Have been in ACP8 (a work program ran by my team) for a bit over 2 months now. Part of the program requires us to participate in a service to the community. There are now in total 20 members in ACP8 and some of us have volunteered to be the committee of this servicing event. After their careful considerations, they’ve decided that we would visit an elderly home, chat with the elderly and give them some presents. They have spent a lot of time organising this event for us and I thank them so much!

Last Saturday, all of us met up and visited an elderly home at North Point. I was never really good with communicating with the elderly, but have always wanted to give it a try. So there we were, at the elderly home. It did take me a while of listening to my other colleagues talking with the elderly before I could join in any conversations.

I couldn’t take more photos because the nurses there weren’t happy with me taking photos.

Anyways, after chatting with them for about half an hour, we played games with them and started handing out some presents we brought along. That was really fun! Some of the elderly were really healthy and smart! After the games, we sang some old songs for them then said our goodbyes.

I haven’t really visited the elderly homes before and although we only spent about 90 minutes with them, I felt that we have already gave them some entertainment for the day. I hope that they’re happy with us showing up. I wish that we could maybe visit them again in the future!

After the service, some of us went for afternoon tea then went singing and drinking for the rest of the night! That was fun too!

PK Lai