Thursday, August 6, 2009
English Reflection on CIP By Derrick Ng 3e2.
On the first visit to Jamiyah home for the elderly,i felt very bored and irritated as i would have to sacrifice my time to help at there.When we first reached,i was acting hostile and complaining about all the stuff i could have done with the amount of time spent there but after the lady at the office told us what we were supposed to do, i was even more annoyed.We were suppose to claen the stairs from the first floor to the fourth floor and there were many steps to climb.After awhile i relaxed abit and stopped being so annoyed with everything and i started to crack jokes with my groupmates to make time pass faster.After we cleaned the stair, we walked around the hime finding things to do but there was not much things to help out with,feeling thirsty and tired we decided to grab a drink at a nearby shop.After finishing all the things that needed helping out with at the home, we decided to leave.On the second day, i was feeling bored about the things we have to repeat again at the home,but Aravinda encouraged to stay focused on the task at hand. However, there was one incident that had somewhat troubled me,and that is while we were there, an elderly man started to insult us with dialect vulgarities.We decided to ignore him at first but the insults just nonstop, so we nodded politely and left the elderly man alone by avoiding him.At the end of the day, i realised that i had actually helped to improve someone's daily life and that gave me a sense of accomplishment.
On the first visit to Jamiyah home for the elderly,i felt very bored and irritated as i would have to sacrifice my time to help at there.When we first reached,i was acting hostile and complaining about all the stuff i could have done with the amount of time spent there but after the lady at the office told us what we were supposed to do, i was even more annoyed.We were suppose to claen the stairs from the first floor to the fourth floor and there were many steps to climb.After awhile i relaxed abit and stopped being so annoyed with everything and i started to crack jokes with my groupmates to make time pass faster.After we cleaned the stair, we walked around the hime finding things to do but there was not much things to help out with,feeling thirsty and tired we decided to grab a drink at a nearby shop.After finishing all the things that needed helping out with at the home, we decided to leave.On the second day, i was feeling bored about the things we have to repeat again at the home,but Aravinda encouraged to stay focused on the task at hand. However, there was one incident that had somewhat troubled me,and that is while we were there, an elderly man started to insult us with dialect vulgarities.We decided to ignore him at first but the insults just nonstop, so we nodded politely and left the elderly man alone by avoiding him.At the end of the day, i realised that i had actually helped to improve someone's daily life and that gave me a sense of accomplishment.
Reported at, 4:56 AM.
Photos From Jamiya Home For the Aged Taken by JiaXuan.
Reported at, 4:46 AM.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Pre-Visit Reflections
I am nervous about the visit to the Old folks home as I have not been to any Old folks home only accompanied by several group members. I didnt know what to expect from the Old folks living there. But i am also feeling excited as i know what i am about to do will probably brighten someone's day up , or make their life a bit less monotonous. This helped calmed me down and open up to the elderly, taking the initiative to chat with them about their day to day lives.
Post Visit Reflections
The visit turned out to be alot more relaxed than i thought it was going to be. The elderly there are actually very wise and have alot of life experiences which they shared with me without any hesitation. They advised me on making the right choices in life and to stay on the right path.
However, i also feel pity for them as there is not much for them to do there at the old folks.It makes me realise just how important filial piety is, but it seems that filial piety is not a very important value in the modern day society as people tend to find the elderly as burdens and not assets. Our parents raised us from the day we were borned and i feel that the least we can do is to make sure we can care for them the same way they have cared for us by providing us with what we want and need. But there are also those who has no family and the old folks home takes care of them and that is very good, as the older the elderly get, the more they need help and the caretakers can do that. I also realise that although the elderly's daily needs are taken care of, they are generally not very happy with being cooped up all day long at the home. Also i would not send my parents or grandparents there as i feel that there should be more to life than being in the home all day long. The visit to the home has overall, made me a better person and realise the importance of family. -JiaXuan.
I am nervous about the visit to the Old folks home as I have not been to any Old folks home only accompanied by several group members. I didnt know what to expect from the Old folks living there. But i am also feeling excited as i know what i am about to do will probably brighten someone's day up , or make their life a bit less monotonous. This helped calmed me down and open up to the elderly, taking the initiative to chat with them about their day to day lives.
