Photos are up!

Photos are already up on the facebook. So do check it out. Click on the link at the side. =)Yup! See ya guys ard!

-ken-

LOTS OF PICTURES AGAIN!

hahahahha.. before i start blogging.... hahahahah.. i tried logging for X times.. and realise i was trying to login livejournal. HAHAHA.okay back to the proper blog.

i wanna apologise to everyone! firstly, im supposed to blog 2weeks ago.. but.. i really have nth to bloooooooooooog...... so mr darren kindly let me do a CNY special (given my talent he approved immediately.) and i know everyone wanna me blog again. of cos. once again. i'll beautify the whole blog w my picasso-standard drawings.

okay... another thingy i gonna apologise is tt i didnt turn up for the spring cleaning!!! sorry ahhh! i ate too much bah gua + ice cream + tomyam soup the day before... so i kind of spring cleaned my house toilet tt day (i dont think u guys want me to draw my house toilet w _____ ) . haha

enough of my emoemo section. now let me wish all of u a great CHINESE NEW YEAR! rmb dont spend all ur ang bao money on mahjong okay! anyways. wish all of u HUAT AH! HUAT AH! HUUUUUATTT AH!

and yup of cos..~ happy V day!!!!!!! pls show ur love to everyone. since we are from TOUCH. we must touch everyone's heart~~~~~

and yyyyyyyyyeaaaaa... now comes the MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE BLOG. do rmb to come down this coming saturday for our CNY celebration . we have gifts for EVERYONE. hahahah. huiting n i spent quite some time to plan.. PLS PLS PLS.. DO COME DOWN AND SUPPORT US (forgt abt huiting if u dont like her. haha). ...

i .. really beg all of u to come.. i alrdy sacrificed myself to huiting. pls.. dont let me sacrifice for nothing.

HAPPY CNY AND VDAY!

WYNNE w lots of love~~

Valentine's Prep!

Haha..dont get me wrong tho...but...was tyring hard to think of a suitable title..guess i would settle for an 'attn capturing' one instead with no complete link about what i m going to blog tho..

Finally..i was in the Canto group this time sia! haha..dun get me wrong....first..i cant speak canto at all...tho i m trying to like decipher what they were saying through out the visit...haha...but cause was like been with the english/chinese then the hokkien for quite some time...now finally got chance to visit some of the 'canto elderly' cause i haven like see them except for like celebration and stuff...so i guess..i wld prefer some rotation that kind..y there is pros and cons tho...elderly that u frequent..they wld of course recognise u...the elderly that u dont go often..probably kind of like..feel kind of awkward at times i guess?...

Well as shi tien as blogged..yesh spring cleaning!...tho i din't do much..was making the cny deco which turn out way off from ideal..and ya..just plain excuses from nt helping out this time round...haha..(anyway..i m gladly to be in shi tien group?haha cause he is the designated toilet cleaner? haha)

Well..i guess picture speaks more than a thousand words.. i wun blog much..just wanna say...its good to have an engineer (Jerome) in your group cause if things are spoilt they can repair..

MISSY - or BC (forgot what u call nurses in hospital le...) in your group also could be fun....cause she wld mistaken a massage stick as a big lollipop..so beware? she might gave u the wrong medication when u go Changi hospital?haha...

well since in canto group of course..our translator (huiting) must give her the full credit tho..if nt we cant possibly communicate with the elderly..-i said this because..she 'threaten' me to say it...haha i'm crapping...

And ting ting (girl in black) - real sorry i din't catch a good frontal pic of you...but...wat i have to say...you really scrubb the mat of the bathroom well with our MISSY...haha kudos..for your cleaning effort realli...xin ku le....

Lastly, i realli like the smile of mdm Chow Moi..or was it Kam Por..shit..i realli mix them up...(haha...is the one that hu likes to watch people one tho...)..she's really cheerful and lighten up our day!

Happy chinese year and valentine's day everyone! - last but no least - our outing will be on the 27th feb,,so pls confirm your attendance by the next visit which is on the 20th! - ken -

Its Spring Cleaning Time!

