Saturday, September 10, 2005
imagine a restaurant that is opening today and u see a red ribbon. waiting to be cut! hahaha.. i hereby declare this blog open!
yea today was really a good day. i did 2 of the things i like alot.. visiting old folks, and ballooning. went to evergreen circle, a block of studio apartments to entertain the old ppl with my church friends. i strongly encourage my parents (yes if u r reading this!) to live in a studio apartment next time. it is so cool.. u see tons of old men downstairs playing chess and chatting. and then the church has opened this little gathering place for them on 2nd level for them to learn yoga and line dancing. and my mum will be super happy also. bcos the place is like opposite her fav bakery, she can go buy stuff everyday, near a supermarket, she can buy stuff to cook for me.
actually they r lucky old ppl cos they r mostly educated and abled individuals. some 79year old woman called doris tan was very interested to talk to me. i hope she isnt so hip tht she surfs the net and finds her name here. i thought she was the ex-prissy little girl type cos she had sat there and refused to play games. but i talked to her and she's really a friendly and interesting personality. unmarried. emphasises she likes to live alone. ex-nurse. and she speaks good english.
reason i love old people (especially old women) is bcos they seem so willing to let me into their lives. even though im a mere stranger. they can jus talk to u like they have known u for ages, despite language difficulties. and it really is a warm feeling when u make them happy. like when i made balloon flowers for them. they were all so amused by it. and requested i do some live demo. perhaps they are old and lonely. thts y they want ppl to tok to them. but then again, who wants to be old?
so many nice stories to tell whenever i visit old ppl. i believe u can actually write out a hong kong drama serial by observing their interactions. its like "the gathering place" directed by lydia. and then there is the old china men with the wife whose operation went wrong, the women who dresses like some chic 70s agogo star, the bossy one, the one who looks like my ahma, the lady whose kids are all in perth and has a cool handphone. and how their lives all met in this place. nice.
i dun wanna grow old. though i love the old people. the irony.
by lydia at 8:30 AM
