Tuesday, March 28
Day1, 19 March
went school in morning to transport the equipments to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. Zhen came to send us off so we took some photos at the terminal. reached Batam at around 1200 Batam time[BT]. the guide was already waiting for us at the terminal. we went to our resort to put our luggage then we went to the first school, Sekolah Dasar Negeri 003, to set up at around 1330BT. we took a group photo with the guides after we finish the setting up and left the place at 1500BT. cos we manage to finish early, we went to town! bought alot of junk food and some neccessity. then we slack at the resort awhile before having dinner at the resort lobby at 1930BT. we had a debrief that night and everyone is anxious about the next day...
went school in morning to transport the equipments to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. Zhen came to send us off so we took some photos at the terminal. reached Batam at around 1200 Batam time[BT]. the guide was already waiting for us at the terminal. we went to our resort to put our luggage then we went to the first school, Sekolah Dasar Negeri 003, to set up at around 1330BT. we took a group photo with the guides after we finish the setting up and left the place at 1500BT. cos we manage to finish early, we went to town! bought alot of junk food and some neccessity. then we slack at the resort awhile before having dinner at the resort lobby at 1930BT. we had a debrief that night and everyone is anxious about the next day...
Zhen came to send us
group photo at SDN005
group photo at SDN005
Day2, 20 March
had our breakfast at lobby and left for the school at 0745. we prepared ourselves and the kids came roaming in at 0810. at around 0940 Ms Lek told us that we only did 50kids and so we have to speed up. had our lunch at 1200BT before continuing the screening process. at 1520 we completed our target for the day! [er...i forgotten whether we went town today, can anyone confirm?] after dinner we had debrief and the lecturers gave us suggestion on how to speed up the screening.
Curious faces peering through the window
teaching the teachers
teaching the teachers
Day3, 21March
once again screening the whole morning till 1200BT when we have our lunch before continuing. at 1500 we completed the target! some of us went out to talk to the kids and took some photos with them. oh ya, we found a cute boy with bunny tooth!
Day4, 22 March
today is a short day, we finished our screening at 1100BT. we were asked to teach the teachers there how to use the self-test screening charts and teach them proper eye hygiene. after that is the start of Singapore Idol! the kids there crowd around us to get our signatures and phone numbers. we took lots of photos with the kids there and a group photo with the teachers there. when our bus left, we could see the kids running behind us. that was a touching scene... *sobz*
we went to the second school to set up at around 1300.
Singapore Idol - PeiBoon, Casper
Singapore Idol - Jian
Singapore Idol - Weiling
Singapore Idol - KiatWee
By the way this kid's name is Taufiq~!
the next day is KW bday so we decided to give him a surprise that night and even all the lecturers participated in the plan. and of course you could see kw's shocking face!
anyone counting the candles? =]
Day5, 23 March
a new location and i started off with retinoscopy. time for me to practice my ret but i still took a long time to get the prescription. nothing much really happened at the second school except few cases of nystagmus and tropias. oh ya, the main thing that happened is the VA-Ret relation~! haha... and Casper is very pissed about it
Day6, 24 March
my turn for VA taking and it's also the last time i doing VA in this overseas trip. if i am not wrong, we went for volleyball match at Turi Beach Resort after the screening! Danny is also sporting enough to join us for the game.
Day7, 25 March
management day for me! finally my turn for management, which is equivalent to giving free stickers and sweets to those that finish the screening. but it's hard in a way cos the kids outside the windows are so noisy and i have to ignore them. haha... we packed up after we completed the screening at this school. while i was packing, Chepy asked me go outside where there are few secondary girls wanted to communicate using English [er...]. just shook hands and intro abit la, realised that they actually learn some basic english. before we left, the kids there shook our hands and also went after our bus. after the packing up we went set up at the final school, Sekolah Dasar Negeri 005 before going back to resort. we put our stuff and go to town~! it's a mistake not to spend the rest of Rupiahs lor...
Day8, 26 March
Casper, Boon, Mae and I took cab to megamall to spend the rest of our money. and guess what, the cab blew one tyre. all of us went down and did what we know to help the driver in the tyre changing. shop for a long time before leaving the place at 1700BT. Casper spent the most money cos he bought 2 Levis Jeans! after dinner we went over to the other resort to play Taboo, a verbal game. we will be leaving the next day so everyone packed up their stuff that night.
Day9, 27 March
Last day for all of us...woke up early morning to set up at the school and by the time we reached there are already lots of kids queuing outside. initially the VA station is so busy but after that the ret station got worst. i did ret for a boy and was so glad to get a pair of glasses for him. i also did on a girl[Eva] and her myopia is about -5D. i think she suffered most under my hands cos i could see that the trial frames are heavy that she have to support it with her hand. and the worst part is that i wanted to give her a minute break but dunno how to communicate. i did my best to get her VA from 0.7 to 0.3, Danny decide to get custom lenses for her.
Day5, 23 March
a new location and i started off with retinoscopy. time for me to practice my ret but i still took a long time to get the prescription. nothing much really happened at the second school except few cases of nystagmus and tropias. oh ya, the main thing that happened is the VA-Ret relation~! haha... and Casper is very pissed about it
Day6, 24 March
my turn for VA taking and it's also the last time i doing VA in this overseas trip. if i am not wrong, we went for volleyball match at Turi Beach Resort after the screening! Danny is also sporting enough to join us for the game.
Day7, 25 March
management day for me! finally my turn for management, which is equivalent to giving free stickers and sweets to those that finish the screening. but it's hard in a way cos the kids outside the windows are so noisy and i have to ignore them. haha... we packed up after we completed the screening at this school. while i was packing, Chepy asked me go outside where there are few secondary girls wanted to communicate using English [er...]. just shook hands and intro abit la, realised that they actually learn some basic english. before we left, the kids there shook our hands and also went after our bus. after the packing up we went set up at the final school, Sekolah Dasar Negeri 005 before going back to resort. we put our stuff and go to town~! it's a mistake not to spend the rest of Rupiahs lor...
Day8, 26 March
Casper, Boon, Mae and I took cab to megamall to spend the rest of our money. and guess what, the cab blew one tyre. all of us went down and did what we know to help the driver in the tyre changing. shop for a long time before leaving the place at 1700BT. Casper spent the most money cos he bought 2 Levis Jeans! after dinner we went over to the other resort to play Taboo, a verbal game. we will be leaving the next day so everyone packed up their stuff that night.
Day9, 27 March
Last day for all of us...woke up early morning to set up at the school and by the time we reached there are already lots of kids queuing outside. initially the VA station is so busy but after that the ret station got worst. i did ret for a boy and was so glad to get a pair of glasses for him. i also did on a girl[Eva] and her myopia is about -5D. i think she suffered most under my hands cos i could see that the trial frames are heavy that she have to support it with her hand. and the worst part is that i wanted to give her a minute break but dunno how to communicate. i did my best to get her VA from 0.7 to 0.3, Danny decide to get custom lenses for her.
we packed up and left the place after our lunch. went back to resort to take our luggage before leaving for the Ferry Terminal.
memories on wall
Me n KiatWee with Nicole n Yohanes
took Maxis Cab with Jian, KW, Ms Lek and Ms Dawn to school first before going home.
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