Be Grateful :)

I am glad that I have a precious chance to meet with them ;)

I used to talk to the 7 angels

in order to understand more about their life

I chose to not use any difficult word during the conversation

and trying to understand what they were talking to me

One of them, name Ah Lun

dada this guy

He used to speak cantonese to me

and I am also trying my best to talk to him by using Cantonese

I am not a Cantonese people instaed a Hokkien people

I live in Johor, the place which we seldom use dialect language also

Neither Cantonese, Hokkien or Hakka

my family used fully Chinese so

you can called me a Banana also  XD which don't understand dialect

When i am trying so hard to speak Cantonese to Ah Lun

My friends whose they knew Cantonese also used to laugh at me

Especially Jolie, WengYee, Yintheng and Chiyan T.T

Even one of them told me that

 I am like a Indonesian who is trying to speak Cantonese

Okey, I knew that I have a weird slange /.\

dada

This is the photo of the uncle and me

uncle always praised me that 

I am PRETTY HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I am not lying ok 

he praised me that my spectacles is very pretty'

OK, AT LEAST IT IS A PRAISE FOR ME 

This is the photo taken when we were in SS2 

They are a group of permanent volunteers

who used to collect the recycle-able items 

from the residential area in SS2

every third Sunday of the month

They have been joining to be a volunteer at least 2 years ago

I have had a chance to ask Joe 

The lady who are in pink t-shirt in the photo

ME: 'Joe, why are u decided to join the Lovely Disabled House, as a volunteer?'

JOE: 'Erm, I just think that it is the time for me to do something for the society,

and helping the NGO at the same time.'

ME:' oh really? How do you get to knew this Lovely Disabled House?'

JOE:' I get to knew this Lovely Disabled House through a YB. He told me that this Lovely Disabled house is a NGO which established to give a chance for those who are disabled to work like a normal person. It is a good platform for them to live a normal life just like all of us...'

This lady really get my respect

I was impressed and appreciate

Her effort of willing to help those disabled 

they have made their work burden lesser

It is because 

some of the elites in the House are not good in communicate with others

They might faced many challenges during the collections from the public

Hence, these permanent volunteers has lend their hands 

Thank you, you all are my idols!

I had drew a appreciation card to one of the elites
which are,
Ming Hua

The reason why i choose to give Ming Hua is that
Ming Hua is very helpful
every time when i faced problems like
i couldn't find a sack to put the old clothes
or
when i was confused which types of paper it should be catagorized
i will always refer to Ming Hua
although Ming Hua can not answer my questions verbally
but he understood what i meant ;)

Appreciation Card for Ming Hua

Ming Hua with his smiling face ;) and me

We also bought some snacks for them
like 100 plus, apolo layered cake and chocolate biscuit
as we knew that they have least chance to have snack
during the tea time “）

dada 

I was glad that I have had a chance to do some charity works 

not only for the society and the earth but also for my own's good.

I understood that although the life is hard,

but we still need to move on

there is senseless for me as a healthy person

to complain about why my life is so hard

and decided to give up moving forward

There is people who live in a harder life

but still

with a smiling face

' This is still not the end of the world'

'Crying isn't solving any problem'

Wipe off the tears on your face

standing up from the bottom of the valley

cleaning clear the wounds and scars

patting your shoulder and said 

'it's okey'

and don't forget to

smile :)

There is always still a hope :)

Written by, 

Wong Sock Fong

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Not just a volunteering job, it is beyond your expectation ;)

Today i m going to share with all of you
about what i had experienced in these 32 hours.

Basically we are doing the categorization of the treasures
that we have collected from the residential area
most of the time
which is inside this double-storey house
dadada....

There are total 7 elites and 2 uncles and 1 auntie worked major in this recycle center.

Auntie LiHua mostly responsible for the categorization of the old clothes
She will category the clothes into wanted and unwanted 
which further category them into:
lady clothes, male clothes, and kids clothes

The 'wanted' clothes will then be bring to amcorp mall on sunday
to be sell as 2nd hand clothes.
The money earned will be used as the funds for the center.

