Saturday, July 12, 2008
day 1:
Reached there around 9.40 &went up to the dining hall. They were having morning exercise led by the officer over there, so we joined them. After their exercise, we helped to serve them the tea-break, which consists of bread &tea. We helped to take the plates &cups back to the kitchen before talking to the residents. The officer then brought us to the table &introduced us to uncle lee. He then talked about his life, his experience &his thoughts. Uncle lee even taught us how to play roulette &recommended us to 'beedis' cigarrettes. &he even said that smoking is not bad for health. He told us that if we wanted to be successful in life, we must be a chef or tour guide. WHY? So that we can travel around the world.
Complaints by uncle lee: {{we are helping him;;
first; he hates the food in the home because it's bland.
second; he said that the menu on the board is fake cos on that day they said that they are serving chicken stew instead it was vegetables stew.
third; he said that the tv was just for showcase cos when the pictures are clear, there's no sound &when there's sound, the pictures aren't clear.
fourth; he said that the home was supposed to make the elderly happy but instead, the officers made the elderly unhappy.
fifth;he said that the officers will bring them to places only if they are in a good mood when in the first place, the officers said that they could be out once in 2 weeks.
lastly; he said that we can help him to publish this to the Straits Time cos he can't stand it anymore.
Talked to uncle lee for about 2 hours &we helped to serve the residents lunch &uncle lee was right. It was vegetable stew instead of chicken stew. At 12.45, we went round giving the residents cranes that we made. After that, we went home.