It's so nice to be happy! Sha-la-la!

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 Day 17: January 20, 2010; Wednesday

Monday repeats itself. And I felt so much worst. Being me on the blame. Especially when I couldn't do anything, am didn't do anything to prevent that. Haay. Minsan talaga hindi nakatutulong pagiging emotional ko. Hindi ko tuloy magawa dapat kong gawin. :(

 We received another demerit of 8 hours because I arrived late. While Sir Al was talking to us that morning for the change in activities that morning, I could not look into him or to anyone else. because if I did, am afraid I might cry. So I just listened and took notes of his reminders. Like us, the residents are under a sanction pala, since Tuesday night pa, and until Tuesday night next week. This is due to their violations of ground rules like hoarding of medicines, papers, bullying other residents and pakikipag-agawan ng food. Halos lahat ng privileges nila ay prohibited sila. Tulad namin, iilan lang din yung responsible sa mga violations na yun. Now i see how harsh Sir can be, if he wanted us to learn, he knows what to do it and how to do it. But I respect that regarding our demerit, kasi once (hindi lang pala once) na kaming napagsabihan pero hindi pa din kami, ako, naging acountable sa actions namin, ko. Sir admitted himself once dati na he really can be mean, if the situation requires so, and now I understand. :(

 Since walang mapaglilibangan ang residents dahil sa sanction nila, naisip ni Sir na magkaroon sila ng dance contest para sa culminating activity sa Friday. So our job for that morning ay para samahan ang mga residents sa kanilang rehearsal. The residents are grouped into 2, and each group will have an hour and 15 minutes to practice in the morning, in exchange of their aerobics.

yung Group 1 yung unang nag-practice from 9:30 to 10:45 AM. Shout for Joy! yung song ng first group. Since sinabi namin na sila ang dapat bumuo ng choreography nila, halos karamihan sa kanila nagsa-suggest ng mga steps, pero may isang nag stood out upon going in front of the group and told them to follow her. She used some steps pa din naman na ni-suggest ng isa pang female resident, pero most of the time, she took lead during most of their rehearsal.

After Group 1, syempre Group 2 naman. Happy! naman yung song for the Group 2. Like the first group, they asked us to lend them the steps, pero ganun din sinagot namin na sila dapat gumawa nun, pero tinulungan naman sila ng 2 resident-volunteer na bumisita nun and they willingly accepts the steps offered by these resident-volunteers. With this group, kapansin pansin na may isang nag-stood out as leader. As a leader, aside from being the one to be followed, he also encourages his members na nakikita niyang hindi ganoon masydao energetic. The members willingly follow their leader naman. There is also a resident na nakasama ko na sa isang activity dati na nkitaan ko ng improvement when it comes to interacting with his co-residents and sa participation kasi next to the leader, siya yung pinakaganado sumayaw. I see that he is enjoying what he is doing. Good for him!

Watching them dance lessen my worry even for a while, nakakatuwa nga sila asi hindi mo makikita sa kanila na parang ang sad-sad nila dahil sa sanction niya. They were able to create happiness and joy through their rehearsal. ^_^
For the afternoon session, since Miss Faye is coming, the residents resumed their art activity last week. But before that, Rio and I were given a chance to have a free session with Psychologist Miss Villi. Since it was our first meeting, she asked me to do the Life Mapping. Tapos hinayaan niya kong mag-share sa kanya ng mga concerns ko especially sa mga field na mababa yung satisfaction ko (which is health & fitness and work & career, because of our demirit.) Then she gave me advices to improve myself in this field. :) Now back to the art activity, the residents are asked to cut na yung mga silhouette nila at dinikit na nila sa walls ng session hall. All their silhouette looked so good on that wall. Nakaka-inspire pa yung mga nakasulat sa mga yun. ^_^
After ng activity, we helped Bethel in interpreting the tests she had administered to an applicant. Laura and I focused on the Sack's Completion Test. Since first time namin mag-interpret nun kasi hindi naman kami na-expose sa ganun, nahirapan kami sobra, tinulungan na na kami nina Rio and Dana kaso hindi pa din namin nagawa. Ang hirap ng walang background. Haay.
Pinilit kong maging Happy pa din kahit na may demerit kami. Kahit na hindi ko naka-usap si Sir al regarding dun. Tsk. Sabi nga sa kanta ng Group 2, It's so nice to be happy!