It's been quite some time since I last visited the elderly..well at least I'm done with all those assignments for now..and exams are really around the corner!
It's heart-warming to see the 'lao jiaos' and at the same time, abit 'alienated' to see new freshies as well (laughs). But it's really good to see more people joining the seniors. And this time, more guys than females! Definitely have to give credit to the new committee for the successful publicity! (heard that most of the 'gong lau' came from Yi An who sacrificed his 'se xiang'..Well done 'tong zhi'! (Salute!no wonder you been hitting the gym to buff up)..Okie enough of the crap...
Visited Mr Tan of blk 62 today and asked about the bedbug situation in his house. Conditions have improved, however only slightly. He is still able to catch some of them at night, crawling underneath his pillow etc. Anyone knows how to tackle the problem of bedbug? Does spraying of insecticides help? or are there something that we can do to help? feel free to share! Got to chat with him more today and realize that he is very knowledgeable in current affairs (i.e. European debt crisis etc) and he likes singing! So do chat with him more on these topics while you watch the TV with him.
Next we visited Mdm Choi Moi. Jovial as usual, I hardly remember any instances that she ain't smiling! However, my 'dan tian' is not strong enough to sustain a long convo with her (cause she is hard on hearing and most of the time we had to raise our voice to talk to her. And if she still can't make out what we said, we had to repeat it again and again..). Was working on a project for my prof earlier on the elder's attitude towards assistive technologies (i.e. usage of hearing aid and walking cane etc) and it kind of struck me why she does not put her hearing aid even though she has one. Citing that it is troublesome and not comfortable, she doesn't use it. I guess lots of other elderly also think that way. Perhaps we should try to encourage them to use these AT, as the more that they don't use it, their conditions would deteriorate way much faster...
Lastly, visited Mdm Ho. The other group of people helped threw away her sofa under the request of Mdm Ho's daughter. Guess the sofa is also kind of old and I think it's wise to throw it away to help alleviate the bedbug problem in her home as well (of course, the sofa is kind of spoilt as well, given its long serving services to withstand the pressure exerted by particularly zhen xiu la, Wynne la, every visitation. Haha). Mdm Ho is still in and out of the hospital for her leg problems but her mental status is all well and good!
All right, that's all the update for now. Nice to meet all the new people! (I will ask the names next time la..haha.. I old already, lazy to memorize names). All the best for the exams peeps!
Ken Chandrakumar s/o Muthusamy Pillai Narendran - gosh it's damn hard to remember this la!
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