I wasn't super prepared. I think it's coz I've never given talks or lectures to kids. I used to lecture diploma students and working people. This was definitely a whole different level of talk. At first, I was under the impression that I was gonna be speaking to kids between the ages of 13 to 17 years old. And then, I discovered that I was gonna be talking to kids between the ages of 7 to 12 years old. So.....I had to change my game.....quick.
You bet, Pokemon, hobbies, Roblox and Minecraft were all included into the talk. Fishing and football and rugby and archery and horseback riding too. Their attention level is different. I knew I had to interact with them more instead of just giving out points. So yeah.......I made a lot of new friends by the time my talk ended. Being friends with kids is kinda typical of me coz I can't relate to adults much and I am always babysitting anyways.
My daughters friends consider me their friend and we're always creating stickers and designing and writing silly songs together. Now, I have friends who talks about fishing and football and rugby. It was fun to have them reminded of staying safe online and irl. I really like the fact that these kids are doing things outside of their homes.
I also met Yusuf's friends. They came up to me to chat. It was really nice to finally meet them in person instead of just hearing stories about them from Yusuf. I hope we become friends coz I am aware of how small the community is and I always think it's everyone's responsibility to look out for the kids in the kampung regardless if it's our kampung or the neighbouring ones.
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