My Floating Thoughts

Hmm… finally got back to giving to the society again. I was quite active in charity/volunteer work while back in secondary school. Flag days, visit to homes/orphanage, you named it, i done it.

Today company together with Touch Home Care Toa Payoh organised a "Meal-On-Wheels", which basically is delivering of food and goody bag to the old needy folks. Total of 7 folks under my list to send to, and all stayed in toa payoh area, which made the delivery quite fast.

Visited home by home, delivering meal after meal. The final delivery was made to an old lady which spoke english and thanking us for being charitable and helpful. It was really refreshing to see that the old folks are so thankful, giving us a chance to help them.

I’m really glad to participate in this event, although its on a sat morning, I’ve felt that it was a time well spent. It was such a great feeling and the joy of seeing the old folks are not been neglected for and taken care of in this monetary world we living in.

More volunteers are needed! I will certainly take part in such events organised by my company next time.

So its exactly 9 years later my 2nd Uncle passed away since my dad’s. Funny thing, my family is not close with any of my dad’s side. So my mum cooked up tons of excuses like - going overseas, this year horoscope crashes thus cannot attend funeral… As for my sisters, they simply treat it as nothing happened. My mum simply send a wreath over to their place.  I mean I’m still human, although I might look cold, but that doesn’t mean I’m cold-blooded or a vagabond. Guess my family didn’t try to understand me.

However I feel like I got an obligation to go. Not only to represent my dad from this side of the family, but also as a nephew to pray my last respect to my 2nd uncle. Therefore, I went ahead to the wake after knocking off at 6pm. Searched high and low for the place and finally found it after walking for 45mins.

Got the chance to pray my last respect to my 2nd uncle, and catch up with my cousins whom we did not see each other for 10 over years. It was quite enjoyable chat and I felt the family ties. It wasn’t the same as my family, which they simply don’t understand that one doesn’t have to be physically showing that one cares and does sweet talk… I’m not that type and I prefer to be left alone rather then engaging in senseless talks.

I was glad that my cousins updated me the stuffs over these years and reminiscing the past where we returned to my grandparents’ place in malaysia to celebrate chinese new year. They thanked my mum for the flowers sent.

Went home shortly and updated my mum with the stuffs. All they care is about how the relatives look at them… why? Think my family are just over-senstitive, always thinking others are looking down at them.

My mum even asked me the flowers pretty or not. I’m so speechless.