Rainy but eventful!

Even though it was raining during this week's official visit, that did not stop me from going to visit our elderly today. As Yin Min was busy with her Paint-A-Home commitments, Mei Na and I went ahead to visit Mr L. first. As with my past visit, Mr L. is a very nice and friendly man whom usually does not want us to help him do some basic household chores but would rather have us chat with him. Having said this, I felt a pang of guilt seeing that his floor was quite dirty and insisted on helping him at least sweep the floor, which he eventually obliged. Even after I've finished sweeping, I came to realize that his kitchen area was also quite dirty, but he really didn't want to trouble us, saying that a cleaner will come every Monday to help him with the chores. Even though that is the case, perhaps future volunteers might want to take note on the overall cleanliness of his house because a once-a-week cleaning is certainly not enough.

Afterwards we visited Mdm K. She was just as chatty as the previous times I've met her, but certainly not in a very good mood. As she only recently discharged from hospital due to her digestion problems, she was very moody from being not able to eat whatever she wants. She also did not eat the last couple of days and only managed to consume some porridge on the morning of our visit. Frankly speaking, I was quite astounded by what she'd said, as I probably wouldn't have been able to go without food for more than a day. Because of her not being well, she wasn't able to celebrate her grandson's birthday. In spite of everything, I could see she was glad to be able to see us and appreciated us coming to visit her. She even gave me a hug before I left! =D The best part was when we were just about to leave, she requested us to tell Yin Min that she misses her and wants to see her. As we were making our way back to the meeting point, Yin Min promptly appeared, and Mdm K.'s wish was immediately fulfilled! What a miraculous day indeed.

Andy Koh