Behind the Stories

Yesterday, i heard from my new colleague who meeting at HQ level
she told me that management level do not understand WHY my unit (counselling and psychology unit) is doing this story telling project. The management level, the authority does not knowing WHY this should be implement as already 3 type of project being done, similary previously.
1. The Training of Trainers for Story Telling in December 2009
2. Story Telling competition among the children
3. The reading story activities

I asked my superior, my unit head in HQ, was it true? She was telling me yes, the management level did not know what's the difference concept and how it's work. she don't even know that there is such a nice puppet stage there, untill the project had been carried out.

I think i am upsad, i may exegerate a little bit about this responses.
but most important thing is, the management level do not understand about the concept and thought this is wasteless...it's a repeated things, and not workable. After telling my ALS members yesterday online discussion before Alex came
i am so unsatisfy, and try to type a post in FB
How Storrytelling Work in Therapeutic Way

aish....i should tag the particular person and let him read a little bit....
haha, it's my own good and manner way to let the specific group understand about this storytelling concept
i feel that i need to explain and tell

Melinda email me
she give me some ideas, and i started to perceived things in different aspects
maybe i need to learn and expand my write up skill in a good way
make it BLACK and WHITE, clear with aims, goals, objective, and / or expected outcomes for this result, the report should include videol, audio, or storyline was used.....etc
haiya...never ending paper work
seeing so much paperwork, my head start to "pening-pening" and got a lot of start coming out

i will see how can i do.
as i had attended Solution Focus Brief Counselling Therapy
i start to look at the problem as possible solution.
it's will work, and things will change.
this is the power of Positive Thinking, and the secrects will come along.........
Hurray........

feeling better now....

11.6.2010: first story telling project experience

sometimes, things x turning like what we expected
the story telling project start on 9.00 am, doing a simple exercise which is telling name and tell a favourite character/ story...then asked to sound it or act it...
then, follow by a simple movie clip on local story, Sang Kancil & Si Buaya
after that, the multimedia presentation was used to sing a song....song to sing along

9.30 am: ONE STOTY I KNOW
children sit in round and they told a story they know in their life
the children was in 11-12 years old, 25 of them
they start to tell what story they have, or in their mind
there is a dominat child, who love to control over the mike and sing song, telling story about "mat rempit", ghost, little ghost, and also love to link to his friends
the only complete story they know is Sang Harimau was get trapped, help by Si Tikus, Cinderella, Snow White

the time is earlier, is 10.10am
the children can't tell any story... ... they are too shy i guess
then i take over it.

i start to tell a story A MAN WHO HAD A DREAM
when i start to tell story, all of them seems quiet, the eyes full of expectation, and surprisingly, they can focus with me and what i say they can answer and give prompt feedback.

10.30am- break time

i stop the story, then i tell the children, if they wish to know what happends to the man in mosfortune journey next, come back earlier...they do
11.00am - story continue
11.15am - playing games in group.

SIMON SAY:- let them have moved around and play...
continue with another games
12.00pm: continue with my show again: i become the story teller again
i tell the story taffy and the magic bandage
i really used the plaster to seal the mouth of each child...then when the part, Taffy swim across the pool, i also asked the children do the same. at the end, when Tafft able to recognized the lie and the truth, and tear off the plaster from mouth, i also asked the children do the same.
just: this is the moment too much challenge come in, most of the child sleep on the floor, some of them keep running around, and shouting...and even small fight. (sigh~~~)

when the story i tell finished, my team members get over the mike 
each of them rotate continue to tell story :)

i take rest... and prepared the puppet stage
suprisingly, in this children home, there is a puppet stage, u know?
it's a nice one... i didn't know that...until i had initial and run this project...














hmm... lunch break, the puppet show start, it's only work for 15 minutes...
the children was invited to do the puppet show if they want too
they are too shy, then i let them stop here...
i used music to play a game call "orchestra music conductor"
each of the child need to close his/her eyes and conduct the music accodingly
then,  follow my final plan, the Alligator and Mary, the chicken in dark mode, with candle light
i find the children likes the dark environment and they really enjoy the candle from the glasses. hmmm... the challenge is they never stop quarrel and fight to own the small light

the alligator and mary cant be friend, they fight with each other. the worst scenario is the alligator slap and puch the head of the boy who role play as the chicken, and the boy return with great fight.
they said they never become friends...
i stop this activities, and then continue with big group activity

sing a song together, and watch the favorite show of them. Upin and Ipin.
closure...

before doing the closure, a small briefing about the project, the purpose, and hope the participants to enjoy...

well it's tough
but at least.. done.

