HAPPY NATIONAL DAY!! Our dear VL Jin Xiong and Coordinator Guan Guan have been pestering me for our moral home national day flash and here it is… This is my first time doing this flash so please forgive me for my powertoot English… Heheh!!

It was a pretty threatening weather when I first reached the home as dark clouds were all over the sky. But guess what, the weather turned out to be otherwise and the wonderful weather had definitely contributed to the cheerful spirit of the volunteers and the elderly!! (: Ti Kong Bor Bi (天空保佑）… I’m sure other angels had also helped to pray that it wouldn’t rain… (:

I thought I was the most enthusiastic angel to first reach the home, but there were even more passionate angels who had arrived even earlier than me. They are none other than Christina, Jasmine, Susan, Jennifer and Mr Mok, busy preparing for the stage decoration with many heart-shaped, Swensen’s Happy Mother’s Day balloons all over the table in the room and preparing for the event. HAHA! Anyway, the stage was really beautiful. AWESOME!

Oh no! It was 1pm already but everything was not prepared and the event was supposed to start at 1.30pm. No decoration, no PA system being set-up, songs were not ready. Worst still, I forgot to bring the wire that was needed to play the national songs through my laptop! BUT luckily, thanks to my quick-witted mind (Whahahahahaha), I managed to find a wire and immediately, the lovely national songs were played and the ‘feel’ for national day started to build up. Soon after, Nickson and friends had arrived, and some other ad-hoc volunteers came as well. We were really grateful for their help to get all the games being set-up quickly. 谢谢大家的帮忙！

We invited a very special guest for the event, and he was the most adorable character of the day and that was WINNIE-THE-POOH!! THANK YOU BROTHER SAM FOR SACRIFICING YOURSELF AND GOT DRENCHED BY YOUR OWN PERSPIRATION INSIDE THE CUTE AND CHARMING ‘NAKED’ WINNIE-THE-POOH MASCOT! Bro Sam was trapped inside the mascot for about 2 hours, posing on the stage and taking pictures with the elderly. But don’t worry brother Sam, every drop of water coming out from your body was definitely worth it for you had brought us and the elderly with many laughter and smiles… Your determination is indeed laudable!! (:

Of course, not forgetting Poh Yan and Xing Jian, who had brought all their heavy equipments needed for the photoshoot and took many wonderful photos for the elderlys to keep as memento. The booth was so popular that many elderly wanted to go up stage to take photo with the pooh bear! Business was so good such that the price of a photo dropped from $1 to $0… Hahahaha!! It’s free and it’s instant printing for the elderly. Good job to our efficient PPT (Professional Photography Team) and thank you Desmond for lending us your muscles in pushing the elderly up the stage.

Thanks to our beloved SK, Nickson and Ah kiat =p (The Games Committee), for coming out with 5 FUN, INTERACTIVE, WONDERFUL, EXHILARATING games for the elderly… see.. I wasn’t kidding in the email… and of course, the most popular game is still the betting game (BIG SMALL – 大小)… Ah Mas and Ah Gongs just simply love this game, crowding around the table, refusing to leave for other games. Besides, Ping Sing did a great job in making the ambience lively by shouting and being super enthusiastic. She made Ah Gong Ah Ma really excited while playing those games. FAST EYE seems to be the easiest game of all. Although HAMTAM BOLA, HOOK ON FISH and SHOOT ME DOWN are more challenging, I believed Nickson had helped them to win LOTS OF COUPONS for them to buy many things at the MAMA SHOP… Haha! Oh yea, the artistic and lovely posters were drawn by the games committee and Jasmine (who spent 3 hrs drawing out the poster)

After playing a few games and winning some coupons, our Ah Mas and Ah Gongs were getting tired and guess where they were heading to? It was the CHEAPEST MAMA SHOP you could ever find in the world – which was manned by our dear Shu Hua and Eisa! Many elderlys were surrounding the MAMA SHOP CORNER, some buying shirts for $4, some buying drinks and snacks for only $1… and other basic necessities as well at a really low price. Ah Gong Ah Ma really 赚到了！Thanks Uncle Song and Uncle Sam for purchasing the stuffs for the elderlys, and thanks for the help from the MAMAs at the shop… =p

After shopping, Ah Gong Ah Ma must be really really hungry! But don’t worry… We also have the CHEAPEST FOOD FAIR just outside the kitchen! A set of snacks for just only $1… Can you believe it? And it has Chwee kueh, siew mai, together with a cup of soya bean milk! Thanks to the food committee for preparing the food (Ah Yen, Susan and Jennifer), with the help from Joy and Alex in distributing the food! The elderlys had commented that the food was really delicious!! 好吃!