So, please do a visit to the amcorp mall when you are free
you can find many of the good-condition and pretty clothes
It is sad that people nowadays has wasted many money to buy new clothes
and throw it when it is 'outdated'
although the clothes has only be wear a few times only

A lot of people came over amcorp mall to find the 'treasure'
helping the center and at the same time helping the earth :)


We do categorization of the papers collected also
into three types, which are:
mixed paper, 
black-and-white paper,
magazine-like paper, 
cardboard 
and 
old newspapers

black-and-white paper is the most common
which are normal A4 paper without any colour printed on

magazine-like paper is the types of paper which are very smooth and 'slippery surface'
the cover of the book is also considered to be magazine paper

cardboard and old news paper are very common
i don't think i need to explain it haha
lets move on

mixed paper is the paper which are not categorized as
black-and-white paper, magazine-like paper, cardboard and old newspaper

We also used to helping the center to go around the residential area
knocking the door, ringing the door bell
pretending to be not fear of the dog 
in order to collect the recycle-able items

under the hot sun
with the help of permanent volunteer
hoping that we will managed to collect the items as much as possible

Faithfully, it isn't a easy job!
My respect to the permanent volunteer
When i finished one day voluntery work
i felt that my leg isn't mine already :(
hahaha

PROOF!
total of 10540 steps and 6.52 km in A day!
it is really exhausted hahaha
but i was enjoying
btw, it is also a great way to keep fit XD

Luckily the residents all are very kind and responsive
I even received a gift from one of the residents
thank you :)

Written by,

Wong Sock Fong 

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The Most Beautiful Moment

Hi,I'm Ho Weng Yee from the group 9G1B.

Well, actually I didn't have any experience on how to interact with these disabled children.I've thought before that how's the life of  these children be?Most of them are mentally disabled and how are they going to interact and communicate with the society?Will it be very difficult?Will they be hurt by other people in this society?

Now,I've got the answer.

Although they are not perfect in the sense of their physical or mental,they are just perfect to be themselves.Maybe,you'll feel that they are very naive people,but they live the way they are.They just express out what they feel in their own way.Perhaps,this is how life should be.

During the interaction time,we played games,joked around,had fun together and through these,I found that they are just as simple as kids.We need to talk to them like the way we talk to kids,we need to play simple games that we usually play during our childhood with them.This reminds me of my childhood,such a wonderful and precious time and time flies,I've already THAT OLD,LOL!!!!!

This is Ah Xiong,one of the children in Lovely Disabled Home.He is a quiet person.He didn't talk much.He reminds me of my quiet characteristic during my childhood time.That's why I like him a lot,haha!

I'm glad that I've got a chance to approach these special little angels.They've taught me a lot,on how we shuold live for our life.JUST BE HAPPY,always...

Little Angels,I thank you all.

Written by,
 Weng Yee

Last Day...

It is the last day...
Time files...
We had completed 32 hours...
The moment we spent with them is so precious
Memorable

They are so friendly and kind
They have simple mind just like a kid
Chatting with them
I feel relax
There is no need to conceal...
In them
I feel that life is actually simple
But we insist on making it complicated

I wish I could think as pure as a kid...
Live without stress
Without worries and fear
BUT in reality
I know I can't
Growth erase my innocent
It force me to become complicated...

It is the last day...
I made a card for Ah-Lun
A "guy" who always called me "ah-moi"
I would like to say
Thanks for being so nice to me
Thanks for chatting with me
Thank you, my BIG BROTHER!

 

A funny video of Ah-Lun and me

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Doing recycling work is not something new to me
I started in my first semester
It's a hostel weekly activity
Collect recyclable materials from hostel resident
Categorize it and place it at recycle centre in hostel

However
It is a new experience at Lovely Disabled Home
I didn't categorize the recyclable materials in detail before this
At here
I know paper can be categorized into many types
I know where clothes in the second-hand clothes shop comes from
I know where the newspaper that used to wrap vegetables in Cameron Highlands comes from
I know
There is a lot of things that we can do for recycling

Written by,

Lee Chi Yan
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Happy Angels

Here come to the last day be in Lovely Disabled Home.

