Back from camp! So thankful to have this opportunity to help out in this camp. Got to work with a new profile, primary school kids with dysfunctional family background.
Really had lots of fun moments, especially through the play, to think and feel like a kid again. That simplicity in fun we all forgot while growing up. All the crazy water fights, the silly things and bad decisions we make, the innocence, everything that made childhood so precious.
Our late nights outdoor cooking while the percussion rolls away their rhythmic beats kinda made me wonder how we all so easily live our lives been completely oblivious to ripples of our action to the presence of others around us. It is a simple practice session after all, yet at a late 2 hours before midnight where kids are already in bed, it did come sorta as a nuisance.
Another special thing there was the staff there. They inspired me with their passion, their sincerity, their care for everyone of these kids that many would deem hard to love. I really being around such people, it's rejuvenating when being in a field like that.
And since I'm not allowed to take pictures of the kids, I'll end with this really meaningful poster I saw.
Labels: camp, life, memories, thoughts
Darren Nico Pillai