My first long post in... a thousand years. Let's see if I can still write properly.

JOB ATTACHMENT AT REN CI (Part ONE)

The day started with me waking up and refusing to wake up... becuase there is job attachment. Walked around the house in a daze, then decided to heat up breadtalk bread for breakfast. Halfway through eating, I realized I was supposed to have breakfast with Roxanne... but decided not to waste bread. Haha

Was late as usual when meeting Roxanne and Novena Square... 238 bus decided to be smart and come 15 minutes late. Everyone in the bus was checking their watches and frowning. Some people stared at me in the MRT... probably thought I was pon-ing school as I was in my school uniform.

Reached Novena-Roxanne was there, duh. Then I admitted I ate breakfast ,and she admitted she ate breakfast. Then we laughed. xD Spent supposed breakfast time wandering around the shopping centre with Roxanne and Sheena. Met the CIP group at 8.30, headed to Ren Ci and got lost. We wandered around TTSH for a while, before the leader asked the receptionist for help.

Finally reached Ren Ci, got a briefing and then we got a tour. Walked around the 'estate' like hospice... and boom, SINGAPORE'S AGEING POPULATION materialises.

There were a lot of different wards- I think it was separated according to needs. And I realized there was a heck lot of old people in S'pore. It was quite surreal to see them- they looked really frail and such. There were a lot of nurses and caretakers and they were changing sheets and stuff. We were supposed to wheel some old people to the main 'room' to exercise. The helper mdm Tan (?) was really strong. She was like heave and lift the old people, help them sit on wheelchair, strap on belt and ready to move. Efficiency at it's best.

Then we wheeled them out... and it was hell trying to wheel them up the slopes. The helpers must have built up their arm and leg muscles trying to coordinate the wheelchair and the direction. Played some excercise games... there was this cool auntie who was very active, she could drop the ring in the stand no matter how high we lifted it. And this active auntie who was 97 and still so enthusiastic...

Had lunch at Square 2, ate hor fun. Got lost trying to find Delifrance, only to find out from Clarissa that it closed down a while ago. Roxanne made the best buy of her life, spending $29.90 to buy Hana Yori Dango 2. She wanted to buy season 1 as well, but me and Clarissa were 'NO'.

When we came back, sat down in this lounge area and fell asleep. The atmosphere was so conducive for sleeping, everyone was just dozing off. Roxanne was like... head on the headrest of the sofa, don't want to move anymore. I was suspended in time again- half asleep, half awake.
-_-

We had to wheel some residents to the main room again for karaoke. There was this auntie I had to wheel out, and I spoke to her in my crappy Cantonese. Surprisingly, she understood me- HAHAHA. I asked if she was full, and she told me she wanted to drink her kopi. lols

The karaoke was so funny, I never knew malay karaoke existed! That's quite cool! The old folks were all clapping their hands and nodding... then they all drank kopi. While they were having karaoke, we made cards to sell and raise funds for Ren Ci. I realized that one of the songs being karaoke-ed was my father's favorite song... he kept playing it in the car in primary school every day. And I sung along secretly! Roxanne was like 'dots...' when she saw me, lols.

Finally, it was over and we could leave. Me, Roxanne and Clarissa bought Mr Bean soya milk to drink while walking back. Said goodbye to Clarissa at MRT, and then went to comics connection. Roxanne was like debating whether to buy ouran 4 or 1... and she decided to buy 4... and I wasted money AGAIN, to buy D.Gray man. God save me.

Finally went home, immediately started reading my vol 8. Thus ends the first day.

3 MORE DAYS TO GO, PEOPLE.