Today is the day we all become very talkative
Forget about the tiredness, we chit chat non stop.
The volunteers are as usual, never stop chatting with us.
The last day always make people recall about the past.
Their voices of singing, the gaming session, the laugh sound, cute and innocence action.
Everything want to keep in mind as memory.

A memorable picture

Today we held a small appreciation session for them.
We done a card to each of them.
We also prepare some drinks and food for them as an appreciation.

Appreciation card

Yummy foods and drinks.

 This person called Li hua Jie. The first time I saw her , I never think that she is so humerous. She likes to chit chat with us and sometimes even crack jokes with us. She has a very beautiful and nice heart. She treats those kids very patiently and whole hearted. I never saw her angry from the beginning of time.(ps: LI HUA JIE where are you looking at)

Hope to have more chances and time to involve in recycling and pay a visit to Lovely Disabled Home in the future. We should always remind ourselves to be alert with environmental protection and implement the 3R's in our daily life.

Treasure Hunting

The first time I stepped into this double-storey house.
First impression is recycle and non recycle things filled up almost the whole area.
With the hot and humid weather, I thought the day we have to gone through is a disaster. 

However, I started to feel interested when mixing with the volunteers and kids.
They taught us how to sort out the old newspaper, books, magazine, colour paper and black and white documents. It is same goes with those old clothes and pants. They also taught us how to pack and unpack the recycle things even clean up the things can be reused.

During the time of categorization, I think it was the most interesting time. 
It was like treasure hunting.
You never know what you will get the next seconds. 
We may find out clothes that is quite brand new, maybe just wore it for a fews times only.
Branded sweater, blazer, sportwear so on and so forth.

ADIDAS SPORTWEAR !!!

Many old toys are also found here.

Plenty of cute, big, small, weird toys.

Previously , I guess is was an animal.

However, it doesn't look like an animal!

 It was actually indicate an ancient person in  the past time with no clothes and pants

Sometimes, we may find out some talented designer..

It is a pants right!

 But now it isn't anymore!!

It transforms to become a crop top.

More surprise are awaiting us in the every single seconds.

This treasure hunting process not only involve non creature but also human.

During the time be with the volunteers and kids, we chat a lot. We may find out that the kids' mind may not grow with their ages, but they are intelligent and smart enough but with some childishness. 
They taught us whole- hearted and always shows sincerity to any people. I think this is the most treasure experience in this treasure hunting process. We should learn from them.

Life Was Tough, But Theirs...Way Tougher.

I dunno where to start...but for a past few weeks finishing our Social Engagement project, was really a new experience for me. To be frank, 32 hours volunteering at a recycle center with a gifted community totally wear me out, physically and mentally. Imagine, being an only guy in our group, plus my introvert and lazy trait, have to get to the recycling center short after finishing a class, doing the same thing over and over, is not an easy job. And only god knows the hardship of recycling, even paper is classified into three groups. Even imagining about it is tiring, but...32 hours past in a jiffy, and I gained a few things when spending time with my group and with Lovely Disable Home community.

Interaction is a really hard thing for me, as I'm lacking of social skill. Speaking with Lovely Disabled Home members is limited because only a few of them capable speaking national language or English. But there is this guy, Ah Lun, every time I saw him, he always had a word for me, even though I don't understand a single word and had to be translated by my friends...I admire his efforts try to engage conversation between us. And there is one friendly grandpa, capable of speaking Malay and often make a joke. These guys taught me that conversation isn't always in form of speaking, and I'm still in a long way polishing my social skill.

I  respect their dedication of them doing their job, repeatedly classifying those what we called "garbage" without a single sigh or whine. And they are happy doing their job, smiling all the way. For normal people it would an outstanding boring routine, but I guess a boring routine can't beat the bond formed between them. As the 32 hours past, we're back with our own daily routine. To be honest, I'm quite disappointed, because I did  not have the chance to give my card during our last session. But overall,  I had learned a lot through this project and I am grateful toward my understanding group for picking me up as member of 9G1B and special thanks to the Lovely Disabled Home for the experiences and memories.

