On the 17th September 2011 was my third visit so far yet to my surprise the number of people who attended was much lesser than the previous one lols!! As usual we were split into 3 main speaking groups namely the eng/mandarin , hokkien and cantonese groups thereafter proceed to the respective units.
As we made our way to the units , we came across a crowd of elderly queuing up to get their food and many of them waved and greeted us with smiles.Thinking about it , it was quite enjoyable to hang out and mingle with the lot when we are elderly like them in a few decades.
It was a joke when all the units we went the elderly were not at home !! We wanted to chill somewhere and I went down the stairs from the 11th floor , thereafter to realise Mdm Tan was takin the lift when I was walking down the stairs. And yea the first unit we visited was Mdm Tan's house , as usual the house was already tidied and clean but we still continued the normal household clean-up. After that we sat down and chat with her and as usual the 'high' Wyne did most of the talking. Mdm Tan randomly wanted a photo of her taken previously in the pretext for informal use. But to me I guessed she wanna keep a photo for her "sheng hou shi" , for a moment we had the same kind of feeling too. Indeed life is unpredictable we should live life to the fullest and always be as cheerful as Mdm Tan. Before we went off we took some pictures with her and hopefully the happy moments with us will remain with her and keep her moving on.
The next unit we visited is an epic one that is Mdm Choi who had 'selective hearing'. She always claimed that her hearing is deteriorating but I gave her the benefit of doubt. But it is interesting though for she can filter those she dont wanna hear and listened to those she liked. But u might be surprised to see that she can actually eat quite a big chunk of the mooncake without denture on ... We also chat with her and helped her with some household chores. Oh ye she was lamenting her television broke down when Wyne switched it on and realised the tv set was actually still working just that Mdm Choi switch to a blank channel. Haha !! Elderly are sometimes quite interesting when u saw the flabbergasted looks on their face filled with innocence when u solved something which they can't. We left shortly after proceeding to Mdm Cheong's house.
Wah.. this Mdm Cheong was really hard to tackle with , she was like giving us a list on the do's and don'ts and what to do for her household chores. We even went to the extent of helping her to wipe the pipes. But afterall I found her amiable and amusing when we conversed with her. I was nearly tricked by Wyne into placing her chairs next to her bed ( chairs touching bed frame ) but luckily Li Young cautioned me not to do that. I heard that previously she was somehow unhappy when someone did that claiming that dust would accumulate on it. Therefore we had to ask her what to do first before we actually started the work distribution. Before we left we gave her a mooncake and took some pictures with her.
This visit gave me an insight to the different personalities of the elderly and better understanding of the inner world of them. My day ended with making the smiles on them bringing joy to them as well as to me : )


Shawn