Last but not least, we ended the celebration with a medley of national songs and thanks to many volunteers who sang their heart out on stage with the lyrics and being so patriotic for that half an hour! Oops =X To sum it up, it was an extremely enjoyable and fun-fulfilling event for both the volunteers and the elderly. Most importantly, we have met our objective, which is to experience great fun and bringing smiles to our Ah Gong Ah Ma. It was a great success with the help from all the volunteers, in a way or another. Thank you everyone for your valuable contribution to this event.

Anyway, Hui Quan was the one who got the mascot and poor Ah kiat had to return it back on his behalf! =X

Cheers,
Ah kiat
Co-Co-Cordinator

A Hortpark Outing Flash Dedicated Specially to Sam and other angels who missed it…

Dearest Brother Sam,

After planning so hard for weeks with brother Song, we are very glad and delighted to let you know that both your effort didn’t go to waste!!! It was a very blessed and relaxing outing with our ah kongs and ah mas! Thank you!!!

On this beautiful 5th of June Saturday, the Snacks Gang (Song, Susan, Shuhua, Yen & Gary) all met up before noon to go collect the yummy yamy-pumpkiny cake for the elderly and volunteers. Having the wonderful ladies there, the snacks were all nicely and ‘cleanly’ (hopefully ;p) packed for the outing!! At the same time, some angels and helpers started to stroll in…hey!

Where’s the registration counter? There!! Jojo and Kiat were carefully doing the not-at-all-easy registration job. While some volunteers were registering and waiting patiently for the outing, we’ve Mr Mok practicing his guitar skills in the room and the ‘Nick & Kiap Logistics Company’ making sure all items are checked for the outing!

Now ah kongs ah mas were ready, bus was here, where were the volunteers? Oh…they were having a serious program & safety briefing and wheelchair handling ‘course’ by VL Xiongxiong and nurse Kiapkiap. Ok, let’s go Hortpark now!

During our journey, as usual, our entertainers Mok Susan & Jojo never failed us by singing their organs out (especially lungs & HEARTS)! In addition, some ‘not-so-clear’ city tour info was provided by Jojo! hehe So, how’s over at the HWA bus Uncle Song?

We reached Hortpark after a nice short 20-30mins bus ride. The elderly were happily settling at the shelter area and all lined up to take nice group photos with the volunteers and most importantly, with the beautifully done-up banner. Then they had their snacks, drinks and little rest before a nice stroll down the park! Wow! They truly enjoyed the flowers and the scenery there!

Happy moments always passed by rapidly and it’s time for home sweet Moral Home…
With the extremely nice weather given and the actively participative volunteers, it was indeed a very blissful successful outing. A BIG thank you to all volunteers, especially to Uncle Song & Bro Sam!

More photos at http://moralangels.com/gallery/photo/2010-Hort-Park/

Smile always,
R

Harlo volunteers, miss Moral Angels’ flash???!! There you go!!

“Ah Kong Ah Ma lai lai lai…chiek chwee kueh!!”

It’s snack time!! Wow! That’s really nice biggish yummilicious chwee kueh!! Thank you uncle Song for sponsoring and collecting the kuehs and our lovely monthly IC Yen for her assistance. (But think this IC needs special assistance with her walking ) Of course, thank you volunteers (especially Adeline who came to serve the snacks and rushed off for a concert) who are there serving the elderly …and at the same time not failing to gobble up the chwee kuehs too!!) haha

It was indeed another bustling Saturday at Moral Home! Hmm, it’s a rather special Saturday to see many familiar volunteers who have gone MIA for quite some time! Nice to see you Mei Kuen! You look great!! Do come back to visit the elderly whenever free ya? (More so now for Poh Yan’s sake??!!)

