Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Club Supper.

Some pics from Thursday's club supper and games 2006:
(Yay. Food. Attack!)


(4 syallabus? 4 words? 4 letters? Hmmm. )

(Preparation for the games.)

(In pain expression? Hmmm.)

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Interaction Day



Several rotaractors visited the Bukit Batok Home on Interaction Day. Well, most of the day was basically spent chit-chatting and making origami with the elders, helping in the kitchen to prepare food, arranging for performances to entertain them and interacting with the children. The crux of the entire trip was the performance and sandwich-making segment, courtesy of the children. After performing for the elders, the children proceeded to making sandwiches and presenting it to them. From the look on the elders faces, it was a truly heart-warming scene.

Although tired, but from the look on everyones' faces, it was well-worth it. Looking back at the children and elderly smiling and joyful faces, it makes one feel really spirited to be able to bring happiness to both parties. A win-win situation. 3 cheers. =)

Vsit to the Organic Farms



The rotaractors and 27 children from the Woodlands Care Corner visited two organic farms, namely the Hay Dairies’ Goat Farm, and the Green Circle Eco Farm.

Hay Dairies is the only goat farm in Singapore. It is a small goat farm with 1000 goats of mixed breed, producing milk for sale. It incorporates the latest milking, pasteurizing, homogenizing and bottling techniques, and also serves as a niche market in Singapore - providing an alternative to cow milk. Most of the goats at Hay Dairies are alpine goats from America (Minnesota).

The Green Circle Eco Farm is an ecogarden - an organic farm made up of many plants and animals. No artificial pesticides and fertilizers are used in the organic farm.

It was an overall refreshing and enriching trip, with the extra knowledge gained along the way, and of course, also from the interacting with the children.

Some of the many facts learnt from this trip:

- Sugar comes from the sap of sugarcane.
- Cold mint vegetables are good for treating cough.
- Fruit vegetables are developed from flowers. Examples include cucumbers, brinjals and lady fingers.