About Dream

I have this 58 years old gay friend called Robert, he told me something about dream: "if you don't go for it, your dream will always just be a dream......"
According to his own personal life, yes, what he said is true.
He was an accountant in one of Sydney's biggest commpany, one day he decided to drop everything he had and go to Asia, studying Asian culture.
He now is a professor in Western Sydney University teaching Asian Affair.

Isa

Forever Young

Last Wednesday we went to the same nursing home again. This time I talked to a funny grandma of ten who loves to knit, let’s just call her Marie. When I went into Marie’s room, she just got up from her day nap and first thing she said to me was “oh sorry, I was taking a nanny nap”. When she said that I knew straight away, I would have a very interesting conversation with her. Over an hour long conversation, she told me how she used to love to go dancing, especially foxtrot with her husband. She said she was so good that she got picked to dance with soldiers who safely return from the war. When she was telling me her life story, I couldn’t help but wonder how old she was, because she sounded very very young, so I did (in a very polite way of course). Apparently she’ll turn 90 next month (October). I was very much surprised because she certainly didn’t sound like it. Then Marie said “You know what, if you don’t think about your age and if you don’t think that you are old, you will always be young. Don’t worry about how old you are. Just live life as you like and you will have a happy life. Don’t concentrate on a negative, don’t be so difficult about everything and life will treat you well.” Ok this may sound very cheesy if I or someone my age says it but when you actually hear it from someone who actually has been through so much in life, you would really appreciate this kind of advice. Then she asked me how old I was so I told her, 22. Her reaction was, “You are a CHICKEN! Ha-ha and I am an old chuck!!” I thought the way she said it was hilarious and very cute at the same time!! Coz it’s nothing like I’ve ever heard before. I think this kind of thing is something that makes me think she’s a lot younger than she actually is.

JUST FOR FUN
At the end I asked Marie eight quick questions that we came up with before visiting the nursing home.
1) What is your favourite song? A: Unforgettable by Nate King Cole
2) What's a slang for being drunk? A: Boozed!
3) If you could have a super power what would it be? A: Invisibleness, I would be so bad, ha-ha! No but seriously, I hope there’s a super power that can take away all the sadness in the world, especially for little children
4) Who is your favourite prime minister? A: None of them! (She answered this question even before I finish saying the question)
5) Describe your ideal man. A: Patient, the most important factor in a relationship
6) What would you do if you win 5 million dollars? A: Give it to my 10 grand-children. I never had a problem spending money, 5 million can go easy!
7) If you have to have the same dinner for the rest of your life, what would it be? A: Who would ask such question!? Must think of a better question! But if I have to choose then it’ll be Chinese food, lemon chicken especially.
8) What do you think of global warming / Paris Hilton? A: Don’t know much / I think she’s just a show off. If she’s not rich n famous she would have a different personality.

RIKA**

TOUGH

" When you fall and doesn't know how to/want to stand up, you'll say sorry to yourself one day."
-yee-


*eeLynn

Business Card!!

As Sarah said in her previous post (Moo Card), our business card indeed has arrived BUT we still had to do some adjusting to do, to make it more suitable for our project. For this particular project, we wanted it to have the feel of crafty, home-made and vintage. Aaaaand that’s why we decided to throw in some material and ribbon with our business card and this is the final product!

Rika**

lady talk

This Thursday, we went for our second interview with the elderly at the nursing home. I talked to this old lady called Marge. She is a migrant from Germany who has been in Melbourne for 53 years.

It was quite amazing how we spent over an hour talking about her life story. Marge is a talkative person compared to me. Before going in this time, four of us actually prepared a list of light questions to start up the conversation. But me and Marge ended up having a long talk on most of the questions, which was quite fun.

Back to her life story, Marge was born in 1920 and she was married to this guy when she was 19. The reason they got married really touches my heart. The man was going to the war, and thought Marge could get quite a bit mount of money from the government if he dies in the world. So he asked Marge to marry him, and he never came back from the war. Marge then stayed single for ten years. This is as sad and weepy as a drama. I was thinking “does this kind of love still exist in today’s world?”

People nowadays tend to ask for more from others than giving out love, they feel insecure to give and sacrifice.

Marge met her second husband when she was already 32 years old, they got married and came to Australia because the husband got a job offer as construction builder. By the way, her husband Tasiode is living in the same nursing home as well. He was taking his nap in another room while I was talking to Marge. Speaking of husband, Marge told me that “you should train your husband to do the housework as soon as you get married, otherwise he would just be spoiled and get lazier and lazier along your marriage.”

Talking to Marge was really a delightful experience since she made me feel like talking to my own grandma. The little fear I had that those elderly might be a bit scary to talk to is totally gone. They are the loveliest human being.

Isa.....

MOO cards!

Yay!! Our MOO Minicards have arrived!

We started this blog cos we're talking to all these old people for our book... and we thought if any of their family are wondering "who the hell are these people who keep visiting my mum?!" then they can look at our blog to see what we're doing.

We found out about MOO, this printing company in London while reading some awesome 'how to start a blog' articles by MeetMeAtMikes. You design your cards on the website, then they send them to you in the mail... and it's super cheap! So now we're going to punch some holes in the corners and tie them to pretty bits of material... and we'll have some spiffy little cards to give to people at the nursing home!

Sarah xx

Peacefulness

It was a quiet saturday morning, I am working at my cafe as usual. There's no customers around. Then, a elderly man came in and ordered a cappucino. I made his coffee and brought it to him sitting outside. I said " Morning Sir, this is the Cappucino you ordered." He smiled and said: " Morning love, It's quiet huh." I replied saying: " Yea, Most people who went partying or working last night were way too tired to come out this time." Then he came out with this sentence that make me feel so peaceful inside my heart.
" When you've been through all noises in your life, A moment of peacefulness like that will be appreciated and priceless".

Eventhough its just a simple sentence, it does made my day. =)

*eelynn