Darul Ikhsan Outing.
Posted: September 4th, 2007 | Author: faddy | Filed under: Dear Diary | 35 Comments »
Ok I admit I’m a tad slow in reporting the event (which is a surprise HAHA!), and I apologize for that. Since bloggers like Aidil have pretty much covered what we did, this post will instead be my own personal reflection and as usual, include truckloads of pictures taken throughout the day.
The difference in pictures, though, is that most of the photos were taken by the Darul Ihsan kids (God knows which one! My camera was passed from hand to hand I got a mild heart attack when I couldn’t locate it for 5 minutes haha). I have to admit I got a happy tingle up my spine when both girls I partnered with expressed interests in photography, yahoo!
So anyway,
The trip really made me open my eyes to a lot of things happening around, and made me feel really blessed that I still have my family by me. I know this is super bloody cliche, but seriously, all along I thought kids in the home were just orphans whom had no family members thus had to live there.
Little did I know, that some of the kids there have such a scathing history that it really wrangled my heart when I heard the stories they shared :( Being the sappy emotional girl that I am, I really had to try keep my tears in when they poured out the trials and tribulations they had to go through, and at such a young age.
Let me just share with you the story of this girl (lets name her N) I was talking to which really made me open my eyes wide and realize that dramas showcased on Suria does happen in real life. And the actors are real, too. Sigh.
N’s mother passed away when N was just 3 days old, and she was thus passed on to her aunt’s care taking as her father was an asshole who couldn’t care less about her. Things would have progressed from there, if not for her meddling father who ‘kidnapped’ her away from her aunt when she was 1 years old, and made her live with him and his new wife as they couldn’t get a child.
Under her own father’s roof, she was subjected to abuse throughout the years, as they (both her father and her step mom) laid their hands on her, leaving her bruised and battered. To make it even worse, as her father’s condition deteriorated due to a certain disease he was having, the step mother brought home different men into the house even when N was at home.
When N’s father finally passed away, N made the decision to run away and seek shelter from the aunt who took care of her years back when she was a baby. However, due to the fact that they have not seen each other for years, N couldn’t really get along with them and the aunt thus sent her to the Darul Ikhsan orphanage, promising that she would visit weekly and whatnot.
However, up to this day, N says she feels as if she’s alone in the world, as the aunt never did uphold her word.
I guess it is one thing to hear or watch stories like these on television, and another to really hear it first hand from a person who has actually gone through it. It was an experience that I would not forget; just sitting down on the carpet, lending a listening ear to N and assuring her that the future is hers to keep and no one can take that away from her if she just works hard towards her goals and dreams. It was really, really humbling.
I have since exchanged contact numbers with N, and will make a point to keep in contact with her and whatnot. I’m not much myself, but I do know that I make a good listening ear, so I guess I’ll give what I can to bring a little light into her life. Just to remind myself, that there are too many things in this life which I have taken for granted.
My biggest and sincerest thanks to Shaz and Aidil for organizing the event, the donors for their amount of money sponsored, Eja for making the WOW goodie boxes and the other volunteers who made it all happen :)
On another note, I can’t wait for the Makan Kaki outing to Batam this coming Saturday! Woohoo! Miss the buggers already.
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Yeay ok ok i Love d day lar couz.
I cant believe tt i woke up early sey on SUNDAY.
Naseb baek i’m very disiplined now.
Wakakakaka!!
Alaaaaaa too bad i’m not joining to Batam.
Oh well keep the pictures coming.
haha better believe it. and please la, i think the only reason you woke up is because I was forcing you to wake up okay! I think if I didn’t sleep over at your house, I swear you would call me in the morning and say you cancel wakakakkaka!
hoi hoi hoi!!.. oo wahhh bestnya.. i wanted to join you guys but my time is short and i was unable to be let go from the grasps of my family members.. visit my granny yooO!
ermmm anyway… i sent u an email with my number u can contact me at.. if u wanna meet up, catch up.. then give us a buzz ;))
hoi hoi hoi!.. its ok babe, we all understand you’re only here for a limited amount of days due to you vacationing. there’s always next time, insyaAllah :) I didn’t receive your email lah! *zomg*
your post made me tear. i didn’t know N’s story was that “sandiwara”. im glad u managed to bond with her and the rest. love the photos! all great shots of the girls! my camera was “kidnapped” by the boys…they took all kinds of weird experimental shots! hahhahaa.
