Power of the tale - storytelling training & workshop

Oh no, I have already neglected this stories telling blog for so long..... got no inspiration to write stories-lah. Anyway, Pris, Binn, X10 and I went for a workshop on storytelling "Power of the tale" conducted by Jo Kukathas a well known theatre actress.

It was totally different from what Alex taught us, but it is fun and our group absorb very fast because of the foundation which was build up during Alex’s TUOS.
We have been given 2 stories to read before we attend the 3days workshop,
Story 1: The ruined Man who Became Rich Again through a Dream
Story 2: The Three Apples from the 1001 Nights
On the 3rd day, we need to do a group presentation on a story that we invented,here is our story.

LONG JUMP COMPETION



There is a place in the deep-deep jungle called Ting Tong Jungle. Where everything is so beautiful, serene and peaceful, there lives a proud grasshopper by the name of Grasso, who always thinks that he is the greatest in the insects’ kingdom.




One day while he was jumping from branch to branch, suddenly he saw a small green worm from a far. “Hi, wormy what are you doing there?” When the caterpillar heard that he replies, “I am not a wormy but I am Cater the caterpillar”.

“A worm is a worm, you moves so slow and not like me, I can fly and jump very
high”. If you do not believe me, let’s have a long jump competition to see who has the greatest strength and fastest. During that time, there are a lot of others insects around, like the spiders, ants (ask the audience to input more) and all of them shouted competition, competition, competition.


The grasshopper stands up tall and reply, “Yes, yes why not, I will not lose anything in this, I bet I will win”.


Beside the caterpillar, is his friend Snally a snail, who said to him, “Cater, I think you should accept the challenge”,
but reply Cater “But-but Snally, I am sure to lose I can only crawls while Grasso fly and jump.
“Be confident on yourself, there is every possibility that you can wins”.
After hearing the moral support from his friends, Cater reluctantly accepted the challenge.

On the competition day, every insect were very excited and turn up early. Grasso was the 1st to arrive and they waited, waited and waited for Cater to turn up.
At last, Cater arrived and his supporters cheered "Hip-hip hurrah, here comes Cater".
Both of them get ready at the starting line, “Bang-bang” Grasso rushed off, leaving Cater crawl slowly from behind.

Have way through the journey Grasso looked back and know that Cater is far far away. Grasso said to him, “There I told everybody, I am the fastest see what happened?. Hiyah, I still have time let me have my meals 1st” hopped to a branch and chew on the leave. The after a full and satisfied meal he stretched and felt asleep.



Meanwhile something unexpected has happened to Cater, he has become a cocoon. "Oh no", thought Cater, "I will infact lose the race".













That evening, Cater came out from the cocoon in the form of a beautiful butterfly, and without delay he quickly flied towards the finish line, thinking that he will be the last to arrived.

But halfway through he saw Grasso sleeping on a branch and he shouted to Grasso “Hei, Grasso wake up we have not finish the race, yet"
Grasso got startled and woke up, he try to jump and fly as far as he can but it was to late, Cater reached the finished line 1st, Grasso lost the competition and Cater is the WINNER.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Do not be selfish like Grasso,
Be confident of yourself like Cater
Each one of us has a special capability and
always belief that there is every possibility something wonderful will happen.

Therapeutic of Stories Telling Finale and Pot-Luck

Sorry for being late in posting up this video that was done on Saturday 5th.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrtFVtAs-yg


We have actually planned that we will do some discussion of the TOUG assignement during our 'Potluck', but we were so concerned that X10 and Phaik Nie puppet show were not done yet. Therefore Priscilla offered to video tape it for them and we all joined in to help on the production, and it was like doing a screenshot in a studio set. We have so much laughter and fun. I saluted to Phaik Nie, one hand needed to make the puppet movement and the other hand needed to calm her princess.

X10 chosen the monkey puppet, and when she moved it in her story it was so alive. I could not believe it that Priscilla got it from a recycle bin, who in a right mind will want to throw it away. Oh Mine....

