Bringing "KING KONG" to Philea Orphanage
11th March 2006. Four Rotaractors and one guest captured the infamous King Kong and showed it to the orphans at Philea Orphanage. Can you believe that?!
I always enjoy visiting the Philea Orphanage situated at Kapar Town (about 30 minutes drive from Klang Town). The smiles of the children there always remind me of going back there again and again. Thanks to the great efforts put in by our Community Service Director Rtr. Timmy Ong, we had the honour and chance to visit the children again last Saturday (11-3-2006).
This time we went there with the aim of showing the children the movie "King Kong". The person in charge there Ms. Yoges informed us that the children wanted to watch the movie, so we were given the mission of satisfying these children's wish.
To the lucky kids staying in Town, watching movie at cinema can not be easier. All they need to do is to ask their parents for the money, then go to cinema, buy tickets and enjoy the movie with the luxury of air-conditioning and pop corns. But the same cannot be said to the children at Philea Orphanage. Where do they go to when they want to watch movie?
So, our job is to bring the mini cinema to them. We brought a laptop with DVD rom and a digital projector. All we need then is a very dark room so we could project the movie on the empty white wall. The problem we encountered was, squeezing 20 over children into one room can be a tormenting experience. The room became so humid, stuffy and hot that it was eventually unbearable. We had to fast forward the movie to show only scenes where King Kong show up and whack the T-Rex and US Army.
Who will not like these children when they desparately tried to shake your hands and said, "thank you, uncle". We did object to them calling us "Uncle" though, but nevermind.
I am hopeful that we will visit them again in near future.
(I will post some pictures in this blog once Rtr Timmy extracts them from his video camera, so stay tuned!)
posted by harnniann at 8:28 pm
4 Comments:
Oh wow, that was really sweet of u guys!! Im sure the kids really really loved it despite the stifling heat Hehe. Can't wait to see some pics~
Just a sneak preview of what we are going to do on our next visit: computer classes for the older kids! (as requested by the home P.I.C)
In the meantime, fellow members or whoever-feels-like-helping, if you could help, the home needs PCs (old or new ones are welcomed!)
Prez, I guess you will need to wait for some time for me to post the pics since the vidcam's with my sis now. Patient, my friend, is a virtue.
Tim
Jme, mind introduce yourself so we all can know you better? Thanx
Tim, it is exciting and challenging to conduct a computer class. A lot of resources and materials needed. But I guess we can do it. As for the photos, we will have to bear with the photo of King Kong at the moment. But do give it to me asap so that other readers can enjoy them. Thanks!
Oh, feel free to drop by my blog at timtiny.blogspot.com. Just created new entries for our visit to the home as well.
Thanks.
tim
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