7th December- 18th December

~Chamber Orchestra- This week consisted of practise with the choir and also the primary orchestra in preparation for Candles by Candlelights. On the actual day of Carol's by candlelight itself we had to wear black and white and come earlier to set up and prepare. We also had a secret santa exchange that i organised, and it was very fulfilling to perform what we've practised for so long. Unfortunately the setting was open air, so the sound balance was really off and nothing could really be heard except for the amplified or miked instruments. I look forward to new pieces next term.

~Old folks home- THis will probably be our last week visiting the home. Basically, we went through the same routine again, but the really interesting thing about today was that we got to see a guy who was fed with a tube directly to the stomach. Uncle CK's friend also came to visit today and they were showing him their notebook, which was really cool. We've also planned to make a card for Ms. Tang. I've really learnt a lot from helping out at this place.

~Theory and piano- lessons were cancelled as we had a different agenda.

~Reading buddies- the class was having a party so we weren't needed

~mentoring- Finally, i managed to meet up with Nikki. We were able to talk pretty well and she's very sociable. I helped her with her science experiment and we also talked about her grades and her family as well as school in general. I was gonna help her with her math too, but we ran out of time and she seemed pretty pleased about the present i gave her. I would definitely like to continue mentoring next term, but hopefully we can change it to another and execute our meetings more successfully.

~ Shoe boxing- We had to stay back on Friday and Thursday to complete all the wrapping and sort out all the clothes. I think its fair to say that all of us had a lot of fun, and it was very chaotic in a nice way. Peter was the group leader and he was basically sitting around and trying to organise anything without getting much done, but he was very encouraging and it was very fun to poke fun at him whilst working. We went to visit the children on monday (and had to miss old folks home in the process) to distribute the presents, and they were extremely extremely pleased with our presents, i feel glad that we were able to do something for them. I think peter misunderstand their finance status because he told us they had absolutely nothing when in fact they were quite well off. It was unfortunate that some of the children were absent, but hopefully we'll be able to meet them when we have the new year dinner. We also plan to invite them over to school to use the facilities and also help them in swimming and other activities.