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Sunday, 27 January 2013 @ 16:00

Report for 26th Jan 2013 (by Qian Wen)

Participants:Xiao Qianwen,Ou Yonghua,Yang Zijiang, Li Lu, Lee Yee Hui,Cui Kaiwen, Liu Ximeng,Zhiying Sim (absent), Christy Lai (absent)

Food collection:Kaiwen, Qianwen, Li Lu and Yonghua went to Science Canteen to order Yong Tau Foo, and took a cab in front of canteen to go to Chin Swee Road. Ximeng, Zijing, Yee Hui went to Arts and Engin Canteen to collect Indian food and snacks. The fruits provided by Biz Canteen have already been collected by Amelia on Friday since the fruit store would not open on Saturday.

Mandarin Uncle side:
Block 11
#08-106: Aunty Seah wasn't in as she did exercise outside so we dropped her food off at her neighbor's place.
#12-98
When we knocked the door, Mandarin Uncle couldn’t get up from bed to open door for us. We opened the door by ourselves and went inside to see what happened to him. He didn’t feel well and vomited. He told us that he had ate too much glucose which leaded to vomit. Four of us helped uncle wash his cloths and towel, he was very appreciated and moved. What we worry most is his health, we hope he can be better soon.
Block 12
We met Aunty Nelly (08-48) and Aunty Roseita(03-60) downstairs and gave their food to them.We helped Aunty Nelly to read her house contract and talked to Aunty Roseita when we were waiting for the other 3 people coming.

Things to note:
Aunty Nelly told us she will go outside next Saturday, so next team should be there earlier to make sure delivering food to Aunty Nelly.

#04-80: We didn’t met Blind Uncle because he is in hospital these day and will be back on next Monday. We passed the food to his friend who would deliver it to Blind Uncle.
Things to note:The next team could perhaps ask him about his physical condition.
#06-74: We knocked the door for nearly 10 minutes because Ah Ma’ ears cannot listen well.We passed food to her and she said many ‘thanks’ to us. (we are moved.)
Things to note:Next team should be patient and knock her door for more than 10 minutes because of her deaf.

Block 13
#02-10: Uncle Edward gave us newspaper as usual.
#04-30: We met New Uncle downstairs and chatted with him quite a bit. #07-30: We passed the food to a auntie from grocery store, and she would bring to Uncle William.

Bedbug uncle side:
Block 51
09-81:Groceries Aunty asked us to help her buy Medicated Oil(风油精).
Block 3
#04-123:Uncle Paul was cooking when we came. We were sorry for coming late.
#14-133:We chatted with Uncel Ali for a while and he told us he would go to Indonesia from Sunday for 3daus to have his tooth checked.

Sunday, 20 January 2013 @ 14:16

Report for 19th Jan 2013 (by Xiong Yan)

Participants: Yanmo, Xinyue, Zijiang, Victor, Gejing, Shangya, Ximeng, Xiongyan

Food collection:
Members well quite punctual, gathered at Eusoff bus stop at 10. This week we had food to be collected at arts canteen and science canteen, Zijiang, Ximeng, and Xiongyan went to arts canteen first to collect food and take a cab together with Yanmo. Xinyue, Gejing, Shangya and Victor went to science canteen and got food from Chinese noodles. Two groups almost arrived at York hill the same time, no wasting time of waiting each other.

blk 3
08-105 Uncle Hoo Kun Kwai and 02-111 Uncle Chan Kum Leng were not in home, we hang the food on their door.
blk 51
12-75 we helped Cute ah ma to clean her window.

Blk 2
07-181 Auntie Lee Ah Hoong was not in home, and we were informed of this last week, so we hang the food on her door.
Blk 13
07-30 Uncle William was not in home, and we gave his food to his friend, an auntie downstairs.
02-10 We found Uncle Edward had some Woundplast on his hand and elbow, he told us that he fell down on his floor and hurt his arm. Next week members may check this again, see if Uncle gets any better.