Cheng was unabled to join us, because she had sessions at BOLD, but I send her something she will likes at my movie below. Hope that she will like it... Hahaha.

Sorry girls, I can't find any beehoon pictures, I only found noodles, hope you'll done mind. Hehehehe...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6iyUO0qJiw

Answers to Questions from the Begining.

Anwers to the questions posted from the Begining of the Modules.
Therapeutic use of Stories to facilitate Healing & Growth

Questions:

1. Is the stories done by the therapist and reads to the child?

Not always, sometime it can be done by the client himself/herself, but most of the time is done by the therapist/caregiver because sometimes children has too painful or too difficult feelings bottled up inside which they are unable to process and digest these troubled feelings all by themselves. The therapist needs to be an empathic helper who can offer them a listening ear and be understanding. The therapist also needs extra effort to imagine in how the child think and see things, in another words to be in the child’s shoe to look at things. When the therapist helped the child to think about what happened and also all the troubled feelings through the story created, it can help prevent these negative feelings building up entangled mess inside the child.


2. What do I want to learn from Therapeutic use of Stories?

In TUOS I have learned:
• Using a skeleton stories Alex provide to do a complete story using 6PSM and taped it up using Audacity
• Using the story narration in Audacity to do a puppet show
• Using pictures provide together with 6PSM and do a story together with my ACL members.
• How to do personal reflection using the story pictures.
• How to do a storybook with the help of my ACL members.

3. How can we blend both stories telling and Small World Play?

Through story and play or imagination some children are able to say what they are feeling. Children are not good at answering a direct question, like are you hurt? How are you feeling, are you disappointed or frustrated? Therefore, they cannot reach out to the therapist using vocabulary to express out their feeling of hurt, sad, scare and etc. If this is the way, then how can the parents, caregivers or the therapist are able to give the children their empathy. When this happened then Small World Play provides a platform where the child can tell out his/her story, using the figurines and objects. In here, the therapist will be able to reflect on the story put up by the child.

My reflection on TOUS

In this challenging world that I am living, I saw a lot of suffering especially the children which was born that way or circumstances put them that way. I felt that I need to put a lof of effort together with others to heal and provide comfort for them.

But firstly before I can go to the maximum to provide them with this greatness effort, I myself need to get in touch with the shadow.

Many times, I thought maybe something happened to me that make my unconsciousness overpowering the shadow or repressed it deep in me (like the dragon deep in the lake). Until I recently read from a blog (http//group gaia.com – Robert Augustus) He mentioned that another kind of shadow can be emergent capacities (which was new and undeveloped) that we have not yet owned and inhabited. Hmmm... make sense, maybe....

I really want to help the children but I thought that I do not have the knowledge or the power to do so. I am stuck being as I project myself to be ‘lower self’ than what I’m really supposed to be. I am functioning in my old ways – comfortable, monotonous, contented, and fixed self, unable to responsibly integrate and incarnate my highest potentials and awareness.

Now, my mission to recognise this shadow that hold on to this low or primitive aspects of the psyche.
 To be aware of that possibility
 To cast or put aside that this exist and operating in me
 To find the clarity and most of all the courage
 To choose to live in my highest capacities.

When Alex said that the 6PSM actually tells a lot of our shadow. Oh my.. the 1st instant POP UP in my mind.
Shadow = Dark side = something evil, deceitful, bad, harmful and etc. cold and I know it is not TRUE. Why put it into a DARK SHADOW where I have the power and capacity to put it instead to A GOLDEN SHADOW

My own formula: GOLDEN SHADOW = something warm, kind and creative

The shadow is always at the losing side, always unaware push or put away by our own unconscious because it has been considered as a threatening to the integrity of our perceives self.

So, beware and move aside, I am waking up my GOLDEN DRAGON.

ISSUU

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ISSUU provides platform and service for people to publish their books, magazine, journal and etc online. I think that it is a very useful site for us, especially when we need to do storybook.