Written by,

Muhammad Ikmal Aiman Bin Sahidan
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A MOMENT CAPTURED...

A MOMENT CAPTURED...

           Finally we have finished the requirement of Social Engagement to do social activities for 32 hours.!!! .. When I know that this course must be done for at least for 32 hours, I felt like 32 days and it will took forever to finish. But it all changed when we first went to Lovely Disabled Home. This Lovely Disabled Home have their own recycling center. Actually on the first day we went to the recycling center of Lovely Disabled Home. I was shocked to see that the whole place was full of all the recycling items. It was my first time to a recycling center. The first day was quite unexpected. We all were exhausted after sorting all the recycling stuffs. But the next time I felt excited doing the sorting while we get the know all the little angles there. The disabled children are called as little angles. There are certainly little angles although they have disabilities but they work as the others that covers up their disabilities. I had fun working with all of them. There are very joyful and do their work very happily. 

           On Sunday, we went to residential areas to collect recycling items with the guidance of the volunteers who are doing this for a longs time. It's a new experience for me go to every house ring the bell and ask for the recycling item. It's fun collecting the recycling stuff from the residents. As finished, we had a short sharing session with the volunteers where there share about their experience doing this recycling and the basics of recycling as well as the importance to the environment. since then I learned how important recycling is especially to the environment. A message that I learned, that before we want to buy something we must think how it's necessary to buy. From this, we can avoid buying things that is not a need to us as it will be thrown in trash. Not all the things we buy can be recycled. So, think wisely before buying as it could protect our environment.

A moment captured with the volunteers of Lovely Disable Home

 First I taught 32 hours is a very long period but it all went just in a blink of eye and its already our last day with at the Lovely Disabled Home. We each prepared a farewell card as well as gifts to every little angles. I gave it to Cecelia.:) All of them are very happy with cards we gave them. Our social engagement course ended here with a lot of memorable moments and new experiences..:)

 

A moment captured with Cecelia

... Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory ..:)

Written By,

Nurul Firzana Nasseruddin
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The Obscure Angels

My participation as a volunteer at Lovely  Disabled Home under Social Engagement, a university course was indeed an exhausting, patience challenging yet exciting and interesting experience. What we actually did was collection of recycled materials in the housing area at SS2 and SS23 and doing recycled materials categorization together with these special kids. To be precise, these angels are all adults (age ranged from 19 to 40 plus) but their intelligence level is just like a child. This was not my first time as a volunteer of environmental activities, but I didn't have any interaction with these special kids before and I must say that I was touched by their innocence and optimism towards life. In their eyes, this is a simple and joyous world, there is no such thing as hypocrisy,

There are 7 of them - Ah Lun, Wei Hao, Ah Seng, Lam Seng, Lian Kang, Ah Xiong and Ming Hua (elites among the rest) who helped us at the centre. Ah Lun is the most talkative one and the smartest, he loves to make jokes which never fail to make us laugh. Whereas Ming Hua don't speak at all and everytime  I try to talk to him, he will just smile and say nothing. Ah Seng is the boss and he is the one giving orders to his partners, though his tone is a bit harsh, but he didn't mean any harm at all. Wei Hao is the youngest among them- 19 years old and the most childish and cutest one. He always keep on repeating his name to everyone he sees again and again, just like a child longing for attention. Lam Seng is a bit more emotional agitated, he used to throw tantrum over small matters and sit in the corner alone for one whole day, ignoring others' presence. But sometimes he will be in an extraordinary good mood for no reasons. Lian Kang and Ah Xiong are quite introvert and shy, but if you could just spend some time to speak to them, they can be quite talkative too.

I really like spending time with these kids and their perspective of views sometimes suprised me, to them, it is like no trouble is a trouble, why make things so complicated. How I  wish I can live like a happy go lucky style just like them. Also, they taught me a lot of things regarding recycle and I just realised that all these recycled materials can be categorised into so many types.  For instance, paper can be divided into black and white, coloured, cardboard and magazine.

