Chao Loy's Blog Page - Sharing & Learning Corner: Some Happenning in June 2010

SOME HAPPENNING IN JUNE 2010 - Trip to a Special School in Batam

I have not been writing for a while, so better continue with what I have been doing, ie some sharing.

On 12 Jun 2010, with the help from my friends, Collin Ng and Michael Tan, we took some 40 people to St Ignatius School at Batam island. We brought along with us a lot of goodies for the children there.

In the morning, we took the 9am ferry from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. Here are the program for the 2 days.

Day One, 12 June - Saturday

0800 hrs: Assemble at BatamFast check-in counter, Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal
0900 hrs: BatamFast ferry departs for Nongsapura Ferry Terminal
0845 hrs: Arrival at Nongsapura Ferry Terminal, proceed for immigration clearance
0900 hrs: Check-in to rooms (subject to room availability)
1100 hrs: Coach departs for St Ignatius School which takes about one and a half hour journey (coach may leave early)
1230 hrs: Arrival at the school and prepared lunch boxes to be consumed onboard coach while on the move
1600 hrs: At least 3 1/2 hrs at the school to mingle with the children and distribution of donated items, ready to depart
1730 hrs: Enroute, stopover at Barelang bridge and arrival at Batam View, refresh and ready for dinner (those not staying will take 1830 hrs ferry back)
1830 hrs: Seafood dinner at resort Kelong Restaurant followed by own leisure

Day Two, 13 June - Sunday

0800 hrs: Breakfast at Wangi Melati Coffee House
0930 hrs: Own activities (some may wish to charter transport to town)
1200 hrs: Buffet lunch at Wangi Melati Coffee House
1400 hrs: Late check-out
1530 hrs: Assemble at reception for transfer to ferry terminal
1620 hrs: BatamFast departs for Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal

Note: Time difference between SIN and Batam is one hour and we are one hour ahead of them.

The cost for this trip is S$150. Our volunteer, Mr Goh, was very kind to donate S$2000 for this trip of which S$1800 goes to upgrade the playground at the school.

Collin have downloaded some pictures and also written a short article of the trip on this blog,

http://stignatiusschool.blogspot.com/

What I like to share here are :

1. For the participants, I think they spent a memorable weekend at Batam. From playing with the children at the school to relax at Batam View Resort, enjoy the good food, Indonesian massage, singing at the KTV room, watch big screen World Cup match, shopping, etc.

2. For the children at the school, all should be happy as we brought with us lots of toys, stationary, cloths, shoes, sweets, chocolate, wafer, ballons, etc. We also taught them how to do the limbo rock, dance Macarana and played game with them. We have 2 entertainers who performed some magic and played games with the children.