Shall start off with self-introduction. (: Margaret here, year one volunteer. (: first session with T.H.E seniors was last year's MAF celebration. Missed quite a number of sessions during the hols cause i was working.
Okay, be mentally prepared, this will be a long post, i described alot. First blog, so i am not too sure of the Cans and Cannots, so sorry if i said anything offensive etc..
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I am in the Chinese/English group today. Went to visit a new elderly, Mr Tan! (i havent even visited all our seniors thou. so i am not sure which Mdm XXX, Mr YYY, or Mdm ZZZ u all are referring to sometimes =P)
Janicia and Li Xian at the NTUC Fairprice, and they explained to me that they are getting some cleaning materials for Mr Tan, our new elderly. blah blah blah... and then.....
Li Xian: Later when you go in, must be careful, the elderly's house is very smelly that Janicia almost vomitted.
Janicia: Hey, dont scare her lah
Li Xian: No, i am just trying to prepare her for the worst
Okie, seriously, i wasnt really sure how bad it is, so i am still fine with the whole thing. Was quite curious to know how bad is the place. then De Rui came. Okie, it's better now. Since there are now 4 person in the chinese/english group. (:
And Janicia and Li Xian had some strategy...
"okay, once we step in, the first thing to do is to open all the windows and immediately after that, open this (Glade Air Freshener -Lemon Fragance), then we shall mop the floor.. wipe the windows... and clean up the toilet."
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Okayyy when the elderly open the door for us, i feel that his place is better than what i expected. At least he dont have a lot of things in his house, so it makes the clearing up much easier, i thought. But yes, there is an unpleasant smell in the house. Yeapx, the place just need ventilation.
Before we stepped in, he was trying to tell us that there is a group that came on Wednesday, swept the floor, and cleaned up the house.
Once i stepped in, the first thought that came to my mind wasnt how dirty the place was, but... "Whadda.... Apparently, the wed group did nth larhx!!" Okay, not trying to be sarcastic, but seriously, you see you see! O_O did they even try to make the place a better living condition for Mr Tan.. NO! okayy... maybe Mr Tan's house was much worse than the present state, but.. -_-"
So, we opened up the windows and the freshener. So everyone's task..
De Rui: Clean the toilet.
Janicia: Wipe the windows.
Li Xian: Mop the living room
& me: Clean up the kitchen
Thoughts flow into my mind when i was cleaning up....
I saw Mr Tan just sitting on the bed and staring into the space, or maybe he was observing what LiXian was doing. If he is alone at home, windows all closed, door shut, what can he do at home? just sit at one side and stare into space? No one to talk to.. And i didnt see any TV set around. Or maybe there is just that i did not notice. But. my heart just goes out to him.
Okay, i am doing rough work, but this time more aggresive that the other time at Mdm Ong's place. But nope, i dont feel tired, i feel a sense of achievement. We can see the floor turn from grey to white, window from opaque to clear, toilet bowl and floor from brown to white. Dirty to clean! Actually, Mr Tan has pretty tiles. The white tiles should be what it should be like! (:
Everyone is working hard to make this place a better place for Mr Tan! (: okay... although i must admit that we used up alot of water. But like what De Rui said. 要做，就要做得干劲利落，不然就不要做！(it means, if we want to do, we must do a good job, cannot anyhow do. If not, then dont do at all) I agree, so we try our best to scrub all the dirt and lazy stains away!
Hmmm... did we take pictures of the before and after of the house? But i dismissed the thought as soon as it came. i was telling myself "Eh, Margaret, you do this for Mr Tan, not for recognition, dont need to take the before and after to show everyone what we done right. Just clean up the whole house and 你已经是最棒的。 We ourselves know how is the before and after can already, no need to tell the whole world." hahas. what a thought i have while scrubbing the floor.
Li Xian is so brave and tok-gong. While i was trying to help her change the dirty water in the basin, there were many dead bedbugs found in the basin of water. okay, the situation was much worse than i thought. There were a few live bugs when i was clearing the cabinet below the sink too. Another thought.... okay, i know they are sure RANDOM thoughts i have today. "gosh! Mr Tan already so skinny, the bedbugs still like wanna 吸干 him liddat" okay, hope sth can be done to kill off ALL the bedbugs.