storytelling project in children Home

actually i find a little bit uneasy at first
my workplace put whole burden on me and count on me to conduct a storytelling project in a home in this school holiday
suppose, i am not the one who do the write up for proposal
and till last minute
the person who do the write up just pass to me and "dissapear"
meaning the person who did the job are away, and let me to continue with the work...
time was given only not more thant 7 days
i am panic actually

i remember, when i am online fews day ago,
i had meet with Pris, and asked some of the questions
generate ideas from her, what can i do ( i already foresee i am going to lead this show, take the whole responsibility)
yesterday, when i am in the workshop with solution focused based counselling, my superior call and tell me to lead this. (my feeling is true)

then... how r???
i gotta do it no matter how....
what i am afraid is, my teamate in my workplace are unable to catch up the concept of story telling and not as energetic as my ALS members who is so lovely and willing to contribute.

it's a fear, a deep tension in myself
i practice relaxation breathing, in and out, to let myself cool down.
figure out, WHAT can i DO now...
How to Use Limited resource to make the story telling allive
and WHAT is the message i will need to bring to the target group?

and one things make me concern is, my company running out of budget, i am not sure whether there will be any funds allocate in this project?? hmm... i start to make a thought of that.

the tentative program i planned as below

8.00 am: registration
8.30 am: One story i KNOW
10.00 am: Break/tea
10.30 am: Live Puppet show
11.30 am:
1.00 noon: rest/lunch
2.30 noon: the story of alligator/in black and light up candle
4.30 petang review/closing down/goodbye

8.30 am slot: The One Story I Know activities
i plan to asked all the child sit in a circle, then each child to tell a story told to them that they can remember by someone, by granmother/father, (nenek ka) or whoever....
this is useful to access children's level... (as discussed with priscila on SKYPE)

then after that maybe can go no-directive way in group/pair
( i afraid this activity need facilitator to guide the child, and most of the facilitator are not knowing what is storytelling about.......)
Priscilla also mentioned to me before: if the children r shy, then both can do a story together in a majong sheet. taking turns to draw...

i will see how, if One Story I Know activity take not longer time, then i shall just go into live puppet show with stage. if yes, i shall let the story finished then make some adjustment


11.00 am slot:
i am thinking of using the story: Taffy and the Invisible Magic Bandage by Nanvy
this is because many of them had a lot of secrect which can't tell some time
and i would like to use this story telling as a generalizer - make this as commom things, secrect need to tell, so hurt can be lesser

2.30 pm slot:  The story of alligator
i planned to used the story which i went for a workshop on storytelling "Power of the tale" conducted by Jo Kukathas on 14th December 2009
it's a one man show.... i will be the person who control the show....


haiz/// so, now, i am less worried
as i had some plan, a big picture to go.....
just i need to let my teamate understand about it

hmm...i pray hard, so that everything goes smoothly

puppet show.....

Thank you Pris for upload in Youtube.



i am sorry be late to put this up.
hope you all enjoy watching this show :)

pot luck gathering

today is our "femine" pot luck day. held at pris house, yeah... as u can see... this is phaik nee and her little princess, "karen"?
CuTe?? ya.. i agree... it's greeny and look so charm！

finally, today i am able to complete my puppet show.
Phaik Nee too

i am glad that i am able to get it done! so, alex, i am really sorry for delaying my puppet show, due to time limitation, and i am glad that finally get it done.

for the show, behind the screen, have to thanks to
my director - Phaik Nee,
camera shooter - Pris
stage decorater - Melinda
the IT controller Seok Binn

wow... with the help, i get it done 1 shoot...
too good.

i am so happy that able to go to pris house for the small gathering
i feel that it's really bring our relationship to another level...
the familiarity, the understanding and also the sharing had make us more deeper

unluckly, unable to start our story on the group work...
for sure, we will work again for the group work.
now i can really turn down, to focus on the group work

my hand, really pain... as holding too long for the puppet.. ...
it's not easy, but it's really fun
we all play and laugh together...

hahaha...

closing down....

receiving alex email on 1st september, he had been to our blogs to look at the summary evidence of learning from the past couple of weeks and the activities engaged in,

At the end of the this module, the participant will be able to ·

• Develop an increasing an awareness of the therapeutic potential in creating, telling and listening of stories·
• Begin to consider the therapeutic use metaphors and symbols within the narrative of the story·
• Consider how stories could help in the assessment, identification and evaluation of therapeutic progress of actual and potential issues, underlying problems and needs of client(s)·
• Utilise facilitative skills to effectively engage clients to tell their ‘stories’ and in helping healing stories to be heard.

ya, i think i learn greatly, about story. i remember when i was a child, i love to read story and trying to imagine how it would be is i am the hero/heroin?

in this journey for TUOS, i learn how to look at my insight, my value, and my belief that would produce/process the story for my client. in thisstory, i really learn how to make a story for my own, and try to used the 7 step and 6-part- story telling method to tell a story.

it is very useful

Tanya, The Legend of Dragonville, actually help me to process my unconscious, and up bringing myself, i am aware, i am knowing, and i am be mindful of thoughts, action, and of course emotion.

never the less, it is great that to journey with such great members, especially Pris, Melinda, Seok Binn, Phaik Nee and Cheng. such a wonderful journey... ...