Oh oh oh Mrs Yeo, you need to come MH more often with Uncle Meng Huat!! See, ah ma Beng Choo cant even recognize you!! Wait! This girl looked familiar!! Yes U!! Willett!! Great to see u again! Btw, pls remember to produce your MCs/parents letter so as to excuse yourself from MH activity otherwise…..”#@$%^&$”

That’s not all!! Who is that female photographer…??? Gosh! Stop snapping photos of me la Joy!! It’s NOT a JOYful experience to have a ‘bruised’ face taken and posted leh!!! But really, appreciated your bending, squatting, tilting all angles…to take the best shots of the elderly!! Thank you gal!!

Hi uncle James! He is there not just to befriend but also to report on his ‘F&B’ progress for our upcoming outing! Excellent! Oooh! Wow! Look who are here…the Koh family-Doris and Giselle busy befriending while Lucas running around playing his drum with his bodyguard Stuart.

“6 ah! 6 ah! 6 ah!” Aeroplanes out! Quick! Kick! Balik kampong ah!! Wa! This Barbie Xian looks so sweet but sure ‘nasty’…trying all kinds of opportunities to kick the poor ah kongs’ aeroplanes home!! Thanks to ‘real sweet’ Ricola who is there to savage the brutal acts. After the gigantic colourful aeroplanes game, Barbie go on to bully the kongs with the Jenga game!! Good job girl!

Hey what’s up at the other side? Poh Yan VS Uncle John at ‘dumb’ game!! (1-1 draw?? Gosh! PY is getting more ‘dumbed’) Ah Kiat VS Chinese Chess King playing Chinese Chess? My poor brother-in-law Kiat… but you’ll sure pick up some Chess skills from him!! Hey, Willett you are good! You managed to get ah kong Lam Sam to play Chess!!! Very impressive!

Yo! What’s at the other end now? Burst ah! Burn ah! The banluck gang has already glued to the table headed by Auntie Molly assisted by Susan! Of course without fail, you bet that the mahjong kakis are there, enjoying the mahjong session with the help of the extra ‘legs’-Chin Ling and Mei Kuen! (FYI, we have increased to 2 mahjong tables due to popular demand!!!)

Not forgetting the energetic Zhengren, Chu Er and Joy entertaining the other group of elderly with the fishing and other all-time favourite games!! Excellent work done!

Last but not least, we have our MH ‘HOT’ M4 aka MAD 4-Mr Mok, Uncle Meng Huat, Stuart and Gary the kiapkiap, giving their best singing to the elderly!!! At times, S1 joined in the lively singing session and she is none other than our Jojo…the SIAO or…SH*T hehe Btw, Poh Yan ever “first time” was given to MH! He finally sang!! (though %^*&^% la) Good try!

Oh ya! We also have a ‘superman’-Nickson flying around doing befriending!!! Fantastic!! Hey, where is SK Lim? There he is, sitting at the dinning table, kept asking for “half bobo, half rice”?!! FON! There there! We have FON’s Primary schoolmate our leader…KLKK hehe making sure all of us are doing something!

The Sat afternoon simply passed by so quickly with the laughter of ah kongs ah mas and the laughter of volunteers…just cant wait for the next Sat to come!

!! WARNING !! Due to sickening weather, volunteers getting sick, cant go MH and the sick elderly get more sick…so volunteers, please drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables(2+2)!!! Take Care ya!!!

Announcement
Upcoming Outing on 22nd May 2010 to bring Moral Home residents to Hort Park. Selected committee members would have received info from the organizers, Sam and Song. More info will be released soon., mark your calendar.

This Sat (1st May) is art and craft day. Led by Jojo and Chin Ling, we will be making salt bottles with the residents. Make sure to drop by on this Labour Day.

Smile always,
R

虎年快乐 angels!!

