Firstly, let's start off on a congratulatory note. I give myself a pat on a back for running 3 times this week! I ran for 3.6km on Sunday, credits to Jerrell! Achievement unlocked.
Another achievement of the week: Today I went for a CIP event organised by the MR house comm, which was to do house cleaning for various one-room flats in Toa Payoh Lor 7. What first struck me about the place was this sign that said 'This block needs your attention. When the emergency signal is on, please offer assistance' or something along that line. I thought to myself, "wow, I never knew there really were such needy Singaporeans congregated in one place.." The first 2 houses that we went to clean were honestly, just an illusion. On the description of the house that the I/Cs gave, the degree of focus needed were all 'average' but when we went in, there wasn't anything to do! It was really spick and span, the toiletbowl is even cleaner than the one in my house I'm not even kidding. So we were done in about half an hour. As we finished early, we were assigned to help out with the other flats - those that require 'intensive' attention. THIS was the true reflection of a filthy house. The type that you see featured on TV, the Quan Yi Feng's show, where there's a stark contrast in the before-and-after state of the house. When I first stepped in, oh Lord, the stench of cigarettes just hit me. That was not the worst, the toilet stench was extremely unbearable. The sink was clogged, the fans' blades and frames were coated with an extremely thick layer of dust I have no idea how enough wind is even produced by them to cool down the elderly. Oh and apparently 3 elderly men shared this flat... We just spammed Cif for every single corner of the house. I wiped (more like scrubbed) the walls, and the door. Oh man that was really tiring. The colour of the door was supposed to be beige, but it was so filthy it was stained a disgusting brownish yellow until we scrubbed it with lots and lots of Cif. The other volunteers had already washed the toilet - I cannot imagine its very intial state - yet it still looked revolting and just... I can't describe it in words. The floor was stained black, brown, yellow - you can imagine it. After countless rounds of toilet washing, I went in with Gisella attempting to scrub the floor and pipe stains off. It didn't work, nothing came out. Initially I was just like yolo about it, but after about 5minutes of looking at the grossness I couldn't stand it. I felt I might get sick if I stayed inside any longer so I took a breather outside. After another 10 odd minutes we were about done. Yes there were about 10+ students inside helping out that's why we could finish fast. When I came back, I had the urge to start scrubbing the yellowish parts of my house toilet as well. I'm determined to do it tomorrow morning!
I shall stop here for today.
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