ALEX LOVES WEARING SPANDEX :D: October 2008

On the 28th to the 31st October 2008, Focus on the Family held their annual No Apologies sex education talk at Lodge School. It was held at the school library, and was split into two sessions, with Group A consisting of the form 4 science classes while Group B consisting of form 4 arts class and the two year 10 classes from the international school.

DAY 1:

1st facilitator for our session was mr jerry. mr jerry asked us to pair up, and gave us two strings which we were supposed to get tied up with each other in. then we were supposed to escape the knot. unfortnately, despite having so many students who attended No Apologies before, only shanice and khang ngee could escape their knot... haha, we all sia soi. anyway, the exercise basically explained that while situations could get really sticky, there's always a way out. as long as you get help from the right people.

then, mr jerry let us watch a standard No Apologies video, which lasted half an hr. the video was BORING, and the only image that i can remember is this mexican guy who says sex is good -.- . after that, mr jerry had each of the groups come up with a quote they remember the best from the video, and my group came up with "CONDOM NO GOOD MAN", even tho it actually wasnt in the video hahaa

after the video mr jerry talked and talked of the risks of having sex etc and andy was bored, so he tested his photography skills with macro...

and i tested mine woo

then came break, and came mr charles! charles roxxor man man mann.. he's alvin cousin, and like our braader man.. cool guy. i cant remember much from charles' first talk.. abt healthy relationships. he kept giving us the good stuff on his 'good friend, kenny liong'.. haha

anyway, his activity was rather interesting. it showed that the five parts of the body, Intellectual, Social, Ethical, Physical and Emotional cannot survive without each other and are all playing an important part in keeping the physical and psychological balance in the human body. he had us lock hands and pulled us around like we were weaklings wtf

after charles, there was this gangster looking dude called wilson who gave his talk on media literacy. he explained that the media was very influential on the psychological aspect of students in particular as they often used sexually explicit images in advertisement and shows to arouse sexual desires etc etc etc...

kinda weird seeing that he himself brought him some eye candy :O

im talking abt the candy lar.. ccb

after wilson, this lady called jacqueline came in and gave us a talk on HIV/AIDS, and the generation at risk. for some reason, despite he stating clearly that every 1 in 5 people in AFRICA have HIV/AIDS, she seemed very insistant on us accepting the fact that every 1 in 5 lodgians had HIV/AIDS too wtf.

anyway, she gave us another sketch to perform. it showed us that while our anti-bodies (white blood cells) could protect us against common bacteria and viruses, once we're attacked by HIV, there's no turning back. there's no cure for HIV/AIDS, and an infected person is destined to die. andy took the lead role of 'my body', jordan took the role of 'white blood cells', while caleb, yuyang, timothy and peiyao took the roles of 'cough', 'fever', 'diarrhea', and 'HIV' respectively.

wtf, why my font change suddenly... cough attacked first

and got pwned

then came fever..

which also got pwned haha

then came diarrhea!

who also got pwned! haha!

while still celebrating, HIV suddenly attacked the body!

WBC put up a brave fight.. but after five minutes or so it was ultimately defeated... and all the sicknesses attacked My Body again!

somehow the table got involved... anyway, after his moment of table attraction, the sketch ended and jacqueline commented on andy's extraodrinary acting abilities.. and said that he'd get many many oppourtunities to become an actor if he were to live in kuala lumpur.. lol... then she continued abt the 1 in 5 HIV thing.. which made richard question her intelligence.. haha, end of day 1.

DAY 2:

1st facilitator of the day was some old looking young man called james.

he explained the consequences of premarital sex. our first activity with him was 'learning how to make teh tarik', as he put it. 20 students were selected to each take a cup, and their task was to pour the contents into each others' cups as many times as possible...

after a minute, kathryn came around with a mysterious 'magic powder' which she poured into everyone's cup.

andy's afraid of magic...

wan's sakai abt magic...
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caleb made me delete a pic of him

these guys having a jolly good time laughing at andy's smartass cracks haha.. then the results were out.. 16/20 of the students had their cup contents change color, while the remaining four had no observable change in their solutions.. see cikgu felicia? i wrote OBSERVABLE!!

anyway, the color change is due to contamination, as two of the original 20 cups were actually vinegar, and the vinegar would react to the 'magic powder' haha lol. so the activity was compared to the spread of HIV, its so easily spread. so if you're not careful, you're almost bound to get it.

next up was the activity 'If pillows could talk', which basically showed the same thing as the vinegar-water activity. it showed that if you have sex with someone, you're as good as having sex with everyone that person ever had sex with, making u getting a higher probability rate of contracting an STD.

yea, this was the story... after that, james called shaun, nelson, effendi, andy and reuben to go up and blow balloons. shaun's buff physique enabled him to burst the balloon after blowing for just 2 seconds. he must really have some STRONG lungs man man.... then, james asked us whether we were really gonna trust our future in a condom, which was made from the same material as the balloon which shaun burst. if balloon can burst, why cant condoms?...

after james, this cute guy called douglas took over. he explained the main reason why we should abstain/practice abstinence: IT WORKS EVERY TIME.

douglas explained that there were three ways to say no to peer pressure; by stating it, selling it, or moving it. there were three sketches to show how to say no to peer pressure. first up, group 7 (yuyang, shanice, khang ngee, sherman, richard, mervyn, shichun) showed how to 'sell it' when being pressured to start smoking

doug remarked that he never knew senior prefects smoked o.o

yep, mervyn and richard sold it to avoid the problem.. but the 'untamed animals' began fighting amongst themselves.. as usual.. haha

next up was group 1 (aaron, adeline, alex, alyssa, amanda, alistair, alvin) who showed how to 'state it' when being pressured watch PORN

yep, alistair's horny and wants a piece of the action.. but aaron says "no!! mommy say cannot watch!!..."

then their mommy alyssa comes and calls us dirty bad boys.. damn

next up was group 2 (andy, ashley, bernard, benji, caleb, eric) with how to 'move it'. they showed how u say no to some 'good fun when the parents aren't home' by restating the problem..

andy and her boyfriend bernard...

'ding dongggg uh'

andy wanted to 'get down and dirty' with all her male friends but they declined... and they diffused the situation by watching a movie.. wtf

we then played some weird pingpong-ball-blowing game

after that, we had some cut and paste activity.. before going off for lunch..

yup we needed to cut and paste him bk together.. wtf.

after lunch, charles was back for his second session and our last: marriage is important. i've been through exactly the same thing before so i was asleep for the best part of the talk, even though i was sitting right in front.. sorry charles..