Blk 12
We met Aunty Nelly (08-48) and Ah Ma (06-74) downstairs as usually and gave their food to them, and we helped Aunty Nelly to check her electricity bill.
04-80 Blind Uncle was still in his friend’s home, we passed his food to him there.
Blk 11
09-98 Uncle told us about his heart condition, he cannot run or move fast in the morning but afternoon is better.
12-98 Mandarin Uncle talked about his medical checkup and his next appointment is next Tuesday, he looks skinny but he said he is optimistic. He also showed us some Singapore food for Chinese New Year on news papers, and asked us if we know a hakka food which is similar to fishball. He gave each of us an orange as a Chinese new year gift.

Things to note:
1. This week we found this is no plastic bag to pack food when we arrived York hill, so we bought some plastic bags at that time and there is not much bags left, so next week may need to buy some plastic bags beforehand.
2. Next week we need to clean auntie Lee Ah Hoong’s house.
3. there is no bed sheet for grocery Auntie.

Saturday, 19 January 2013 @ 15:31

Report for Aunty Nelly appt 18 Jan (by Chai Eng)

Participant: Xiao Qianwen, Goh Chai Eng

On Friday, we went to Chinatown for aunty Nelly's appointment. We went to her house to find that she's not in. After going around we finally found out that Auntie Nelly went to neighbourhood communities to collect red packet. We waited for the event to end at around 3:15pm and we took her back to get her appointment card. One thing to note here is that her medisave (or something like that) card is going to expire. Told her about it and she was grateful for the reminder. Please remind her about it (blue card expires during Feb and the small piece of paper expires on Jun, I think)

We accompanied her to the hospital after that. We finally met the doctor after queuing for two hours (she insisted to see the doctor she meets every time, but he/she is out and that made her a bit sad). The doctor said the cancer cells are progressing slowly, thus is good to remain the same. She just need to take 2 tablets of tamoxifen every morning and there is no need for and surgery (she don't like the idea of cutting it away also).

Another thing for us to note is that we should notice if there is water or pus formation on her breast. They might form wet patches on her clothes, or she might be talking about this during our services. We must send her to meet a doctor asap she is in this kind of condition.

After collection of medicine and long wait at the taxi stand, we went back and informed her of whatever the doctor said ( she's really curious about it) she offered to give us food and detergent but we declined the offer. She is really happy we reminded her about this appointment so please note the next appointment date since she might forget about it next time ( 17/5/2013, 3PM).

Three things to note for Auntie Nelly:
1) Note if there is any changes in her condition.
2) Note the expiry date of medisave stuff.
3) Next appointment is on 17th May 2013, 3PM

Lets continue to bring happiness to the elderly everyone! :D

Saturday, 12 January 2013 @ 14:40

Report for 12th Jan 2013 (by Siyi)

Participants: Victor, Ka Woon, Xiongyan, Siyi, Chin Ping, Chen Rui, Liu Hejun (absent)

Food collection:
Victor, Chin Ping and Chen Rui went to Science Canteen to order Yong Tau Foo, and took a cab there to go to Chin Swee Road. Siyi and Xiongyan went to Biz Canteen to collect Muslim food. Meanwhile, Ka Woon went to Arts Canteen to collect snack and fruits. The fruits from Biz Canteen have already been collected by Amelia yesterday since the fruit store would not open today. The Fruits store from Arts Canteen is not in our list today, but they gave our extra fruits (maybe there is a mistake of their timetable).

Mandarin Uncle side:
Block 2
#07-181: The team dropped by to clean her house after Blk 11-13. While cleaning her house and chatting, we discovered that she's actually 91 years old! She was even recently featured in one of the articles on the Chinese papers on how to remain youthful.

Things to note:
She does not seem to be able to eat food that's too spicy since she kept checking with us if the Muslim food delivered today contains chilli.
She mentions that she will not be in next Saturday due to some collection of food programme and requests that we hang her food at her door. This programme takes place on 2 weeks (19th and 26th January).

Block 11
#08-106: Aunty Seah wasn't in so we dropped her food off at her neighbor's place.
#09-98: Uncle and the team chatted about his health and he was mentioning of some recent heart issues he's been facing and how he's coping with the lightheadedness and pain. He's become more experienced in dealing with it such that he is able to spot others facing the same situation and even advise them accordingly.

