During the session, we played Board games with them, the elderly folks. At first it was very hard for me to get on with them. It was because of the language barrier and also the generation gap. However, we got on well during the games. We played Bingo, Jenga and many other popular board games. I used to be afraid of playing with the elderly as I thought that they were often troublesome and sometimes treat youngsters like kids. But what I experienced was totally the opposite. They really welcomed us coming to play with them. I felt very blessed that I was playing with them, which I had never thought I would do. I could not help laughing with ecstacy with them because the games were so fun.
The games went on so enjoyably that we all forgot about the time. When we had a tea at the end of the session, we all talked to each other and I realised a lot of things that I had never known about the elderly folks before. Waving goodbye to them, I kept thinking about when I become old like them. It was then I understand how the elderly folks feel and how much they need us, the future of the world. And now I can easily sense the responsibility I have to take for the society, especially the elderly.
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