As part of Ulu Pandan Active Ageing Day, there is a go kart racing held right in the neighborhood. And I was roped in to help by the community club. Since I was very free on Sunday, I agreed.

On first sight, it seems quite weird that to have such event on a Active Aging Day, but man looking at how excited the old folks queue and give the go kart a try, it is good to have such activity that makes them feel young again. One granny is so into it, that she raced three times in the morning and then comes back in the afternoon for another four times - I remember her fondly. During one of her drive in the morning, she kinda lost control of the kart, and then somehow she performed a sharp turn of the kart to get back on track without crashing. Very impressive

Basically my job is just to manage the queue, ensure the indemnity form is properly filled up, helping the elderly fills up the form, etc. I remember filling a form for an 70 years old man.

Of course, being a community project, there is scenes of typical Singaporean. Many aunties let a auntie cut queue after I assigned numbers - so the last auntie got pushed into the next race, she refused and forced her way in. I refused to let a kid to go in without parent's consent, they come back and insisted on joining the queue at the same position. Underaged kids, improper footwear, etc etc.

Very Interesting indeed. Haha. It is good that I have a not so approachable face.

The small circuit created behind the community club

Fellow YEC members

Volunteers having a go at lunch time

The auntie in yellow raced 7 times.

Anyway why the sudden involvement into community work? Well growing up in a difficult family situation, I think it is about time for me to give something back to the community in a small, little ways. After all, without all those community assistance schemes, would I survive those turbulence years? Maybe I should have started long ago, but now is good. My career has more or less stabilized.

Plus, it is also better to spend my weekend on more meaningful stuff, than the usual sleeping and facebook-ing. I do not wish to waste my life away just like what I have done in the last few years anymore. I do not have much social life anyway so it is good to do something meaningful and do some networking along the way.