Service has been incredibly fun this year. Although personal fun may not be the goal of our service, it has been a side effect of what we do with the elderly at Evergreen Centre.

Our end objective of the service is to compile a short book about the lives of the the elderly we work with, who are part of Singapore’s pioneer generation. However, before we can interview the elderly on their lives, we need to build a rapport with them, in order for them to feel comfortable sharing stories. We are aiming to build this rapport by talking with them while playing games such Bingo or Jenga.

So far, we have already interviewed a couple of senior citizens and are still working on building up a rapport with the others. Some of them have even started to teach us how to play games that they enjoy.

I believe I have demonstrated Learning outcome 3 in this service. Before every sessions, my group and I have to plan our desired outcome for the day’s service, in order to reach our final objective of compiling the stories. Everything we do has an important purpose for helping us achieve our final goal.