my residents are really CUTE!!!

me: do you want to eat sweet?
resident: i want!! (and kept nodding his head)

** so i pass the sweet to him.. **

resident: shh.. don't tell jie jie (pointing to my colleague who came in with him) you give me sweet. it's our secret. shh..

muahahahaha!! they are seriously damn cute right!! oh man. they even know how to sort of "bribe" you in doing things for them, some even know how to bully people, etc.

oh ya... i realized that somehow unknowing-ly you will end up acting and behaving like them once you spend all your time with them. i received A LOT of comments saying that i should move in with them soon... i am behaving more and more like them.. are you okay? i should start arranging for my appointment at IMH.. etc

But sometimes in order to communicate with them.. you really need to go down to their level to communicate with them; only then are you able to click with them, able to get some response from them. it's true. if you come and act al mighty in front of them they will be thinking "who is this freak standing in front of me? what is she trying to do?" if you manage to go into the same channel with them.. at least you can get some responses from them... even those that don't talk at all at least when they get use to you and see you more often, they will smile to you.. really...

the most satisfying moment is.. when you manage to get a non responsive resident to smile at you when he/ she sees you coming.. that is the time when you know that they are starting to recognise you.. acknowledging your presence and the satisfaction you get is PRICELESS.. really..

you will never know that all this little things that you do to them.. (walking over to shake their hand, smile at them.. acknowledge them...) actually meant a lot to them.

(:

postcard from nederlands (:

this morning i received a post card all the way from nederlands. one ex volunteer mailed it over.. he is one volunteer that left a deep impression on me. very nice decent guy.. agreed to practically anything that i ask for! (not that i always ask things from him but he really help me alot in some programs..). show great empathy for my clients... showering them with care and love. treat them really well... respect them.. yeah.. that's how good is he... and he sort of set the standard for all my future volunteers! a very high standard though.. haha

it's really sweet of him to remember my clients even though he is far away.. (:

it's exactly one more to our 11th anniversary...

and this is the first time that i am actually planning for an event. a real event that involve lots of details. i'm overwhelmed by all these planning that i need to do, having to liaise with volunteers, sponsors, contractors... starting to turn cranky when people keep coming to me to bombard me with all the issuess and endless questions!!

but i'm glad that everyone is really supportive. giving me advice... trying their best to help me. i thank god for giving me wonderful colleagues! (:

i'm afraid that i will screw up the whole event. worried that i might miss out this and that. argh. beside that my other projects are ongoing as well. and worst first assignment is due soon. i'm sinking... sinking... HELP!! can anyone pull me out?

that's life

was suppose to go for home visit to one of my client yesterday. while confirming the visit again, we received the news that he passed away at night.

that's the first death that i encountered after working with them for almost one year. and it's not exactly a very nice experience though. and im sure im going to encounter more of it.. sigh...

title?

Somehow I believe that they can feel it and they understand what is happening even though they are not responsive at all. I believe that they know what is going on around them although they need times to take in all the information. They have feelings like us too…

When my colleague told me what happened that night I tear. Without fail, my client’s dad will visit him every day. Often I told him not to do that as he needs his rest as well especially after a long day at work. Beside that he needs to look after his wife too. So last night when my client saw his dad, he broke into tears and hugged his dad tight. And both of them ended up crying together. what a scene right. Not something you can see in a place like us. All of us were kind of shock when we heard of it. it’s really heartbreaking to see it. I know them personally and I can feel their love for each other even though my client is unable to express himself. Or rather, he is not aware of how to express himself. He is very attached to his dad. After all it’s his dad who brought him up, care for him and showers him with all his fatherly love.

I pray that his dad is healthy and strong, able to continue caring for his wife and son. I pray that his wife recover soon and I pray that my client will behave and not create any trouble for anyone. I pray that they will have more time to spend together as a family. (:

kids....

was at a primary schol for our weekly session on hydroponic lesson with the primary 4 kids and our residents.. and yes.. they are FULL OF ENERGY and really very NOISY. yakking non stop and asking endless questions!

so i decided to play a game with them... (got this idea from UP. if you remember how the old man tried to make that boy shut up! hahah. yes i know i'm evil...)

me: ok children, i'm going to play a game with you. did you guys watch UP?
children: YES!!!!! (screaming at the top of their voices)
me: ok! let's play who can keep quiet for the longest time! the winner will get a prize!!

anyway it only last for like 5 secs? and they started bombarding me with all sort of questions again!! screaming and shouting, singing at the top of their voices... etc.

children: but miss chloé my mouth can't stop moving!!

and they go on and on....

mermaid.

