Today i had my counseling role play assignment. It was a group thing, which 3 persons in a group. Each of us need to rotate the position of client, counselor, and observer. Obviously, client and counselor will be interacting, while observer needs to observe and jot down counselor’s use of skills.

This will be carry out in the therapy room of Center of Psychology, which our lecturer had reserved for our assignment purpose. We will be videotape and audio record through the Circuit Closed Television to let us review when doing the report.

When it was my turn to be the counselor, i started off quite smoothly. In the middle of the conversation, i tend to became nervous as the client did not really talk much. I need to brainstorming immediately on the spot to respond to my client. It was quite hard. But i also got to see my strengths, which i well-used stem sentences, check-out, paraphrasing and summarizing. However, my weaknesses would be unable to set future expectations for the clients and cannot really respond appropriately to some situations that client eventually need me to talk.

It was a great experience. At least we knew and understand it is tough thing to do to listen to others’ problems and help them in it.

~After the session, me and Hilary took a picture as memory. But Yen at outside, so unable to take a group photo of 3 of us.

Tonight i went to a Buddhist religion festival, which is just located nearby my house. It will continuously held for 9 days. Upon this festival, there will be many vegetarian food stalls, pearl milk tea and beverage stalls, clothes and accessories stalls, free captive birds, fortune teller, and many commercialize stalls. 

I had a vegetarian curry pan mee and a peach pearl milk tea; my boyfriend had a kuey tiew mee soup and a cup of chrysanthemum.

What caught my eyes in this festival, almost every year, is the clay figurine. They come in varied shape and design. But the price is not cheap too.

I got one for myself just now.

~Is the Zhubajie from Journey to the West!

~My bibi trying to imitate Zhubajie??!!? I also don’t know. Ha-ha!

 ~Is me! Holding my Zhubajie!

This Zhubajie costs RM13!!! Never mind lah, once a while ma…. (lah & ma are the common Malaysian’s English!!)

I tried to get Hello Kitty clay figurine, but no single stalls know how to do Hello Kitty. It means our Hello Kitty really need license from Sanrio to process! Ha-ha!