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because You first loved
Recess week is here and to herald the start of this supposed week of rest, I went with a few other CCA mates to Geylang Bahru for Operation Homeworks, something SMU Campus Crusade for Christ & Habitat for Humanity partners to do every semester. We form groups of 4 to 5 and each group is assigned a rental flat to clean. This was my third time volunteering so I was prepared for dirt, but what really took the cake this time was the stench. The house we were assigned to reeked of urine. Initially I thought it was just the toilet, but I lined the entire toilet with generous amounts of Cif and scrubbed the entire toilet but it still stank. So apparently it wasn't just the toilet reeking of urine. The entire flat was soiled. I think the flat owner (who was away in hospital) probably had difficulty controlling his bladder which is not uncommon among the elderly.
While scrubbing away, I told myself that my parents should never have to experience this. Never. I will not allow it. If my job takes me too far, then I will make sure I come back, or at least arrange for their house to be cleaned on a regular basis. No matter how busy I am with work, I will make sure that their needs are cared for and met. Which reminds me that a visit to Ipoh would be timely after not seeing my maternal grandmother for about a year.
Time, the best gift anyone could give.
While scrubbing away, I told myself that my parents should never have to experience this. Never. I will not allow it. If my job takes me too far, then I will make sure I come back, or at least arrange for their house to be cleaned on a regular basis. No matter how busy I am with work, I will make sure that their needs are cared for and met. Which reminds me that a visit to Ipoh would be timely after not seeing my maternal grandmother for about a year.
Time, the best gift anyone could give.
“some people feel like they don't deserve love. they walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”
“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”
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