F.O.L. on Saturday.

Pretty reluctant to go for the event despite it being my residential project for NYAA gold cos it's such a waste of time, spending precious Saturday on baking. But then again, got motivated since squad ppl were going so i went for the people. [ I've been secretly thinking CIP sessions with NP as squad outings. It makes them less hard to bare. But I do genuinely enjoy most of them at the end of the day cos I don't always know what I'm in for at the start.]

And it was really a waste of time when there were 30+ people doing a tray of mango sago which really only needed 1 or 2 person to make (ps. it didnt have sago so it was more like mango pomelo) and I really wanted to skip the rest of the event and just go movie with Pea. But being awesome , and dragged by the rest, I stayed on and went Lavender to distribute the desserts to the elderlies anyway.

But omg. It was the distributing part that touched me (and I'm sure all of us. ) Had to go to certain units to invite the elderlies down to some centre for them for dessert so they could socialise with others. And you won't believe it, but their living conditions are really..basic. Most of them live alone so they're living in 1-room flats. From the door you can see everything in the house. Most only had TV, bed/mattress on the floor, chair, and a stool/mini table to put their food. Those who were better probably had a fridge. But I saw this old man who had nothing in his house, at least all I saw from his half opened door was a hanger with a shirt hung at the window, no furniture at all. And it was sad when we asked him down for dessert but had a communication breakdown cos he spoke in dialect and I think he couldn't hear properly but he was cute which makes everything sad.

I knew Singapore had lonely old folks who were poor and maybe untaken care of, but I've never seen real life cases (except TV documentaries ) so it was pretty enlightening in a sense, and heart-wrenching. Like, there really are people who are leading such lives. They stay at home all day, and nobody ever visits them except volunteers who bring food and if they're lucky, neighbours. And all they have is the TV. Whatever happened to their family? Do they have none? Whatever happened to their children? Have they all left? Why so cruel? Why leave them alone? Oh well, I suppose there's a story behind everyone. And I'm of course in no position to judge people for abandoning their parents if they do, because we don't ever understand what had happened previously. But it's of course sad when we see them now.


Looking forward to events that can help these people directly. I really prefer interacting with them , knowing that we're the reason for the smile on their faces.

PS. Camwhore pics while 'making mango sago' + @Bugis Koi-ing

Bye.