eunice & i brought 5 of our P4 scouts for a get-together session with australian scouts today. we din do much, merely brought them there & watched them play, sing, learn things and interact. had lunch with my boys & enjoyed myself with them.
eunice & i r so proud of our boys, cos they r very 懂事, some of them may be mischievous in school, but whenever we go outside for activities, they always behave themselves well. today after lunch, we saw scouts fr other schools dirtied the tables and floors, and did not clean up the mess. i heard some of them were throwing food around, dunno true or not lah. our boys dropped some food on the tables, but after finishing their food, they used tissue paper to clean up the tables. so aft lunch, our tables were the cleanest! well done, boys!
it was the first time they ever interacted with non-locals, so they were very shy. they had a chance to exchange souvenirs with the australians, and they exchanged their red scouts scarves for the australians’ white-and-green scarves, and even got some australian badges, small koala bear toys, etc. our boys were so happy & excited! it was such a good experience for them, i think itz gg to be a memorable & unforgettable one! i guess happiness spreads, cos when i see them feeling so happy, i reli feel happy too!
these r our boys. very simple, very innocent, very easily contented. they may not have a lot of knowledge or experience. they may come fr broken & poor homes. they may have terrible academic results. but they r so simple & innocent. they r just like a sheet of pure white paper, so pure.
we’ve had combined activities with other scouts from branded schools. some of these scouts come fr rich families, been to everywhere in the world, know lots of stuffs. these r what our boys do not have. some of our boys do not even know they need to take a boat to get to a place called Pulau Ubin. but our boys would not cheat to win certain games, nor were they selfish to share information & skills. they r very innocent and very true. they were not like others, who dared to challenge the authority of teachers or adults. and this is what i love about my boys. tho they come from a so-called lousy school, tho they come fr poor families, tho they have not-so-good results, tho they may not win anything in any competition, they try their best, they don cheat, they respect teachers and adults, they r very willing to share whatever they know or have with other boys from other schools.
well done boys, i hope you will remain what you are, your pureness, your simplicity and your innocence. love you boys!
