Total Expenditure

Hi,

Here is a rough estimate of how much we have spent during the 16 day trip!

600 SGD (13890 Baht) + 154 SGD (110 USD) = 754 SGD

These includes all your exchange to Kip and Riels as well as Levi's and Adidas, not forgetting the extra money you changed to Baht again the last few days.

Good job guys!

Happy New Year,
Zhan Liang

Notice for Meeting - 27/12 Thursday

Date: 27th November, Thursday
Time: 2000 hours (Dinner to be taken before arriving)
Venue: VS Canteen
Agenda

Post Trip Briefing
Project Syllabus

*Please note that there will not be any distractions and the agenda will be strictly adhered to, Thanks

NYAA Entry - Service - Befriending

Date: 18th December 2007
Venue: Block 53, a particular unit on 3rd floor
Duration: 2.5 hours (1130-1400)
People involved: Calvin and a friend, Changyang

Azmi showed us some of the oil paintings he has done over the years. We learnt from him that each oil paintings can take up to a few months from the start till its completion. Azmi had also participated in competitions and had even had his own exhibition.

He then referred to us some of the problems he was facing with his computer. We hence decided to lend a helping hand. He had problems trying to upload photographs from his camera due to problems of connection with the USB port. After many falied attempts, we decided we would bring along a personal card reader to help him upload his photographs. His computer was also facing problems with spyware. We helped to do a scan and later discovered that his computer was in risk of numerous viruses. We hence helped him to clear these viruses by downloading a software.

NYAA Entry - Service - Christmas

Date: 17th December 2007
Venue: Marine Parade Goodlife Centre (Block 16)
Duration: 5 hours (1000-1500)
People involved: Calvin, Thomas

The event was scheduled to start at 11am, so we were told to meet at 10.00am to help out with preparations. As we were not the organisers of this event, we were told to only facilitate and help out when needed. It was held in block 16, and at a good turnout of more than 50 elderly residents in that area, all members of the Good Life @ Southeast CDC.

It started with a game of Bingo where we were told to facilitate the announcing of picked numbers. The game lasted until many had that sheet of numbers all struck out. Following this was a game similar to Simon says, only Simon was now replaced by Santa Claus. We were told to help translate for our Muslim friends who were present.

Then they played past the parcel, where the person holding on to a present when the music stop had to do a forfeit before he or she can keep that present. Everyone was feeling the Christmas spirit of giving! Thereafter, we stopped the games for catered lunch. We served lunch, drinks and thereafter cake to the elderly.

After eating, we helped to facilitate the exchange of gifts prepared by them. That was the end of the event. We helped to clear the area and keep the chairs back in the centre. We then helped to deliver the extra packets of food to elderly residents that often live alone or are in need of basic necessities. With that, the day of service ended for Thomas and I.

NYAA Entry - Service Section - 5th Anniversary for Good Life @ Southeast CDC

Date: 1st December 2007
Venue: EXPO hall 1
Duration: 4 hours (0900-1300)
People involved: Calvin, Thomas, zhan liang, seth and edmund

At 9 am, we began the preparations for the games that will be played during dinner itself. Shifting of necessary logistics from van to venue was done by those who came earlier. The rest were briefed on how to facilitate the games such as tikam tikam and given the necessary logistics for the game.

By 10am, the first busload of elderly arrived. Initially, the escalator was not operating and some of the elderlys had to climb up the stairs. This greatly inconvenienced the elderly as they were relatively frail and could not afford the strength the climb the flight of steps up. Few of us were there to help them up while the rest quickly got the escalator working.

Acting as ushers to the elderly in the beginning, we helped by guiding them across to expo hall 1. And during the dinner, we were facilitators to afew tables and guide them through the games such as tikam tikam and the scavenger hunt.

Lucky draw was next, with some winning items like vaccuum cleaner and even a LCD TV. Many of the elderly went home happy and delighted, especially because of the food and games thay they enjoyed the most.

Song of the Month - December

Tabs Taken From : http://www.sheetmusicusa.com/guitar, where you can also hear the MIDI file of the song! Enjoy!
* The tempo is rather fast, so try to keep up with the rhythm