Things to note:
His TV recently broke down again. It costs $60 per repair and it probably lasts about 6 months. He might be looking for a smaller TV that would be more convenient to shift at home.
He hasn't been able to sell his old papers. Future teams could see if he needs any help with selling anything.

#12-98: Mandarin Uncle really slimmed down a lot =( He was pretty lethargic today - perhaps because we came late and woke him up while he was asleep on the desk waiting for us. He was pretty grim and seemed rather affected by an article he read on the Chinese paper that mentioned how 6 Chinese nationals are diagnosed with cancer every minute in China. He's probably quite emotionally affected by the progress of his cancer =( His appetite and health has been quite obviously affected too.

Block 12
#03-60: The team bumped into Auntie Roseita at the void deck and finally managed to pass her the electric kettle she's been looking for.
#04-80: We met Blind Uncle at his friend's place to pass him the food. The other team bought the mattress and delivered it to him.

Things to note:
The next team could perhaps ask him how he likes his new mattress.

#06-74: Ah Ma seems to be having more trouble pushing her trolley around these days.
08-48: Aunty Nelly highlighted again that she doesn't want vegetarian food.

Things to note:
If future teams know vegetarian food will be delivered that week, we can plan in advance to give it to someone else.
She will be collecting things from a moral home on 26th January. She's involved in the same programme with Aunty Lee.
#08-72: The team chatted with Uncle Ho quite a bit. He talked a lot about how he was unable to find jobs in the past due to age restrictions (real or perceived).

Bedbug uncle side:
Block 3
#04-123: Uncle Paul was sitting beside the stairs with his neighbor. He said that he wants to have a breath of fresh air.
#08-105: Uncle Hoo was at home. After we passed him the food, he took some food to visit Auntie Leow.
#04-127: Auntie Leow was waiting for us outside. She asked us to double tie her food and put it into the trolley next week cause she will not be at home.
#14-133: Uncle Ali was in. As usual, we had a chat with him. J
Block 51
#09-81: Groceries Auntie was in. She passed us the bed sheet to wash and no grocery was needed this week.
#12-75: Cute Ah Ma was not in today. We hung her food at her door.

Things to note:
Bring Grocery Auntie’s bed sheet to her.

Saturday, 5 January 2013 @ 15:32

Report for 5th Jan 2013 (by Qiliu)

First elderly service session of 2013 :)

Participants: Lim Ee Hwee, Gao Chuxi, Amelia Ng, Xiong Yuyu, Liao Jia, Yang Yanqiliu, Jeannette
Food collection: Amelia and Chuxi went to Arts Canteen early to collect food from Muslim, fruits, Japanese and Vegetarian stall.

Mandarin Uncle side:

Block 2
#07-181: Return the bedsheets to Auntie Lee Ah Hong and she said that her eyes could see more clearly.
Blcok 11
#08-106: Auntie Ma was not at home, so we gave the food to her neighbor (#08-104).
#09-98: Cantonese uncle said that he did not feel good recently :(. It is tiring to buy food outside and he has to take a long rest on the way. He also said that he did not take western medicine anymore, he was having 5 kinds of Chinese medicine. We told him to do more exercise and take medicine on time.
#12-98: Mandarin uncle was sleeping when we came, but he woke up immediately. He looked very sleepy and did not want to talk much. Maybe because of the medicine he takes, he has a bad appetite. Therefore, after changing the bedsheets for him, we told him to have a good rest and left.
Block 12
#03-60: Auntie Roseita was not at home or at the pavilion, so we hung the food on her door. Her neighbor told us that she was working outside. Did not manage to deliver her Christmas present today, either.
#04-80: Blind uncle was not at home or at his neighbor’s home, so we hung the food on his door.
#08-72: Uncle Ho Chew told us he felt good recently :)
Block 13
#04-30: We met uncle Sng Choon Watt at the pavilion. He told us that his feet hurt, but did not know why.

Bedbug uncle side

All the elderly were at home. Uncle Ali seemed happy today and talked with us for a long time. We also brought the bedsheets back to Groceries Auntie and helped her to buy Fengyou.

