08/05/2009 (Friday)
I actually survived 4 full days of work! I don’t mind the long hours, but travelling is kind of a killer. Moreover, it just feels like normal school days when you work in school. BAH!
I finally got to communicate with Mei Zhen at work! =D She’s my sister’s schoolmate. Her first impression was indeed scary like what most people say, because she looks fierce when she is all quiet & don’t smile at all. But hey! She is a really nice person. We worked together for the morning to install stuff on some PCs at work. I asked her to join us for lunch, so she came along with Alisa, May May & Carol. =D
After work, May May, Carol & I rushed to GV Vivo to meet Alisa to catch our 6.30pm movie. X-Men Origins: Wolverine! It was my first movie after so long! The movie was really very exciting and I could feel my heart almost throbbing out every moment. I don’t mind to watch it all over again if I have the chance! =D
After the movie, we went to the food court to have dinner. May wanted to buy bird nest for her mama, so we went to Giant just before it was about to close. Carol & I trained to Boon Keng & changed to bus 23 to go home. Finally reached home at 11plus.
09/05/2009 (Saturday)
I woke up early despite sleeping super late the night before. But I didn’t want to miss visitation after missing it for so long!
Our first visit of the day was Mdm Ho’s house. She was so nice to cook for all of us! She cooked curry chicken & pig organ soup so us. Her cooking was simple yet delicious. Really appreciate her efforts because she actually cannot stand for too long as her knees and back always give her problem. Yet, I’m sure she must have stood in the kitchen for some time just to cook for us. Moreover, she couldn’t even eat what she had cooked for us. At first we thought there would only be a few of us, but more kept coming and we filled up her 1-room flat. In the end, there were more people than the usual visits. I was very happy because I think Mdm Ho remembers me. When we were leaving, I was standing behind a few of them waiting to bid goodbye to her. She saw me, and moved forward to shake her hands with me. It is a gesture of showing their gratitude for us visiting them.
After visiting Mdm Ho, we split up into 3 groups. I was the only girl in our Hokkien group. The rest of the guys had already graduated. We went to visit Mdm Tan! I missed visiting her so much! =D
When we reached her house, she was already expecting us. She casually mentioned that she thought we weren’t coming anymore. Her words hit upon me how disappointed she would really be if we didn’t visit her. To us, it would be just like regular fortnight visits to the elderly. To every elderly, it means to them a lot that someone actually cares for them.
As usual, we sat down to have a chat with Mdm Tan. However, I had a different feeling today. Even though Mdm Tan was as bubbly and cheerful as her usual self, but when she told us about her poor eyesight, she sounded really sad. To her, life has kind of lost its meaning when she cannot see the beautiful world as how it should be. She is not totally blind, but all she can see are shadows and shapes of humans and things. She cannot even see colours. She didn’t know who visited her, but she only recognized us by our voice. Even doctors told her that they could do nothing to make her eyesight better. She was once hopeful, as she wasn’t one of those elderly who was reluctant to seek cure. However, she was totally disappointed when she realized there was no cure. When I looked at her as she told her story, I almost wanted to cry. At that point of time, I just thought of how many of us do not appreciate the world and complain about life all the time. However, what Mdm Tan wants is just a simple wish of seeing the beautiful world clearly for the remaining years of her life and nothing else. I truly wish I can bring her around Singapore to see the nice places one day. But, I know it is impossible.
Before leaving, we helped to fix Mdm Tan’s radio and taught her how to operate it. She looked really happy over it. Then she took each of our hands and held it for a while to thank us for visiting her.
I had to leave after visiting Mdm Tan, I had to leave. I was supposed to meet ZARA LB! =D It had been ages since I last went out with them! =D
I met Audrey, Anna, and Ling Jie to have our k session at Orchard IB Partyworld. It was my first time to Partyworld. =D
We met LT & Rina for dinner at Cine’s HK Café. Finally, ZARA LB is at its full force again! =D Anyway, I saw Dorothy, Adelene & Jiaqi there too.
After dinner, we squeezed into Rina’s car and she drove us up to Dempsey Hill for B&J ice cream. We sat there pretty long until the live singer left. His voice was really great and I enjoyed listening to him sing.
By the time Rina drove us back to Paragon, it was quite late already. In the end, Ling Jie, LT & I decided to share a cab home. It was near midnight, so a lot of cabs didn’t want to take us. The cab uncle who drove us was really very nice! Even though he was going Changi and Seng Kang was out of the place, but he still drove us to our 3 different destinations afterall. =DBoy, I was super tired when I got home. It was already past midnight. But I really enjoyed myself! Ask me out more often, ZARA LB! We should have more outings like this. =D
Reminder to myself:
Mon – Dim sum dinner with Acacians
Wed – e6 councillor meeting
Fri – Secret mission with Whatever trio *wink*
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