Once every two months, we would visit this little boy that our Lions Club befriends from Rainbow School. His name is Haikal and he is about 11 years old this year... Haikal has cerebal palsly and is unable to move or talk properly. But he is a smiley and friendly boy who has a great sense of humour and a love and passion for music.
To cultivate Ace's sense of being willing to contribute and help others, we always brought him along whenever we visited Haikal.... But mostly also because Haikal was very often happy to see another kid jumping around him....
Initially, Ace was quite reserved but now after a few visits, he can talk to Haikal freely, play with him freely and touch him freely.. he was so free he even walked around the whole house like it was his own house! hahahaha...
The other day, after visiting Haikal with Ganma Karen and Gandie Zhiguang, we went to AMK for lunch and then just when we arrived, our SHAOYE said he wanted to 大便. Sometimes Ace says he wants to poop when he farts so usually we wait around for a little while and see of it is really true before we bring him to toilet.. after waiting for a while, Ace started squatting on the floor... Alas, the toilet at our lunch area is the squat down kind and is very dirty so out of desperation, we had to DRIVE Ace the Mac Donald House nearly, let him shit, wash his bum and then drive him back for lunch.
When we were there, he saw the playground and said he wanted to go there and play and so after we finished lunch, we went there for a drink. We barely sat down and Ace kept saying that he wanted to go and play at the playground. "Go lah..."
But he did not want to go by himself... So I asked him to choose who he wanted to go with him... "Erm...." he looked around at the 4 adults and had a cheeky look..."I want GANDIE!" Wah, I really marvel at how he made his choice.. he dam clever lor... choose gandie instead of me, or daddy or ganma.. he knows gandie good with kids and sure will have fun with him...
Anyway, he played for a good half hour and after that, often asked us if we could go back there. Gandie said that he initially was afraid to climb into the playground maze by himself and kept asking Gandie to go with him.. but when he saw other children.. he got more daring and finally managed to climb to the top of the 'helicoptor'.
I must say that Ace is getting more and more brave and he more daring when he is at playgrounds now. Perhaps he is now more confident. He will climb higher and many of the things he previously does not dare to try at the playground, he dares to try now.. good.. boy mah.. be brave like daddy better than be a hum chee like mummy :) hahahaha....
PS: Haikal needs3 changes of L/XL sized diapers, and drinks Pediasure brand milk daily as per recommendations by his doctor and all these are very costly. Our club takes out $150 every month to help him with his supplies. If you know of anyone who would like to either donate money or these items in kind or if you know any supplier who dun mind donating these items, do also link us up and contact Angel at verityy@yahoo.com or 96909119.
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