I read the NewPaper dated on 8/5, i was overwhelmed by empathy. Not by the
amount of financial burden that the IMH aka Woodbridge had to carry. Instead, it was
the number of old people staying there who were abandoned by their children. It
saddened to see how educated people nowadays can be so heartless. Well those who
left them there for healthcare, paid their medical fees and visited them can be pardoned,
but nothing beats bringing the Elders home. Some Elders were left permanently with
no one to visit or talk to them. Now i understand why MOE wanted students to do at
least 6 hrs CIP, juz to ensure or rather force students to have at least a bit of humanity
in them. Some Singaporeans have the ugly sides... whenever they nid to queue, they
cut or rush to queue. Got free or discounted stuff, needless to say. S'pore has become
so competitive even in the non-economical sense.

And it's always the NKF raising such huge sums of money, claiming that some are for
reserves for dialysis as it is expensive. But how about the rest of the needy organisations.
IMH has been incurring millions to cover the medical costs of those Elders who have no1
to rely on...

And really, Some Singaporeans especially the teens are so lazy to even use their brain to
think or their heart to feel. For example, during Flag Day, some of them returned with only
a few coins inside the tins. I asked them to go and try harder and come back half an hour
later.

'Aiya, dun wan la. tired leh. we went so far come back then u wan us go back and
come back again?'

Think this sentence would provoke some thoughts but i guess u know wat i wanna say.

Then there's this big group returning together, same thing. tins were near empty.

'We went orchard then PS, so many people doing flag day also... all of them got
stickers so dun wan to donate'

Mind you, they are sec 3/4s. Worse, they are not the minority.

1. Such a big group how to collect donations?
2. Why go such crowded places?
3. If your shift ends at 12, u come back before 12 or exactly at 12?
4. Most imptly, how do u feel coming back with a near empty tin? Have u done ur best?

Personally, i went for 4 yrs of flag day. My first time i was reserved as i was sec 1 and
shy so didnt dare to approach people. And with my partner, we moved around places...
But for the next 3 years is full tin. And i changed partner... lol. pair up wif my best friend,
peihuan. Not a full tin, we wont report back. For three years we stood at the same spot
@ amk. always full tin. except our last year, we got 1 full tin each before the shift ends and
we went back to take a second one. It really warmed my heart to see that during flag day,
it was Elders who formed the majority in donating to us. Some dun haf change but went
to buy stuff and came back later. Most of the ten dollar notes also came from the Elders.
Flag day can be fun, if you want it to be. For my friend and I, it was nice to observe pple,
chat up wif the residents there when they donated. We didnt really care about the hours.
There are no such thing as shifts to us.

But now at jc level, people rush to do flag day... why? cos they got 6 hrs of CIP but
dunno what to do so a madrush to sign up. Yes, not much time to hunt for alternative
projects, but when u are involved in the flag day, at least put your utmost effort. I see
people just holding the tins standing or just thrust the tin forward when they see people.

Ya. enough of nagging liao. this had been in my mind for so long... so might as well say it
now. Its high time more pple should know that heart does more than juz pumping blood. :)