Things to note next week:
1)Bring along Auntie Roseita’s Christmas present (kettle) to pass to her.
2)Help Auntie Lee Ah Hoong to clean her house.

Sunday, 27 January 2013 @ 16:00 Report for 26th Jan 2013 (by Qian Wen) Participants:Xiao Qianwen,Ou Yonghua,Yang Zijiang, Li Lu, Lee Yee Hui,Cui Kaiwen, Liu Ximeng,Zhiying Sim (absent), Christy Lai (absent) Food collection:Kaiwen, Qianwen, Li Lu and Yonghua went to Science Canteen to order Yong Tau Foo, and took a cab in front of canteen to go to Chin Swee Road. Ximeng, Zijing, Yee Hui went to Arts and Engin Canteen to collect Indian food and snacks. The fruits provided by Biz Canteen have already been collected by Amelia on Friday since the fruit store would not open on Saturday. Mandarin Uncle side: Block 11 #08-106: Aunty Seah wasn't in as she did exercise outside so we dropped her food off at her neighbor's place. #12-98 When we knocked the door, Mandarin Uncle couldn’t get up from bed to open door for us. We opened the door by ourselves and went inside to see what happened to him. He didn’t feel well and vomited. He told us that he had ate too much glucose which leaded to vomit. Four of us helped uncle wash his cloths and towel, he was very appreciated and moved. What we worry most is his health, we hope he can be better soon. Block 12 We met Aunty Nelly (08-48) and Aunty Roseita(03-60) downstairs and gave their food to them.We helped Aunty Nelly to read her house contract and talked to Aunty Roseita when we were waiting for the other 3 people coming. Things to note: Aunty Nelly told us she will go outside next Saturday, so next team should be there earlier to make sure delivering food to Aunty Nelly. #04-80: We didn’t met Blind Uncle because he is in hospital these day and will be back on next Monday. We passed the food to his friend who would deliver it to Blind Uncle. Things to note:The next team could perhaps ask him about his physical condition. #06-74: We knocked the door for nearly 10 minutes because Ah Ma’ ears cannot listen well.We passed food to her and she said many ‘thanks’ to us. (we are moved.) Things to note:Next team should be patient and knock her door for more than 10 minutes because of her deaf. Block 13 #02-10: Uncle Edward gave us newspaper as usual. #04-30: We met New Uncle downstairs and chatted with him quite a bit. #07-30: We passed the food to a auntie from grocery store, and she would bring to Uncle William. Bedbug uncle side: Block 51 09-81:Groceries Aunty asked us to help her buy Medicated Oil(风油精). Block 3 #04-123:Uncle Paul was cooking when we came. We were sorry for coming late. #14-133:We chatted with Uncel Ali for a while and he told us he would go to Indonesia from Sunday for 3daus to have his tooth checked.
Sunday, 20 January 2013 @ 14:16 Report for 19th Jan 2013 (by Xiong Yan) Participants: Yanmo, Xinyue, Zijiang, Victor, Gejing, Shangya, Ximeng, Xiongyan Food collection: Members well quite punctual, gathered at Eusoff bus stop at 10. This week we had food to be collected at arts canteen and science canteen, Zijiang, Ximeng, and Xiongyan went to arts canteen first to collect food and take a cab together with Yanmo. Xinyue, Gejing, Shangya and Victor went to science canteen and got food from Chinese noodles. Two groups almost arrived at York hill the same time, no wasting time of waiting each other. blk 3 08-105 Uncle Hoo Kun Kwai and 02-111 Uncle Chan Kum Leng were not in home, we hang the food on their door. blk 51 12-75 we helped Cute ah ma to clean her window. Blk 2 07-181 Auntie Lee Ah Hoong was not in home, and we were informed of this last week, so we hang the food on her door. Blk 13 07-30 Uncle William was not in home, and we gave his food to his friend, an auntie downstairs. 02-10 We found Uncle Edward had some Woundplast on his hand and elbow, he told us that he fell down on his floor and hurt his arm. Next week members may check this again, see if Uncle gets any better. Blk 12 We met Aunty Nelly (08-48) and Ah Ma (06-74) downstairs as usually and gave their food to them, and we helped Aunty Nelly to check her electricity bill. 04-80 Blind Uncle was still in his friend’s home, we passed his food to him there. Blk 11 09-98 Uncle told us about his heart condition, he cannot run or move fast in the morning but afternoon is better. 12-98 Mandarin Uncle talked about his medical checkup and his next appointment is next Tuesday, he looks skinny but he said he is optimistic. He also showed us some Singapore food for Chinese New Year on news papers, and asked us if we know a hakka food which is similar to fishball. He gave each of us an orange as a Chinese new year gift. Things to note: 1. This week we found this is no plastic bag to pack food when we arrived York hill, so we bought some plastic bags at that time and there is not much bags left, so next week may need to buy some plastic bags beforehand. 2. Next week we need to clean auntie Lee Ah Hoong’s house. 3. there is no bed sheet for grocery Auntie.
