Creativity and Service – Memoirs of the Pioneer Generation Service

I recently went to our local service site: Lions Befrienders, and met the elderly there. The goal of the service was to build a connection with the elders there and at the end of the service, produce an article written about the elder we were paired up with. I was paired up with a kind lady: Tay Yam Kim, who is currently 81 years old. Our conversations went smoothly and I had little trouble communicating with her as I’m able to speak Mandarin. It was hard though, to keep up with her life story as I’m not thoroughly familiar with Singapore’s history. I had to embarrassingly ask her occasionally to explain further some events she was conversing about and how she was so tightly correlated to it.

On a happier note,  was really sweet and was eager to tell me all about her life story. I was exposed to a lot of interesting facts including the bare and brutal life she had experienced around my age or even younger. The conversations we had were equal with the occasionally leaning towards her talking and me listening more.

 

 

The whole trip was very enjoyable and I felt very content with my time spent that day at the site. I look forward to my next trip to the service site, I can’t wait to further connect with the elder and learn more about elder Singapore citizens!

 

Note to self: I have yet to add photos to this post, will remember to take them next time !