sianz today.... Joel is back to school after 2 week's rest (on mc). Schedule is slightly changed. Now they decided to have group PT instead of one to one...not much of use anyway. And the teachers are not PT trained professionally, so can only do some simple stretching exercises (with the help of printouts)...

Joel class used to have one volunteer (Leng Leng) some time ago. She is in her 40s, married without children. Teaches piano for income. After helping out the school for some time, she left the school to further pursue her education. Bachelor in special need education in Australia. Out of her own pocket. Volunteering at the school changed her life and perception and decided to devote her time in this area. Now she is back to Joel's class as a part-time teacher while studying part-time. Isn't this a great decision? Who on earth would want to spend so much money for a bachelor degree in something that probably won't give her high returns...

As i said before, for those who are so fortunate and yet still complaining about life, take a trip to the school, spend some time with the children and guarantee it will change your perception totally! A simple task like walking, eating etc is like so automatic to the normal person, but to the children there, they are struggling even to make a simple move, to hold the spoon or even to sit probably. So appreciate your every move, your everything around you...when u are able to eat on your own, appreciate that ability, and don't complain about what goes into the stomach.

One of Joel's schoolmate passed away last Saturday, he was only 10. Heard he died of phemonia and high fever. He actually had brain tumor at birth. Very sad when heard of the news cos we see each other quite often at the PT room. And helped each other when putting the kids of the tilt bed for standing... the last time I spoke to his maid, he was still ok. Very sad and scare each time kids in the school passes away, there are always cases especially after the school holidays.. very scare to hear it, really (u get what i mean?)

Its easy for some to say that its a relief for the child and the parents. That's not true! Even the maid who cared for him would feel sad after all these years with him. Who's heart would not ache having to let the child go, especially your own flesh and blood? Sigh...