Hi everyone,

This is my 1^st time blogging, hoped that my writing can interest the readers, haha (:

Now I shall officially begin my blog:

I reached the TOUCH center at around 10am and what a coincidence! I saw Zhen Xiu, Chen Hua and Kai Sheng helping some of the elderly who had just done their morning shopping. Then, I was asked by Zhen Xiu to take Kam Po back to her house. Kam Po had difficulty in walking and she has to rely on her pushing trolley to walk, so I became her right hand man throughout the journey back to her house. So under my excellent escort, Kam Po reached her house safe and sound.

Then, I was put in the “Hokkien” group and assigned to go to 3 elderly houses. Firstly, we went to Mdm Lim’s house and visited her. Once we stepped in, we discovered that the decorations that were put up last week had dropped down! Mdm Lim pasted the dropped decorations by the wall and it looked nice as before. As it is near Chinese New year, we did some spring cleaning for her. I volunteered to wash her toilet and the rest did other cleaning and decoration stuffs. It was a hot weather; I was soaked with my sweat and water as I cleaned the toilet. I took almost 40 mins to clean the entire small toilet! Then we helped her to put more decorations to her house and made her house filled with Chinese New Year aura!

Next, we went to Mdm Tan house. Mdm Tan was a very cheerful person, she always laughs when she is talking. The decorations that were put up last week did not survived and were pasted on the wall just like what Mdm Lim did. What a déjà Vu! Same as the 1^st visit, we offered our help to do spring cleaning but Mdm Tan only wanted us to do minor cleaning. Nevertheless, my group still helped her to spring cleaning the house. As usual, I cleaned the toilet again (I think my fate is sealed as toilet cleaner) but this time round with the help from Darren. We cleaned the walls, higher pipes and thorough cleaning of anything that we can clean. Lastly, all my members helped to put more decoration stuffs for her and that concluded our 2^nd visit.

Last but not least, I went to Mdm Ho’s house with my “Hokkien” group. As expected, one of the decorations fell and Mdm Ho pasted it on her cardboard. This time round, we do not have super thorough spring cleaning as Mdm Ho requested us to just sweep and mop the floor. The cleaning was done very quickly and the rest of the time was chit-chatting session with Mdm Ho. She showed us her new watch which was bought from her god-daughter and everyone except Chen Hua (who was teasing her) felt that it was a nice watch. Mdm Ho wears it even though she was at home; we can tell that she really like the watch very much. Mdm Ho also mentioned that she received red packet from the government and wanted to treat us to a meal but we rejected it. Throughout the conversation with her, she kept repeating the thoughts of treating us a meal and we keep rejecting her. What really funny is that she said we are bad guys as we rejected her offer, haha(:

Time really flies; it was almost 2pm when we had completed all our visits to the 3 elderly. I had a very meaningful visit very time although it may be very tiring. I bet that every other volunteer also felt the same way as I. Next visit will be the TOUCH CNY celebration and I really looked forward to it. See ya then!

-Shi Tien

My First Visit on 30 Jan 2010!

Hello everyone! I'm Hui Min, a new volunteer! Haha. It was my first visit on 30 Jan! Initially thought I'd lose my way, but I managed to alight at the correct bus stop and found the place! I even brought a map along. Hahaha.

The first elderly whom we visited was Mr Chiu. I find that he's really cheerful! We kept asking Mr Chiu whether he needed us to help him do some cleaning up, and he kept refusing. Haha. But finally he gave in, and Peizhen picked up the broom to sweep the floor. Some of us searched for rags, and went to wipe the windows. Oh yes, before that, Mr Chiu took out a few pieces of paper and showed them to us. They were lyrics for some Chinese New Year songs! Mr Chiu said he was asked to perform these songs for the Chinese New Year celebrations, together with some other elderly folks. He asked us to sing along with him too! We clapped along while he sang, but he said that it was rather difficult to sing without the music. Haha. And erm, for me, you can ask me to sing K, but I can't really sing Chinese New Year songs. HAHAHA. My guess is that Mr Chiu loves singing too! Coz Margaret mentioned something about watching huang jin nian hua later. Haha. Then after that we sat down to make lanterns and some other decorations for Chinese New Year, and I attempted to make some too. Hehe. And Mr Chiu seemed rather happy with our creations! Hehe. Then we took a group photo together with Mr Chiu, and then bade him goodbye to make the next visit.

