Due to a sudden turn of events, Cine was unfortunately rejected (yeah we are a bunch of rejects) by Cheshire and just as we were approaching the confusing crossroads of life, trudging in a path of doubt, we were kindly adopted by Geylang Polyclinic (also thanks to euuunice who claimed she fought tooth and nail for that beneficiary). Ahh, poor souls who have to volunteer in marsiling, my heart goes out to you.

Yes, best TF we have :))

For a few sparkling moments I could have been enjoying the attachment. Some of the elderly are on the talkative side, talking (sometimes rambling on) about their various bright experiences in their lives. I enjoyed a near blow-by-blow account of an old resident's gone-through-WWII-life, and forwarded through a jolly re-live of an old lady's get-up-and-go attitude.

I conversed with some residents; most said they have children (and many!), but busy people they were, so the home was a place to ensure that the old man at home didn't had too many accidents. Since they had to pay an exorbitant monthly fee of S$580, I trusted this frequent allegory.

Though I supposed that exorbitant fee doesn't always include guarantee of no accidents. There was a resident who stuttered a lot; it was very difficult to know what he is saying. (At a point, you have to suggest what you think he is trying to say; if you are right he will say a definite 'yes' without stuttering and vice versa.) He wouldn't get up from his seat. I reckoned he fell before due to negligence on a particular nurse's part =X

Since it's christmas, and we all love volunteering so much, here's an email I got:

"This christmas we have a new way to spread holiday cheer. Inside a small wooden house, 25 days were marked and behind each door there was a small slip of paper with a good deed on it as well as a piece of candy. Each day we would do that deed and when we were finished we would get that piece of candy. I guess that piece of candy was there for motivation but to tell the truth we really didn't need it; the idea was for the cause. The deeds inside the box would vary from donating clothes to goodwill and writing a letter to someone you haven't seen in a while. The deeds were as creative as much as they were fun and giving. I would recommend that you and your family do this idea one year. You will truly benefit because I know we have. --hmarcoux37"

On another note: vincent feels uneasy.