Dare You to Move - by Switchfoot.

FT has his Bad Day by Daniel Powter to cheer himself up on bad days. That song only makes me sadder.

Here goes mine:

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone’s here
Everyone’s here
Everybody’s watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next
What happens next

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
Tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before

I dare you to rise above mediocrity. I dare you to move.

Man, no more slacking. Complete all the necessary case recordings.

Tasks to be completed:
1. Case recording for session #1 with food rations client - by Tues
- Call her up to follow-up, if found job and no need anymore food rations, close case.

2. Case recording for session #1 with 10 kids client - by Mon
- Note down all details about children.
- Call her to arrange for session #2 and remind her to bring all bills.

3. Report for SReP client - by Wed
- Call her to collect vouchers and get children's details.
- Complete the report!

4. Prepare for Tues 230pm case. Check out Minds and APSN.

5. Call up the parent. Why didnt she turn up?? Perhaps her own issues are not as important to her right now as her children's education. Motivational interviewing (Rollnick, M., 2002) would suggest we find out her level of confidence, readiness and how important change is to her. Perhaps for her, she is willing (importance) and able (confidence) to change, but not ready to do so.

6. Churn out minutes.. of which I didn't understand much of.. oops.

Anyway, welcome to an exciting week ahead!

Recap of last week:
I was glad that the SReP client made so much effort to improve her situation. I see that she has sacrificed alot. But, in saying that by terminating SReP assistance, we're empowering her, I feel like a liar. She works as a karaoke hostess to make ends meet - how empowering is that. It's like releasing her to a patriarchal society where how much she earns depends on how many men she pleases. But, having said that, I also realise she has got human agency to make her choice and a choice to say 'NO'. It must have been such a struggle for her to go back. Remember I chided myself for asking client if she'd go back to this line and she asked who would want to. But if this human dignity is not a concern for her now, then I can only end here. If there's room to work further, an area that can be explored includes picking up a new skill.

Last session of groupwork was a lil' messy. Better planning would definitely help.

NowI kinda like the younger kids! Those primary 3s. I realised I really enjoyed myself the day I went there to help out when Sammi wasn't around. Those primary ones are so cute!! Especially the boys! They're gonna be gorgeous hunks next time.

"What's 3 x 6?" And all they do is giggle back at you.

There was this day WP and I met 2 of the primary one boys on our way home, they just kept waving and waving to us. My heart melted. I'll take pictures with them before I leave!