Post Visit Reflections
The visit turned out to be alot more relaxed than i thought it was going to be. The elderly there are actually very wise and have alot of life experiences which they shared with me without any hesitation. They advised me on making the right choices in life and to stay on the right path.
However, i also feel pity for them as there is not much for them to do there at the old folks.It makes me realise just how important filial piety is, but it seems that filial piety is not a very important value in the modern day society as people tend to find the elderly as burdens and not assets. Our parents raised us from the day we were borned and i feel that the least we can do is to make sure we can care for them the same way they have cared for us by providing us with what we want and need. But there are also those who has no family and the old folks home takes care of them and that is very good, as the older the elderly get, the more they need help and the caretakers can do that. I also realise that although the elderly's daily needs are taken care of, they are generally not very happy with being cooped up all day long at the home. Also i would not send my parents or grandparents there as i feel that there should be more to life than being in the home all day long. The visit to the home has overall, made me a better person and realise the importance of family. -JiaXuan.
Reported at, 4:41 AM.
THIS IS A GROUP POST DONE BY SHUYANG.
During the trip to the Home, Ara, derrick ,JX and me have learnt alot of morals that we can not find in Damai.As this was a special visit that we did together it held fond memories and tired days we spent together. There was this old man that told us he used to be a chef at a intercontinental hotel but succumbed to playing in Genting till he was drugged and sent to the home , though there were some lies along the way that we detected, I felt that it was just to entertain us so that we would not feel bored. All the old folks were all specialized in one aspect, and the one we talked to was a very experienced chef. From my point of view, i think that all old folks should be respected as they were the ones that built singapore with the pioneers from scratch. We also reached a consensus that the kids are evil to leave them all alone. Though this is more of a sad case, we felt happy that there volunteers to help take care of them. The old folks also told us that they can redeem money every month but chances are that they will be stolen by some other old folk , so they always keep a pouch beside them 24/7.
Before the trip, four of us were all very laidback and happy-go-lucky but after the trip we felt that this is the sad truth of life and it is really happening.Though we all have morals taught by parents, there are just some stuff in life that u have to go through to know how cruel the world is. From this trip to the Home, the four of us felt that if we have more time we would definately spent more of our time there rather than spend it on shopping etc.
During the trip to the Home, Ara, derrick ,JX and me have learnt alot of morals that we can not find in Damai.As this was a special visit that we did together it held fond memories and tired days we spent together. There was this old man that told us he used to be a chef at a intercontinental hotel but succumbed to playing in Genting till he was drugged and sent to the home , though there were some lies along the way that we detected, I felt that it was just to entertain us so that we would not feel bored. All the old folks were all specialized in one aspect, and the one we talked to was a very experienced chef. From my point of view, i think that all old folks should be respected as they were the ones that built singapore with the pioneers from scratch. We also reached a consensus that the kids are evil to leave them all alone. Though this is more of a sad case, we felt happy that there volunteers to help take care of them. The old folks also told us that they can redeem money every month but chances are that they will be stolen by some other old folk , so they always keep a pouch beside them 24/7.
Before the trip, four of us were all very laidback and happy-go-lucky but after the trip we felt that this is the sad truth of life and it is really happening.Though we all have morals taught by parents, there are just some stuff in life that u have to go through to know how cruel the world is. From this trip to the Home, the four of us felt that if we have more time we would definately spent more of our time there rather than spend it on shopping etc.
Reported at, 3:24 AM.
During the trip to the old folks home i learnt that we must repay our parents in the one and only way called filial piety. No amount of money can ever satisfy them as they all want family caring for them. When i was there, i heard stories that their children do not want them to interfere with their intimate relationship or interfere with the kind of family they want. I feel that this is very sad as the old folks only want to be free. When they are inside a home, their actions are very constricted to rule and regulations. Though this was mainly for us to get CIP points, i learnt alot more from the Old folks. Their life stories have reminded me of my goal in life, that everything we do, we must always remember fondly in our hearts who was the one that loved,paid and stood by us when we were down. As we spent time talking to them , I felt that they opened up more to us and this was a very good thing as some of the volunteers told me that they were introverts. I felt that this was a very good opportunity for me and the others to reflect on ourselves. -Shuyang.
Reported at, 2:35 AM.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
TEST POST
Reported at, 8:16 AM.