Next, we went to Mr Tan's house. He was sitting on the armchair and watching Channel U! Haha. He told us that his wife has left for work, and so he was watching TV at home. We chatted about the culinary programme that was showing on Channel U, and about some delicacies that can be found in Taiwan. Yummy yummy. Hehe. Then he told us about his prostrate problem (I'm not very sure about the exact ailment, please correct me/clarify if I'm wrong), and how his feet tended to swell because of this ailment (shui zhong). Ahhh.. >< My heart went out to him, coz I know how painful and inconvenient it is to have problems with the feet, coz my mum has painful knees too, and has difficulty walking properly. He showed us his appointment letters with the hospital too. I find Mr Tan rather knowledgeable! Coz he was talking something about Lee Kong Chian. Very interesting to listen to! Hehe. We continued making Chinese New Year decorations too, and oh yes, Mr Tan said that his wife likes the colour red! And so they have been keeping many hongbaos too. Hahaha. Then we helped Mr Tan to put up the decorations too. And then it was time to say goodbye and leave for the next visit.

We went to the other Mr Tan's (English-speaking) house, but found that he was not at home. Then we were thinking that perhaps he could be having his meal at the coffeeshop or something. Along the way, we met a super enthusiastic elderly lady. She told us that she has been waiting for us for very long! Anticipating our arrival. Hahaha. Just as we were about to go downstairs to see if Mr Tan's windows were open or not (Margaret says he usually doesn't open his windows anyway, haha), we spotted Mr Tan opening the door!! Then all of us rushed over. Hahaha. Mr Tan opened the door for us, and Margaret told us to open the windows the first thing we go in. And oh gosh, we found that the floor of his house was rather dirty, and so we took turns to help him sweep and mop the floor. And we helped him to put up the Chinese New Year decorations too. Hehe. Then we tested Mr Tan, to see if he remembers our names! It turns out that he only remembers Margaret's name! HAHAHA. Mr Tan suggested writing down our names on a piece of paper, and we did that too, and went through rounds and rounds of introduction. Then Mr Tan made another suggestion, which is to put name tags on our shirts the next time we come. Hahaha. And we told him that we're going to test him on our names next week! Hahaha. And with that, we bade Mr Tan goodbye too.

This first visit was a rather meaningful one for me. Felt happy that I've done something meaningful, and was of help to Mr Chiu and the two Mr Tans! Hehe. And it dawned on me that we have to treasure our own parents, and be filial to them. Coz I was thinking, these elderly folks are also parents too, and it saddens me that they are living all alone by themselves. For me, I dun really know about their background and stuff, and so I dun dare to mention anything about their children, coz I'm afraid that I'd evoke sadness or anger in them, at the thought of their children. So I didn't dare to ask them about their children. But anyway, the bottom line is, muz treasure and love your parents k! And of coz these elderly folks whom we are visiting too! I think that's the very least that we can do for them. But of coz, we muz do our best to help them too! In our little ways. Hehe.

Hope all of you've had a meaningful visit on 30 Jan too! =)

Cheers,
Hui Min

30th Feb Visit + Lantern Making

My conscience has finally gotten the better of me and here I am blogging for the first time even though I'm the one asking people to blog after every visit.

First up was Mdm Tan's place. The guys did the basic household chores first while the two girls started on the lanterns.

After we were done with the household chores, we joined the girls in making the lanterns (or at least we tried).

And finally, our first lantern! Mdm Tan looks happy enough!

Adding a little colour to the otherwise plain house.

Next, we proceeded to Mdm Lim Chuay's place where we painstakingly cleaned her many many chairs. I forgot to take a photo of it, but there were really a lot. Just ask Ken!

This was followed by more lantern making

New and improved lantern design, now comes with the "tail"

Next up was Mdm Chong's place. We mainly helped her to clean her windows and organize all her "treasures". Next time we want to play 'Pass the Parcel' just grab one item from her house. Her things are wrapped with so many layers, I think it's gonna save the programmers a lot of time preparing a new parcel.

Last but not least, we visited Mdm Ho. Again, we did the usual cleaning up and also chatted with her.

Lantern version 1.3. See how our lantern designs keep getting better and better? :D

On the whole, I feel the lantern making was a very good initiative and is something that we can definitely continue in the years ahead. This year was the first time and things were perhaps a little rush so we didn't actually meet the aim of making lanterns WITH the elderly but at the very least, we made lanterns FOR them and there's still next year to improve!

Our target for next year!

-Darren