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X10 has created a CPPD programme group for us, just click the link and join.

Have fun.

Online discussion on Friday 22, 2009

We are all so excited into doing the storybook and myself felt that I am so eager to transform our storybook into a real version. Just imagine a real co-writer/author which I have dreamed of so many times to put my imaginary into words then story. Most of all I really need to thank Alex for giving me this opportunity to take my 1st step into storywriting. Hopefully I will be able to continue and expand from here.

After everyone input of idea on what to put into this storybook, we detoured to our report which Alex wanted us to reflect on our group using this 6PSM pictures. I tell you I have a blank mind at 1st, even X10 with alots of experience in this sector keep on saying, headache-headache. However, with 'Tai Kai Chei' (Pris) on board everything can, she took us round the maze one-by-one. Without feeling dissapointed everytime she asked why no response from me and in her she knew that I did not get it, but she keep on going, until POP there it is - in front of me. One by one it falls into place, then I keep on pouring out my reflection on the 6PSM pictures.

Picture 1 - The Lady
Why is the water so milky and dirty, what is underneath there, something harmful ? Anything anytime danger is going to jump up at me? Better don't go near...

I have already get more of the learning from the CPPD'09 modules. Armed with these resources, I will need to use these on the children. Can I do it, is the way clear for me to walk? The fear is still in me whether will it be successful, will I able to juggle with my busy schedule, my job, my family, my center and etc. To be able to recognize; "What will be the worst thing if it happen?" Be able and ready to face the worst thing that will happen. Be courageous to take this up. I know there are a lot of "rescuers" and they will not let me drown. I will stay focus and positive.

Picture 2 - The Mountain
The Mountain is so huge and I am so small, if I am to climb up can I manage to go up. It is so beautiful from here. How to make it. Fear of whether can reach to the other side and up the top.

Firstly I need to cross this wide river, upon reaching the shore I will make small steps to the foot of the mountain and find the trail that others have taken. I will use the trail provide and make small steps one by one, climb slowly toward the top. Reflects on my mission to 'heal the children' even it will take many many years but I will be patience and positive and no rush job.

Picture 3 - The Witch
Can the witch be the uncontrolled environment that hinder me from taking the 1st step.
The witch will be saying, that "Hey, why wake up the shadow, you can go on without it. It has been so for so long, why want to disturb the schedule." I need to stop the witch, that is my fear, acknowledge it and be able to accept my small progress through out the course.

Picture 4 - The Waterfall
Here is so peaceful, the water is so clear compared to the lake. Bright flowers everywhere, I feel so calm, relax and in peace, the sound of water is so pleasing.
Can it be the sweet success that I looking for? Must be with bright and colourful future.

Picture 5 - The Unicorn
Unicorn, my savior, my hero, my prince, save me and my day. Brings me joy, peace and love.

Can it be my SET MEMBERS who disguised as unicorns be my savior, my hero - lead, save and rescue me. And will always be there for me.

Picture 6 - Gaia
Why is the girl not smiling? Even though everything is so colorful, she seem not to be happy where everything is at peaceful, why? Is the duty of holding the globe too heavy?

The duty of 'Healing the children' will be very heavy but the action is worthwhile, in the end I know I help the children, and if I heal 1 child when he/she grow-up and he/she is able to follow my foot step in heal others and in the end the world will be a better place to live in.

It takes deep courage to face my shadow, it will not be small feat to integrate it. I do not know how difficult the process can be or how I feel down the road, but inorder to get the best part of me I need to do it.

Even my 'home-minister' always commented "You have everything deep inside you but how to lure it out it always make me so helpless, sometimes you are too humble and downgraded yourself." Maybe this is the moment and time to break the gate.

The Legend of Dragonville - 2nd Edition

The Legend of Dragonville

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Dear set-members, so sorry to inform you all that the 1st version I have Seok Bin's name minus an 'n' therefore need to do once again into this 2nd version. Minta maaf. Thousand apology.