Well well… the celebration last sat has in a way helped us mark an end to the Chinese New Year festive season… no more Ban Luck, no more feasting and it’s time to diet, diet and diet…

As early as 1.30pm, many angels were already at the home buzzing around busily with the necessary preparations. Come come, let’s go find out what these angels were busy with…

1. Some angels were busy packing a big carton of mandarin oranges sponsored by the home into paper bags and neatly loading and counting it onto a trolley
2. The décor ladies were decorating the dining area with虎年快乐! Andrea was high up on the chair hanging the words while Caroline was on the ground trying to “balance” the wordings… Nickson quickly went over to rescue the damsels in distress.. keke
3. Our professional group of photographers (Gong2x Poh Yan, Xing Jian & Chin Leng) were walking around capturing the angel’s best shots
4. Our favorite emcees, Uncle Sam and Ping Sing were preparing their scripts
5. Aunty Molly, Rico and Yen were in the kitchen de-boning the “birdies” for dinner
6. Game master Ah Kiat was seated in a corner preparing the stuff for his games…
7. Uncle Mok, Jojo and Gary were testing out the sound system with their beautiful voices
8. A few “muscular” guys were moving the tables to the sides.. haha..
9. Doris and Jasmine were walking around supervising to ensure that everything was in order..
10. Last but not least Cai Sheng Ye Desment dressing up in the room

Soon enuf, the program for the day started…. Our ever wonderful emcees greeted the elderly with well wishes followed by a short hilarious sketch on the mythical legend of Chinese New Year. Hahahaha… a great job by the teachers and students of CCKSS.. the story was indeed very funny..

After the sketch, Henry and Yiqing (teachers in charge) lead a group of 30 students from Siglap Secondary School 华乐队 to captivate the elderly with a solid 20 mins of wonderful performance. Thank you all for the effort and time in organizing this program for the elderly, they will love to hear from you again…

Next, loud cheers and claps were heard from the elderly to welcome the Cai Sheng Ye… wow wow this year we got a sexy GOF who were distributing the ang baos and oranges to the elderly in his appeared in his sexy short bermudas, oh well, not to worry his “tou fu” was not being eaten up as he was tightly protected by Uncle Yeo…. Hahaha…

While the GOF was making his rounds, Chinese New Year goodies were being served as snacks to the elderly… gosh the elderly was happily munching the cookies away and a sweet cup of barley drink to soothe their dry throats.. *slurp slurp*

Next came our game master, Ah Kiat, with his whelly whelly good Chinese New Year quiz.. gosh.. you could see that the elderly loved this game ya .. after each question, they could be seen waving their “选我” flag frantically in the air trying very hard to catch the attention of Ah Kiat and Uncle Sam… Actions were not good enuf, macho Nickson even went to the extend of attracting the judges with his sexy voice….. ooooh that was really power man!! Thanks to him, a couple of elderly managed to win some prizes.

Some were lucky but some were unlucky… thanks to Gary’s 西瓜, Gong Gong Robert was not able to win any of the prizes … why lehz? It is because when the question “which fruit do we used to 拜年?? Gary gave him the answer 西瓜… diao diao!! This was so funny… and due to this game, poor ah kiat nearly got tore into half with the ladies pulling him and there… kekeeke.. heng ah he is still intact.. oops =D

Next came the lion dance performance by the Koon San Lion Dance Troupe. The lion was challenged to cai qing from a great height.. hahaha thanks to Hui Hui’s idea of tying the vege to the ceiling… Besides the stunts by the lions, the lions also went round befriending the elderly. Most of the elderly got rather happy when the lions got up, close and personal with them.

After which, the elderly and volunteers LOU LOU LOU their way to good health, more wealth and happiness… !!

Roast ducks, roast chickens, char siew and ice cream were served to the elderly as extra toppings to their dinner.. while they were slowly enjoying their meal, our once very famous chopsticks sisters mesmerized the elderly with their lovely tunes.

