Reflection 1

Playing games with old people as part of CIP? That was never my idea of a CIP. Indeed, most of us teenagers if not all, think that CIP is all about helping old people do chores, listening to their stories about some super long time ago stuff, and working hard not to fall asleep. That's so not CIP. After reading this article, i think i am beinging to understand what CIP is all about. More than just helping old people do work so that they can rest, but giving them what they need most, LOVE.
You may say, how are you giving love to people by just playing games with them? Well, of course you can! being normal children born out of normal if not good families, we do not know how important having a companion to play with even the simplest of games is. For example, one of the residents, Mr B. Zainal, said that as their children do no want them, they have no other people to turn to for companionship, except for the people who come to visit the home, people such as Akel. He also commented that he actually enjoys this companionship very much, and even treats them as his children's replacements. This simply shows how much playing games with these lonely and old people would help them, and make them happy, and most importantly, let them feel love.
I feel that this is really a very meaningful way of conducting CIPs, as it is more appealing to teenagers, and brings out the enthusiasm in them, making it even more meaningful. Not only does it bring happiness to the people of that home, but it also helps the juvenile offenders who come to the home to do CIP, to understand and realise that there are actually people who are worse off then they are, and this would hopefully have them be inspired and one day change their ways and turn over a new leaf.
In conclusion, i think that this form of CIP is not only very meaningful for the people of various homes, but also for the juvenile offenders who visit the homes. i think that this practise should be brought and made known to other homes, so that hopefully they will adopt this kind of CIP