Open publication - Free publishing - More trusting

http://issuu.com/Meliho/docs/the_legend_of_dragonville_white_lady_and_dragon

The Legend of Dragonville

The Legend of Dragonville

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I have been searching for this respository for many months, especially during the time that we are doing the SWP cookbook. It has been in my mind since then, and I always wondered "How can an author publish his books for easy reference in the internet" and I have found some but the fee is very expensive, and I need one FOC.

Here it is, the link will take you to my ISSUU website where I have store our storybook and in the form of PAGE TURNER PDF. You can also join in to this website, so that you can publish your storybook in future.

Thanking the weather is good, where there is no Fog as thick as Soup to blind my way to find ISSUU. Hehehe. Enjoy yourself. Hope you like it.

Open publication - Free publishing - More trusting

http://issuu.com/Meliho/docs/the_legend_of_dragonville_white_lady_and_dragon

My Intrepretation of Witch - Good or Bad

When we were doing our 6PSM, I happened to pick up the above card for Obstacles in the main character, which was a Witch and after that I told out my story smoothly and uncousiously without me having to dig in my 'thinking tank'. After we came to the end of the story, Alex mentioned that this story really reflected each one of us, it really scared me to pieces, according to my personal dictionary a Wicked Witch is a Destroyer and it will of course build up every obstacle to hinder the progress. Where is the goodness? Am I the reflection of the Wicked Witch, Bad?

I even try very hard to trick Pricilla, Cheng and also X10 to do the reflection on the Witch. Hehehehe. But anyway, they give me a 'roundabout turn', so I turn to my last resort, our Sifu-loh. I sent him a short email and the reply he gave me was a full A4 page. I read a few times until I understand and he also send me this link to view differently about witches (http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art36823.asp.

I have been brought up in a cultural society, where good is good and bad is bad, never have I see what lie beyong the BAD. I read story books and watch movies where almost every resources protrayed the witch to be bad, and as a result negatively implanted into me.

"At the Forbidden Mountain, there lives a wicked witch who wants the black dragon to wake up from it sleep to create a havoc to the town. So, every given opportunity she will try to stop the sweet generous lady from coming and sing her song. At one time, she make a thunderstorm so bad that the lady can hardly see the way to the lake."


Either Bad or good, a Witch is a very powerful personal, who always trys every means to gain knowledge, and also spell of control.

My reflection:

I am like a seeker who are looking for something that will improve my life and also the life of the unfortunate in someway, but I may not realize that it is already inside me. In this quest, I have already embrace learning and received the knowledge, from the resources in the form of CPPD courses (Forbidden Moutain) and already have my own power to help those unfortunate to better the society so that they will be able to fend and improve themselves. But firstly, I needs to unleash and disrobe my 'unknown force' which is inner strength (wake up the black dragon) which I have unconsciously (the lake) try to block it from coming out so that it will not disturb my present contented, comfortable and monotonous life like (at the present moment, as beautiful, innocent, young, tranquil, perfect undifferentiated state as represented by the 'woman')

Once upon a time, in Dragonville there was a beautiful lady by the name of Saber stayed near to Lake Dragon. She was as pretty as a snow princess, as sweet as the honey and not to forget as generous as a king. Saber came from the descendant of the white witch ancestors,who keep peace to the world. In deep of the lake, there laid Black Dragon who was put into a deep sleeping spell by Saber's anscestor.




Lake Dragon was surrounded by the most harmonious mountain which was created and nurtured by GOD of TATA who is also called GOD of Protection. Besides, protecting the mountain and the land where Saber stayed, he also kept an eye to the spell casted on the Black Dragon from being broken whereby disaster will be fallen to the land. Saber, has taken over from her ancestor as a Guardian of the Black Dragon. Each evening without failed, she have to sing a song to the Black Dragon inorder to comfort it and continued sleeping. According to the village legend, if she happen to fail, then bad disaster will falls to their village.




