On the day of the Community Service at Tuklasan, a center for street children, I was the earliest to go to the venue itself along with my mom who decided to offer her company. As I observed the supposed birthday celebration of Chris Tiu, I liked how everyone was all smiles throughout whole the activity.
I was glad I get to spend my Sunday not like the usual ones where I stress myself with schoolworks or just bum around, rather I get to accomplish being fulfilled by spending my time with the kids there in Tuklasan.
Volunteering and being with the less fortunate was not really new to me. My high school was very active when it comes to lending a hand to others (seeing that the people running the school are mostly nuns). So being able to volunteer again like it was in my highschool years refreshed me.
I've always felt extra thankful and blessed everytime there would volunteering to do. Especially since we were with the Tuklasan which are composed of kids. I've never felt so guilty and felt very sympathetic for the them. Though I will always admire how strong these people are, upon realizing how young they still are.
My "alaga" was sort of timid and shy but he somehow softened when we were grouped together with fellow SoFa students along with his friends there. The baking activity was very fun especially since we shared a lot of laughs and made the most of our time by being all goofy and energetic the whole activity. The crinkles or should I say the "creations" we made were quite unappealing because of the appearance, the kids were still game to eat almost all of it. And to even mention the game and photobooth to the kids, they are more excited than ever to try all these things.
Regardless of all the mishaps (during the baking and losing the games hahaha) as well as the fun we had, the overall activity still managed to fulfill every single one of our being upon seeing how the kids in Tuklasan enjoyed the whole time. There is no such thing to replace and describe the feeling that we were able to help and made them happy at the same time.