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Saturday, July 23, 2005
Volunteering..MeaningFuL??!

Hit the sack at around 5am this morning..
Just back from clubbing at about 3.30am..
Not tired till 5am..
and was awaken by my mum at 10am..
Gosh..
i can make do with a bit more sleeping hours mum..

Anyway, got a Volunteer-A-Day (VAD) programme
this n next sat starting at 1pm..
So gotta get ready for this..
I was posted to All Saints Home(Home for elderly)
at Tampines St 45..
My choice actually..
So my mum bring me to shop at Tampines Mall..
Okok, fine, i beg her to shop with me..
I saw a nice Short-sleeve shirt at G2000 earlier on..
But i not sure if it's nice on me..
So, i enlist her help..
Coz gals have alot of fashion sense than most males..
Well, she said..
It looks good on me..
but the price after discount is $30!
so she was like, u serious about this shirt??
And i was like ya..Can i have it..?
and she reply..i see how first..
Sigh..

So when the clock tick 1pm..
I head to The Home..
Was the second to reach the venue..
the orientation was like very funny..
haha..
anyway, i got hands-on on wheelchair handling..
It was a shocking experience..
Everyone on wheelchiar seems scare at first..
be it wheeling up, down slope..
up,down stairs..
we are all very scare..
so we actually can feel how it's like for the patient to be like that..
we understand now..
everytime up,down slope is so scary for them..

The briefing was fun..n so are the demonstrations..
however, there are a few gals who look more like they are here for fun..
Kept on talking n all..not following the demonstrations..
wad a distraction..
but the thing is..
They were quite good at communicating with the old folks..
hyper friendly..
haha..so that's a good thing..

We sang a couple of songs to the folks b4 dinner time..
And then we feed some of them dinner..
Well, i was assigned to an elderly folk who talk so softly none of us can hear..
so we can only try read the body language..
he was so bed-ridden that he can't sit in wheelchair..
anyway, i mus say..
i don't know how to feed the old folk..
he kept opening the mouth so small, n the spoon so big..
only a bit of the food went into the mouth..
was so embrassed that i can't feed the folk properly..
Feeding ppl has a technique n it also has to be patient too..
I dun have the technique..
well, not very patient sometimes..
so perhaps it's hard for me to feed ppl and old folks..

Got to get to know two more ppl in temasek poly..
both are at engine sch..
yr 1 n 2..
OM, make me look so old sia..T_T''
Haha, no matter wad, is great knowing ppl..
ok, gotta go rest liao..ByeZ..

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