Saturday, 19 January 2013 @ 15:31 Report for Aunty Nelly appt 18 Jan (by Chai Eng) Participant: Xiao Qianwen, Goh Chai Eng On Friday, we went to Chinatown for aunty Nelly's appointment. We went to her house to find that she's not in. After going around we finally found out that Auntie Nelly went to neighbourhood communities to collect red packet. We waited for the event to end at around 3:15pm and we took her back to get her appointment card. One thing to note here is that her medisave (or something like that) card is going to expire. Told her about it and she was grateful for the reminder. Please remind her about it (blue card expires during Feb and the small piece of paper expires on Jun, I think) We accompanied her to the hospital after that. We finally met the doctor after queuing for two hours (she insisted to see the doctor she meets every time, but he/she is out and that made her a bit sad). The doctor said the cancer cells are progressing slowly, thus is good to remain the same. She just need to take 2 tablets of tamoxifen every morning and there is no need for and surgery (she don't like the idea of cutting it away also). Another thing for us to note is that we should notice if there is water or pus formation on her breast. They might form wet patches on her clothes, or she might be talking about this during our services. We must send her to meet a doctor asap she is in this kind of condition. After collection of medicine and long wait at the taxi stand, we went back and informed her of whatever the doctor said ( she's really curious about it) she offered to give us food and detergent but we declined the offer. She is really happy we reminded her about this appointment so please note the next appointment date since she might forget about it next time ( 17/5/2013, 3PM). Three things to note for Auntie Nelly: 1) Note if there is any changes in her condition. 2) Note the expiry date of medisave stuff. 3) Next appointment is on 17th May 2013, 3PM Lets continue to bring happiness to the elderly everyone! :D
Saturday, 12 January 2013 @ 14:40 Report for 12th Jan 2013 (by Siyi) Participants: Victor, Ka Woon, Xiongyan, Siyi, Chin Ping, Chen Rui, Liu Hejun (absent) Food collection: Victor, Chin Ping and Chen Rui went to Science Canteen to order Yong Tau Foo, and took a cab there to go to Chin Swee Road. Siyi and Xiongyan went to Biz Canteen to collect Muslim food. Meanwhile, Ka Woon went to Arts Canteen to collect snack and fruits. The fruits from Biz Canteen have already been collected by Amelia yesterday since the fruit store would not open today. The Fruits store from Arts Canteen is not in our list today, but they gave our extra fruits (maybe there is a mistake of their timetable). Mandarin Uncle side: Block 2 #07-181: The team dropped by to clean her house after Blk 11-13. While cleaning her house and chatting, we discovered that she's actually 91 years old! She was even recently featured in one of the articles on the Chinese papers on how to remain youthful. Things to note: She does not seem to be able to eat food that's too spicy since she kept checking with us if the Muslim food delivered today contains chilli. She mentions that she will not be in next Saturday due to some collection of food programme and requests that we hang her food at her door. This programme takes place on 2 weeks (19th and 26th January). Block 11 #08-106: Aunty Seah wasn't in so we dropped her food off at her neighbor's place. #09-98: Uncle and the team chatted about his health and he was mentioning of some recent heart issues he's been facing and how he's coping with the lightheadedness and pain. He's become more experienced in dealing with it such that he is able to spot others facing the same situation and even advise them accordingly. Things to note: His