Saturday was our second orientation visit and we had a record-breaking volunteer count of 42! :O We did a round of self-introduction and split ourselves into 7 groups (i think) instead of the usual 3 groups as there were so many of us. My group visited Mdm Low. Just an introduction to Mdm Low, she is a very frail elderly who is quite shy. As she has some breathing difficulties (asthma), she usually takes some time before responding to our questions (so I had to make a mental note to pause for a moment before asking her more questions).
When we reached, Mdm Low was sitting on a chair with her back facing us. She kept saying “Uncle!” when we tried asking if we could go in (any idea why? :|), but we just entered anyway. Her flat was quite messy with clothes and things lying around. After settling her down to eat her lunch (fried kway teow, which was left at her door by some kind soul who collected it for her downstairs), we got to cleaning up the place- sweeping and mopping the floor, cleaning the windows and surfaces. We managed to find a super dusty vacuum cleaner, and used it to clean the area around her bed which was collecting a lot of dust and not very hygienic for her sleeping there. We also chanced upon her unusual 'pet' which she kept in a bottle- cockroach!! Not sure how it landed up in the bottle, but yea there it was.
I guess as she was just discharged from hospital last week, she was not really in the mood for talking much, and we only managed to ask her simple questions which she replied mostly either by nodding or shaking her head. However, she made us all laugh when she played with the horn on her bed and gave us a round of high-fives as we left.
We then proceeded to our last stopover at Mdm Ho’s house which was overcrowded with 31 of us! The evidence can be found on our facebook group haha, so do check out our facebook group "T.H.E. Seniors" k. Yup, that’s all for now. Hope to see everyone next visit! :D
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