On top of the Forbidden Mountain, there lived Sodor who is a very wicked witch and also the nemesis to GOD Tata and Saber, who wanted the Black Dragon to wake-up from it deep sleep to create a havoc to the village. So, in every given opportunity she will try to stop Saber from coming and sing her song. At one time, she made a thunderstorm so bad that Saber can hardly see the way to the lakeside.




But Saber was very smart, she follows the sound of the waterfall and then the stream which will lead her to the direction of the lake.




Sodor the wicked witch, tried her migthy power to stop Saber from following the sound of the waterfall and the stream. She then created a delusion of another waterfall inorder to distract Saber, and instead of going towards the lakeside, she sent her to the direction of the mountain, her lair.

(Seeing what has happened, GOD Tata quickly send his helper, the Unicorn who appeared mysteriously in the middle of Saber pathway and stopped her from going further. The Unicorn then carried Saber on it's back and flew her out of danger and back to the lakeside. When Saber reached there she saw the water of the lake was unrest, and without wasting anytime she quickly sing her song.)




Saber felt relieved that she was in time, and able to save the day, by continuing spreading her love and care to the Black Dragon, who after hearing Saber melodious voice decided not to emerge from the lake and instead went back to sleep again.

Day by day, Saber continued her duty assigned to her by singing to the Black Dragon and this give peace to the world. She also send out her dove not only to spread her love to the people, but also to be her watchful eyes, to warn her before hand if the Sodor the wicked witch decides to attack again. The End.

The moral of the story:
When comes the moment of desperation and lost, one always must have faith and hope for solution (Unicorn) to bring her/him to the correct direction.

My reflection on myself, on card no. 4. the Witch
The fear in me that I do not have enough confident on whatever I am doing now, I am in a way, scared what if I did not do enough to help the helpless? Instead of helping them, I created a havoc that can make them worst?

THE RUNAWAY STARLIT

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THE RUNAWAY STARLIT

My Character - Papa Spike, Mama Emma, Self-Starlit, sister Snowangel, Hamster Chico.

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In the forest of Wonder-wonder, there lives a bear family; there is Papa Spike, Mama Emma and little Starlit. Starlit was loved and pampered by both her parents; they treated her like a princess. Starlit has everything, like pretty dresses, many wonderful toys, beautiful bedroom painted with lovely rainbow colours, and even Papa Spike made for her a big soft bed by himself. Under the guidance ship and the shower love by the parents, she is very loveable, kind, considerate and humble, but it all changes after the addition member in the bear family.

After the birth of her little sister bear Snowangel, she is forced to share everything that she had with her. Her parents spend less time with her because of the demanding up bring of the Snowangel. Even now Starlit needs to do house chores and also to help to take care of her little sister when her parent is not free. When she refused to share thing especially the toys with Snowangel, Papa Spike and Mama Emma will scolded her and asked her not to be so selfish, and this made her feels sad and neglected and also that her parents no longer loved her. She also becomes bad temper and uncaring towards her sister due to her jealousy.

One day, while she was playing with her favourite doll Coco which her mother had made for her when she is still very small, her sister Snowangel came by and said to her, "Starlit I want Coco, I want to play with the Coco", and Starlit replied "No, Coco is my favourite doll, you are not to have it, go away and play with your own doll". After hearing that, Snowangel go running to mama bear, "Mama, mama, see Starlit do not let me play with her doll, she chased me away and scolded me she is so mean" and she wept. Mama Emma heard that and then called out for Starlit, and scolded her, “Starlit, how can you be so selfish and rude, I have said to you many times that all the toy in this house are to be shared by both of you, and that Snowangel is still small and you need to give in to her and not to scold her, do you understand”.

