WOW!! Just WOW!! Those are the only two words I can use at this very moment to express myself on the events of today. We left early in the morning! That is for sure! I ended up in Valerie's house at about 7 AM and we departed for Bekasi half an hour later. FInding the orphanage was no longer a problem, so there wasn't any loss of time. Luckily, the SCTV crew set-ed up the LCD screen and projector the day before. In addition to that, they were earlier than us.
By the time we got into the orphanage, little kids were hugging us. Some of us, including myself, was a little shocked and uncomfortable at first, but then, we soon lightened up and started talking somewhat normally.
The first thing we did was that, we took the name tag stickers and started asking their names and age. That by itself alone was a huge learning experience. I realized at about in the middle of asking their names, that these kids, were kids, and they thought things were a joke. I could spot only a few kids who were being nice and honest, well the rest were nice and child-like (which is what I should've expected). I also realized that I had been asking the questions wrongly, which I then later improved on.
Afterwards, I did the introduction by getting the mike (yes, the crew brought a mike, how sweet of them!) and saying hello and hi (if I say hi, they say hello, if i say hello, they say hi). I introduced them to my self, Valerie, Bess, Khalisha, Hafis, Ryan S./Soebi, Bryant and Benny. I told them to call us "kaka" but we later found out that some of them were older than us.
When the movie was played, Valerie and I, along with some more volunteers, started making the teams up. We tried as best as we can, but we soon realized that making the group would be hard, as not all of the orphans were counted. We then realize, that some of the orphans we have listed, were literally just toddlers (meaning there was a high chance that they were having nap time during the movie watching). We decided that we might as well wing it, which eventually, led us to a proper personal project (it wasn't full 100% by fate that success happened. It was becuase there was still a "backbone" of a plan still intact combined with our natural instincts).
After everyone had lunch, we had the funnest quiz game ever! It might have been because I wasn't that prepared, which made it funny for the orphans to see me running back and forth and back and forth, with no shoes on (I was too lazy to put them back on and off). The most important part was that, they had lots of fun, many genuine smiles and laughs were there, and they actually learned something from Laskar Pelangi (they were able to answer the questions we gave them)
There was this one child, I think his name is Nelson, he could actually tell me the moral of the story, and he was less than 10 years old. Immediately, my heart melted, the movie actually got through to his age group! I made Yany and Mia's group the first place winner, and Nelson's group take 2nd place (just because he could answer that question). In the end of the quiz, everyone had fun, and expected more games, which we gladly gave them.
I got this game from the catholic retreat I joined earlier in the year (around the month of January). It's hard to describe it in ink, so I'll let it explain itself in video, which I will upload soon.
3rd March 2012 - one of the most rewarding and fun days I have ever experienced!! Love the day and the people I shared it with!
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