Hi all,
I am going to share
my experience for my first T.H.E Senior official visit on 15 Sept
2012. For this orientation visit, we (Group 6) happened to visit Mr Chew at his
apartment at Geylang Bahru. The first impression I had for Mr Chew is that he is
a very healthy and friendly elderly. His room is rather neat and clean, but we still
offer to help him with the house chores such as sweeping and mopping the floor.
While some of us are doing the house work, the rest talked to Mr Chew to keep
him entertained.
According to the seniors,
Mr Chew likes to sit at the table near the door and read his newspaper every
morning, with his coffee at the side. From the conversation we get to know him
a lot more. He is a rather active elderly as compare to others at his age
because he likes to go around to other parts of Singapore. Other than that, he
is going for a chalet soon with his friends at Pasir Ris, this shows that he is
still socially active. Mr Chew also shared his hobby with us, he is very
passionate in singing and often attends the Karaoke session held by the
community. However, Mr Chew is rather shy when we encourage him to participate
in the singing competition held by Golden age under Channel 8.
Overall, it was very enjoyable
talking to Mr Chew as we were able to communicate in Chinese. The highlight of
the conversation is probably Mr Chew ‘special’ experience during the ‘Ghost’
month. He seems very calm and peaceful when he was describing his experience,
while the rest of us were rather shock by it.
This visit is a slightly different
experience for me as compare to my past experience of visiting elderly as we
were not expect to do the housework. However, I feel that with this component
in the visit, we can do more for the elderly and form a stronger bond with
them. In conclusion, I am glad that I joined T.H.E Seniors and I hope to visit
more elderly in the near future!
Luting J
(on behalf of Group 6)
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