Going on a trip with 8TV will give me some media exposure, so I jumped at the chance. And I got selected! Which was so so amazing :) Also, visiting the centre would give me an experience to help out those children, as I've always been interested in mentally retarded children - namely autism.
Anyway, it was a Thursday and I have Moral Studies class but what the heck I'm skipping it! So my mom drove me to Sri Pentas in Bandar Utama and we left quite early in case of any jam at 10 something in the morning.
Was walking in when Juliana called me and asked to confirm whether I'm going or not, and I told her that I've already reached! She sounded very shocked XD Then she invited me up to the office to wait.
But first! I lepak-ed around the building.. taking pictures hehe! Okay so now I'll give you a virtual tour of Sri Pentas :)
This is OneFM's studio! Uhm so sorry lah I don't know who's that coz I don't listen to OneFM :p
After acting so mysteriously (coz I don't know if I can simply snap pictures in the lobby lol after one second you see guards running after me).. I took the lift to the 3rd floor where the 8TV office is. Excitedexcited! I'm in the 8TV officeeee!
I sort of got lost but luckily a kind guy directed me to the right place. It was at the far end of the corridor and yeah I didn't expect it to be at the far end...
Colourful posters/painting decorating the walls of the corridor :) So beautiful right! You know it's a fun place to work at already :p
The Big 8 Family! Some of my favourite hosts are inside :D But 99% of them I do not know who.
Go Travel! The host Xiao Yu is the one who inspired me to become a travel show host because it's the perfect job in the world! You get to travel and get paid for it! What's not to love?
More paintings.
More more paintings. Oh I love this place already.
I waited for quite long.. because I arrived so early :/ Anyway, I love the office so much! Yellow lights, orange walls and their cubicles look so cosy :3 Aww man I would love to work here someday! XD
When it's time, Juliana took me out via a secret hallway at the back of the office (ooooh) and at the moment Owen Yap was standing in the corridor looking all smart and handsome with his briefcase and talking on the phone! When I went out, he looked up and smiled at me ohgosh I'm swooning! (Okay so maybe he was smiling at Juliana and then saw me and kept his smile)
On the bus, I sat with Adrian who's graduating this year from university. He's quite nice to talk to! Sigh but he asked me to add him in Facebook (he gave me his email address to make things easier) but it turned out there weren't any results from his address. OMG. I feel so bad; he must have think that I've forgotten him :/
Arrived at the destination half an hour later!
Helped to carry (heavy) stuff from the bus. Really heavy! 8TV brought all of these including mattresses for the kids.
We helped them to lunch first. Lol KFC snack box! My first time tearing meat for people. They were all munching on happily :) So okay no they're not kids.. but I wonder what is the "children" word doing there in "Selangor Handicapped & Mentally Retarded Children Centre".
After their lunch, some guy was shooting Baki and whatz-his-name-but-he's-handsome with some of the "children". Did it went on air? Did it??
I dunno what is whatz-his-name doing but it sure is funny!
Bakiiiiiiiiiiii ! ;)
Getting ready to pose for the cameras.
Group photo #1 Can spot me? ;p
Group photo #2
Group photo #3
Inside the house. The volunteers helped to carry all the stuff in. I hoisted those mattressed until my arms ache :( Yeah I know what you're gonna say next so stop.. Don't say anything! XD
In another section of the house. Something like a playroom I guess.
Later, we were all separated into groups namely the Painting group, Gotong-Royong group, and Playing with the Kids group. I was in the Painting group and Gary, Mei Sim and Baki were in the same group as me! :D
Sketching for the drawing on the wall :)
Our materials! There were limited colours of paint so someone had to drive out to get more colours lol. I think there were only pink and orange here.
Unleashing their creative sides :p
...While the volunteers stood back and watch lol!
Working with them requires communication. They speak such fluent mandarin and sometimes I had no idea what they're talking about! Even Baki speaks mandarin more fluently than me, and even adding in some bombastic vocabulary @.@ #embarasssedmuch
And talking to them, made me speak mandarin in the Chinese slang (if you know what I mean) because they were all speaking in Chinese slang (except Baki). It sounded really weird coming out from my mouth coz all the time I speak mandarin in the Malaysian slang :p
They were painting halfway, then they went off to shoot a video LOL. I was wondering why the girls were wearing make-up and were dressed so nicely when they're out doing community work haha!
Baki is so cute :3
They talked so confidently in front of the camera! Years of experience.. wow. I wish I could be like them someday :) Words just flow out spontaneously from their mouth and they were just having fun joking around!
They looked so relax there.. :p
Picture with them! :D From left: Dennis, Baki, Gary, Mei Sim and Wind.
Continuing their work... in pink and orange :p
And then, it's time to shoot Megan and Prem from the 8TV Quickie!
I regretted not taking a picture with them :( I so wanted to! (Megan was standing right next to me and I wanted to ask but she seemed so cool lol) She's a hottie alright! :p
Some of the 8TV people playing with the "children".
Finally! After 3 hours of drawing and ruining and painting and restoring it, the blank wall is finally completed with bright colours of pink and orange (oh I think that's 8TV's theme colour lol) with Pow Pow (8TV mascot) in the center :)
Gary high-fived me btw! :p
The 8TV chinese group!
Add in the 8TV english group!
Facebook winners! (The guy in the center is from 8TV) We missed out the rest coz I think they were already in the bus.. Oh and we took the 8TV bus back! *proud*
Another shot!
Shooting again. LOL.
It was a fun time out with the 8TV team helping the less unfortunate people. Another badge of experience added to my sleeve!
(Ahhhhhh omg Owen Yap's smile.)
P.S. If anyone has seen any videos regarding this trip on TV or on the Internet, kindly give me the link thanks! :D
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