went with my colleagues to sentosa for our staff gathering few weeks ago. we went to underwater world. ages since i last went there. it's interesting how everything seems so fun when you are young and how different it feels when you grow up. hmm..

anyway, while we were at underwater world, my colleague told us that he saw the "mermaid" when he came last week. i got really excited as i was thinking to myself "wah mermaid really exist!! i want to see!!" wondering how it look like and how they manage to bring the whole mermaid in. isit pretty like little mermaid?

so when my colleague pointed to me the "mermaid" i quickly rush over to see.. and guess the mermaid i had in mind is different from the mermaid that he is telling me about!!

ok.. that's the mermaid that i saw at underwater world. it's "gracie the dugong" apparently it is also known as the "mermaid" to some. (is that a BIG FISH?)


and this is the mermaid that i am thinking about!!! gosh felt so silly after that.



so conclusion.. mermaid do not exist. wakeup.

i just made a very crazy decision

im going to KL this weekend with mao sheng. leaving on Saturday evening!
i love impromptu trip like this. he is going over to look at some diving equipment and i decided to tag along!

i am so going to look forward to this. but definitely going to control my spending as i'm broke. only going to spend on food. no more buying of clothes. enough is enough. anyway i foresee that the style is not what i will normally go for. maybe i will just get some shoes? haha.

but before that.. let's hope that this week will past fast!
oh man. it's Monday again..

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organ donor card

finally receive my organ donor card yesterday after sending it weeks ago. still remember when i first told my parents about my decision, their first reaction "SIAO (crazy) ARH?" and they tried to talk me out from doing it. one example of how my mum tried to talk me out of it.. as we chinese believe in reincarnation my mum told me that if you give others your organs after you die, in your next life you will be born without that organ that you donated!! yeah that's my mum for you... hahaha

but still being the very stubborn me.. i went ahead with it. :)

if they are people who need it take it. since it will become useless to me once i die. right? there are people dying while waiting for a suitable donor. if we can donate our organ to them and give them a chance to re live their life.. why not?

random chat with one resident

this morning, i walked over to my favourite resident when he is playing lego.

me: hello. what are you doing?
resident: i'm building a home
me: wow. who are you building it for?
resident: build for you lo. then we can stay together!

awww. sweeet!!
im seriously in love with everyone of them!! :)

gone for 3 days and back

everything is seriously very cheap over there.
bought 15 dresses, 4 shoes, 4 bags in just 1 day. crazy right?
and yes. i overspent (again). but anyway it was still within what i budget.

anyway.. overall damage done

almost 30 dresses, 5 shoes, 4 bags and lots of doraemon! hahaha

awesome trip, but hate it when mum nag at me NON STOP complaining that i bought too much crap back and the amount of clothes that she is going to wash. sheesh.

ahhh

good news, finally we managed to confirm the venue after sourcing around and procastinating for a long time. this year we will be holding our 11th anniversary at macRitchie reservoir park. at least now we got the venue confirmed, it should be easier to plan the rest of the details right? hmm..

anyway. i was actually quite excited about it. after all this is the first time i am going to plan an event and after going through the event management course... I AM EVEN MORE EXCITED TO START (ya right..) but boss called me to his room earlier and he bombarded us with alot of things!! JUST RIGHT BEFORE I'M GOING FOR MY HOLIDAY.. and right now i feel like my brain is going to explode. trying to digest all those information that he gave earlier.. and he told me to THINK IT OVER MY TRIP and HOPE I WILL ENJOY MY HOLIDAY... nice try.

crap. im suddenly really nervous about the whole thing. feel like running away. realise that it's full of details details and more details!!! AHHHH!!! HELP ME!!

and finally im leaving for BKK tomorrow!!! woooo been waiting for this trip since zillion years ago.. and it's finally TOMORROW!! as usual not in the mood to work right now. spend my whole morning at IMH and just got back to office. damn tired. and boss just love to bombard me with all sort of things always at the wrong timing. and my RI boys are coming later. they are definitely going to drain away all my remaining energy.. headache! argh!

anyhow bangkok here i come! (:

arena

i concluded that it's good to bring your camera with you whenever you go clubbing. because it held memories of whatever shit that happened after you are high and crazy. yes.. cannot really remember much about what happened on Saturday night but after looking through those photos that we took, manage to roughly remember bit and pieces of it.

to conclude.. crazy people doing crazy things. yes..

anyway it's really fun although i really really detest hangover. sigh.. how to stop that from happening???

anyway photos.... (:

obviously all these photos were taken when we are still sober... haha. all looking pretty normal




and then we start to go crazy... and ended up doing crazy shit that we dont even remember.
like how i ended up taking this pic with this stranger..



anyway.. happy birthday to the birthday boy Terrence! :)