..and a few more people share about activities in the previous year...

It has been been four years since i started getting involved in the Lasallian youth movement in Malaysia. Being involved in the whole process, beginning as a delegate for both the regional and the national convention, followed by the self development phase as a formation team member, and then the volunteering work as an organising team member for the various regionals and even nationals has taught me a great deal which i wish to share with others.

I finally got that opportunity when i was invited to be a facilitator for the regional convention. It came as a surprise to me because i never pictured myself as a facilitator, probably because i was having a lot of fun being an OT and never thought of myself being experienced enough to facilitate a session for the regional conventions.

Me, being my optimistic self, took up the challenge and till today i am glad i did so. The moment i took up the responsibility of being a facilitator, i realised that this is going to be a new phase in my lasallian journey of self discovery and i was right.

The whole facilitaion process starting from the moment of the facilitation workshop till the actual session was filled with challenges. It was all very new to me. During the whole process i realised that being a facilitator is not easy. All this while i had this picture in my head that facilitating a session was a walk in the park and that sending the message across to the delegate was easy, but i finally saw the big picture.

The whole process of facilitating is to put ourselves in the shoes of the delegates, as well as experimenting with new methods of passing on a message in order to make the convention memorable. Throughout the workshops i learnt new methods and witness old ones.

It was a real eye opener for me. I dare to say that after the facilitation experience i have become a more serious person in terms of my mindset and the way i look at things. I'm lucky to experience for myself the other side of lasallian work, the serious side. In short, the whole facilitation experience has been a memorable one and i hope that in the future i will be given more such opportunities.

- Soon Heng -

Wai Hin felt that the Conference on Education Malaysia "was one good, cekap experience for me and I'm glad that I am part of this event. I was put in charge of the AVA system. It was a good experience as I really learnt a lot from this event. To be honest, this was my first time going for a conference. The preparation and the whole process was totally different from organizing camps and events. I was lucky that I was put in charge of AVA as I could witness the conference. I was able to listen and the topic of the conference related to me as a student! The topics were interesting and the issues that were raise on during the discussions were insightful. I was excited about it. Yeah, I am very glad that I was part of the team. Thank you."

Rinesh shares that...

Knowing our rights would allow everyone to live equally. Often we hear about students' rights, workers' rights, human rights etc, but did you know children have their rights too?

YEAP THEY DO.

I bet you all didnt know about this when you were growing up? Perhaps it was what some parents do best - to not educate children about the 42 Articles in The Convention on the Rights of the Child as drafted out by UNICEF, so that we would grow up as healthy, obedient Malaysians. =)

After several meetings and a workshop within the past few months, i was astonished to know that children have rights too! And currently, a group of dynamic and enthusiastic Lasallians headed by our dear commissioners and programmes coordinator are working on workshops to educate not only Lasallians and the public, but also kids on the existence of these articles.

PS: did you know Corporal Punishment (Caning, Pinching, Jentik-ing, etc) is against children's rights as it is considered ABUSE?