I never regret to be a volunteer at Lovely Disabled Home, this whole experience impacts me a lot and all these memories will always be in my heart forever.
If you happen to read this post, I sincerely hope that you can consider to take a step and be a volunteer too. These kids deserve to live a normal life with dignity too. Your help means a lot to them.
 You can go check out more at http://www.lovelydisabledhome.com/

A Memorable Experience

Finally, we had done our 32 hours social engagement's activities at Lovely Disable Home. From the 32 hours, I've learned a lot and gained a lot, and all of these are priceless. Within the 32 hours, we did a lot things in the recycle center there, we knowing each other, sharing, teaching the members; disabled "children" there.

The memories that still fresh in my mind, the first day we went to the recycle center and we were shocking when we first stepped into the center. There was full of many recycle materials such as old newspapers, magazines, plastics materials, card boards, clothes, irons, tins and so on.

Then, we had a small ice breaking session with them and we started to recognize and remember their name. They were so happy to see us there. Next, we started doing our works, we helped them to sort out the recycle materials had been collected. They taught us how to classify the paper types into black and white paper, magazine, and mixed color's paper.

At first, we were so energizing to sort out all the papers, but after we had standing there for 3 hours, we felt tired at that time since the weather on that day was very hot and we were repeating doing the same things with the same posture.

But, when I looked at them, they still continuing their job, no complaint. Remembered once, I heard from the person in charge there, she said that the members there love their job very much, as the people like them, they feel that they can used their ability to do work and earn money, they don't want to make trouble to others. She also said that they will feel very sad if they have no job.

Lastly, we continued our works and finished our first day in the recycle center about 6 hours.

Written by, 

LEOW HUI CHIN
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A DAY TO REMEMBER

My first thought about this course-social engagement was some kind of boring. I bet all student feeling the same -_- .Automatically, you will picture the scenery of some old folks home and orphanage. We will be doing some chores, games and etc. But when i heard about Disable Lovely Home, it makes me wonder what I will be doing there??? I search the website beforehand, but it was all in Mandarin and at that time i was so dense about the Google translate. I should learn more about IT ==. In the end, i got a brief explanation from Yin Theng that we will be doing some recycling.

Our first day at the recycling center was quite unexpected. I thought that we will sort the item into plastic, paper and aluminium category like we all see in the advertisement. There is also section in doing that but my first day task is to fold the clothes. Some of us will check either the clothes are in good condition- no holes, zip still functioning and etc. Then, clothes that pass our inspection will be folded and stored in a big white sack. Truthfully, that was the first time I fold clothes as much as SEVEN SACK IN LESS THAN 4 HOURS. It is tiring but I gain new experience and found new talent in me-FOLDING CLOTHES.

Our next visit, I got new task different from before which is in the paper section. We need to sort the paper in 4 categories- newspaper, magazine, black and white and lastly mixed-colored paper. It was seriously enormous tons of work to do but actually we could do it faster without the talking..hahaha but we need to do so.

LOOK AT THOSE AMOUNT OF NEWSPAPER.. IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO BE SORTED

Engagement cannot be done without talking, right? So while doing my task, I get to meet new special friends. I introduce my new friend  Nam Zheng.

                                                                                                                            

  

How should I describe him? Well he is a bit grumpy but I find it fascinating to work with him. I have a younger brother who has autism and I can fully understand their behavior. It requires a lot of effort to mingle with them but times certainly will help. Once you could mingle with them, it will be your sweetest moment. Of course there is some communication issue but I will take that as a small challenge in achieving bigger result.

Lastly, i gained a lot of new experience from this social engagement activity. I learned that people that having difficulty to work by themselves like them in Lovely Disable Home could work and gain some income from it. People that have disability should not be prejudiced. They also can do work like us, it is just that we need to offer them a little help such as medium to do so like what Lovely Disable Home did. I hope that many people out there realized that. That’s all from me and enjoys reading our blog!!!!!

 Written by

Nurul Shahira Binti Nor Azizan

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