Tuesday, February 5, 2008 ;
5:57 PM
Dear Mrs. Yeo,
How have you been? Good I hope. It sure has been a long time since we last met. Lots of things have been going on for the past two weeks. Let me give you a slight insight as to what had happened. First off, we had a group of Shanghai students who came over for two weeks through an exchange programme. My buddy was huge! He was in fact a hundred and thirty kilos, can you imagine that!
The other significant event which occurred was the CIP event which took place on the 1st of February. It was a very meaningful event for me as it made me realize how important our family could be, as a lot of the old folks were very lonely and they lived in such horrible conditions! During the activity, we had to help clean and freshen the one-room flats and in addition, we had toput up New Year decorations. The members of my group consisted of Wai Leong and Wen Hao. Wai Leong was in charge of the decorations, Wen Hao the entertainment for the old lady. Myself? Well I was in charge of the gift hamper for the old folk. When we first stepped into the house for the first time, we were all shocked as I think that we all have never seen one-roomed flats before and in addition to that, the conditions of the flat was appalling! However, when we offered to clean up her house, she refused valiantly as she said that her son would help her to clean the flat in the evenings. So in the end, we had to stick to chatting to the old lady and putting up New Year decorations for her.
Well to sum things up, the CIP event and the Shanghai students coming over were both eye openers for me. I wish you a speedy recovery and a Happy Chinese New Year. Hoping that you can come back soon and teach!
Yours truly,
Benjyamin
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