Finally we are done with the clean-up. Janicia and Li Xian tried explaining to him the Dos & Do-nots. Sadly, we realised that Mr Tan cant see clearly. He did not realise the stains on the floor was due to his worn-out slippers. But we shall get him a new pair! and change a new set of bedsheet too. (: Although the presence of 'that unpleasant smell' is still there, the situation is much better than before. We shall all hope that the next time we visit his place, we are choked by the LEMON FRAGRANCE. heex! Jk.
t's time to leave Mr Tan's place. He thanked us. He looked into my eyes and sincerely thanked me. >.<>
Best wishes,
Margaret
Again, i apologise for the long long post, and sorry if i left out any crucial information. And sorry for all my random thots i posted up.
Joo Chuan, english/christian name doesnt mean i am from the ang-moh pai lorhx. see! my english is cui! =(
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Wah!
We are almost mistaken as loansharks today!
When we were on our way to Mr Ong's (new resident) apartment on the 4th storey, we were first greeted by "O $ P $" and his unit number on the wall. Khoon Hong and I looked at each other with shock; I wonder if Khoon Hong did arrived early in the morning to paint the wall.
The gates of his unit were mildly splashed with paint as well. We tried knocking on his door "knock knock knock".. but no one answered. We started to ponder: Is he avoiding the loanshark? We made Jian Cong stand directly infront of the peephole as he APPEARS TO BE the most innocent among us! But apparently, Mr Ong did not open the door...
So, we proceeded on to Mdm Tan's apartment. As usual, we were greeted by her friendly smile and warm greetings. She was as hospitable as usual (this time serving us with Yeo's Winter Melon packet drink). We chatted with her and she shared with us about her past job, as "sort-of" labour worker. Her hokkien was quite pro and i didn't really catch all the things she has said. But I could understand that her job was rather tough and admired her for her diligence.
After visiting Mdm Tan, we went back to Mr Ong's apartment again. WAh! This time Jasmine Chu Ma..and Mr Ong finally opened the door! (No lar.. actually she called his phone; He couldn't hear our door knocks previously). As we realised that Mr Ong has difficulty moving around, we checked his fridge to see if he has enough food in his home. To our astonishment, we realised that almost all his food items were expired! One of the pear was 50% rotted!
We immediately brought Mr Ong to the nearest NTUC to stock up his food. At the same time, we accompanied Mr Ong to make a new pair of spectacles. As Mr Ong was choosing his specs, Khoon Hong and Jian Cong also frantically seize this opportunity to be "zhi lian" by trying on as many different specs as possible. Jasmine was helping Mr Ong to take photos of himself with different pairs of spectacles as he "bai post and twist". I felt that Mr Ong is quite "in" and has good taste as I personally like the specs design that he has chosen for himself. On the contrary, the specs that Jian Cong has tried on was, in particular, horrendous.
Hah, for all those ppl who have visited Mr Ong today, the show he has wanted to catch so badly is:
Golden Age (Magazine)
Magazine programme which specially tailored for everyone in the golden age.
(retrieved from MediaCorp website)
hmm.. i wonder why he would prefer the show over the companionship from angels(us)... ((:
Eugene Teh
We are almost mistaken as loansharks today!
When we were on our way to Mr Ong's (new resident) apartment on the 4th storey, we were first greeted by "O $ P $" and his unit number on the wall. Khoon Hong and I looked at each other with shock; I wonder if Khoon Hong did arrived early in the morning to paint the wall.
The gates of his unit were mildly splashed with paint as well. We tried knocking on his door "knock knock knock".. but no one answered. We started to ponder: Is he avoiding the loanshark? We made Jian Cong stand directly infront of the peephole as he APPEARS TO BE the most innocent among us! But apparently, Mr Ong did not open the door...
So, we proceeded on to Mdm Tan's apartment. As usual, we were greeted by her friendly smile and warm greetings. She was as hospitable as usual (this time serving us with Yeo's Winter Melon packet drink). We chatted with her and she shared with us about her past job, as "sort-of" labour worker. Her hokkien was quite pro and i didn't really catch all the things she has said. But I could understand that her job was rather tough and admired her for her diligence.
After visiting Mdm Tan, we went back to Mr Ong's apartment again. WAh! This time Jasmine Chu Ma..and Mr Ong finally opened the door! (No lar.. actually she called his phone; He couldn't hear our door knocks previously). As we realised that Mr Ong has difficulty moving around, we checked his fridge to see if he has enough food in his home. To our astonishment, we realised that almost all his food items were expired! One of the pear was 50% rotted!