After being scolded by her mother, Starlit went into her room and cried, "Sob-sob, why should I need to share with my sister, don’t she has her own toys to play with, why must she take mine too. Nobody in this house listened to me and love me anymore, and I feels that I do not belong here anymore, why should I still stay here then, I might as well go from this house". She then planned to run away from home, tonight after everybody went to sleep and will go to Hamster Chico her new friend’s house. Chico and her family had just moved into the neighbourhood and become closed friend with Starlit.

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Chico lived with his parents and his six siblings at the bottom of an old big tree. She had told Chico everything that had happened and asked her whether is it ok if she stays in her house. Chico replied, “It is okay, you are always welcome to stay as long as you like.” When Starlit took the first step into Chico’s house, she was shocked, “Is this your house? It looked very different from my imagination but very interesting. By the way, where is the bedroom?” “ohhs….thanks Starlit come in, we will sleep together tonight.” Said Chico and pointing to a corner of the house. Chico’s family are not a well to do family, therefore they only a room tree house, which means that the room was used as the living room, dining as well as the bedroom.


In the room, 2 of Chico’s brothers are running around playing cowboy, 2 of the sisters are doing homework at the dining table, and 2 of the little ones are sleeping on the mat on the floor. “Where is your parents Chico?” Chico replied, “They are out finding foods, and I need to take care of my brothers and sisters, now you know why I can’t come and play with you when you invited me to your house, sorry ”. Suddenly, one of the sisters woke up and cried for milk, immediately, Chico run to the stove to prepare a bottle for her. Then one of the brothers who are playing cowboy fell down and crying aloud, and Chico quickly run to him and hugged him. Starlit can see the love that Chico have for her brothers and sister and felt ashamed of herself for not giving much love to Snowangel instead always find fault with her.

Chico’s parents are back during dinner time, and Chico helped her mother prepare the dinner with the food that they brought back from the forest. Dinner was served with simple food like fruits and vegetable, and this make Starlit long for her mother fresh bake muffin and honey too. After the dinner, Chico’s father said to Starlit, “You know you made your parents very worried about you without telling them where you are. Just now, I have send message to your parents that you are staying with us tonight. Tomorrow morning I will send you back, okay” Starlit nodded, infact she had already missed her family.

They slept on the floor that night which covers by only dry grasses and the floor which was hard and dirty, “Ouch, the dried grasses poke me, it was so uncomfortable and the floor is hard too, how I wish I am in my own room and in my soft bed”.
The next day, after thanking Chico and her family, Starlit started for home together with Chico’s father. When she saw her parents and Snowangel waiting anxiously on the porch. She then run towards them and hugged them, “Papa, Mama I am sorry” Her mother hugged her tightly, and cried, “Make sure you do not runaway anymore, you frighten me”.

Moral of the story, sometimes we do not treasure things that we have, until we have lost it.

Comments are needed here, to better myself. Big Thank You.

Drake the Proud and Lonely Prince - Puppet show

This puppet show, is my 2nd tried, the 1st time I asked my daughter to record the video from her handphone, it is not good because of the angle. But later on, she had suggested using her laptop webcam and it does work this time, the angle is good and the video is not shaky. But must warned you all, it is not that good, I am not very satisfied with my puppet's emotion. Well, I am learning, so cannot give myself too much pressure. Heheheh...

I made a theatre screen (with the help from my daughter) for my Twinkleforrest, the castle, the river, the forrest, the Forbidden Mountain, the rainbow stone shinning on top of the mountain and not to forget all my characters. Hope you enjoy it.

http://docs.google.com/File?id=dqpnvtv_86grsfk4hg_b


PART 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Obl685DWmQ


PART 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id0hVzRXDuU


Thank you for viewing, please help to post comments for my further improvements.

Drake the proud and lonely prince audion 2nd edition

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This audio is my second attempt and more refine version. Please give me some comments. I will be using this for my puppet show.

At last, I have able to embed my audio into my blog, but I was unabled to use the Internet Archive and instead I am using Divshare.com, it is another shared website for audio, video, and etc. It was so frustrating 3 days, for I tried and tried to do it with Internet Archive and even X10 helped me but unsuccessful.

