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On Friday
10 June
2011, we
threw a
party to
celebrate
the
relocation
of the
Clubhouse
as our
evening
activity.
Members
and
their
families
were
welcomed
to come,
and that
was why
staff
and
members
had
notified
everyone
in
advance.
That
evening,
I
brought
my
mother,
my
sister
and her
baby to
the
Clubhouse.
The
activity
began
shortly
after
6:00p.m.
Janet
led all
participants
to watch
a short
film
about
the
Clubhouse
in the
dining
room.
After
the
film,
Mimi
showed
family
members
around
the
Clubhouse
and for
about 30
minutes
introduced
to them
the
various
facilities.
Then
everybody
re-assembled
in the
dining
hall
where
members
and
their
relatives
shared
their
feelings
for the
clubhouse,
Janet,
Mimi’s
husband
and Wing
talked
about
their
appreciation
of the
clubhouse
for the
differences
it has
made in
their
lives
all
these
years.
Everybody
was
listening
carefully.
In the
evening,
delicate
snacks
were
served,
including
fried
rice,
sweet
and sour
bean
curd,
barbecued
pork
pastry,
thousand-year
egg
pastry,
siu mai
and
lettuce.
The red
bean
pudding
prepared
by Eva
was
delicious.
The food
service
staff
cooked
sweet
bean
curd
soup.
At
7:00pm,
Eva and
Mimi
explained
about
recent
changes
and
activities
of the
clubhouse,
and its
future
development.
We then
shared
the
food,
followed
by
karaoke
at about
7:30pm.
I
found
this
social
gathering
very
meaningful.
I
spent a
night at
the
clubhouse
with my
family
members.
My
mother
and
sister
found
the
clubhouse
spacious
and
beautiful.
They
began to
understand
my daily
activities
at the
clubhouse
and
encouraged
me to
stay
there
more
often.
Ivy, Sandy
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