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月亮反映了太陽的光芒
那水中那彎彎的月牙又反映了甚麼?
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Monday, May 14, 2007
"puff" *blows away virtual dust* almost 2 weeks of stagnancy, and finally a blog update. nothing new, but this isn't a happy entry either, so bear with it
today the whole centre's atmosphere was kind of awkward, reason being 3 of our youths were very close to going berserk. well, one actually did. once again, we activity supervisors are sandwiched between the youths (our "clients", so to speak), and the facilitators (those higher up). not gonna go into a lot of details, because it'll have to start from quite a few days ago.
what actually happened was one of the 3 kids refused to go to class (and he was feeling a little down due to incidents that happened before), so we threatened to confiscate his portable gaming device. normally he'll listen, but this time, he started breathing in very hard and tears start to swell up in his eyes. then he let out a scream, and locked himself up in a room, but not before saying "Don't force me!" in mandarin. surprisingly i wasn't quite panicky...probably "seasoned" by the outbreaks every now and then...
what got me to write this entry was this: are those really suffering from mental illnesses? i mean, they look more like spoilt brats than disordered kids. if i were to throw my temper around with my mum, i'll probably be facing the cane. she's told me that she would whack me to death first before i can actually attempt any suicide. so are the kids merely too pampered and not disciplined enough.....? or have i grown less and less sympathising....?
it actually crossed my mind that, if my kid (if i have any) is retarded/deformed/inhuman in any way, would i actually wrap my fingers around his/her neck....? is this an act of compassion, or selfishness....?
3 major outbreaks, 1 suicide, numerous minor relapses every now and then...that averages one major incident every month... maybe i'm too worn by this kinda work... maybe i need a rest...
then i look at their parents coming to YouthReach Centre every day to fetch the youths...some frail, some exhausted, surely from the extra effort they have to put in for their children...but all seem to be lifted when they let out a smile at the end of the day in front of their kids...
...此時將在月光下謝幕
10:32 PM