1:47 PM
visited the RCHD (Red Cross home for the disabled) yesterday.... came as a little of a shock to me initially, cuz as yeng yeng says, we seldom see these ppl on the streets. at least not in singapore anyway. but it was an enriching experience. we didn't do cip, but we interacted with them a little.
there was christopher, born on christmas day. he's very smart, tell him a date and he can tell you the day. never got anyone wrong. and he asked for everyone's birthdays to challenge himself. and there's agnes, also physically handicapped but able to communicate with us too. actually i feel that they r veru nice ppl, very innocent n simple, not like ppl out there in the cruel world where even ur friends can cheat on you. they dun lie juz to make anyone happy, but it is tis tt makes them special.
actually i feel very fortunate aft the visit, fortunate juz bcuz i'm normal. i can talk, walk, play happily without any problem, but not them. plus, some of the residents there are children, some of them my cousin's age, some as young as 5. the little girl of 5 was called valerie, and she look quite normal excepts that she lies on the bed and doesn't respond to us, unlike some others, unlike chris who tells us that tis yr's ndp sucks, and tt he likes watching channel 5 programmes. and there was 3 of them, abit younger than us. then they very very thin, stick-thin, as marilyn calls it. and they look much much younger than their actual age cuz their size is very small....
this visit was very enriching. i learn tt actually disabled ppl can b nice too. it is the true 'simple n nice' tt qihao says. do not feel sympathy, but make friends with them, juz like the volunteers did, juz like yeng yeng did.