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Sunday, August 27, 2006
It was charity day for me today (Assume it's still saturday)! Me, Ga Yeon, Wei Shin & Phang Hau joined the group of volunteers to IMH = Institute of Mental Health. Yes, mental health! Insane u may think i am, but i was curious about the mentally sicked.We went there with high spirits, thinking we were the best ppl in the world, we were the kindest lot, we were such great students n so on.. Then the real fear came when we stepped into the wards. We were basically crowded by a group of men.. it was a man's ward. Easier for guy volunteers to help around as well, see. And I was thinking in my heart, will they attack me? Cos 1 of them even took out his shirt to show us his tatoo at the back with 'mother, father' n some pics on his back. Frreeeaaaakkked me out like mad @@But it was a good experience overall, i mean they are not as insane as everyone thought they were. I mean, they were just normal ppl like u & I, like normal old ppl, it actually seemed more like an old folk's home to me than a mental hospital. I felt sad when i see them, they were like in prison, some of them were there for years, n really, they long for love from others, from the society. All we could do was to visit them once a week, n that brings great great great joy to them. We only adopt 1 ward, and we played games with them, talked to them.. They're like kids actually, but they're old. Some of them with physical disabilities, so it takes a lot of patience to communicate with them. Soon after, i felt as if i was taking care of an old baby instead of a mental patient. It only lasted for 2 hours plus, n it was really a good experience despite the dirti-ness of the place, cos the floor was quite sticky n their toilet smells bad, real bad! And one of the patients on the wheelchair freeeaked the hell out of me when he gave this sudden scream when i moved near him.. Damn scary man, i thought he was gonna assult me~!I wish i could upload pics of the place, but i wasnt allowed to take pics bcos of some privacy matters n stuff. So, imagine urselves!