The audio Stories Telling, is just 1st attempt, I will be re-doing it to another refine version, your comments are very much appreciated.


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1st Task - Drake the proud and lonely prince

I was sort of on leave from Stories Telling for 1 week, and after hearing the discussion among the members at our Bold play therapy training, I myself felt more panicked, and during that time I still haven't listened to Alex's sent audio of the online group tutorial - very stressed.

Yesterday, I listened to the audio until 12.45am and today I looked at the 3 Skeleton stories and can't decides to chose The Magic Stone or The Lonely Prince. In the end I chosen The Lonely Prince, but turn it into a setting in a fairyland. I have chosen the names of my character from the and Faries World website, and little do I know they have girl and boy fairies names, my prince name Drake in the faries world it mean Dragon, Alvin is an elf, noble friend, Elvy is an elf warrior, Kalen is an elf warrior and last Foster the wiseman is a forrest guardian.

I have not yet tape into audio, but would like very much if you can help me to edit it.

Here my story begins:-

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Drake the proud and lonely prince

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful fairyland named Twinkleforrest and it is ruled by royal fairies, and the other fairies lived peacefully and happily there.
Drake was the prince of Twinkleforrest, he was bright, handsome, confident and also like cleanliness. He loved singing, reading and flying freely in the forest. But, Drake only wants to play with the children who have the same quality as him. This leaves Drake very lonely, because there is hardly anyone who is as perfect as him.

The King and Queen realised this problem, they have tried many ways but it is no help at all, Prince Drake still does not wants to be friends with the imperfect.

The King sent his men to find Foster the Forest Guardian. When he arrived the king said to him “Foster, how can Drake rule my kingdom in future, when he has no friends? Please help me to solve this problem.”

After many sleepiness nights, Foster came up with an idea and presented it to the king. The next day, the king sends for Prince Drake and gives him a task. “Drake, you are going to be the King one day, so in order to test your ability you are to bring back the ‘Rainbow’ stone which is in the Forbidden Island with the help of these 3 fairies which I have chosen to help you”.

When Drake saw the fairies, he exclaimed “But father (pointed to the 1st fairy) this one is so dirty and with so many dirt on him, this one has feet like fins and wet and it is so ugly and the last one had such an enormous pair of wings, how can they help me to get the stone, I am sure to fail. “ But the king, brushes it off, and sends the prince on his journey.

Little do the prince knows, that the three fairies are Alvin the earth fairy (he lived on the ground and sometimes underground that is why his body is always cover with dirt), Elvy the water fairy (he lived under the Slivermist the enchanted river) and the last one Kalen who can carry the heaviest and fly the highest.

Half way through the journey across the forest of the Forbidden Island, Drake was lost and got separated himself from the other fairies. The prince said to himself, “Well, I will be better off without them, they do not have special power and will not be any help to me anyway, I am bright and strong and I will get to Rainbow stone myself.” As he went deeper into the forest, it was very dark, cold and he can hears a lot of strange sound, seems like the trees are wailing, the birds are screaming and many more. At that moment he felt very tried, cold and very lost; he slumped at the bottom of a tree and wept. Suddenly he saw a giant earthworm coming towards him, and this make him panicked and afraid, then he heard a voice said, “Thank you very much Earthly, you found Prince Drake” and the voice belongs to Alvin the earth fairy and he turned to the prince and said, “Your highest, do you know it is very dangerous to walk alone in the forest? There are many unfriendly creatures that may harm you.” Then the prince was so happy to see him and said, “I am sorry for worrying you all, and thank you for finding me and it would not happen again, let us continue our journey together”.

The continued journey across the Forbidden Island is much easier with the strength of Alvin who had the power to control the land. Elvy, the water fairy helped them to cross over the dark river of the Forbidden Island and Kalen who are able to carry them all when they were tried to fly.

