I am EXHAUSTED, but I have to type out this blog post and share it with you guys.
Our class went down to Dover Park Hospice for CIP today. This Hospice is not like the any usual one you will think of, its the only kind in Singapore which takes in advanced terminally ill patients. This means all of them are on the verge of dying, with only having an avg of 18 days more to live. Some of them don't even know this.
Since I can speak chinese and apparently most of them there are chinese-speaking I was helping out with the communication, provided they can even understand whatever broken chinese I am talking. There was this one man who was friendly and even watching the TV and remember they are all advanced terminally ill patients. After speaking to him, the emotions inside me stirred and I started crying. I don't know how to explain this feeling. To have an experience whereby you see ill patients on the verge of death is really emotionally painful. They even have children warded in there.
Then we went to the first level whereby there is some patients resting at the lobby. That was when I ever played the piano first time to an audience. It was kind of last minute and I haven't practice my piano for ages. Although there were some mistakes here and there, the most important think is they were enjoying themselves, clapping along with the song too. I never felt so much joy of giving before. Just this little thing could make them so happy. I was really really touched.
Never had a CIP like this before, it was a great experience for me. During this whole trip it set me thinking. Life is indeed really short. One moment you can be healthy and the next moment you could be gone. I am so going to live my life to the fullest from today onwards and I am not going to take life for granted anymore. I will take time off to enjoy the wonders and beauty of life and will learn how to appreciate every aspect of life!
The most important thing I have learnt today is unconditional giving. I am going to open my eyes to people around me-the community and start giving, in terms of love, care, concern, comfort, hope and smiles. This things can be given by anyone and you never know how much the other person will appreciate this small little gestures of yours and how much you have just made their day.
So stop living under a rock, open up your eyes and spread the love.
Our class went down to Dover Park Hospice for CIP today. This Hospice is not like the any usual one you will think of, its the only kind in Singapore which takes in advanced terminally ill patients. This means all of them are on the verge of dying, with only having an avg of 18 days more to live. Some of them don't even know this.
Since I can speak chinese and apparently most of them there are chinese-speaking I was helping out with the communication, provided they can even understand whatever broken chinese I am talking. There was this one man who was friendly and even watching the TV and remember they are all advanced terminally ill patients. After speaking to him, the emotions inside me stirred and I started crying. I don't know how to explain this feeling. To have an experience whereby you see ill patients on the verge of death is really emotionally painful. They even have children warded in there.
Then we went to the first level whereby there is some patients resting at the lobby. That was when I ever played the piano first time to an audience. It was kind of last minute and I haven't practice my piano for ages. Although there were some mistakes here and there, the most important think is they were enjoying themselves, clapping along with the song too. I never felt so much joy of giving before. Just this little thing could make them so happy. I was really really touched.
Never had a CIP like this before, it was a great experience for me. During this whole trip it set me thinking. Life is indeed really short. One moment you can be healthy and the next moment you could be gone. I am so going to live my life to the fullest from today onwards and I am not going to take life for granted anymore. I will take time off to enjoy the wonders and beauty of life and will learn how to appreciate every aspect of life!
The most important thing I have learnt today is unconditional giving. I am going to open my eyes to people around me-the community and start giving, in terms of love, care, concern, comfort, hope and smiles. This things can be given by anyone and you never know how much the other person will appreciate this small little gestures of yours and how much you have just made their day.
So stop living under a rock, open up your eyes and spread the love.
