Visits to Old Folks Homes

Feeling kinda tired today...spent a good part of the day painting the walls outside, under the hot sun. I'd probably remain brown for a while longer. 8( But everyone in the family pitched in and helped today...so all the walls outside have been painted. Usually I take about a week to complete. One more area, the balcony to go...but already the mind is thinking of putting it off till the next break, feeling a little 'bengang' from all the heat of the sun...... the body is really weary and still dotted with paint. Tired is an understatement!

Made visits to 2 Old Folks Home yesterday, the one in Pokok Sena and Bethel Home. There were more of us than the old folks at both places. In each place, we sang with them, gave them a little red packet each and some food.

But sometimes I wonder why only during festive season we remember them. The existence of homes for old folks is a sign of the breaking of the social fabric, I guess. It used to be families who will take care of family members. And also it points to abandonment. Parents abandon children...children abandon parents. Kinda depressing... it's easy to forget the old people...

Anyway, Son and Daughter went, along with Ling, Siah and their ma and also Jov. It's nice to see the senior citizens, especially at Bethel Home enjoying themselves during our visit. There was this gutsy old lady who sang her heart out together with us. 8) But there was one who was a bit grumpy and kept to herself, rejecting everything that was given to her.

We were discussing about making our visits more meaningful...maybe future visits would include sprucing up the place for the old folks, clean up a bit, tidy up the garden, plant some fruit trees....definitely more meaningful than just a short visit like what we've been doing.

Anyway, in the afternoon, came home and we (the girls) finished our photo frame project. Ling and Siah even cleared Daughter's clothes cupboard while Jov hung around. They managed to clear 2 bags of clothes!!! Saved me an afternoon's work also. 8)

Now it's neat as can be. My girl is very, very blessed to have these 2 'tai-kar-cheh(s)'. Also, they've been having their all-girls' night out too. Daughter spent the last 2 nights at their place....holiday sleepover. 8)

Later in the night, I went over to Molly's place with the girls to help put up her Christmas tree. It was quite late when we ended.