» January 24, 2012 / -3:57 PM

Last thursday (January 19th), friends from Indonesia Bermain's volunteers and I came to Rumah Sakit Hasan Sadikin (RSHS) for #HappyPlay session. Arrived at 9 AM, I was lost at RSHS for few minutes since this is my first time visiting the hospital. At the Pediatric Clinic, I saw some children are already joining with us. Others are still looking shyly from outside the playground. But then we tried to interact with them and they finally interested in playing with us while waiting for the doctors.

 parents also excited to play along

I got the chance to play with some of the children who mostly around 2-4 years old. I forgot the name of the boardgames (since most of them are in German) but we played stitching, teddy bear puzzle, and more animals involved like crow and monkeys! It's very colorful and kids definitely loved it.

A boy named Zaki was shy at first. But as he played with Anchi and I, he started to grow a smile on his and our face. He's so adorable and tried every game that we offered to him. He still wanted to play with us after visiting the doctor and remained until our #HappyPlay session's over.

 the super adorable Zaki

Riri, 3 years old, had a back support because of scoliosis from fractures. She needs to go to the doctor once a week to control her scoliosis. She's afraid with doctors but she forgot about it when she played with us. She cried so hard when she had to leave for control session but then she smile again when we greeted her after it.

Nofal and Petra met at this hospital and became friends. They have the same disease, Leukemia. But they share the same happiness that day. They spent their time here, from playing most of the games until coloring session.

coloring session

Besides, there are 2 kids from children's development center of the hospital who joined us. Fatih and Clarissa. Even though they joined on the last hour of the session, but they seemed really enjoy playing with us.

Its 12:30 PM and we finished our session that  day. Until the last minute, kids are still playing with us and their parents. When we started to pack up our stuffs, the playground felt so quiet. No more sounds of laughs from the kids or talks between us and them.

we might feel tired but nothing beats the happiness!

Happiness is very simple to find. A single happiness can really bright up a whole day. Can't wait for another session of #HappyPlay. If you are interested in joining this program, please visit Happy Play's website.