Our Story
Melodies of the Heart is a heartwarming project with the purpose of
educating people on disabilities. By connecting to the public through music,
we hope to show that people with disabilities can be integrated
into the mainstream and that
they have various talents and potential.- Andrew
This blog charts the efforts of AJC students helping out in the project.
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Saturday, January 06, 2007
A meeting
The entrance to the centre.
So today we went to meet the SPARKZ group at ACCESS [AWWA Centre for Care, Education and Social Services].
I and some others like Dixon brought cameras, we'll post the pictures later.
This morning we took bus 70 from Yio Chu Kang MRT and walked abit more. After a quick breifing we did a round of self introduction: 5 members of SPARKZ were present. Small talk was pretty interesting, but things got better when we started playing some icebreakers: the people who lost 3 times had to do a forfeit. The games played should be something familiar to most AJCians: 007 and some other counting games.
Things were pretty even, with the four 'forfeited' being 2 of the AJ students and 2 of the SPARKZ members.The forfeits were 'simple' in a way, reach into a box and take out a small item. Of course the boxes had some interesting items inside as well, but thats where most people say the fun is.
Others will post at the end about what friendships they made.
After that we had a short musical showcase, in which AJcians were easily outclassed by the SPARKZ members. One can immediately hear their talent. One of the SPARKZ members, Gopinath, sang a song he wrote himself, which in simple terms took our breath away.
The lunch later consisted of DIY sandwiches. Since everyone's sandwich could have anything they wanted, we practically demolished the food. Leaving us with about half an hour of time to chitchat. The conversation 'naturally' moved to schoolwork. Memorable, the friendships made here will be.
Thus ended the day for most of us. For many, this will be a time to look back on when the actual preparation work for the concert in AJC begins.
Nambi
6:35 pm
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