We immediately brought Mr Ong to the nearest NTUC to stock up his food. At the same time, we accompanied Mr Ong to make a new pair of spectacles. As Mr Ong was choosing his specs, Khoon Hong and Jian Cong also frantically seize this opportunity to be "zhi lian" by trying on as many different specs as possible. Jasmine was helping Mr Ong to take photos of himself with different pairs of spectacles as he "bai post and twist". I felt that Mr Ong is quite "in" and has good taste as I personally like the specs design that he has chosen for himself. On the contrary, the specs that Jian Cong has tried on was, in particular, horrendous.
Hah, for all those ppl who have visited Mr Ong today, the show he has wanted to catch so badly is:
Golden Age (Magazine)
Magazine programme which specially tailored for everyone in the golden age.
(retrieved from MediaCorp website)
hmm.. i wonder why he would prefer the show over the companionship from angels(us)... ((:
Eugene Teh
A New Name!!
Dear Volunteers...
For those who don't already know who I am, which I hope not... I'm Jasmine, Chairperson for CSC TOUCH Seniors RVP.
I would like to anounce our new name over here at our blog, for the benefit of those who aren't one of our volunteers and hence isn't in our yahoo group.
We will be called T.H.E seniors from now on. T.H.E stands for Touch the Heart of the Elderly in short.
The dots in between the "T.H.E" were introduced to further emphasize on the meaning behind the name.
So from now on, we'll be called "T.H.E. seniors", when you all write follow this style k... We can still be called "Touch" for convenience sake, since the first word of our name is still Touch (as in Touch the Heart of the Elderly, not TOUCH Community Services).
Hope everyone will grow to like the name!! =)
Jasmine...>",<
For those who don't already know who I am, which I hope not... I'm Jasmine, Chairperson for CSC TOUCH Seniors RVP.
I would like to anounce our new name over here at our blog, for the benefit of those who aren't one of our volunteers and hence isn't in our yahoo group.
We will be called T.H.E seniors from now on. T.H.E stands for Touch the Heart of the Elderly in short.
The dots in between the "T.H.E" were introduced to further emphasize on the meaning behind the name.
So from now on, we'll be called "T.H.E. seniors", when you all write follow this style k... We can still be called "Touch" for convenience sake, since the first word of our name is still Touch (as in Touch the Heart of the Elderly, not TOUCH Community Services).
Hope everyone will grow to like the name!! =)
Jasmine...>",<
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Visit on 8th March -- POPIAH MAKING SESSION
Hiz everyone...1stly, let me give a brief intro of myself :)
I am Jin Hui from Business Year2...I join Touch since Year2Sem1 and I really enjoy the time spent with the Touch seniors =) The reason why I join Touch is because I enjoy doing voluntary work and it gives me a sense of satisfaction by helping them. Not only that, sometimes we can even learn something from them too! hehe...For e.g., though they are living by themselves in a 2-room flat, we can see that they are still very cheerful and contented ya?...hmm oh ya, I have visited Touch seniors only for a few occassions as sometimes there are other commitments such as tests, project meetings etc etc. But no matter what I will try to make some time for the seniors ^.^
ok enough about myself. Yesterday's visit was a very interesting one...something which I never tried before...that is -- making POPIAH!!! wahaha...Yes this was my very 1st time making popiah for myself and for the elderly. And it's really fun and meaningful...Many were so hungry that they could actually afford to eat sooo many of them haha...Yeah can see that everyone enjoyed and have lots of fun when making the popiah =D...Also, it's really great to see the elderly so happy about it heex.
All in all, I think it's very important that we should continue to care for the elderly and chat with them as often as we can ya? hehe...ok last but not least, i think we should give a big thank you to those who made the effort to buy the popiah and stuff *clap + cheers*...
~~ChEeRs~~
I am Jin Hui from Business Year2...I join Touch since Year2Sem1 and I really enjoy the time spent with the Touch seniors =) The reason why I join Touch is because I enjoy doing voluntary work and it gives me a sense of satisfaction by helping them. Not only that, sometimes we can even learn something from them too! hehe...For e.g., though they are living by themselves in a 2-room flat, we can see that they are still very cheerful and contented ya?...hmm oh ya, I have visited Touch seniors only for a few occassions as sometimes there are other commitments such as tests, project meetings etc etc. But no matter what I will try to make some time for the seniors ^.^
ok enough about myself. Yesterday's visit was a very interesting one...something which I never tried before...that is -- making POPIAH!!! wahaha...Yes this was my very 1st time making popiah for myself and for the elderly. And it's really fun and meaningful...Many were so hungry that they could actually afford to eat sooo many of them haha...Yeah can see that everyone enjoyed and have lots of fun when making the popiah =D...Also, it's really great to see the elderly so happy about it heex.
