On 17^th September it marks my second visit with T.H.E. Seniors, and I am really looking forward to it. We got an additional task today, and that is to distribute the mooncakes to the elderly and take photo of them with the mooncakes. Anyway, this is my first time blogging, so here it goes.

My group first visited Mdm Chua, where we get down to the usual routine of cleaning her window, floor, and fulfilling any other requests she had for us, while the others sat down and accompanied her for a chat. Seeing the conversation with her reminded me of what age can do to us (which is quite saddening). Though Mdm Chua is still looking energetic and jovial, her memory just wasn't as good as it used to be. Our conversation with her was sometime kept in a loop, where she will keep asking the same few questions, for example, “How do we know her home number?”, “Did she said the wrong number just now?”. But the group (yinmin, sheng xian) attended to whatever she ask with patience, and they bring liveliness to the same few conversation. I think this is really important as it will help her stay mentally and socially active. :)

Before leaving her home, our leader, mingyuan, suggested to take a group photo with her, and upon knowing we want to take a photo, Mdm Chua went to the back and comb her hair, and put on her spectacles as she wanted to look good in the photo. It all ends well seeing Mdm Chua is still so cheerful and happy.

After leaving Mdm Chua house, we then went on to Mr. Tan apartment, whom wasn't around, and thus, we headed to Mr. Chiu house to meet up with the other group. So we had around 12 people in Mr. Chiu house, where we sat down to chat with him, providing multiple pairs of “listening ears” too. As the conversation goes on, we found out that he bought new Karaoke VCDs, but didn't actually have any media player able to play it.

Well, the time had come for all the visits to end, and we had the usual debrief and sharing between groups, before finally parting out way. Though the turnout wasn't anything like my first visit, but it was still a really fun and refreshing experience, helping others and interacting with the elderly.

- Eng Soon