SEE U SATURDAY!
eh u wanna bring a foldable trolley for your things? the 5 cadar and the many boxes of donuts? wahahahahaah!
wierd experimental shorts? err hahha i think that’s a nice way to put it hahahha! I guess the guys are more.. erm.. abstract? whilst the girls are more practical :P See you saturday! Wah kenekan orang nampak. jaga kau shaz, I shall dump some on you!
anz!! kecique!! if u wanna join us to batam, THEN BY ALL MEANS!! PLS COME. there’s one more space on the bus! =)
dia pokai la~ hehehe.-
wow what an enjoyable trip you guys had there with the kids.
As i was reading this entry, i was all smiling seeing the pics which were uploaded.keje budak2 tuh semua ke yg amik gambar?hehehe.
anyway your account of “N” very much reminded me of one kid from Darul Ma’wa which has kinda the similar story to tell. A kid i’ve known personally as well eversince my poly years when a group of my cca friends organized a visit to the home. It’s been years since and I’m really glad and proud to see the girl growing up and achieved academic excellence.
Glad to see that you’ve enjoyed and had fun with the kids.
alhamdulillah, it was an enjoyable trip and one that I will remember. And yeah, budak2 tu semua gila camera. Cakap aja “you wanna borrow my camera?”, mata satu2 light up hahha! Hmm, i hope i can keep contact with N as much as you did with your kid. Will have to work hard, i guess :)
Thats very sad to hear N’s story Faddy :(
Like you, I do thank Shaz and Aidil for organizing such it as well as the rest of the volunteers to cheer it up – I am pretty sure that we all agree that it was a fulfilling trip :)
The day is very memorable to me.
Yup, its sad isnt it that stories like N’s actually do exist in the real world? haish. I take things farr to granted, I guess. And yes, I do agree that it was a fulfilling trip and that it was memorable. Memorable enough for me to participate if there’s any future events :)
I wana join the next time got such event! puh-leeeeeeseeeee….. kekekekeke! Errrmmm.. Me too cant wait for Saturday or Sunday to come! I want my DONUTS! :P
hahhaha you and your donuts, I’m sorry I had to cut down the numbers ey.
i guess it is fun and at the same time a humbing experience working with those kids… and ure rite. we take too many things for granted….
on a different note:
ALAMAK! i forgot about the BATAM outing!!!!!! dangydangy. but i cant go lah..
:( too much assignments to clear.. *sigh* but can i pretty pls kirim donuts? rekomen me good flavours k! thanx darl.
Yup, it reminds you so much that we’ve got SO much and yet we’re still whining and complaining and whatnot~ as for Batam, sorry babe i think shaz already made the orders hahaha -.-
nice pics! wish i was there… :(
Come along for the next trip la babe!
Great post there Faddy..
Simply love the pictures .. and oh., my cam got lost for a while too hahah.. panik kejap… and ur pics are in my cam too.. heheheh
Nice knowing u.. C u on our trip to Batam tis saturday..
ehhh i dindt have much pics of myself! send me send me! hahaha.. you’re going batam too? Well perhaps we’ll get to know each other better then! :D
BATAM!! WOOOHOOOO hana and i are soooo excited *bounce bounce*
*bounces dengan korang dua skali*
fad… accompanied by the music from greenmoneypenny and reading this entry of yours – never that it’s late coz i’ve been waiting for it – your personal accounts tugs at my heart as well *hearts*
and yes, like Shaz mentioned, me can’t wait for Saturday. as of this minute, it’s only a day away =)
ps1: sorry for not writing here in a looonnngggg while… but fret not, i’m still as easily amused by every entry except for the protected ones lah which i can’t read. heh.
ps2: saturday, here comes the jumping girls (& my mum!)
*smiles* I’m sure there are other cases worse then N, but as far as the people I know, N’s gotta take the cake. She needs a rest, man. Yup, cannot wait for saturday yahoo!
ps1: Eh you didnt ask for my password eh? Ok i shall send it to you hahahha.
ps2:ehehe i still cannot believe you bringing your mak, cute or what?!
can’t believe that my mum voluntarily wants to join us despite me telling her that she’ll be like “chaperoning” okay~! =)
oh… thanks for the password too…! i’m pretty sure there’s so much for me to catch up on your blog… omg. i feel outdated already. alamak. can’t wait to see you (& the rest tmr)… and guess what? my girlfriends already kirim jco donuts… how lyk tt?!?!
LoL~!
Wahhhhh… best nyer!!!!! Next time I want to follow can onot? Hehe. (:
And N’s story almost made me cry. Sedih nyer.. Yeah, you’re right, we really take things in life for granted. Haish..
Oh and HAVE FUN IN BATAM!! (:
cannnn the mroe the merrier I guess. Just keep a lookout for events through shaz and aidil’s blog at http://www.greenmoneypenny.blogspot.com :) Thanks for the well wishes!
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