Teman Bermain: Masks and the ABC Caterpillar

Oke, jadi sebenarnya paket ini datang pada pagi hari di sesi pertama Teman Bermain di Rusunawa Sanata Dharma Paingan... Ada berboks-boks krayon, pensil warna, pensil tulis, penghapus dan segepok buku gambar :D Tapi kok ada kardus indomi dan peralatan masak juga? Teman Bermain jadi gak berani dulu untuk pakai barang-barang ini...Tapi setelah konfirmasi sana-sini, ternyata benar ini kiriman dari Youth Bless Nation, dan ransum makanan + peralatan masaknya itu adalah titipan untuk salah satu posko yang nantinya akan mengambil paketnya di basecamp kami ini. Wow! Terimakasih :D

Okay, so these package arrived in the morning at the first session of Taman Bermain in Rusunawa Sanata Dharma, Paingan...There are boxes of crayons, coloring pencils, erasers, and a pile of drawing books :D But why were there also few boxes of instant noodles and kitchen utensils? That's why Teman Bermain didn't use these equipments at first...After it's confirmed, this is a donation from Youth Bless Nation, and the food supply + utensils are for a camp in Gunung Kidul, whose people will pick the package soon at our base camp. Wow! Thanks :)

 

Lalu di malam harinya, kami kok tiba-tiba kepengen banget ngajak temen-temen kecil kita itu untuk menggambar topeng bersama. Setelah beli delapan karton tebal dan iseng buat sampel topeng, keisengan ini berbuah menjadi 85 topeng polos yang siap diwarnai :)

In the night before, we were thinking of drawing on masks. Then we bought eight thick cardboards and made one mask sample, but then it grew into 85 ready-to-draw-on masks :)

 Dan horeeee teman-teman ternyata senang sekali menggambar dan mewarnai topeng :) walaupun pertama agak bingung gimana menggambar mata, hidung dan mulut, kakak-kakak pendamping lalu ikut nggambar juga, jadi langsung asik deh semuanya :) Oh ya, kali ini ada teman baru, namanya Andi. Di beberapa sesi lalu Andi ikut orangtuanya pergi terus, jadi Teman Bermain belum pernah ketemu Andi di posko UKDW. Halo, Andi! :)

And yaaaaaayyyy cuz our lil friends were so happy to draw and color their masks :) Even though they're a bit confused about how to draw eyes, nose and lips, our Teman Bermain friends then also draw their masks, then everybody started enjoying their activities :) Oh there was a new friend, Andi. In our previous sessions, Andi always follow his parents when they're off from camp, so Teman Bermain haven't met Andi before in UKDW. Hello, Andi! :)

 

Semuanya asik gambar topeng :)

Everybody enjoys drawing their masks :)

 

Here are Siska and Dian's masks:

 

And this one is Bella's :

 

Ada lagi satu teman kecil yang masih playgroup, namanya Dora (Aurora sebenernya, tapi dia maunya dipanggil Dora karena suka Dora the Explorer). Dora mau mewarnai di kertas yang biasa dibawa Teman Bermain, lalu teman-teman yang udah selesai gambar topeng juga ikutan mewarnai.

There's another lil friend which is still in playgroup, Dora (it's Aurora, actually, but she insisted to be called Dora since she likes 'Dora the Explorer' very much). Dora wanted to draw in the drawing papers Teman Bermain usually bring, then our lil friends who finished their masks also wants to color.

 

So here's Andi's mask:

 

Yang ini Feri....sayangnya Rian lagi sakit demam, jadi kali ini Rian gak ikut menggambar topeng...cepat sembuh ya Rian :)

And this one is Feri's...Too bad Rian was cold, so Rian didn't join our activities at that time...Get well coon, Rian :)

 

This is Vera:

 

Setelah beberapa kali pertemuan, temen-temen udah mulai akrab dengan Teman Bermain, jadi kami menggambar/mewarnai sambil ngobrol-ngobrol dan cerita-cerita....Ternyata, Bella suka membuat puisi lho! Puisinya bagus-baguuuss!! Ini salah satu puisinya, tentang almarhum Pak Gesang :)

After few sessions, our lil friends are getting used with Teman Bermain, so we draw/color and share stories together....Then we found out that Bella likes to make poetry! Her poetry are good!! This is one of hers, about the deceased Mr. Gesang :)

 

Tadaaa!!! Semua sudah selesai menggambar dan mewarna, dan udah nempel karyanya di papan. Karena cuaca sangat berangin, kali ini kami tidak menggambar di selasar, tapi di lobi kecil di depan LPPM.

