offerin' my services to the children was all I ever wanted when I got back from Chiang Mai last year. This is one of my life mission. Believe it or not..
Some may know, I was sent to Chiang Mai, Thailand, to bulid a flat road for the villagers accsessbility and by evenin' time I was teachin' 7-12 years old childern English. Some were very fast in catchin' what I taught while others I had to offer some one-to-one tutorin'. Those childern that was on their toes whenever I start my lesson drove me to give my best in provdin' the best education for all of 'em. I was touched when they gave me a lovenote on my last lesson with 'em. Despite of the communication breakdown, I gave my all for all the childern there. I was again drove to give my sincere service to the needy villagers. I would love to be back to Chiang Mai due to the fact that the villagers has been askin' when we would be returnin' and on top of that, I miss my students. I miss the nature. I miss the environment. I miss the cold water in the mornin'. I miss the cement that I slept on. Basically, I miss everythang bout Chiang Mai.
With that, I looked into providin' my service to our local needy childern. And one day, I found Darul Ma'wa. Since then, I've been providin' my endless effort till of date. I am not braggin' nor I am showin' capabilities in this area. I am here to show the path in makin' the childern's life a better one. They longed for love and attention. I am pretty much glad I've found myself in 'em. And they've found themselves in me. They knew that my frens and I are there for 'em. Be in my fren who was covered with tattoo ( you know who for those who were there that night ).
I really salute him for showin' up. Despite of his appeareance was misjudge by his nature of attitude. Aku salute kau okies ? He showed us, kalau nak berbuat baik tak kira rupa atau bangsa. He showed me for one, that even if someone was covered with tattos all over their arm, it was not an excuse to escape from makin' good deeds to the childern. I shall see you again in the future when Ma'wa hold any function, yes ? *smiles*
Syukur Alhamdulilah, all of us had our fair share of fun. Those kids was really a bundle of joy. No words could describe how joyful and how at ease I was whenever I'm around the childern. May their life in this Holy Month would be a blessful one. May their wishes come true. Insyah allah, Amin.
What the gals do best.
Faces for that night.
My bundle of joy.
Jump for joy boys!
Haslam's in red. My boys.
The Earlybirds that arrived at the last pitstop.
The Childern was enjoyin' the firecracks. It was after midnight mind you!
It was suppose to be DQ's picture, I was feelin' cheeky. Heh.
My laughters.
It wasa all bout us.
Our fun share of smiles.
My adorable Shamira.
Baobei and I. Happy girls in the late night
My ever cubby Bie.
This moment of my life wold be tuck neatly in my heart.
Those fond memories are there for me to look back how joyful the childern and I was.
The smiles and laughters that night set my troubled soul free.
And again, I learned the most valuable lesson in life.
To love and be loved,
is easy,
it is a matter on how you find it,
how much you treasure it,
and how you keep the love burnin' in the bonds.
It may not make sense,
but it does to me.
I may not good in words,
but I've tried my best.
What matter most was how I felt and how the childern felt.
And again, I've learned the most valuable lesson in life,
You may have the perfect life,
but to what extend was the perfection ?
Some may not have the ideal life,
but they strive
for
the
better
of it
all.
Yes, through him I've learned that
one should not judge the book by it's cover.
And yes again, through him I've learned that,
good deeds need no good appearance.
... my life has been good, alhamdulilah.
