Volunteer work

i was planning to go volunteer work for 2 weeks with ming sze and chong wei in Selangor Cheshire Home in Selayang but ended up only 8 days being there. i did not put much expectation in this volunteer work of learning things about my course but still what happened there was lower than my very low expectation. knew much about the management system there after 2, 3 days and with one of my eye closed. don't want to talk much about how it works. maybe thinking why i did not take action about it but just with 1 of my eye closed. sometimes when you are "small" and people kept saying that : i also don't want to do like that, this is XXXX's order...and we are ended up with sulking as what the residents described us (good observation from residents....lol). the most disappointed words were not from the staff there or the residents or other volunteers BUT was from the 1 that asking us to join and promising to send us go there and ended up with her's forgetfulness ( i think until now she still not remembers that she had promised to send us there but forgot it like ntg happened) .

Gold words from her:
"You all first year know nothing, of course have to do anything".

hmm...'know nothing'....hmm....'do anything'....

Fine...i think we will talk and discuss face-to-face later. a lot explanation and corrections are needed.

anyway, by doing 'know nothing' and 'do anything', i had still earned something there. most of the residents are nice. i was trying not to have ill-feeling with some of them but sometimes it was hard. just that i was trying not to make the feeling worse. a lot of the residents have stayed there for a long time...the longest period from 1 of the resident which is also the eldest is 45 years. different stories from different residents. at first, i was still thinking will the resident mind to be asked about their life stories and about what causes their diabilities. OHhh....forgot to tell that this home are with residents who are OKU. a lot of them are actually finding people to talk to.

volunteering in cheshire has made me understand OKU a lot as this is the first time that i was in very close distance with them and staying with them too. i had known a lot of the residents's personality and attitude. hope to have a day visit there that more people will go together.

Sensory garden- a place where the residents work

Thrift shop-a place where residents selling the second hand clothes donated by people

The office

Swimming pool for hydrotherapy

The handicraft center