16th Jan 2016- Visit to Mr L
Posted by CSC T.H.E. Seniors on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 with No comments
Hello haha :) This is my first time writing on this blog and I hope that I'll have more stuff to share with subsequent visits.
During last Saturday's visit, I visited Mr L together with Defa and Kevin. As I'm new to T.H.E.S, this was my first time meeting him and I was quite excited. Despite meeting him for the first time, he was very welcoming and kept asking us to make ourselves at home. Mr L seemed a little tired initially, but he still took the effort to talk to us and shared a lot of interesting things.
Talking to Mr L made me feel a bit bad because often, he had to explain some Chinese words or terms that I didn't understand in the middle of his anecdotes but even then, he was still patient. He told us about his dog, Lucky and sang quite a few songs for us that I really enjoyed haha.
After the visit, what stayed with me was even though Mr L was alone at home much of the time because of Mrs L's work, he remained cheerful and didn't complain or grumble about his boredom. Also, even though Mr L really seems to love music and singing, he has no radio or music player that could help ease his boredom and he also said that it's no longer very convenient for him to watch TV because of his failing eyesight.
I'm thankful that I got to visit him that day and hear some of his stories. Just listening to him sing and laughing at his jokes really made my day and even though our visit was brief, but I hope we made his morning a little more interesting and happier. I feel like there is so much I can learn from the elderly and I'm excited to go back and meet Mrs L and the other elderly :) Thank you for reading!
- Bianche
During last Saturday's visit, I visited Mr L together with Defa and Kevin. As I'm new to T.H.E.S, this was my first time meeting him and I was quite excited. Despite meeting him for the first time, he was very welcoming and kept asking us to make ourselves at home. Mr L seemed a little tired initially, but he still took the effort to talk to us and shared a lot of interesting things.
Talking to Mr L made me feel a bit bad because often, he had to explain some Chinese words or terms that I didn't understand in the middle of his anecdotes but even then, he was still patient. He told us about his dog, Lucky and sang quite a few songs for us that I really enjoyed haha.
After the visit, what stayed with me was even though Mr L was alone at home much of the time because of Mrs L's work, he remained cheerful and didn't complain or grumble about his boredom. Also, even though Mr L really seems to love music and singing, he has no radio or music player that could help ease his boredom and he also said that it's no longer very convenient for him to watch TV because of his failing eyesight.
I'm thankful that I got to visit him that day and hear some of his stories. Just listening to him sing and laughing at his jokes really made my day and even though our visit was brief, but I hope we made his morning a little more interesting and happier. I feel like there is so much I can learn from the elderly and I'm excited to go back and meet Mrs L and the other elderly :) Thank you for reading!
- Bianche
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