TV recently broke down again. It costs $60 per repair and it probably lasts about 6 months. He might be looking for a smaller TV that would be more convenient to shift at home. He hasn't been able to sell his old papers. Future teams could see if he needs any help with selling anything. #12-98: Mandarin Uncle really slimmed down a lot =( He was pretty lethargic today - perhaps because we came late and woke him up while he was asleep on the desk waiting for us. He was pretty grim and seemed rather affected by an article he read on the Chinese paper that mentioned how 6 Chinese nationals are diagnosed with cancer every minute in China. He's probably quite emotionally affected by the progress of his cancer =( His appetite and health has been quite obviously affected too. Block 12 #03-60: The team bumped into Auntie Roseita at the void deck and finally managed to pass her the electric kettle she's been looking for. #04-80: We met Blind Uncle at his friend's place to pass him the food. The other team bought the mattress and delivered it to him. Things to note: The next team could perhaps ask him how he likes his new mattress. #06-74: Ah Ma seems to be having more trouble pushing her trolley around these days. 08-48: Aunty Nelly highlighted again that she doesn't want vegetarian food. Things to note: If future teams know vegetarian food will be delivered that week, we can plan in advance to give it to someone else. She will be collecting things from a moral home on 26th January. She's involved in the same programme with Aunty Lee. #08-72: The team chatted with Uncle Ho quite a bit. He talked a lot about how he was unable to find jobs in the past due to age restrictions (real or perceived). Bedbug uncle side: Block 3 #04-123: Uncle Paul was sitting beside the stairs with his neighbor. He said that he wants to have a breath of fresh air. #08-105: Uncle Hoo was at home. After we passed him the food, he took some food to visit Auntie Leow. #04-127: Auntie Leow was waiting for us outside. She asked us to double tie her food and put it into the trolley next week cause she will not be at home. #14-133: Uncle Ali was in. As usual, we had a chat with him. J Block 51 #09-81: Groceries Auntie was in. She passed us the bed sheet to wash and no grocery was needed this week. #12-75: Cute Ah Ma was not in today. We hung her food at her door. Things to note: Bring Grocery Auntie’s bed sheet to her.
Saturday, 5 January 2013 @ 15:32 Report for 5th Jan 2013 (by Qiliu) First elderly service session of 2013 :) Participants: Lim Ee Hwee, Gao Chuxi, Amelia Ng, Xiong Yuyu, Liao Jia, Yang Yanqiliu, Jeannette Food collection: Amelia and Chuxi went to Arts Canteen early to collect food from Muslim, fruits, Japanese and Vegetarian stall. Mandarin Uncle side: Block 2 #07-181: Return the bedsheets to Auntie Lee Ah Hong and she said that her eyes could see more clearly. Blcok 11 #08-106: Auntie Ma was not at home, so we gave the food to her neighbor (#08-104). #09-98: Cantonese uncle said that he did not feel good recently :(. It is tiring to buy food outside and he has to take a long rest on the way. He also said that he did not take western medicine anymore, he was having 5 kinds of Chinese medicine. We told him to do more exercise and take medicine on time. #12-98: Mandarin uncle was sleeping when we came, but he woke up immediately. He looked very sleepy and did not want to talk much. Maybe because of the medicine he takes, he has a bad appetite. Therefore, after changing the bedsheets for him, we told him to have a good rest and left. Block 12 #03-60: Auntie Roseita was not at home or at the pavilion, so we hung the food on her door. Her neighbor told us that she was working outside. Did not manage to deliver her Christmas present today, either. #04-80: Blind uncle was not at home or at his neighbor’s home, so we hung the food on his door. #08-72: Uncle Ho Chew told us he felt good recently :) Block 13 #04-30: We met uncle Sng Choon Watt at the pavilion. He told us that his feet hurt, but did not know why. Bedbug uncle side All the elderly were at home. Uncle Ali seemed happy today and talked with us for a long time. We also brought the bedsheets back to Groceries Auntie and helped her to buy Fengyou. Things to note next week: 1)Bring along Auntie Roseita’s Christmas present (kettle) to pass to her. 2)Help Auntie Lee Ah Hoong to clean her house.