Friday, November 16, 2007
YOYO!!!
haha.. finally got time to post entry again.
Had been busy with my workshadowing this week.
From monday to Friday
From 8.30 am to 6pm
From Sembawang to Payar Lebar
Since mon, Everyday...
take MRT
wake up at 6.50am
go out at 7.15am
break at 12.30pm to 1.30 pm
go to small hawker center(called something Hollywood one..), big hawker center or Banquet to eat
reach home at 7.20pm (except for today as we end at 5.30pm)
write journal (everyday must write one... But surprisingly I enjoyed writing down.. haha)
watch a bit of tv
prepare tml's stuffs
sleep at around 11pm
wake up at 6.50 pm......
haha.
On the whole, my impression on this workshadowing experience is that it is ... erm.. I cannot say it is very exciting.. cause sometimes have no tasks to do so very boring... should be said that it is a very enriching time in there..
Oh ya forget to say which company I'm posted to --> CDAC
I think it may sounds foreign to many of you. And I know it sounds china. I also feel the same way when I first see it. And it is really china.. Hahahaha.
Everyone one inside my department speaks chinese and their radio on Y.E.S 933 from morning to night. Everyday listen to Y.E.S 933 .. HAHA.. I think I'm very lucky cause' can finally listen to my favourite radio station after my portable radio went missing. "D
Anyway, I'm posted to Volunteers and Social Services Department. Luckily I'm not the only one in there, still got 2 more new friends, Hong Yan and Hui Ling with me from 8.30 am to 6.00 pm.
And we really joked a lot throughout and we are actually quite close now.. hahaha. Only 5 days leh
Got 2 other new friends who are also posted to CDAC but to different departments. Zhi Ying and Felicia.. HELLO!! haha. They so ke lian along in their different depts.
Anyway, what my dept mainly deals with are low income families who needs to sought for financial help and the staff in there will attend to them and speak to them in a small seperated compartments for nearly or about 1 hour or so.And then, after knowing what they can help, they will go and write a report to their head who will see and then see if what they recommand to help the families are approved or not. Then help mostly on money will be given to the family.
Sometimes they may also help by job matching service. That is to help people who are capable of working but cannot find a job due to some reasons to help them find one easier so that they can pay off their outstanding arrears as soon as possible.
Our supervisor, Miss Diong said we had to write a similar report by the end of our workshadowing period. Arggg quite scary but after looking through the super thick files of previous reports, we have a idea or so about how to go about writing.
I wonder how the dept lives leh.. cause' they ask for no money one.. how to pay all the bills? Later they need assistance also... hahaha
Well, overall the staffs in there are quite friendly and did not scold us or treat us badly in any way and they even thank us a lot of times after we help them do some tasks.Erm... From mon to Fri, we had done name tags for their coming event this Sunday, arrange their t-shirts, read through files and files of report, help them arrange files,make the booklets for Sunday's event and so on and on.
Sometimes we had nothing to do, so we will ask them for work and they will give us some things to do.. Like today we need to staple 1000 copies of registration form with letters. I wonder how are they going to survive without us. Because they need to do their cases as well as all these minor work. Can say we are very important in there.. haha And also after that 1000 cpies still got 3000 copies haven print. We expected that we may be doing envelopes job next week. Need to staple, fold then slot it into letter and secure it close. Quite difficult actually if you really see how we carry it out. somemore still got that 3000 haven printed letters and also 1000 stapled letters. How are they going to survive? haha. Yeps, we are VERY IMPORTANT! =)
Tml will be my resting day but Sunday need to go back again to help out with Sunday's event " Family Bonding Camp" I'm one of the Game Facilitators. And you know what? I need to do my game station with other 2 people. NEW people. Somemore they are WORKING ADULTS leh! like 25 years or above one.We were all quite shocked when we first saw that we are the only 3 teenagers in there. Dunno whether there will be communciation breakdown.. haha.. but I hope the whole game event will be successful and fun. The best thing is that they are having teams as each family. So got SMALL children leh!! haha... I think I should be able to mingle well with small kids. yep :)
Ok, so long post.. gotta stop... Bye bye