3 cheers to the success of this celebration… Hip hip hooray!!! We the organizers wanna say a big THANK YOU to all the angels who made this event successful… without you, this will not be possible… thank u
With special thanks to

• Poh Yan – for contributing the Ang Baos
• Uncle Song – for sponsoring the Roast ducks, chickens and BBQ pork
• Chin Ling – for sponsoring the yusheng and ice cream
• Fiona – for the snacks and drinks
• HQ – for the lion dance troupe
• F& B Comm – for the organizing of the snacks and sumptuous dinner for the elderly
• Décor Comm – for the decorations put up
• Games Comm – for the wonderful games planned
• Entertainment Comm – for the lovely songs sang
• Lovely emcees for the wonderful hosting
• Desment – for being our cute cute GOF
• All angels who contributed their unopened cookies to the home
• All angels who are present at the event – Xiaoxuan, Fuji, Adeline, Jenn, Simon, Nickson, Rico’s ex students, Andrea’s friends, Bee Lian, Ben and many many more.. pardon me if I have left any of you out.

Saturday, 23rd January 2010
CNY Shopping at Giant Tampines

We had a very huge and spontenous turn out of new volunteers led by Andrea (but of course, that JoJo was skiving again). This would not have been possible without her coordination and patience in piecing the jigsaw together and Jin Xiong who once again led us with drive and passion and all of you who were with us, will know the elderly were brimming from ear to ear because of your time and effort, we want to thank you all.

Registration started at 12:30pm. Elderly who were selected to go for the outing were nicely dressed in anticipation, while waiting for the volunteers to do the necessary. It was kind of chaotic initially, as most volunteers were new. Slowly, things fell into place. Jin Xiong gave a very concise briefing before the set off hence the new volunteers were once reassured.

We boarded the bus after settling the elderly comfortably in a wheelchair assisted vehicle. The volunteers thereafter boarded the SBS bus. Jo Jo (who volunteered herself unnecessarily) once again tried her best to damage our eardrums along the way. She did succeed somehow. The trip to Giant was a breeze, as it was less than 15 mins away.

Upon arrival at Giant Hypermart, the elderly were given $20/- budget each to purchase items they desire. Some savvy shoppers, even got their ‘list’ ready. Do not underestimate the ah gongs and ah mahs, its experience that counts afterall. Unsure of what $20 bucks these days can achieve, it astonishes me, some volunteers even have to help out with the extra baggage. They had a really good time.

Changi Airport Terminal 3

Our second destination of the day was the viewing gallery at Changi Airport Terminal 3. The elderlys were brought to the Terminal in an orderly fashion and we toured the gallery in groups. I must say, for the first timers who joined us that day, they did a great job in escorting the elderlys around the Terminal. After 30 mins at the gallery, its time for the elderly to head back to the Home for their sumptuous dinner.

Closing this chapter, a big THANK YOU to those who played a part in making this event a great success. Just to name a few who were present,
Mr. Mok (entertainment angel)
Song and Chee Wah (logistic angels)
Shu Hua and Fiona (F&B angels)
Christina and Carol (Finance angels)
Poh yan and SK (pornography angels, oops I mean photography angels)
and groups ICs (Jasmine, Loi and Adeline).

And for Rico, Hui Quan and Gary, please ensure your presence for our next event or I’ll do something very nasty, like blogging about your rendezvous next.

Also, we would like to extend our utmost appreciation to Giant Hypermart for providing the elderly each with a very generous goodie bag filled with so much goodies.

So ladies and gentlemen, watch out for our next outing, which I believed is not too far away from now. See ya.

Cheers
Jenn

The rest of the photos

Hello volunteers of Moral Home,

A happy new year 2010 to everyone! It’s a brand new year and we shall welcome theTiger year (not woods) with a shopping trip!

On 23rd Jan 2010 we will be bringing 20 elderly of Moral Home to a pre Chinese New Year shopping trip at Giant Tampines. We need volunteers to help the elderly with the travelling and the shopping.

After the shopping we will proceed to Changi Airport T3 for some sightseeing before heading back to the Home.

The outing is on the 23rd Jan 2009 (Sat) 1pm to 6pm. We will be needing 35 volunteers and since it’s less than 3 weeks away, we need your response fast. So hurry and sign up with our volunteer coordinator Josephine at crystaljose1985 [a] gmail.com.

We had so much in our last shopping outing in 2007 (wow… 3 yr already). Check it out at: 2007 CNY Shopping And photos too.

Hope to see you all!

Cheers
Moral Angels Volunteer Group
http://moralangels.com