We had our second orientation visit last saturday and I was in-charged of facilitation. Just want to say that it feels weird that Mr Tan is no longer around and I do not have to go and knock on his door to ask what time he is free for us to visit him. Yup.

So after facilitation I went to meet of the volunteers and I was so surprised to see so many volunteers!!! But it's a good thing to see some many new volunteers who are interested to join us=) When I reached they had already started introducing themselves and after which we were split in several groups. My group went to Mdm Choi Moi's house. As usual she prefer us to sit down and chit-chat with her because she insisted that her house was not dirty. She is her usual cheerful self and talks very loudly becasue of her poor hearing.

I must say she is really a very carefree old lady. When we ask her if she thinks about her past, she said there is no use for thinking of the past. When we asked her what she like to eat, she say she like to eat everything. When we ask her what songs she like to listen, she said she had no preference too. Because her theory is that people will go mad if they think too much. So she prefer not to think about anything. Maybe that's her secret of for still being so healthy at the age of 91.

She love to watch people from her window. Her job in the past is similar to that of a sum siew woman, which might explain how come she is still so fit at the age of 91. But she said she is getting forgetful. She will tend to on her water tap and leave it running without remebering to turn it off. Which according to her, the reason behind her high water bill every month :O She also don't like to close her window even though it is raining becasue she don't want the house to be stuffy. She is really a very cheerful and friendly old lady and I'm sure other than myself, the new volunteers also enjoyed interacting with her. Our new volunteers spoke cantonese to her and she responded spontaneously=) Last but not least, we went to Mdm Ho's house before we ended our visit with the usual debreif session=)

Sheng Xian