9-11-2009 BMV123/117-Blessing day
Posted by: happyangelclub on: November 10, 2009
This is a special blessing from the kind hearted people of Lau family /Sin family /Ong family /Phang family/Tan family and friends.
Pls click on below link for more photos and video viewing :
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3F2618277EC5651&page=6
(Note: There are 7 pages of the above Youtube link.)
My sincere thanks to all of the kind hearted people. Most of them even never met me before. But they all took initiative to contribute food and red package to those elderly who stay in the one room rental flats.
No words can express my feeling to these kind hearted people but only through the sharing from the photos and videos of this event.
Pls click on below link for more photos and video viewing :
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3F2618277EC5651&page=6
(Note: There are 7 pages of the above Youtube link.)
3-11-09 Bukit Merah View Blk123/117
Posted by: happyangelclub on: November 5, 2009
160 packages of vegetable rice sponsor by Miss Tan
一包有鱼有菜又有肉的饭，带给了那些居住在一房租赁组屋里的老人家营养和希望。
借着分发食物的同时，也让一些平日少下楼的独居老人家，走出家门，和其他邻居打交道，减少因为孤独而引发的心理疾病。
谢谢陈小姐的善举。
A lunch box with rice, fish , meat and vegetable bring those elderly who live in a one room rental flat nutrition and hope.
Through the distribution of food will also allow some elderly walk out from their house to interact with other neighbours. It will also help them to reduce their mental illness triggered by loneliness.
Many thanks to Miss Tan.
York Hill-1-11-2009 /Enthusiastic volunteers
Posted by: happyangelclub on: November 2, 2009
热情的义工，温暖的关怀。谢谢善心人和义工们的无私奉献。
I am very pleased to see the arrival of the young student-volunteers who came to care for the elderly, it is because we are now giving them the opportunity to participate in community activities, their compassion touched now and when they grow up they will know how to care for and respect for all the elderly in the society.
我很高兴看到年轻而热情的学生义工们跟着父母们一起到来关怀老人家。因为，我们现在让他们有机会参与社区活动，触动他们的怜悯之心，将来长大之后，才懂得关怀和尊敬长者，做一个有情有义之人。
26-10-2009 special day at York Hill-九月初九献爱心
Posted by: happyangelclub on: October 27, 2009
每年的这一天，陈氏一家人总是记得要给那些住在一房式租赁组屋的老人家们，献上红包和礼包。
老人家问：“谁是陈小姐啊？”
我说：“是好心人啊！”
几个老人家要我代为向陈氏一家及朋友传达他们的祝福：“祝福好心人身体健康，富贵长寿、生意兴隆。”
九月初九的祝福，牵系着善心人和素未谋面的老人家的心。但愿这一份温馨的祝福，为彼此添加前进的力量；为生活注入真、善、美。
Every year on this day, Tan’s family, always remember to give those who live in one-room HDB rental flats elderly a red package and a goodies bag.
Elderly asked: “Who is Miss Tan?”
I said: “It’s kind-hearted people !”
Several elderly asked me to convey their blessing to the Tan’s family & friends: “Blessing good-hearted people good health, wealth and longevity, business is booming.
On this special day blessing, it connected closely with the heart of the kind hearted donors and the elderly who never met each other before. I hope that this is a warm blessing for each other to add the power forward; for a living into the truth, goodness and beauty.
We found a highly decomposed body… / 一具高度腐烂的尸体
Posted by: happyangelclub on: October 19, 2009
Venue : Blk 123 Bukit Merah View （at the below unit)
Date: 17-10-2009 (Saturday)
Time: 8.30pm
There were Three Cases happened in this Block within A Month. Why?
It was very sad to see the Lonely Elderly Deceased without Pride and dignity.
I have been writing some related articles and feedback to some govt. agencies since Year 2004. Do we have a better way to stop this kind of tragedy?
Click to the Comment for more related articles.
Specially thanks to the Tan’s family for their donation of rice and can food to the elderly. If we do not distribute the ration home by home at this block , we will not be able to find the decomposed body.
Pls click here for more discussion at REACH:
Pls click the below link for more photos :
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3F2618277EC5651&page=6
York Hill 04-10-2009 Photo Shoot
Posted by: happyangelclub on: October 16, 2009
Sponsor by Tan’s family & friends/ Zepping Ng- Crab Party / Mr.Ng /Lotus Light / Volunteers
From REACH :
Posted by: happyangelclub on: October 16, 2009
Dear All,
I thank you all of you here to concern of this Thread.
In regardless of what type of posts you have posted here, I knew that these are all of your efforts in writing to achieve a better society with quality life for everyone.
As for the staffs of SWCDC, I am impressed that they are willing to open their heart to listen to all of the complaints and finally showed their sincerity to achieve professional quality services.
My sincere thanks to the team of SWCDC.
I apologized if anyone here found me being too harsh into this matter. I started this Thread and I am now ending it with this post and will move forward with the benefits of those we can in help to them.
There are other topics at the Reach Discussion Corner which may need all of the Reach Contributors to voice out their views so as to help the policies makers to perform better. I do believe that our voices are being heard at REACH.
Thanks REACH to provide such a communication platform for us.
Once again, thanks and regards to everyone. Greatly appreciate it.