Finally, they reached their destination and found the Rainbow stone which was placed by Foster at the mountain top to test the prince. When the prince returns to Twinkleforrest, he realised that it was wrong to have discrimination towards the imperfect fairies. He felt ashamed on his previous behaviours and he now knows that everyone has their own strength and capabilities. He apologised to his three fairies friend and from that day onwards, he sang, played and explored the forest with them.

The King and Queen were very happy with the prince and thank Foster for turning the prince into a new leaf. The End.

Is it too heavy and long, please give comment.

Story Telling is meant not only the children but also the Adults

While surfing the net trying to find a answer to Ding's question posted in Elgg, i found a site :- Marine Wildlife Foundation, managed by Mark S. Konecky, Ph.D, a licensed Psychologist. Mr Mark, used "Therapeutics Story Telling Intervention, as an enrichment program for children and adult.

The JoJo Dolphin Enrichment Project:
Therapeutic Story Telling Intervention Proposal

Goals:

To provide an enrichment-oriented educational experience that enables children and adults to gain a sense of self-agency or empowerment by identifying with the portrayal of reciprocal helping behavior and attachment in a loving relationship between a dolphin and a human being.

To help children and adults understand that injuries (physical, spiritual, and emotional) can heal with proper care, instilling a sense of hopefulness for the future.

To present children and adults with
1) a basic outline of important environmental concepts such as the basic biology and physiology of dolphins and humans;
2) the idea of a “web” of life in which all animals and people are interdependent and connected;
3) the concepts of conservation and preservation while maintaining focus on humans and their culture; and
4) the notion of consciousness and emotion in animals and humans.

Facilitators will use lecture and a therapeutic story telling intervention to accomplish these goals. Participants will be presented with an oral story depicting the relationship between Dean Bernal and his dolphin friend JoJo as well as view the story of Dean and JoJo’s relationship as portrayed in a DVD produced by The JoJo Dolphin Project.

Their mission:
Their mission is to preserve, protect, and understand Marine Mammals and their habitats by enhancing our knowledge through exploration, research & education, and documentary filmmaking. And this desire to preserve and protect such wildlife, and indeed all marine wildlife, has fueled our mission to forge a connection between these creatures and the human species who hold the future in their hands.

http://www.marinewildlife.org/images/gallery/covers/jojo.jpg

http://www.marinewildlife.org/images/gallery/covers/whales.jpg

I found the site to be very informative and rather glad to know that somewhere out there, they are actually people go out of the way, to help to preserve and heal the environment and the vulnerable creatures.

The Link: http://www.marinewildlife.org/jojoProject.php

My 1st encounter with Stories Telling

Stories telling, my understanding is that a person in front of audience and narrates it stories to them, that is what I seen most of the time. Most of the storyteller, got no impression in their face, but not from here. We need to have facial impression, must take of the tone of the voice, the movement and etc.

I have came prepared with a story as well as 3 questions.

Questions:

1. Is the stories done by the therapist and reads to her audience of the other way round?
2. What do I want to learn form this module?
3. Can we blend both stories telling and SWP?
4. How can we blend bot stories telling and SWP?

My story:

APPRECIATION

One day a very rich woman took her daughter to the kampong, to stay with her poor cousin family. The reason being that she wants to show her daughter that how the poor lives, so that she will appreciate what she had at home by comparing the rich and the poor, the have and have not.

After staying there for oneday, while on the way home, she asked her daughter, "What do you think of my cousin home?" and, she got a surprised answers, her daughter replied, "Well they are much better than us, you see,

1. they have 4 dogs while we have only 1,
2. we have lamps in the garden, but they have stars in the skies which glazing into the garden,
3. they have endless beauticul green fields, but we only have a small fenced up garden,
4. they have a long natural stream to swim in, but we only have a treated small swimming pool.

There are 2 moral in my story, appreaciation and looking into different angle.

The mother wants to teach the daughter to appreciate what she has, and the daughter looks at things in a different angle from the mother.