All in all, I think it's very important that we should continue to care for the elderly and chat with them as often as we can ya? hehe...ok last but not least, i think we should give a big thank you to those who made the effort to buy the popiah and stuff *clap + cheers*...
~~ChEeRs~~
Jin Hui
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Touch Visit to Chinatown
Hi all,
First and foremost, a short introduction to myself. I am Low Xi Qian, a year 4 chemical engineering student in NUS. Have been in CSC since my 2nd week of Semester 1 in year 1. So i can boost that all are less experienced than me except for Lixian, Lijie, Cheng hua, Chloe etc. not many thou. hahaha. And i will like to take this opportunity to clear up the yahoo group confusion (if u are in it), i am not a year 1 student, i trying to act young (as claimed by jasmine...). Luckily, Jasmine helped to clear up the misunderstanding or i might be classified as a non-official touch member....
In case some of you dont know who am I, ya, i put a photo of me and one of the touch elderly above. I am on the left of the photo ( in case u all cant tell which is the elderly....)
For this blog entry, maybe I just want to touch on my feelings since I started visiting Touch. I was all along from Yishun Students' Care services, another RVP of CSC, then I tried Hospice Care Association, another RVP and now, I am in Touch.
Talking about Touch, I didnt join Touch initially because it is so damn far from my home la!!! The moment i heard it is at Kallang Bahru, i was immediately turned off. Thus, the first visit in Touch was during my third year of NUS, which I went with Kailun, Joo chuan, Yiwen, denise, yuncai, mdm phua, chloe etc etc. where all the old birds are still flapping around. After the first visit, I found Touch quite near to my house, jus a train to Toa Payoh and then a 10 min bus ride! hahaha.
It is until recently that I start to visit touch more often ( after Jasmine took over). Gradually, like all the other volunteers who had stated before, I started to like to come to Touch.... How to say ah? I like to hear what the elderly got to say, I like to hear what they had experienced during their lifetime. I like to hear what they went through during the World War II. I like to hear when they said I am "yan dao" etc... Initially, I visited Mdm Tan ( the elderly who has quite a bad vision) and mdm Lim (my fav elderly till now), but as time goes by, I started to visit Gan Po and Mdm Lim ( canto grp). Although I dont understand Cantonese, but I liked to visit Gan Po, because she in some way resemble my late grandmother alot. And looking at her, it reminds me of my grandmother. And amazingly, after several visits, I knew that Gan pu becomes a widow at quite a young age (ard 36 if i am not wrong) and she singlehandedly raised up her children by selling soft drinks. My grandmother has similar experiences as well... And i really like the way Gan pu sits. She sits with such great pose, her back is damn straight la (unlike Mdm Lim hahaha) and one look at her, one can tell that she went through a lot. I really respect her for this point.
As for Mdm Lim, my favourite elderly, we have so much to talk about. Our favorite topic will always be Mdm Phua Lixian, aka 881, aka Scholar, aka Singer and Dancer etc. We jus enjoyed talking about Lixian and I ALWAYS like to emphasis how lixian bully me etc (which is true...). And furthermore, Hokkien has always been my second language, it comes to me so naturally that i could ratter off any thoughts to mdm lim so fluently. ( btw, Chinese is my first, English my third language...) And mdm lim seems to have so much to talk to us. :)
Some last thoughts about volunteering.. Maybe to the elderly, we are so called "good-hearted, kind, nice" people etc etc.. but I join volunteering cos I like to volunteer. I like the feeling that i have made an impact, i have bring a smile to the people I come in touch with, be it Yishun Kids, HCA patients or Touch elderly. Volunteering is like drug addiction as well, once you have it, you just keep coming back for more... Jus ask those old birds and you will know. Volunteering dont ask for returns, and when you did it, you normally have great surprises in the visits. :)
With regards,
Xi Qian
First and foremost, a short introduction to myself. I am Low Xi Qian, a year 4 chemical engineering student in NUS. Have been in CSC since my 2nd week of Semester 1 in year 1. So i can boost that all are less experienced than me except for Lixian, Lijie, Cheng hua, Chloe etc. not many thou. hahaha. And i will like to take this opportunity to clear up the yahoo group confusion (if u are in it), i am not a year 1 student, i trying to act young (as claimed by jasmine...). Luckily, Jasmine helped to clear up the misunderstanding or i might be classified as a non-official touch member....
