Yihan and I were greeted by the smiling uncle Kng as he opened the door. “Wah, only 2 of you today. It used to be around 10!” exclaimed uncle when he saw that there were only 2 of us today. We quickly explained that the rest were revising for their exams or were taking their exams today. And that the Dynamic Duo needed to take some time off from revising.

Uncle appeared pretty well, laughed a lot and was talkative as usual today. He showed us the envelope indicating that he is to collect his portable breathing aid on 30 Nov at TTSH. “There is going to be more than usual housework for you to do today!” said uncle before he instructed us to change his bed sheet and wash his clothes. The Dynamic Duo started work without delay, mustering all their superpowers to complete the various chores. In between housework, we learned that when uncle was a kid, his attap house was burned down, and his family lost all their belongings, including their clothes. The government gave each of his family members one set of clothes and $3. Uncle also mentioned that he stopped schooling because of this fire.

A nurse from HCA visited uncle while we were cleaning the house. I didn’t catch her name. She conversed with uncle using Malay, as she is Malay. Later, uncle revealed that he is rather proficient in the Malay language, and would have also learnt Tamil if not for some innate fear since young.

After finishing the chores, we sat down with uncle to enjoy some Chinese songs sang by the renowned Malaysian singer Tommy Wong, also known as the spokesperson for the Creative Crystal Company. Uncle suggested that we have lunch together, and we ordered KFC as Uncle liked to have some fries for lunch. Our meal arrived half an hour later. To our horror, the fries were soggy and the chicken very salty. “Did we order salty chicken and soggy fries?” I asked. “No, we ordered ‘original’ chicken not salty chicken. But we did order soggy fries. It is stated in the receipt that we ordered them,” said Yihan with a wry smile. Who in the world would put soggy fries on their menu? KFC. “KNNN….we will not order from Kentucky next time. Pizza Hut is much better!” muttered uncle not very happily.

People visiting uncle next time are reminded not to order from KFC=) And also to get for uncle some Hokkien music CDs (like songs from the super hot drama “Love”) sang by Taiwanese singers.

Today, Taiqin & his trusty sidekick, Yihan went to visit AMK uncle. Both of us hadn’t seen him for a year, and we couldn’t really recognise him when we saw him. He lost a lot of weight & now his eyesight is blury & his chest hurts. To be honest, he could go anytime. Thankfully, his wife is still pretty healthy & she is taking good care of him & cooking for him delicious nasi lemak! His daughters have all moved out (so I assume they r happily married). One of their daughters bought them vcds of Hindi movies, so they can watch movies the whole day. The horrors! haha. Oh well… to each his own.

Anyways, they were very nice to us & were really thankful. Uncle even woke up from his rest to thank us & shake our hands before we left. Bless him…

The adventures of  T & Y continue next week. Hopefully with some more company ;P

Hello volunteer….

This week is week 13 and 2 more weeks to our final year examination..For some maybe 1 more week to their final year examination…

All the best for the final years and thank you for all your spontaneous contribution to HCA and to our patients.

Thank you volunteers for their attentive care towards our HCA patients.

Yeah hope to see everyone after exam on 6 Dec And after Exams :  LETS HAVE AN OUTING TO RELAX . HAHA

Also there will be lots of fun during december holiday for our christmas party in HCA HQ… Hope you guys can join us… yeah..

STUDY HARD AND MUG HARD :p