TingRu on the plight of seniors in our country
http://freshgrads.sg/articles/current-affairs/2418-my-encounter-with-he-ting-ru
“What does it say about our society that some of them need to eke out a daily existence cleaning our toilets and clearing our dishes?
“They are not a burden. They are our grandparents, our parents, our neighbours.”
Indeed, what does it say about us, when we accept that it is alright for our older citizens to be at our beck and call, to clean up after us?
TingRu on her Grandmother who passed away recently
“One of them is also the proudest Singaporean I have ever known, our Grandmother. Ever since I could remember, every year as National Day approaches, she would start hunting through her belongings for the Singapore flag to hangproudly outside her home. She would also inspect the homes of her children and start nagging those who were late in displaying the flag. It was also a ritual for her to watch every minute of the NDP, and to excitedly call for the rest of us to join her. She never missed a year, even though her eyesight and hearing started to fail as she entered her 90s. She may not have been a towering historical figure, but she worked day and night unrelentingly to secure the future for her family, and for that, I am deeply grateful.
