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Paint-a-Home by NUS CSCVenue: Bishan Home for the Intellectually Disabled
Date: 2nd June, Saturday
No photos this time =)
but e experience realli changed my perspective towards certain issues in life, and I walked away from the Home feeling somewhat touched..
Besides giving the rooms @ e Home a new coat of paint in the morning, we were given the chance to interact with the residents thru activities in the afternoon...
for one thing, i have a newfound respect for the nurses at the Home..They are realli good (and very cool!) in handling difficult residents...and i can realli see the great deal of love and patience they need to have to be able to communicate with the residents at the Home...
Generally, i think we are not realli taught the right ways to handle and interact with the intellectually disabled...for the first time in my life, i was up- close with the residents, and it was so overwhelming [it's an understatement really], and I had a sense of helplessness as to how I should interact with them...but things got much better after a male resident in a wheelchair smiled at us, and asked us if we had eaten our lunch in teochew...den we started playing simple games like passing the parcel, and musical chairs, where I held an auntie's hands and led her around the chairs...you realli can see how happy the residents are, dancing to the rhythm of the music, and singing children songs...and also saw another auntie holding a soft toy dog affectionately... and lots of other scenes happening around me.. but i muz say that the happiest moments were shaking their hands and seeing their smiling faces [the residents' way of saying hello & being friendly] =)
e last part was realli tiring, cos' we had to clean all the painting equipment, wiping endless paintbrushes and containers...
but i am really thankful for this experience, and on top of that, had fun chatting with the rest of the volunteers! feel young all over again!
posted by tauhuay_02 @ 9:42 AM
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