In case some of you dont know who am I, ya, i put a photo of me and one of the touch elderly above. I am on the left of the photo ( in case u all cant tell which is the elderly....)For this blog entry, maybe I just want to touch on my feelings since I started visiting Touch. I was all along from Yishun Students' Care services, another RVP of CSC, then I tried Hospice Care Association, another RVP and now, I am in Touch.
Talking about Touch, I didnt join Touch initially because it is so damn far from my home la!!! The moment i heard it is at Kallang Bahru, i was immediately turned off. Thus, the first visit in Touch was during my third year of NUS, which I went with Kailun, Joo chuan, Yiwen, denise, yuncai, mdm phua, chloe etc etc. where all the old birds are still flapping around. After the first visit, I found Touch quite near to my house, jus a train to Toa Payoh and then a 10 min bus ride! hahaha.
It is until recently that I start to visit touch more often ( after Jasmine took over). Gradually, like all the other volunteers who had stated before, I started to like to come to Touch.... How to say ah? I like to hear what the elderly got to say, I like to hear what they had experienced during their lifetime. I like to hear what they went through during the World War II. I like to hear when they said I am "yan dao" etc... Initially, I visited Mdm Tan ( the elderly who has quite a bad vision) and mdm Lim (my fav elderly till now), but as time goes by, I started to visit Gan Po and Mdm Lim ( canto grp). Although I dont understand Cantonese, but I liked to visit Gan Po, because she in some way resemble my late grandmother alot. And looking at her, it reminds me of my grandmother. And amazingly, after several visits, I knew that Gan pu becomes a widow at quite a young age (ard 36 if i am not wrong) and she singlehandedly raised up her children by selling soft drinks. My grandmother has similar experiences as well... And i really like the way Gan pu sits. She sits with such great pose, her back is damn straight la (unlike Mdm Lim hahaha) and one look at her, one can tell that she went through a lot. I really respect her for this point.
As for Mdm Lim, my favourite elderly, we have so much to talk about. Our favorite topic will always be Mdm Phua Lixian, aka 881, aka Scholar, aka Singer and Dancer etc. We jus enjoyed talking about Lixian and I ALWAYS like to emphasis how lixian bully me etc (which is true...). And furthermore, Hokkien has always been my second language, it comes to me so naturally that i could ratter off any thoughts to mdm lim so fluently. ( btw, Chinese is my first, English my third language...) And mdm lim seems to have so much to talk to us. :)
Some last thoughts about volunteering.. Maybe to the elderly, we are so called "good-hearted, kind, nice" people etc etc.. but I join volunteering cos I like to volunteer. I like the feeling that i have made an impact, i have bring a smile to the people I come in touch with, be it Yishun Kids, HCA patients or Touch elderly. Volunteering is like drug addiction as well, once you have it, you just keep coming back for more... Jus ask those old birds and you will know. Volunteering dont ask for returns, and when you did it, you normally have great surprises in the visits. :)
With regards,
Xi Qian
Monday, January 28, 2008
Chinese New Year Outing
Hihi ...it is me again.
Last thursday, we brought the eldery from touch seniors to chinatown for night shopping and sightseeing. It was a major event as many volunteers were called down to be "tour guides"for the tour. The volunteers were then spilt into their respective groups marked by numbers and colour. We then proceed to pick up the elderly. If you were there...you should have seen the excited faces of elderly as they eagerly await for the start off.I heard from Jasmine that these elderly have not gone chinatown for many years hence they really treasured this outing. So excited were they..the elderly in my group were poking me, urging me to lead them in their shopping spree...haha
Magaret and I were leading group 10 consisting of 5 aunties with 5 unique personalities.5 different shopping habits and 5 different shopping lists. There are many times which Margaret and I have to spilt up so that we can keep an eye on them while they are marking things off their shopping lists. Oh boy...their bargaining power was amazing! At the start, I was wondering why they didn't buy anything. I forgot the rule of thumb in shopping-See market first..then ATTACK! They were even teaching us things like best time and best place for bargains. Very streetsmart sia!
After shopping...we went to do abit of sightseeing. Actually this is my first time I have been to chinatown during the chinese new year period..so was awed by the decorations. We also got to see an artistry put up by this amazing caligrapher in front of temple.
