Announcement
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Having Fun at Bottle Tree Park - May 2008 |
On a bright and sunny morning of 16 Feb 2008, Happy Angels brought 18 children from the Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home to the Bottle Tree Park for an excursion. The private park which is located in Yishun, includes a seafood restaurant, a small pond for simulated 'longkang' style fishing, prawn 'fishing', kids' pole rod fishing, DIY vegetable farming, a mini zoo and many others. Upon arriving at the park, the children were brought on a mini tour around the park by the park's tour guide where he wowed them with the various floras and faunas residing there. After the tour, the children were treated to a sumptous lunch before proceeding to their favourite station, the longkang fishing pond! Screams of joy could be heard every time a fish was netted, and that was just from the Angels! After the longkang fishing experience, the children were given a small fish tank each to house the fishes they caught. After the prize giving ceremony for the most number of fishes caught and mini-quiz, we bade farewell to a beautiful experience at Bottle Tree Park and headed for home sweet home. "We would like to thank our main sponsor for the event, Dennis and our event organizer, Evon for without their contribution this event would not be possible."
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Touched By Our Little Angels - Jan 2008 |
During our second Happy Angels Jakarta project in 2006, Happy Angels had sent over 175 English books for the children in KDM. Since then, no new batch of books was sent over and the children were hunger for new English storybooks. With this in mind, our 5 little angels, namely Peisi, (11 years old), Jerell and Lovie (8 years old) and Qin Yong and Javier (7 years old), took over the assignment and collected over 300 English books over their December 2007 school holidays. These books were collected from neighbours, friends and relatives of the 'Oi' family. With the help of our Vice Chairman Boon Pin, these books are subsequently transported over on his various working trips to Jakarta. For those who had contributed in this project, Happy Angels thank you for the books that you had donated. All collected English books had reached the homes of KDM, Jakarta. Below is a story that one of our little angles, Tan Peisi, would like to share with everyone... In the distance, the sky grew brighter as the sun crept above the horizon lazily. The running of the buses and cars broke the silence of the quiet morning. I stifled a yawn and rubbed my bleary eyes. It's morning? I asked myself in a thought. Oh yeah! Today is supposed to be a day of Charity work. My aunt told me and my cousins to give out flyers to our neighboring blocks, telling them to donate old English storybooks. It is for an orphanage in Jakarta, KDM. I made a trip there, together with my cousins. It was really, really fun! Anyway, I waited till 3 pm for my aunt and cousins to come to my house for this meaningful activity. There are 5 of us. I am the oldest. The two younger boys get to stay home and played while the 3 of us get to work with our aunt. We went to the nearby market to photocopy our flyers and then we are ready to give them out. The 2 boys insisted to tag along and we let them do so only if they help us. The excitement of working together rolled over me in waves. It was easier as there are more people to help us. The sun sank below the horizon with a sigh, making me and some of us sigh too. "How many more ... units to.... go?" Javier and Qin Yong asked, panting after a few words, "About ...um...six storeys more?" I muttered, uncertain about the numeral. "C'mon, pizza's waiting," I teased "see ya later!" I called, already running to do more flyers-giving.... One week later, on 8 Dec 2007, my uncle from Jakarta came to help me with the collection of books. And together we went back to all the households who we had given out the flyers. For those who helped us by donating their old books, a hand made thank you card was given to them. By evening, we walked back slowly, catching some cool air after several rounds of running. I felt so glad that I did this with a willing heart as it was for people who had no money to buy good books. Therefore, a good deed deserves another. I can hardly wait to see how the students' response after receiving the storybooks we donated to them!
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Fish Farm Visit - Oct 2007 |
We brought the elderly folks from AWWA for a day trip to Aquarium Iwarna Pte Ltd which is located at Pasir Ris. The owners of Aquarium Iwarna had generously provided a pond for the old folks to do some prawn "fishing" and they had a wonderful time bbqing their catch during dinner time! One of the old folks was so happy and excited that she told us that she wants to come here the following day! How is that for enthusiasm?:) Our sponsors and donors donated things from packet drinks and lunches to snacks like prawn crackers. One of Aquarium Iwarna's suppliers happened to be there on an impromtu visit and upon learning that it is a volunteer project for the old folks, promptly donated a generous amount of packet drinks and snacks for them to enjoy! Angels really can come from anywhere, isn't it?:) A big thanks to our sponsors and donors for without them, this trip would not be possible nor memorable!
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Magic Show by Aloysius Yeo - Jun 2007 |
During the month of May 2007, Irene and her husband Erwin treated the AWWA residents to a catered dinner at the Home. After the sumptuous dinner, one of the volunteers, Aloysius Yeo performed for the old folks a mesmerizing array of magic tricks. Aloysius won many fans that evening, not to mention a playful challenge from one of the AWWA residents who happened to be one of the Crouching Tigers and Hidden Dragons of magic! The sporting uncle wowed us with his brand of card magic that left many of us wide-eyed and open-mouthed throughout the performance! Way to go uncle!