Tadaaaa!! Everyone finished drawing and coloring, and the artworks were hung in the notification board. Because of the windy weather, we didn't use the corridor for our activities and use LPPM's small lobby instead.

 

Hari ini Teman Bermain juga membawa si Ulat Abjad dari A-Z untuk diwarnai bersama teman-teman. Satu orang bisa mewarnai 2-3 abjad :)

Today, Teman Bermain also bring the Alphabet Caterpillar to be colored together. One person can color 2 to 3 alphabets :)

 

Bisa lihat gambar hati yang ditulis di papan tulis? Ternyata di pagi hari mereka nulis pengumuman sendiri tentang aktivitas Teman Bermain hari ini...Sekaligus menulis nama-nama mereka yang akan hadir di sesi hari ini :) 

Do you notice the hearts drawn on the white board? In the early morning, our lil friends wrote their own notification about Teman Bermain activity today...And they also wrote down their names on it! Sweet!! :)

 

Dan hari ini kami sukses pulang jam 7! hore! Biasanya kami selesai jam 6...Setelah selesai kami dan temen2 pun masih asik membongkar-bongkar kardus donasi untuk mereka yang ada beberapa buku cerita di dalamnya. Sampai sekarang mereka gak mau ngambil, karena takut nggak adil dan ada yang iri atau gimana gitu...Hmm solusinya gimana ya :) Kita bisa diskusi di pertemuan berikutnya :) sampai ketemu! :)

And today we finished at 7! hooray! We usually finished at six...And even after the session closed, we still hang out and unpacking donation boxes for our lil friends, n we found some story books inside. Until now, none of them is taking the story book, they're afraid if there's an unfair treat to their friends...Hmm so this is a problem we can discuss in the next session :) see you! :)

And anyone who is interested to donate anything for refugee children, or to help us in children activities in their refugee camps, feel free to contact us at teman.bermain@yahoo.com or text/call +62274-9198282 :)

Teman Bermain @ UKDW, 18 November 2010

Ini kedua kalinya Teman Bermain mengunjungi temen2 kecil di UKDW...Dari basecamp kami nekat datang hanya bertiga (teknisnya, berdua...yang satu foto2 aja soalnya ;p). Hari itu kami sempat dapat info kalau jumlah anaknya bertambah karena ada gabungan lagi dari posko-posko kecil yang udah ditutup (sudah banyak yang pulang ke rumahnya), tapi ternyata tidak. Berangkat lebih awal dari biasanya, maksud kami supaya lebih santai dan gak terburu-buru nantinya, ternyata temen2 udah pada menunggu di halaman kampus :)

Birokrasi di posko LPPM UKDW ini gak terlalu njelimet, jadi gak lama setelah kami lapor bahwa kami sudah siap, acara segera dimulai :) seperti biasa, tempel label nama dulu...walaupun sebenernya udah inget namanya siapa aja, tapi temen2 tetep seneng ditempelin label nama seperti ini :)

This is the second time for Teman Bermain to visit our lil friends at UKDW...Full-spirited, there are only three of us who were able to come that afternoon (two, actually, because someone decided only to take photographs :p). On the same day, we were informed that the children population might be increase because smaller camps decided to join to UKDW camp (n most of the evacuees from the smaller camps are already relocated/went home), but in fact, we found the same children. Arrived earlier than the first session, we meant not to be too hurry in doing everything, but our lil friends already waited for us in the campus yard :)

The bureaucracy in LPPM UKDW is not very complicated (thanks God), so not long after we confirmed that we're ready, the session was soon started :) As usual, we put on the name label/tag...even though actually we already remember each other names, our lil friends seems so happy to wear a name tag :)

 

Ngantri dipasangin label nama

Queueing for name tags

 

