today is the end of the camp. boohoohoo. i miss the girl already. she's really sweet. and i never realised how talented she was until i heard that she can play music by ear. not fair lah. haha. i think its really cool! anyways, during break today while we were reading, one of them came into the room and asked if i would like to take a look at his comic. being the kaypo i am, of course i said yes la. and boy, he draws soo well! to a certain extent, better than me. all i can say is, we do different styles. for me who wants to draw a wedding dress, i have to browse like ten million books and then have to stare at the book as i draw, but he had studied the car so well that he can draw it from memory. thats something i cannot do. i cant find images in my head. i cant draw from memory. thank God i still have a bit of imagination. really, if you see his stuff, i think you will agree with me. thats why i guess when asked to reflect when working with special kids, people will always say they are special in their own ways. it sounds cliche. but theres truth in it.

i think i learnt alot from today's lesson as well. who knows what is autism and asperger's syndrome. ok. maybe you know whats autism but i never really knew they came under Autism Spectrum Disorder. and that autistic people have problems in social communication - they dont know how to communicate their thoughts and emotions, social interaction, and being flexible in changes. and some, they have sensory issues. yesterday while we were learning about disorder and disablities, i was still wondering whether these kids realised that they are have a condition and then todays lesson kinda addressed that problem that i had.

actually the kids are really cute. just that they need more attention and help than what you call 'usual' children. but normal and usual are definitions we give based on what we know. perhaps to them we are all abnormal because thats how they perceive the world.

"Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness,.." Genesis 1:26

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