感谢各位对这个贴的关注和回应，无论那是何种性质的帖？我相信那都是您的一番心血之作，旨在为社会里的每一个人寻求更优质的生活。
如果您觉得我在处理这件事上面，显得有些激进，那我向您说声抱歉。这一帖是我开始的，现在我也以此帖来结束，谨以个案的福祉
为重并往前走。
REACH的交流角落还有很多课题，需要大家参与讨论，以让我们的政策制定者参考，我相信我们的声音是有被听到的。
感谢REACH为我们提供了这样的一个交流平台。
再次感谢并祝福大家。
Jane Lim
16-10-2009
Latest update
Posted by: happyangelclub on: October 15, 2009
I have seen great improvement of SWCDC now. Not only because of Mr.Ang’s case but there was other case which I refer to the SWCDC recently and the staffs are now doing their best to help the client.
Thanks SWCDC. Keep it up!
Counselling the Elderly
Posted by: happyangelclub on: October 14, 2009
It is common that among elderly people they have a lack of self-confidence, but yet are concerned about their ageing appearance. The more willing the elderly are willing to learn new things, the stronger their mental constitution becomes. When an elderly person chooses to maintain the status quo in his life, he is actually regressing, and falling behind in modern society. This could lead to low self-esteem, a lack of courage and a loss of confidence, potentially resulting in psychological problems arising.
As such, it is very important that elderly people learn new things.
*As elderly people grow distant from their children, they begin to suspect that their children are not filial. Often, they cannot forget the role that they used to play in the past as parents.
*What the elderly need most is for people to communicate with them, to have support from society and personal companionship. This forms the basis of counselling skills for the elderly.
How do we boost the psychological health of the elderly?
- Help the elderly draw on their past experiences to become a ‘consultant’, not just a ‘doer’ like in the past. The elderly often easily become targets for criticism; the best is to communicate face-to-face with their relatives once or twice.
- Encourage the elderly to become social workers, and interview other elderly people in society, helping them to become active as well. Being active can help to improve the interpersonal interactions of the elderly.
- Try encouraging the elderly to accept their own external appearance. Counsellors can use a narrative descriptive method, for example : ” I feel that your face has a distinctive appearance, just like xx superstar…..So cool! You must have been really great last time……”
4.Change the elderly person’s lifestyle, ‘bluff’ them into actively engaging in a small activity, and gradually build up from there.
5.The elderly sometimes lose track of time, thus they end up doing the same thing repeatedly.
6. Sometimes, counsellors can act as simpletons in front of the elderly. By timely holding of the elderly person’s hand, the elderly person will feel that the counsellor is very warm and welcoming, and has a kind heart. One must ‘play games’ ‘with the elderly.
7. Guide the elderly in not losing their direction in life (there are many similar experiences in life.)
人文教育–Humanistic Education
Posted by: happyangelclub on: October 12, 2009
当天我抄下了他大部分的谈话，现在将它打出来，和大家一起分享。
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Note from 陈思和教授：
人文教育为之所为人之心灵教育，帮助学生了解自己选择何种方式在社会生存？人文教育不等同语言、非知识性的东西，人文教育帮助人变得更好。
人文精神： 对人的尊重、自觉、重视。
人文教育要从小孩开始，越小越应该唤起。它不是给你东西，而是从你本身就有的东西唤起。
人文教育应该从中学做起。讲理论、讲思想、讲观点、细读名著。不然到了大学就太迟了。
小孩日常能力的训练，自理、团队精神等，都是家长与社会应教导他的。13岁孩子是《认识自我》的最关键时刻，大人需帮助、启发和教育他。
知识教育全世界一样通用，人文教育则不一样，因国情文化之不同。
把人心灵中最美好的东西激发出来，通过人文教育潜移默化、通过读书（中学），通过阅读打开心灵之门，得以沟通。故事情节能让孩子与它沟通，产生感觉等。千万不要忽略孩子用感情去沟通形象（故事主角）。
人文教育不能有理性化、教条。
阅读对《美》的理解，一定要帮助孩子懂得美、欣赏美。有爱才有美（对工作、人要热爱才会觉得美。）爱的感受需要人去激发它。
如何帮助孩子理解美、感受美？
这过程需要人去教育，需给孩子（中学）大量地接受美的可能性。
一个国家没有科技，一打就跨。
一个国家没有人文教育，不打自跨。
人文教育要坚持自由、多元化、不设限，要替小孩创造一种环境。
人本身有一种能量，会把美好的东西唤发出来，只是目前受社会压抑。
人对自身一定要有信心，作为一个会还原到本来的自己。伦理道德是人性本身的东西，它不是社会的约定俗成，这是人性的善良。生命的本能是需要与别人交流、分享喜怒哀乐，由此可引申出许多问题和互助。
不讲人文的恶果：如《上海宝贝》一书。
人性需要完美。大楼再多不幸福；地铁再多不幸福；真正的幸福是靠自己的心灵存在。生命一定要开花，一定要去爱别人，要教导小孩有爱人和奉献的心。人本身有一种自觉的奉献去爱别人。
我们应当把社会上强加在孩子身上不道德的东西淡化掉，宗教与人文教育可帮助孩子。