Segera setelah berdoa bersama (dipimpin Feri dan Rian), pada minta main do-mika-do lagi! hehehe...mungkin mereka senang karena siapa yang kena paling akhir dapat hukuman! dan kali ini hukumannya adalah nyanyi :)

Soon after we pray together (led by Feri and Rian), they ask to play do-mika-do game again! hehehe, they might be happy because anyone who get the last poke get his/her punishment! and the punishment is to sing, for now :)

 

Kegiatan hari ini adalah melipat kertas (origami) dan menggambar. Setelah membagikan kertas, Kak Thia mulai menunjukkan cara melipat kertas jadi bentuk kepala kucing, burung dan topi. Dan semuanya pun langsung sibuk dengan kertas warna-warninya masing-masing :)

Our activity today is paper-folding (origami) and drawing. After everyone got his/her papers, Kak Thia started to show how to fold these colorful papers, to form cat's head, birds and hats. And everyone gets busy with their own colorful papers :)

 

Fold, fold, fold... :)

 

Bukannya tadi kami bilang hanya bertiga? Ya, tidak lama setelah kami datang, mbak Carol dan Tika yang baru saja pulang dari Jakarta ikut bergabung untuk main dan gambar bareng juga :)

Did we say there were only three of us? Yes, not long after we arrived, mbak Carol and Tika who just arrived from Jakarta joined us to play and draw together :)

 

Ini Lilis, Kak Bond-bond dan Vera

These are Lilis, Kak Bond-bond and Vera

 

Setelah selesai melipat-lipat, ngapain kita? Yuk, hasil lipatannya ditempel di kertas gambar dan di sekitarnya direspon dengan gambar!

So, what to do after we finish the origamis? Now, lets glue the origamis on the drawing papers, and respond its surroundings with more drawings! :)

 

Hari ini terasa berbeda sekali...Waktu kami datang, temen-temen kecil ini udah pada mandi dan rapi (kecuali Feri dan Rian :p), keliatan semangat sekali menyambut kami. Jadi terharu :') Walaupun Bella dan Dian agak nggak enak badan, semua tetap berusaha untuk mengikuti kegiatan. Feri udah nggak lari2an, kabur ke dapur umum untuk ambil Pop mi lagi, dan udah mau gambar bareng Rian (walaupun diselingi nyanyi2 dan joget2). Ternyata Rian dan Feri ini adalah dua bintang Jathilan di desanya. Oooh pantesan, pada susah diem :) Semoga di sesi lain ada kesempatan bagi Rian dan Feri untuk pentas Jathilan untuk kami semua :D

It felt a bit different than few days before...When we arrived, our lil friends already taken their afternoon bath and dressed up (except Feri and Rian :p), they look so excited to welcome us. We're so touched :') Even though Bella and Dian is a bit ill, everyone is trying to follow the activities. Feri is not running here-and-there anymore, run to the kitchen only to ask noodles (and not drawing), and he was drawing with Rian (drawing, singing and dancing, for these boys). Another interesting info that we get, that Rian and Feri is 'Jathilan' dance stars in their village. So that's why it's very difficult for them to sit still! :) Hopefully in other sessions there's chance for Rian and Feri to perform Jathilan for all of us! :D

Setelah selesai menggambar, semua boleh menempel gambarnya di papan ini :D Karyanya bagus-bagus dan warna-warni!! :)

After finished drawing, everyone can put their drawing on this board :D The artworks are beautiful and colorful!! :D

 

 Setelah gambar, temen-temen kepengen main do-mika-do lagi o_0 kalau yang sebelumnya yang kena disuruh nyanyi, sekarang yang kena disuruh joget :P lalu kami juga main 'people-to-people', kalau ada yang pernah denger. Games ini belum jadi dimainkan di JEC, dan berhubung kelompoknya lebih kecil, kayaknya bisa juga dimainkan disini :)

