DONE!!

Finally, I had done my 20 days of community services. It was really a very good experience for me to work together with my friends and work for the community. What I have done were volunteering at National Zoo, SPCA, IMU Chariofare, National Kidney Foundation, Ballet class and United Voice. It was fun to be a volunteer and helping people who needs us. "Nothing in life is FREE, but LOVE is!" ♥ 

Throughout this community services, I have getting closer to my classmates and knowing each other better than before. These 20 days have became an unforgettable memories in my life. Just like my blog title, these 20 days will be THE MOMENTS in my heart.  ♥ Appreciate all of you to be one part of the memories ♥

A helping hand for the United Voice

This is my last community service which was helping in a fund raising event by the United Voice (Self-Advocacy Society of Persons with Learning DIsabilities). It is a Christmas charity sales event: A Gift to One is a Blessing to Another, which held from 30th November 2012 to January 2013, at Subang Parade.

Hoon Mun, Su-Xian, Eugene and I were in a group for this volunteer work. I had volunteered at there for 5 days which are 30th of November, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of December 2012. We worked in the morning shift from 9a.m. to 2p.m. while Yee Yein and Joe were the afternoon shift. We were helping to sell the handicrafts, cookies which made by the persons with learning disabilities and also the United voice T-shirts. Every morning when we reached our booth, we were assigned to check the sales track sheet before we started our selling. Some of us were arranging the stuffs, counting for stocks, checking stocks and recording the number of stocks.

Hoon Mun and I were counting the T-shirts.

Busy-ing in the morning. Arranging cookies (Eugene), Counting stocks (Me), Recording stocks (Hoon Mun) and Packaging the stocks (Su-Xian).

On the first day of the event, we were asked to set up a Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is for those who bought a gift pack to hang their messages on the tree. This is the first time I set up a Christmas tree and it is not an easy job to set up a nice Christmas tree. But finally we made it and took a photo with the nice Christmas tree.

Setting up the Christmas tree.

A nice Christmas tree is done!!!

After everything was settling up, then we start our selling. Su-Xian and Eugene were helping to give out the leaflets to the passer-by while Hoon Mun and I in-charged of the selling. We took turns to exchange our job.

Handicrafts: Cards, Bookmarks, Keychains, Gift tags, Saori Dolls, Magnets, Name cards boxes, Paintings, Handmade soaps, Gift packs and United Voice T-shirts. 

Cookies: Almond, Shortbread, Choc n nuts, Sesame. 

It was so impressive when I saw all the handicrafts that made by them. All the handicrafts were so nice and exquisite and I was admiring of their hard works. I was trying my best to sell their hard works and also bought some of the handicrafts as a supportive to them.

What I have learnt from there is that don't give up so easily anytime in our life. We have to think positively like what they are. They are so strong and even stronger than anyone of us. They are working hard to live a better tomorrow. How are us? We are too blessed compared with them so just cherish or treasure what we have now. Do lend your helping hand to those who needs your love!!

♥ Stay strong and happy to all of you with learning disabilities ♥

Ballet~ ♥

I had helped my friend, Ms. Sim You Wen to teach ballet on 28th November 2012 at Victoria Dance Art. Ballet is a type of performance dance and a basic for all kinds of dance. It requires years of training and master, and also much practice to retain proficiency. Ballet is not a sport, but a performance using our body language. It helps to build flexibility and agility, as well as the coordination of body movement with the music. Other than that, ballet also train the ballerina to be self-discipline by developing routines of steps and positions. Anyone can enjoy the beauty and grace of ballet dancing. 

                  

The class that I taught is a primary class for children who just started learning ballet. Once I reached there, I saw a few girls there and they are all so young and active. I started worry that how I should treat and control them during the class. Ms. Sim asked them to go into the dance class. First, she introduced me to them that I was a volunteer of the day and was responsible to correct them when they were doing wrongly. To be a good dancers, flexibility is very important so the class started with some stretching exercises.  

After some stretching exercises, then we started with the syllabus. There are divided into group of two, which are one group of 3 and another group of 4. They were all preparing for their dancing exam so Ms. Sim was so strict to them. They tried their best and listened to all the corrections from Ms. Sim and I. Although they were getting scolded by Ms. Sim but still they danced together happily. 

 I LOVE BALLET SO MUCH!! ♥

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

This National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is a fund raising event organised by Asian Medical Students' Association - International Medical University (AMSA-IMU). 

This fund raising event held from 26th to 29th November 2012. I myself had contribute in this event on 26th and 27th November 2012. Here is some information from the AMSA-IMU:
NKF is a charitable organization where dialysis is provided. NKF’s patients are generally from the lower income group and these patients often could not afford dialysis treatments at private medical facilities which usually charge RM150 to RM250 for each dialysis sessions. NKF helps by subsidising the cost of the patients’ dialysis treatments, so that they are only required to pay a RM50 nominal fee per dialysis session.

A booth was set up for charity sales and I was involving in the charity selling as well. The things that they were selling were coin box, badges, landyards, magnets, food and other. There are also leaflets about kidney and health for the students and staffs. Besides that, there were 2 donation boxes for them to donate. EVERY SINGLE CENT SPENT WILL BE ENTIRELY DONATION!!

S*P*C*A

Continue of my community services...

We went to SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) at Ampang, Selangor. SPCA is an animal welfare organisation which helps to protect and take care of the animals. I had went there for 4 days which are 8th, 12th, 13th and 14th November 2012. We went there by taking LRT from Sri Petaling. It took about 45 minutes to reach the Ampang LRT station and we walked about 20-30 minutes to SPCA.

The first time I stepped into the SPCA, what I can hear is just the dogs' bark. I was thinking how many dogs will there?? When we went in, there are few dogs came around us. It was so scary and I was just stood straight there without moving. After some times, I tried to get myself near to them and they are not that scary like what I was thinking. During the four days, we were asked to do the same thing. What we had done there were cleaning the cage, changing newspaper and refilling their drinking water for each cage.

After changing and cleaning job, is the happy hour for the dogs which is their lunch!! The worker of SPCA prepared the food for dogs and we were helping her to distribute all the food for the dogs.

 

Took photo after we done all our job!!! Everyone looks so Happy!!