Tuesday, February 23, 2010

LB Chinese New Year Celebration 2010

Hey all,
well this is an extremely late blog entry (sorry been busy, forgetful, and probably procrastinating...)

this is probably my first proper blog entry since accepting the post of pub in LB
(lol sorry wei ling, been slacking like crazy)

Hope you guys, and girls, have been enjoying visiting at LB so far.

For Chinese New Year (CNY), LB celebrated it at the void deck as usual. However, this time we used the area with the metal grills, which is considered the KTV room.

This is the link for the photos taken on the day (if they are not good, dont complain to me = =". I supposedly specialise in taking unglam photos, or so im told)
http://picasaweb.google.com/rvp.pub05

The space was relatively smaller then the usual placed used, but we made do with what we had, and proceeded.

To make the prizes a bit more interesting (hopefully), hampers were made (items taken from everywhere and bought, but wrapped by tai on and wei ling).

Initially, even thou it was time to start the event, few elderly were around. I was a bit puzzled and thought something was wrong, but I was reminded by the person from the centre that the elderly were taking their ang bao money from the temple, and that it would take them time to get it and come back.

So we waited patiently for a while, and true enough, the elderly started streaming back soon. Gradually the place filled up. We had no time to waste.

First, we busied ourselves with preparing the food and drink. Basically we served hot milo and pandan cake, which arent exactly new year goodies, but the elderly were quite happy eating and drinking them. As such, we were rushing around trying to top up their food and drinks. It was messy, but at the same time touching to see the elderly all sitting together and talking happily. The place was very roudy for once, something that I think is rare for the void deck at Blk 3 Jalan Bukit Merah.

At the same time, our MC's (the ppl talking in front) busied themselves with talking to the crowd and getting them involved in the activities.

We did a list of interesting activities this time.

To begin, we had simple charades, with the LB volunteers doing simple actions and let the elderly guess what it is. I still remember one specific one, where the volunteer went down on all fours and mimicked the action of a lion roaring to represent a tiger! His enthusiasm caught most of the elderly off guard.

Next, we had the traditional Bingo that the elderly love. We knew it would get them excited, and it did. Everyone was eager to get a card and were straining to hear the numbers being called out, hoping that they would get the luck card that won the prizes.

Following that, we had a simple pass the balloon game, similar to musical chairs. We played music while the elderly passed the balloon around. The place was a bit too big for one balloon thou, but they had fun and were unwilling to let go of the balloon, no thanks to the fact that the person who had the balloon at the end of the music would win a prize.

After that, we did the lucky draw after the balloon game. Some lucky elderly won prizes after their number cards were called.

It was then back to more exciting activities! The elderly were asked to blow ping pong balls from one cup to another. The cups were filled to the brim with water, so all that was needed would be a slight blow, but the catch is that if they failed, water would be blown out instead and it would be harder to move the ping pong ball from one to another. Water was flowing around the tables, but the elderly were enjoying it a lot. All one needed to do was look at the smiles on their faces, and one realised that it was fun.

The last activity was a simple one, where the elderly were asked to do simple chinese caligraphy, writing auspicious words such as 'fu' and 'chun' on pieces of red paper, something that is usually done during CNY to bring in good luck.

The elderly all left for home after the activities ended, but none of them left empty handed. We distributed goodie bags to everyone at the end of the event, as well as a pair of oranges.

It was a simple event to celebrate, one that has happened many times before and will happen many times in the future. However, what counts most is that we made them happy before, we made them happy this time, and we will make them happy in the future as well.

Happy Chinese New Year Everyone!
(although a bit belated, but oh well, i got scolded for not putting it up already)

yours auspiciously,
the lazy pub person

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