Monday, 19 July 2010
Today, my class visited the Bethany Methodist Home. It wasn't quite what I expected, but it was still a success.
Prior to the visit we made many preparations. I was one of the few people performing for the old folks. I was also meant to be the emcee speaking hokkien (what a joke). We all thought that all the old folks would gather in one room, where we start playing music before playing the game Bingo(TM) with them (I thought it was, anyway). Apparently I was wrong, and my efforts to learn to speak hokkien (I can understand but not speak) were wasted.
Instead of playing in front of a group of people, those people playing bingo with the people there and those performing were split into two groups. We had to keep moving around the home, playing instruments here and there, but it was still fine. We had a saxophonist with us and he plays damn well. I obviously played guitar, and my other friend who was supposed to play on the piano used my guitar instead. Apparently I only memorised one song; I thought I had to play once. Turns out, I had to play the same song many times for different groups of people.
The first group I played for had totally no reaction to the music at all (except one, he seemed interested). I was playing the chinese song “月亮代表我的心”, as I thought many of the people there would recognise the tune. But they had little reaction to the music, all except one, who actively and joyfully sang along while I was playing. Great singing, she had. It seems she had a wide knowledge of music. I also met someone who was good in speaking english and seemed really lively although his lower half of his body was paralysed due to some mishap that happened. The moment we met him, he did not hesitate to shake our hands and introduce himself. Although his speech was slurred, we could still hear him. Very lively indeed.
After "touring" the home as a "solo artist" I returned to some room to listen to someone talk about the home itself before going home.
Great place to visit. It's good to do good work indeed.
And tomorrow, I will be taking my lifeguard test. After postponing the test date numerous times, the date was finally set to tomorrow. Damn. Hopefully I pass this one, unlike BAWC...
=D (home) + =( (test)
=|
Today, my class visited the Bethany Methodist Home. It wasn't quite what I expected, but it was still a success.
Prior to the visit we made many preparations. I was one of the few people performing for the old folks. I was also meant to be the emcee speaking hokkien (what a joke). We all thought that all the old folks would gather in one room, where we start playing music before playing the game Bingo(TM) with them (I thought it was, anyway). Apparently I was wrong, and my efforts to learn to speak hokkien (I can understand but not speak) were wasted.
Instead of playing in front of a group of people, those people playing bingo with the people there and those performing were split into two groups. We had to keep moving around the home, playing instruments here and there, but it was still fine. We had a saxophonist with us and he plays damn well. I obviously played guitar, and my other friend who was supposed to play on the piano used my guitar instead. Apparently I only memorised one song; I thought I had to play once. Turns out, I had to play the same song many times for different groups of people.
The first group I played for had totally no reaction to the music at all (except one, he seemed interested). I was playing the chinese song “月亮代表我的心”, as I thought many of the people there would recognise the tune. But they had little reaction to the music, all except one, who actively and joyfully sang along while I was playing. Great singing, she had. It seems she had a wide knowledge of music. I also met someone who was good in speaking english and seemed really lively although his lower half of his body was paralysed due to some mishap that happened. The moment we met him, he did not hesitate to shake our hands and introduce himself. Although his speech was slurred, we could still hear him. Very lively indeed.
After "touring" the home as a "solo artist" I returned to some room to listen to someone talk about the home itself before going home.
Great place to visit. It's good to do good work indeed.
And tomorrow, I will be taking my lifeguard test. After postponing the test date numerous times, the date was finally set to tomorrow. Damn. Hopefully I pass this one, unlike BAWC...
=D (home) + =( (test)
=|
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