Monday, August 13, 2007
there're so much to blog about that ive no idea where to start from.
the chiangmai trip was superb. the mountains, the waterfalls, the double rainbows, the gateway of himalayas... the unique cultures, the comfortable ambience, the slow pace of life, the yummy food, the friendly people... it was too good to be true. of cuz not forgetting my father's thai fren who kindly brought us around & the shuai van driver. =P there're so much left to be seen. hopefully i'll be back there soon.
now i understand why my brother fell in love with that place.
last sat's evening was darn hilarious. thanks to all for the raucous cheering. sorry to the rest of the restaurant's patrons. even though it was 2 weeks' late, the bubble of joy hasnt broke yet and im still feeling happy about it. THANKS for making me so happy! love you all so much. =D THANKS to alan, joel, john and edmund for making me part of ur loving team. the bettle car was awesome. i'll love to get one for myself, someday.
also, thanks to my fren. it was a good thing we kena the forfeit, or else i wouldnt have known all that. i was honestly touched. im so glad i've known you. there's actually something i left out: u're not only my fren or a good listener, u're indeed like a brotherly figure to me. u always looking out for me, protecting and helping mewhenever u can. THANKS to you too. (:
last sat was yet another refreshing experience for me & probably to weilin as well. before i forget, a BIG THANKS to pearlyn for helping out, despite sleeping so little due to arts Oweek. to be helping those elderly folks or adults from Society for Physically Disabled (SPD) gives me a wholly different feeling from other volunteering events. it just ached me to know that it was the first visit for some of the people there, esp the old folks. in the morning, yet another selfless volunteer picked me up and tog we went to ferry an elderly woman, mdm tan, who was wheelchair bound from Bedok. when i first met her, it gave me a nostalgia feeling. probably cuz i akin her to my late grandma. all three of us hit off well and luckily for me, kc was able to speak hokkien quite well. also, it was heartwrenching to note how grateful mdm tan was. this was because if no one comes to ferry her, she would have no other way to get herself to the zoo. she was living alone and had no caregiver with her.
at the end of the trip, she was telling us her life story. her hokkien was slightly chim for me so i had problems understanding. but my eyes never left her face which painted such a sorrowful expression. she must have went through so much, living a desolute life without a limb. but i had respect for her cuz she didnt give up and seemed so cheerful.
this excursion left me overwhelmed with a tide of conflicting emotions. one of which was that it made me wonder why i didnt communicate with my grandparents when they are around. why am i doing all these ie helping other old folks, when i didnt even tried my best to talk to my grandpa? am i doing all these cuz i felt guilty about not doing more when he's around?
i wish i had done more then. there's no point mulling over that. henceforth, i promise myself i would do more for old folks. i've let mdm tan know that if u need people to bring her out, just let us know. probably she wouldnt remember that. but i do hope she will live on strong and healthy.
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life and fate should not be determined by heavens and earth.
i wish otherwise.
so that i will know what lies ahead of me.
10:04 PM
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