The talks' on death.
   Wednesday, July 28, 2004, 10:09 PM

Death.
That's the topic lately. Everyone's been talking about it and it's too close to us to be ignored. A few days ago, a Year 1 Nursing student committed suicide. Just now, the Bishan MRT arsehole. And the trip to the Dover Park Hospice.

I never knew what a hospice does until the trip there just now. I thought it just houses the useless elderly. Let me explain in my words: The place where you try to live your last days of your life before you die. The patients there are eventually gonna die. That's freaking sad. We're supposed to interact with them. The fact that the patients didn't really show their appreciation much at first kinda got us uncomfortable. But it didn't stop us from interacting. I got hooked with this boggly-eyed scary grumpy not-so-friendly looking guy. I felt lazy to layan him at first, but it got to my head that whatever i do should satisfy some of his last desires in life. And i did it with my heart. Gosh. In the end of it, the patients actually showed their sheer appreciation to us, some individually, and some as a group. Such joy in their faces... Was brought about because of our involvement in the program. I hate the hospice. It's a happy place which brings about too much emotions.

P/S: Joyce took the wrong choice of songs... Like lines were:
Killing me softly - Oh My GOD!
You'll Be Like Heaven to Touch - Whoa.
And i Thank God I'm Alive - That's just wrong!

"We cannot add days to their life but we can add life to their days."