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Catch up on each week's service, so you know what's going on for the elderly :D

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.