Reaction/Reflection Paper for Tayuman Home for the Aged
The facility we visited is located near Tayuman LRT Station In Manila City. We went to a charitable facility run by nuns and funded by a private organization also operates via donations.
Upon arriving to the facility, I had mixed feelings and had no idea what to expect as this was my first time. Well, first time experience always amazes me and never ceases to surprise me. At the very first sight I had to the resident elders of the facility, cluelessness started to bug me off. It’s not that I don’t have my grandparents and had no experience how to deal with them. But it was the question on how shall I start and how am I gonna approach one of them. Then my classmates were off to their start and dispersed to the facility to find their own “victims.” I was off to a cold and weird start, I started to approach one of the alone elders, but felt that nothing’s gonna happen both of us, right off the bat I knew that there was no connection, rapport and chemistry, LOL. So I went vacant for a while again and went off to an observant mode. Then suddenly, to my surprise, a male elder said something to my direction. At first, I didn’t get what he was trying to say so I came close to him to ask what he said. Boom! It was embarrassing on my part as the elderly was like the one who victimized me to engage to a wonderful and enjoyable conversation. So there it goes, the conversa tion went to engage myself and some of my classmates (Gerone & Migz) with the male elderly. We found out that his name is Santiago, he is sixty years old, used to be a security guard and was a victim of stroke. He can no longer walk and was on a wheelchair, and left part of his body is already immobile. Talking to him, we found out that he was originally from Pasig. It was on my consciousness that I had to be cautious with my questions even though our conversation was going well. I stayed away from questions regarding family. I don’t want go and act as a sparkplug of something that I might regret in the
Upon arriving to the facility, I had mixed feelings and had no idea what to expect as this was my first time. Well, first time experience always amazes me and never ceases to surprise me. At the very first sight I had to the resident elders of the facility, cluelessness started to bug me off. It’s not that I don’t have my grandparents and had no experience how to deal with them. But it was the question on how shall I start and how am I gonna approach one of them. Then my classmates were off to their start and dispersed to the facility to find their own “victims.” I was off to a cold and weird start, I started to approach one of the alone elders, but felt that nothing’s gonna happen both of us, right off the bat I knew that there was no connection, rapport and chemistry, LOL. So I went vacant for a while again and went off to an observant mode. Then suddenly, to my surprise, a male elder said something to my direction. At first, I didn’t get what he was trying to say so I came close to him to ask what he said. Boom! It was embarrassing on my part as the elderly was like the one who victimized me to engage to a wonderful and enjoyable conversation. So there it goes, the conversa tion went to engage myself and some of my classmates (Gerone & Migz) with the male elderly. We found out that his name is Santiago, he is sixty years old, used to be a security guard and was a victim of stroke. He can no longer walk and was on a wheelchair, and left part of his body is already immobile. Talking to him, we found out that he was originally from Pasig. It was on my consciousness that I had to be cautious with my questions even though our conversation was going well. I stayed away from questions regarding family. I don’t want go and act as a sparkplug of something that I might regret in the