Last November, when they first came to my place, they were keen to play a PS2 wrestling game. When I brought David to a shopping mall in Batu Pahat this January, his eyes were fixed at a professional wrestling match showed on the television screen in a shop for at least twenty minutes. In the swimming pool in February, they wrestled in the water! During the CCH 10th anniversary drama, they were most excited with the wrestling scene.
All these proved how much they loved wrestling, which had been allowed at CCH until last year after the new comer Joshua was injured and thus taken back by his mother who was worried about his safety. Despite countless warnings and punishments, the boys had been practising it behind the guardians.
This time, we two symbolic parents temporarily lifted the ban and let them hold an open wrestling competition with supervision as part of the "Feel At Home" programme we had promised early this year. The boys immediately shifted all the mattresses from their rooms to downstairs and piled them on the floor to serve as the mat.
Joseph who was back from Montfort Youth Centre for one-week holiday volunteered to be the referee. There began series of the familiar actions that the boys had learned from the wrestling shows on television, namely pinning the opponent's shoulders to the mat,
incapacitating the opponent,
forcing the opponent to submit, etc.
Before each match, Albert and I selected our respective wrestler and sent them to the ring. As a valet, my "man" often emerged triumphant.
I also picked Joseph to fight. He did not disappoint me by conquering his opponent. Therefore, I had the honour to pose with him while he was holding his trophy belt.
Albert had chosen Isaac, the most impressive in size, and had won in the first match.
When he noted that his following appointed wrestlers were not as strong as mine, the manager with the big buttock suddenly entered the arena,
jumped onto his own "man" Daniel to "finish him off"
and grabbed the victory illegitimately.
Later, John participated in the hand-to-hand combat as well to oppose Isaac.
Despite his tiny frame, he was able to resist Isaac's weight and attacks for a long time.
Lastly, all the boys joined the ring to have a group wrestling.
Even though we did not go out from the Home at all that afternoon, none of the boys felt bored. They had so much fun with the wrestling that they did not even think of requesting to watch a movie on DVD.
Had there been any walk-in visitors, they would surely have been wondering what kind of godly programme we two volunteers were running at CCH...
Don't worry, this was only once in a blue moon.
1 comment:
Don't Try this home,school and etc.
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