What: House Cleaning the Henderson Uncle’s House
When: 30 April 2011
Where: Henderson Road (Blk 93)
Participant(s): Jean, Shirley and Xinyi
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Xinyi, Participant:
30 April was not the best day to volunteer; personal commitments and an evening gathering with Rui En meant that we could hardly spare time. But gut feeling tells me that they did not have sufficient volunteers so we decided we should go. Just as well since we have been contemplating with volunteering our time to express our gratitude for Rui En’s Best Actress win on 24 April. So this was a chance.
Goodness. We had visited many one-room flats across various estates but never one as packed as this. The uncle had kept so many “treasures†that we could not even see the flooring! The stuff we cleared from the living room alone could easily fill the whole corridor (or maybe two), no joke. And the fridge was so dirty I think that would be the last place we will want to keep any food in.
Due to other commitments, we had to leave in the afternoon, we only managed to clear the living room and scrub the dirty fridge; luckily, other volunteers started to stream in after 2pm. However, we left our hearts there.
Thankfully, Apex took photos and shared with us, so here’s some to share with you too. Look at the thick layer of dust on our fingers O.O
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Touch on his “treasures” and dust is what you get on your fingers!
Before.
During.
After.
