yesterday was wonderful!! we went back to the orphanage... there were 5 of us at first but some of Kat's friends met up with us at Museong Pambata.. it was soo totally fun!! We got there at around 11 am and fed the kids lunch. they looked so cute while eating. some of them are still so young but they've been trained already to eat on their own. there was a kid who used his fork on the rice and the spoon on the chicken.. lolz.. so adorable. another kid spilled her tea but she immediately stood up to fix the mess. they're so like that.. they don't expect others to do anything for them. two kids took forever to finish their food and when jm sat beside the other one, he cried :) probably didn't like feeling he was being pressured to finish his food fast. he was so young though, probably around only 2 or 2 n a half... then there was this kid who kept on saying "yes" when asked "u want some more?" we thought he really wanted more.. but when we said "enough na?" he said "yes" again... and we go like "oh, ok, he says yes to any question.. he never says no.." hahaha.. poor kid.. and to think we kept asking if he wanted more and so we kept adding more on his plate ... lolz.. he probably felt like throwing up... :)
a couple of kids recognized me and kat :).. when they saw us they were like "wow, you came back" :)
jenny, one of the older kids said Racher just left for a formal schooling at Bahay ni Maria. It suddenly struck me then that they have no formal education there. One of the nuns said they usually process the papers and send the older kids to other places for proper schooling. As for the younger ones, they just eat, sleep, play, take a nap and sometimes take lessons from social workers who visit them. after lunch, i lingered in the other room, the one for less than a year old babies. The youngest there is only 3 months old and i held her in my arms :) it felt so good to hold a baby again.. she was real nice and it didn't matter to her that i was a total stranger :) the other babies just gave me wary looks as i held their youngest :p when kat and mj joined me in the room they also cuddled the other babies and we took pics :) when Kat tried to put down the baby she really threw a fit.. lolz.. she was longing for cuddles.. *sighs* poor babies.. being hugged and cuddled is a very important aspect of growth... i read somewhere that kids who were never hugged as babies usually grow up to be troubled adults... *sighs* the baby i was holding fell asleep in my arms.. yay.. i was able to put her to sleep with my warm hugs and gentle voice.. hahaha... :P she fell asleep right when we were about to leave for the museum.. very good timing... she didn't stir a bit when i put her back down in her crib :) she looked oh so peaceful and i wanted so much to just put her inside my big paper bag and take her home.. lolz...
we went to the museum with 8 kids. the kid i buddied up with was Aliyah. she was really shy at first.. she wouldn't even tell me her age.. it was the other kids who volunteered the info. they said she's 10, very shy and rarely speaks. True enough, she rarely spoke to me all throughout our stay there... she liked holding my hand though.. lolz... there was an area there for the human anatomy... she pressed a button and a fart sound came out really loud.. we laughed our heads off then.. :) and she pressed the button again and again.. :p then we moved on to the next stop.. it was like a mini market.. i told her to be the vendor and sell me some fishes.. she smiled as smugly as any 10 year old can manage as she promptly filled my basket with fishes.. :) we also entered the mini barbershop and i said she'd be the customer. i asked what kinda hairstyle she wanted and with a grin and a mischievous look, she whispered "kalbo" (skinhead)...lolz. i go like "oh no you don't, that'll be a waste of beauty." and she beamed a smile on me :) she also liked the nipa hut a lot... she stayed there for quite some time with the other kids and they kept on saying "this is our house, this is our house" :) we sat in one corner as the kids played inside the nipa hut... and because i was starting to feel exhausted by then, i didn't notice that Aliyah was not with the other kids anymore... when Kat said we should be heading off to the playground outside i looked for Aliyah but she was nowhere in that section. i let the others go ahead with their kids and i went back to the other section.. i found her coming out of the maze cave after a couple of minutes... it was only a couple of minutes but it felt like a couple of hours, i swear.. she got me so worried.. she also looked a li'l worried but she smiled soon as she saw me anyway.. :)
Kat bought the girls barbie dolls.. i bought Aliyah balls and colored pencils and Ida bought some pencils :) we stayed in the playground for a while then headed back to the car and boy, were the kids thirsty! they looked real happy though.. :)
i love those kids... they embody the real meaning of innocence... i super wanna go back there every saturday but that won't be possible as i have too many others things to do.. i especially loved the babies.. they were even teasing me to have one of my own na dw.. lolz.. i do love kids but NOT yet to the extent of wanting to have one of my own... for now i'm contented with seeing and taking care of babies of others..
