wed,
went for the usual volunteerin session
on my way there,
saw a little boy hidin at a corner of the void deck beside the family centre
at first, didn't realli bother n i hope to reach the centre earlier
took a closer look
n found out tat it was Viance hidin there
he is one of the children i met in the family centre
veri bubbly, talkative pri 1 student
n i like his name alot
unique n nice
so went up to him n ask him why was he hidin in the void deck
becos usualli at tat time, he shld be in the centre doing his homework
he didn't reply mi
i asked again
he remain silent n started fidgetin his shoes
i told him to go in the centre wit mi
then he finalli told mi the reason
he said
'i did something realli realli bad. im afraid auntie jasmine will scold mi..........'
he told mi numerous reasons why he didn't want to go in
so i started advisin him
it didn't work
tried many ways n he jus wun listen to mi
we sat at the corner of the void deck for 30mins
i even tried temptin him wit rewards like chocolates n sweets
those usual tactics which usualli work

finalli i told him

viance, u must be a brave boy,u don't want auntie jasmine to scold u rite,
but are u gng to escape forever. then u will be missin all the fun we had.
u won't be able to go to the playgrd wit us anymore.
n if u're gng to hide here, she's gng to scold u agn.
then she will hav two things to scold u
blah blah blah....

n he finalli agreed n we went in together
this incident realli showed my incapability of counsellin others
durin the talk,
i cldn't realli string my tots clearly n find a way to convince him
at some pt, i was actualli speechless
it jus shows hw____ i was
haiz...

in the past, whenever someone cries or in confusion
i alwaes try to stay away frm it
becos i alwaes think that maybe it's better to let the person calm down first n think through it
if he/she realli nids help, then i will alwaes be free to provide tat listenin ear n some advice

but for kids,
it's different
they nid guidance n help ...