My annual leave is finally over and I gotta admit I had a blast in this holiday. Although there is still another big event on new years eve comin' up, a lot of people will be leaving in a week or two.. During the 1 week holiday I had I really felt the relaxation that I needed.
I definitely partied a lot cos' all my boys are back but I also volunteered in helping out a charity event in Po Leung Kuk. I thought that was a really meaningful thing to me . I got to play with little kids at the age ranging from 3 to 6 years old who had problems with their parents / family etc. We did really simple things like playing games, handing out christmas presents etc. Each volunteer worker had to take care of 2 kids and I had 2 boys who were very naughty! I gotta say their really cute too and I feel really bad for them because I can tell by their looks and actions that they just really wanted someone to be there to hug them and love them. I remember after I picked up one of the kids in my arm, the other one wanted me to pick him up too. So I ended up having 2 kids in my arms and it was tiring as hell cos' they didn't wanna let go. So I started just shaking them up & down while they were in my arms and they had their laughs and giggles. That really touched me cos' just simple things like that can already make them real happy. One kid saw his mom and started crying and couldn't stop gripping on to one of the workers pants cos' he didn't wanna see his mom.. I really have no idea how much harm that mother did to the kid but it definitely didn't look good. So in the end we gave them presents with simple things such as bag with pens, candies, chocolates, cookies, stickers, note books and bookmarks. I chilled with them for an hour and a bit more and they had to go back into their rooms. The look they had on their faces when they were leaving was really sad cos' one of my kids that i took care of just kept turning back and looked at me waving. Shit's rough.
That's why most of us are very lucky today. Spend more time with your family and don't waste money!.. What makes most of us happy today?.. Money, nice clothes.. new shoes... new cars.. etc.. but if you look at these kids.. pens, stickers, cookies etc already makes them really happy. Stop BEING so materialistic!
