Last Saturday(28 Sep) was my first visit with T.H.E. seniors where my group was assigned to visit Mr Tan and Mr Ong. Before the visit, we were briefed and given some lantern riddles, mooncake and lantern for the elderly.

Mr Tan and his wife were very friendly and it was a joy to talk to them as they were very warm and friendly. While initially Mr Tan didn't wanted to guess the riddles, Mdm Lim encourage him to play and we ended up playing all the four riddles given to us. At the end, Mdm Li was the one who most guessed all of the riddles correctly. Throughout the interaction, both Mr Tan and Mdm Lim chatted with us, including sharing some details of their lives with us. Both of them also watch a lot television shows and Mr Tan even surprised us as he knew who the younger singers from Taiwan like "Zhang Yun Jing" as she appeared on the television during our talk, showing us how up to date he was.

Next, we went to visit Mr Ong who had just received a new handphone, which he ask us to help him with. Even we had a bit of problem with an older model phone which we were not used to, after fiddling with the phone for a while, we manage to figure out how to use the functions that Mr Ong wanted to learn such as taking pictures and listening to music. We practiced the steps with him as he learned how to use the phone. It required a bit of patience as we had to repeat quite a few times for him to remember the steps, but it was glad to see that he remember how to use it at the end. As we spend most of our time guiding him how to use the functions of the handphone that we did not play the riddles with him.

For my first visit, I felt that I was pretty lucky to be assigned to Mr Tan and his wife and Mr Ong. As they knew Chinese, I didn't have any trouble communicating with them. They were friendly towards us and I enjoy talking to them. All in all, my first visit was a fun and pleasant one.

- Song Han