We are the EARTH’s children

Monday (01/03/2010)
a) Tzu Chi team
· Our previous charity sale held on 11-02-2010 had generated altogether RM1343.00. The kids exclaimed, “Wow!”
· In the morning, they came to inform us about the Earthquake in Haiti that occurred in January. Among discussed:
Kids: Their homes collapsed. School buildings fell off. People were trapped inside. Roads cracked and some people fell into them. Families were separated. Children have no food and books too.
Tzu Chi: There are children all over the world. We are Malaysian children. They are Haitian children. Altogether, we are the Earth’s children. We must help among one another.
· They learnt to sing 2 songs with actions: We are Earth’s children. We are very lucky!
· In the classroom, each kid shared about what they observed.

b) A new friend, Debbie.
· Debbie introduced herself. She is 6 years old and goes to another school in the day. Her favourite food is fish burger and she likes yellow colour. Later, most kids shared with her about their favourite food. Among:
Kwong Yong: I want to make a Sunflower for you.
Devin: I like French fries just like you.
Yan Shan: I like ice-cream just like you.
Wee Hong: I like Genting Highlands just like you……..haaaaa!

c) The Gas Cylinder
· We recapped words: cold, hot, safe and dangerous.
· Most of the kids actually went back to ask their parents whether they check if their gas cylinders were leaking. However, all parents don’t; according to them.
· Thus, we went to the kitchen and we recapped the related vocabulary. Gas cylinder, yellow tube, handle and gas stove. According to the school’s cook, she can smell if gas leaks. But……what if we can’t smell it or it would be too late by the time we smell the gas.
· I pulled the handle and gas was released from the valve. The kids could smell the unpleasant smell. I closed back.
· We can prepare soapy water with lots of bubbles. Then we wipe along the gas tube. If the bubble starts bubbling, it indicates leakage. We observed and could see no bubbling bubbles from the tube.
· Then, we learnt about sockets and plus. People usually overloaded their sockets which could cause dangers such as black out and explosion. It might the house if we were sleeping at night. For 2 legged plugs, one should use proper sockets.

d) Does Earthquake cause fire?
· Wei Jeen: When the buildings collapsed, there will also be fire.
· Teacher: is that true?
· We watched some slide photos about Chile, Argentina on Tsunami earthquake. We only watched a few as our focus was on the electrical cabels first. We would learn more later.
· Electrical cables fell down collapsing together with buildings. Explosion might had happened causing fire and death. The cracked streets caused the cars to overturned and some petrol spilled, again might have caused explosion and fire.

e) First Aid Box
· Teacher: What is the first thing to do if your skin is burnt?
· Wee Hong: Stop, Drop and Roll!
· Teacher: Good….but that is when your clothes caught fire.
· Chun Kit: Wash with water.
· Teacher: Cold or hot?
· Shi Jie: Of course cold. If hot, it would even hurt our skin!
· That’s right! Always run under tap water. If the burn is mionor, we may use cotton to dry it and apply some cream or oilment. If it is serious, one should visit the clinic or hospital.
Teacher: Why must we first read the medicine labels?
Jun Hong: So that we use the correct medicine. If wrong, our injury will get worse!
· Chun Kit scratched one of his insects bites (still unhealed) and it bled. I requested Zhe Qing to use the cotton bud from the First Aid Kit and apply some “Qing Zhao” Oilment. After using, we have to discharge it away and wash our hands fearing that we might contact with the bacteria.