Like the chinese saying goes... tian xia wu bu san zhi yan xi .The time came for us to depart from chinatown. But the most touching part came after that. A very tired Jasmine was standing next to me in the train home when she received a message in which the touch people conveyed their thanks to the volunteers. As she read the message ..every sign of tiredness disappeared and a smile surfaced. There, the beauty of volunteerism: being happy because someone else is happy.
Elicia
Last thursday, we brought the eldery from touch seniors to chinatown for night shopping and sightseeing. It was a major event as many volunteers were called down to be "tour guides"for the tour. The volunteers were then spilt into their respective groups marked by numbers and colour. We then proceed to pick up the elderly. If you were there...you should have seen the excited faces of elderly as they eagerly await for the start off.I heard from Jasmine that these elderly have not gone chinatown for many years hence they really treasured this outing. So excited were they..the elderly in my group were poking me, urging me to lead them in their shopping spree...haha
Magaret and I were leading group 10 consisting of 5 aunties with 5 unique personalities.5 different shopping habits and 5 different shopping lists. There are many times which Margaret and I have to spilt up so that we can keep an eye on them while they are marking things off their shopping lists. Oh boy...their bargaining power was amazing! At the start, I was wondering why they didn't buy anything. I forgot the rule of thumb in shopping-See market first..then ATTACK! They were even teaching us things like best time and best place for bargains. Very streetsmart sia!
After shopping...we went to do abit of sightseeing. Actually this is my first time I have been to chinatown during the chinese new year period..so was awed by the decorations. We also got to see an artistry put up by this amazing caligrapher in front of temple.
Like the chinese saying goes... tian xia wu bu san zhi yan xi .The time came for us to depart from chinatown. But the most touching part came after that. A very tired Jasmine was standing next to me in the train home when she received a message in which the touch people conveyed their thanks to the volunteers. As she read the message ..every sign of tiredness disappeared and a smile surfaced. There, the beauty of volunteerism: being happy because someone else is happy.
Elicia
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Visit on 12 Jan (Canto group)
Hi everyone!
Sorry for the late post. I was trying to figure out how to post a blog here. Then only I noticed that there's our user-id and password.
On 12 Jan, the canto group visited Kam Po and Mdm Lim. Kam Po is quite OK and she also told us about the Japanese war time. I find it's meaningful to learn from the elderly about their experience then we will appreciate our lives. We sang some songs but they were sad songs. Maybe we can have a few happy songs too so that we encourage the the elderly to be more involved, eg by clapping their hands when a song is being played. But to do this, maybe one or two of us can start to clap hands to lead them.
Mdm Lim was quite emotional when she thought of her sister in hospital. Maybe we can find some ways to cheer the elderly when they are sad. But I don't really know how. It's a pity that Mdm Lim didn't want to come for the CNY celebration on Thursday. Though she really wanted to, she didn't want to trouble others because of her back problem. I also can't join you all for the outing because of lecture. However, if you all are getting the elderly some food on that day, if possible, can get something for Mdm Lim to eat, something good for health :) or something to decorate her house to make her happy. Since she's a christian, please don't get for her food that is offered.
I hope we can help Mdm Lim to improve her diet by drinking less coffee and taking less MSG. But what can we do?
Besides, I also hope to improve my Hokkien to interact better with the elderly :)
Andrea
Sorry for the late post. I was trying to figure out how to post a blog here. Then only I noticed that there's our user-id and password.
On 12 Jan, the canto group visited Kam Po and Mdm Lim. Kam Po is quite OK and she also told us about the Japanese war time. I find it's meaningful to learn from the elderly about their experience then we will appreciate our lives. We sang some songs but they were sad songs. Maybe we can have a few happy songs too so that we encourage the the elderly to be more involved, eg by clapping their hands when a song is being played. But to do this, maybe one or two of us can start to clap hands to lead them.
Mdm Lim was quite emotional when she thought of her sister in hospital. Maybe we can find some ways to cheer the elderly when they are sad. But I don't really know how. It's a pity that Mdm Lim didn't want to come for the CNY celebration on Thursday. Though she really wanted to, she didn't want to trouble others because of her back problem. I also can't join you all for the outing because of lecture. However, if you all are getting the elderly some food on that day, if possible, can get something for Mdm Lim to eat, something good for health :) or something to decorate her house to make her happy. Since she's a christian, please don't get for her food that is offered.
I hope we can help Mdm Lim to improve her diet by drinking less coffee and taking less MSG. But what can we do?
Besides, I also hope to improve my Hokkien to interact better with the elderly :)
Andrea
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