Caranya, peserta diminta membuat lingkaran dengan berpasangan. Setelah dapat pasangan dan membuat lingkaran, instruktur menyebut nama salah satu anggota badan. Misalnya, telunjuk! Jari telunjuk pun harus menempel dengan jari telunjuk pasangan. Lalu sebut lagi....siku! Sikunya lalu harus nempel dengan siku pasangan, tapi jari telunjuknya gak boleh dilepas :) dan seterusnya... sampai instruktur bilang 'people to people!!' semua harus pisah dari pasangannya dan cari pasangan lain, dan semua anggota badan yang tadi menempel di pasangan sebelumnya harus nempel juga di pasangan yang baru x)

After finished drawing, our lil friends demand us to play do-mika-do again o_0 The punishment is to sing before, and now the punishment is to dance :P then we also played 'people-to-people'. This game hasn't played yet in JEC, and our group this time is smaller, so we can play the game in a more convenient way :)

So everyone is arranged in pair, and then forming a circle. The instructor then mentioned any part of the body. For example, forefinger! Then the forefinger has to be attached with your couple's forefinger. And then another part is mentioned...elbow!! The elbow has to be attached with your couple's elbow, but don't lose the forefingers connection! :) and the game goes on... until the instructor says 'people to people!!' everybody has to find new couple, and the parts of the body which were attached with the previous couple is now has to be attached with the new couple's x)

 

Yang ini tempel telunjuk, siku dan lutut

And this one is attaching forefinger, elbow and knee

 

Pipi!!! 

Cheeks!! :)

Semuanya sangat menyenangkan hari itu :) Di bagian logistik posko kami sempat menemukan beberapa barang seperti buku mewarnai dan pensil warna. Agar tidak rebutan, kami jadi buat kuis dadakan. Siapa yang bisa duluan jawab, bisa dapat buku dan pensil duluan :) Dengan soal-soal matematika sederhana, senang rasanya kemudian liat temen2 ini sibuk menghitung dengan jarinya untuk menjawab soal :)

Everything is so fun that day :) In the camp's logistic department we found some stuff like coloring books and coloring pencils. To be more ordered in giving these stuff, we make a small quiz. He/she who is able to answer first, is the one who get the book/pencils first :) With simple math questions, it's so fun to see our lil friends counting with their fingers to solve the questions :)

 

Horee! Gak sabar untuk sesi berikutnya. Jadwal kami di hari Senin kebetulan sudah diisi oleh tim trauma healing dari UKDW, salah satunya adalah mbak Nuri yang juga ikutan Teman Bermain hari ini. Jadi kami baru bisa ketemu temen2 lagi di UKDW hari Kamis (25 Nov) sore, jam 3.30 sore. Semoga tetep semangat ya temen2 :)

Yaay! Can't wait for the next session. Our schedule on Monday is already taken by UKDW's trauma healing team, one of them is mbak Nuri who also joined Teman Bermain today. So our next session with our lil friends at UKDW is next Thursday, Nov 25 at 3.30 PM. Keep up the fun spirit :)

 So where's our next stop??
Semoga saja, kami segera dapat jadwal dari tim di posko Rusunawa Sanata Dharma, Paingan. Kami sudah mengajukan jadwal dari minggu lalu tapi belum segera ditanggapi dari teman-teman disana. Yuk, bergerak cepat, kami ingin semua donasi dan waktu kami segera tersampaikan untuk teman-teman kecil yang membutuhkan :) Untuk data anak yang ada di posko Rusunawa, bisa dilihat di sini.

Rencana di posko Tangkilan, Mungkid terpaksa dibatalkan karena posko hari ini (21 Nov) sudah dikosongkan. Teman-teman jika ada info dimana ada posko mandiri yang belum ada aktivitas anak, bisa hubungi kami di 0274-9198282 atau e-mail ke teman.bermain@yahoo.com, terimakasih :)

Hopefully, we can sooner get our schedule from Rusunawa Sanata Dharma, Paingan team. We had submitted our schedule since last week, but we havn't get further info about our fixed schedule. Go go go, let's move fast, because, we want all donations and our time to be shared for the kids there :) 

Our plan in Tangkilan, Mungkid is canceled because the camp today (Nove 21) is already empty. IF you guys have more info about any camps which do not have (or lack of) children activities, you can contact us on +62274-9198282 or teman.bermain@yahoo.com, thank you :)

for more pics from the activities, you can check this out ;)