Open publication - Free publishing - More story telling

for the story, i had used it in a talk with my youth group
spending time with parents, and thinking of their parents when they are commit in any activities...
i am not sure how the impact will be for them
but, i hope they will think, and process about this... as someday, they might become adult.... and go through the process again.... :)

trying to make myself be a story teller.

Review,Reflec, Revise

THERAPEUTIC USE OF STORY TELLING MODULE really a big challenge for me! I like story, i like to write about my own story, experience, and i used to kept my personal diary since secondary school, and i still practice it. Now i got a lot of diary book, all recording my past, the history of yesterday!

In this challenge, i choose to be here, stay in where i work now, where i be now. previously, i do not think of being in this job position, but there is always a reason behind, WHY people choose to be in this, make sense isn't it? people always have their own reason for what they are doing.

in the 6 part story, the shadow, i picked the mountain, 2nd card.
actually i am quite blur, that time, as i am rushing back from other place.

i do not know what to say " and i say
"The lake dragon was surrounding by the most harmony mountain, and this mountain was used to be as the GOD of TATA, the god of mountain protect the harmony land which the ladies stayed, and it also kept an eye on the black dragon."

Alex feedback, NO, it is about the task! the first card is the main character, then, the 2nd card should be the task, the duty, what the main character need to do?
o... i really do not know what to say, my mind is blank.... and Alex keep asked what is the main character doing? with the card??

so, i need to quickly crack my head and think of a sentence..
"The girl was the guardian of the black dragon. the ladies need to sing in the lake everyday as the villagers believed if she did not do so, it would bring disaster to the village. Only her sweet voice need to sung every evening to comfort the dragon."

the mountain actually had been appear in my personal sandplay
this time, the mountain come again! would be a co-inciddent?
or it is just my personal collective unconscious?
What is the "mountain" for me? How is the "mountain" related to my shadow? Who is be with the mountain? Where is the "mountain" of mine, and How the "mountain: significant to myself? what is inside the mountain? where is the mountain? is there anything interesting?

notes J.C. Cooper,Mountains "are associated with sun, rain and thunder gods and, in early traditions of the feminine godhead, the mountain was the earth and female, with the sky, clouds, thunder and lightning as the fecundating male."

wider imagery of the story, the setting that contains the potential "energy seeds" - dragon - is in the water - lake not in the mountains. If the protagonist is a female (feminine) in the first card, she is looking towards the valley - water/lake (feminine) and not upwards towards the mountain.So the task that is being communicated by the unconscious if it is spiritual, the answer may lies in the water"

i am wondering too... what is this about my mountain, the lake (water) and the dragon..... lies in the water
trying to search to look deep inside... to read it, to understand, to analyze, to intepret ... ...

from the Psychological Meaning:
Mountains represent the lofty, planes of consciousness. It is the realm of the ‘higher self’, the part of you that has higher, transcendent knowledge. If i am dreaming of being at the top of a mountain may show how you now feel that you have risen above the common routines of life and achieved something with spiritual meaning. Conversely, it may show your desire to do this. Mountains can also indicate that you are in touch with or thinking about the higher dimensions of reality. In particular you may be thinking in a positive way about death and the afterlife. On a more mundane level, climbing a mountain may symbolise your sense of achievement and the arduous effort needed for a long-term undertaking. You are on the slippery slopes to success and have the self-determination to reach the summit.
http://www.dreamsleep.net/mountain-dream.html

hmm.. does it make sense to me? this is really co-incident again? when we are doing the group reflection, Pris keep us hurry, faster, doing the reflection, as the group need to do the intepretation of the story we create.

i say" I think if looking down from the top of the mountain must be very nice scene. perfect... but, thinking of climbing up the hill, actually make me fear"

what is the fear? as pris asked me to look at the fear, what's the fear is like, actually i am scared of myself!
surprisingly, i have the fear that i afraid i am not able to cope the challenge, the cppd challenge, i can hear my inner self shivering , how do i going to climb up to the top of the mountain? the achievement, the acknowledgment to myself, the place of the dream.... which seeker, thirst for it.... ....i think, i do not want to stay at the bottom of the mountain, i want to reach at the top of the mountain... it's seem i am not satify with what i have now only, the learning is so much... so many things to learn.... maybe there is another mountain again?? but this is the journey.... no rushing...at least i try to go up, and have the different view... walk down to mountain actually is another fear too... slow slow lah... when i am able to walk, i will walk.... walk untill the day can't walk lor...

maybe, i am thinking of upgrading my skill, my knowledge, my profession, to another level,
and i am like a seeker... searching for calmness, meaning, achievement, the soul....... looking for another one of ME!

it make sense???

i am wondering too...
my mountain, the lake (water) and the dragon..... lies in the water