Monday, January 29, 2007
{ 1/29/2007 09:43:00 PM }
Last Thursday.
My class was brought to Kwong Wai Shui Hospital (for the old folks) for cip project. One thing for sure... this trip was definitely quite meaningful to me. Let me start from the beginning. (:
My class were split into 6 different groups. Each group have different plans of what to do with the old folks at the hospital on that day. Some will be performing (singing), some doing magic tricks (?), some will be helping to clean the place and my group was to paint eggs with them! :D
Overall, the performing was screwed up but the bingo game with them was successful from what i heard from my classmates. Actually, not everything went according to plan but it was still good (: My friend, Amoz, was super pro with guitar! Whao... Just hum him abit of the song and and he just play the tune on the guitar on the spot. POWER. Kudos to Amoz! (: One of the lady we tried singing to, I tried to sing together was not that bad (Although my singing was super bad but i tried)... they were very happy indeed. :D
okay. thats roughly what happened but the next paragraph is my reflection on the trip, which was a report i had to submit. Bear with the bad english and boring report. :P
Reflection on my visit to Kwong Wai Shu Hospital on 25th January 2007
At first, I thought that I wouldn’t be able to really commit myself to this visit because; I didn’t have the knowledge of how to speak dialect to communicate with them. Therefore, I wasn’t keen on the trip, but I realized it was more meaningful at the end. My CIP group was to paint clay eggs with the old folks. When we were there, my group was brought up to the second floor to paint with them. Amoz and me paired up together to paint for them. When we first were together with this old lady, she had a visitor with her. The visitor translated to her that we’re painting an egg for her. At first, both of us were confused of what we should do. Then we decided that I hold her hand, along with the brush and paint the egg together with her while Amoz holds the egg. We painted a face and a smiley on it. At the moment, the old lady saw it and she smiled. Frankly, I felt it was not an ordinary smile but a true smile from the heart. I felt the warmth and I was sure Amoz did too. Both of us were then determined to do the same for many other old folks. The second lady we painted with, showed us a good sign with the thumb on her hand at the end. We were felt really good. There were more other things done at the hospital during the visit. At the end of the day, I knew that I was able to make a few faces smile and brighten their days. I realized that even the smallest and yet, not the most expensive things in the world, or maybe of how to communicate with them was not the only way to bring smiles to their face but, the love and concern shown towards them. This visit was definitely not a lesson but a REMINDER to me, that the minor acts can bring a major joy to people’s heart. J I hope that one day, I could come back again with friends to visit the old folks.
Written by: Gan Weiwen, Aylwin.
5E1
25th January 2007
((: Written truely from my heart.
It was supposed to be a 75-100words report only but I
think I exceeded. :X Too much.
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Saturday!
Oldham Hall Orientation Games Day.POWER! Damn fun! Thanks to Mr Andrew and Ms Magdeline for letting us help out. It was super fun. Though it was drizzling all afternoon, we had waterbomb at the end and it was frantic throwing at everyone. Especially crazy bombard to many HMs and AHMs. :DThen it was dedication service. It was fine and sat next to Cooro with her other friends. Tim was next to me. After that, we went to supper at the dining hall. Had a lot of stupid rubbish talks, chatting and teasing over there. Haha. ((: Left at 9plus and cabbed home. We were totally late for home. :XTiring day. (: And super fun anyway. :D
And OH! Caine taught me half of his JC mass dance. FUN LAR! :D and also learnt the BIMBO CHEER. AURGH. I disgraced myself and threw my pride away by doing that cheer.
Bye everyone. School's back to action and tests are coming up everywhere. (:
Shoutout to Cooro: Get well soon! Hope your voice will return back. You really sound like a duck now :P I'll buy you hot chocolate after you recover okay? ((:
