VBS HAS JUST PASSED! VBSes get better by the year for me, in that i'm learning more precious lessons and helping more precious kids. really thank God for all that went on.

i have emerged encouraged. (picturizing me standing on cliff looking at setting sun with wind blowing through my hair) nah that's just me being emo.

i taught the lesson on the first day. was nervous preparing but as the day came i was cool. (rrrright) the numbers comforted me when i was assured that i wouldn't be trampled over by the usual 30 kids in that particular class. we had less than 20 this year. anyway, i brought my illustrations and prayed with the rest and braced myself for little monsters. at the reception table the kids looked at me funny, the boys were blur and the girls were shy. anytime better than monsters, i know. i introduced myself as teacher agnes in respect for the filippinos and other foreigners there but in the end they all called me jie jie agnes, regardless of race. tried to teach them a new icebreaker but they were all so shy and lethargic that my attempts to try and hype them up were quite futile. through the lesson they kinda listened but i think they were bored. i felt like my throat had been rubbed down by sandpaper by the end of the lesson. tried to be a good and confident teacher. thank God for felicia and sis. maria who are more experienced. games were funny. the teen helpers joined in and played for the teams too. played obstacle course and captain's ball. when there are pri.1-3 girls around, captain's ball sounds like rain's fan meeting. crazy screaming and waving of hands and crowding around. the rain broke up the fan meeting. followed my dad sending all the kids back and came home.

on friday isa drove us there. yunli came to rescue the class from my boring icebreakers! she couldn't make it on the first day cause of some compulsory workshop, but she was the head teacher of our class. so she came and it was her turn to teach, so geil and i relak relak shake leg abit more. the kids were 10 times friendlier and cuter. they tried their best to pay attention during the lesson. they're cutest during refreshments and games! and when i lead in prayer for the food and watch them all close their eyes and fold their hands, i felt this great responsibility on my shoulders-- they are following my example. what a sobering thought. anyway, we played the amazing race and dog and bone. my dad said he saw me running with the kids like a mad person. the kids! they're so disorganized! they read the clue, then all zhao all over the place. i taught them how to stop and think, then decide together. i can imagine pri5 me being one of the kids who zhao all over. i remembered myself playing the first amazing race ever organized in vbs history. so nostalgic hor? pfft. back to the story, at the end of the day i was still energetic, and yunli stared at me and asked, "not tired meh?" i wondered at myself too. i guess i was just so happy that the kids were responding so well that i didn't register my fatigue. UNTIL i went home. was watching TV one minute and lying on the sofa the next. woke up and told my parents," wah, i suddenly battery flat." ate dinner got myself more awake by eating ramen after that, then used all my energy to finish up the ppt lesson for the next day.

woke up later than usual and met isa at yishun mrt to wait very very long for a cab. was looking forward to meeting the children, and praying that God would miraculously use me to teach a good lesson. yunli helped me improve my lousy ppt presentation. kids flooded in, all hyped up about the water games to come. the lesson went smoooothly! they answered the questions very well and i was so happy. i was even happier when alot of them wanted to come to church the next day, and to the outing a few weeks from now. for games they played something to do with drinking coke till their stomachs burst open, but i was busy packing up the classroom to shift the stuff back to church, so i didn't catch that supposedly very funny part. (sad) then the traditional waterbombs was played! i was a mummy, the sacrifice who gets wettest. they wrapped me up in toilet paper, the whole deal. it was ridiculously funny lah, the team i was in. blur and loud and only know how to complain. when it came to free for all, the kids went bersek. i was not totally wet until JACOB LOW AND ROY ALAMON DECIDED TO THROW BUCKETS OF WATER IN MY DIRECTION. after that i just gave up. too wet to be scared of anymore water, just rambo all the way. the kids enjoyed it so much, altho the games were so simple. thank God. headed to telipok to clean up stuff, then went back home and K.O.ed on the sofa again. granny was home when i came back! she's fussy as ever, same ol' granny.

on sunday kids flooded in. yunli taught the lesson and we all practiced the presentation. they got a little outta hand but yunli and i silenced them with our fierceness, which hadn't ever emerged until that day. i am not to be trifled with when i scold children hokay. keke. later they presented the song and got their prizes, ate lunch and went home. i hope they remember what they learned. went to swensens for dear uncle jacob and stuffed ourselves, then later in the evening went to his place for dinner to see him with hair for the last time. end of sunday~

school continues, i am trying to work hard, do more. whaiting!!
what a long post.