Well I don't mean any nightclub or anything, this was a nice club event for the disabled. Anyway I shall get on with, this club meeting took place in my childhood neighbourhood. I got there a bit early since I wasn't sure where it was, but I found it right away easily. I just got lucky, eventually everyone started to show up. Andy and Odie came there, their mother brought them in. First we had to wait till everyone had come in there, it took a while. The first thing we did there was introducing ourselves and tell how we were, me, Andy and Odie were quite nervous.
After this was a small religious thing, which I will not go into. I'm not a religious person at all, I do not believe in the metaphysical at all.
After that we had this finger painting moment, which was kinda fun. Even if it was a little childlike, I did enjoy that. We needed to paint the version of the future that would be carefree for us, I painted a house with me and my boyfriend living there happily.
After that we ate and then it was just free time, so we could do anything we wanted. I set up the pool table, Andy and Odie had a game. I think it ended up in a tie, but we couldn't finish it. I helped Andy since he couldn't see so well, I actually enjoyed helping them and that's what's important. Well it was a interesting experience, I will attend there again next month.
Well for now, keep an eye out ^_^
maanantai 23. syyskuuta 2013
keskiviikko 18. syyskuuta 2013
Shopping Mall Ahoy!
Well today I met with my blind friends once again, but for personal reasons Andy couldn't make it with me this time. So I got some time with Odie, we went to the mall Sello together. Luckily I had the car, so I could take us there. You know how sometimes those SatNav's are just so darn stupid, it guided me right past Sello. I have heard some say that "Don't always listen to the talky box", that's so true.
Anyway we made it to Sello and there was this huge sale going on there, lots of people. Still I found a spot to park easily. First we headed to Gamestop, did some browsing of used games. I did see a few good games I would like to get, but nothing good enough to buy right now.
After that we went to Anttila, that's a store kinda like Debenhams. We browsed some more game, there I saw two games I added to my wishlist. I saw Sly Cooper Thieves in Time and Little BIG Planet 2 Extras Edition, Sack Boy looks so cute and Sly Cooper is furry.
Well after that we went Clas Olson, just a short browse. Then we went to eat in Rex's Golden Pizza Buffet, very nice place. You get as much pizza, salad and other things for like €9,95. We had a good time there, I even had pizza with marshmallows on it, proof here.
That was some very good pizza, it had the cheesy taste of a pizza and the sweet candy taste of the marshmallows. After some ice cream, we walked around before I took Odie back home. He seemed to enjoy it and so did I, they are shy and quite timid. I can relate to that, so I hope I can help them be a bit more brave as I've gotten help from my family and a lot from my lovely boyfriend.
That's all for now, keep an eye out ^_^
keskiviikko 11. syyskuuta 2013
The Adventure Continues
Today was my second day I spent with Andy and Odie, but I'll start from the beginning.
Well it was getting close to my meeting with them and I was running a bit late. Rushing so I got everything ready, I wanted to make a earlier bus so I would have plenty of time to get there. I make it to the bus stop in time, then I waited...and waited...and waited. The darn bus that I wanted never came, I don't know why. Anyway the next bus did come, but 20 minutes later. I was so worried I would be really late, but with some luck I was only late a few minutes.
Well I met with Andy and Odie again, we went for a long walk together. I couldn't think what to talk about, well at first I could. I'm not such a good conversationalist, but since they are shy and don't reply back so much. I do get that this has been my second time I've met them, so I will give them time and see how things go. So if things don't take off, I'll find another visually handicapped person to aid.
Well we bought some candy, since I feel bad mooching off anyone, I took this small chocolate rice candy bar. Also I did want that, I hadn't had one in a long time. Finally I want to limit my sweeties, so that was the ultimate reason why I chose that. As we were leaving the shop, Andy bumped into a bicycle. I felt so embarrassed that I let that happen, still he was fine and nothing happened to the bicycle.
As we got back to their home, we tried to get that game I lent them to work. If you want to know what game, I lent them Far Cry 3 for PS3. As it started to boot up, it wanted to update itself. Don't you just hate that, you get a new game that's really great and you just wanna play it. No no, first you need to wait several minutes for it to update. Anyway once the update was done, let the games begin. Well of course not, this time the console complained that it didn't have enough room on the HDD and the game wouldn't start. Odie began to delete stuff off the HDD, took him a good while until there was enough room for the game to work.
Well it was getting late and it was my time to leave, I left them there to play the game and it was nice. I got to the bus stop and waited again, not really knowing when the bus would come. Since I had time, I started to write this very blog on my mobile. Well I had to stop writing it since the bus came or my stop came, but because of that I lost everything I had written. Anyway I bought the subs from Subway and came home, so I say it was a pretty good day with Andy and Odie.
That's all for now, keep an eye out ^_^
Well it was getting close to my meeting with them and I was running a bit late. Rushing so I got everything ready, I wanted to make a earlier bus so I would have plenty of time to get there. I make it to the bus stop in time, then I waited...and waited...and waited. The darn bus that I wanted never came, I don't know why. Anyway the next bus did come, but 20 minutes later. I was so worried I would be really late, but with some luck I was only late a few minutes.
Well I met with Andy and Odie again, we went for a long walk together. I couldn't think what to talk about, well at first I could. I'm not such a good conversationalist, but since they are shy and don't reply back so much. I do get that this has been my second time I've met them, so I will give them time and see how things go. So if things don't take off, I'll find another visually handicapped person to aid.
Well we bought some candy, since I feel bad mooching off anyone, I took this small chocolate rice candy bar. Also I did want that, I hadn't had one in a long time. Finally I want to limit my sweeties, so that was the ultimate reason why I chose that. As we were leaving the shop, Andy bumped into a bicycle. I felt so embarrassed that I let that happen, still he was fine and nothing happened to the bicycle.
As we got back to their home, we tried to get that game I lent them to work. If you want to know what game, I lent them Far Cry 3 for PS3. As it started to boot up, it wanted to update itself. Don't you just hate that, you get a new game that's really great and you just wanna play it. No no, first you need to wait several minutes for it to update. Anyway once the update was done, let the games begin. Well of course not, this time the console complained that it didn't have enough room on the HDD and the game wouldn't start. Odie began to delete stuff off the HDD, took him a good while until there was enough room for the game to work.
Well it was getting late and it was my time to leave, I left them there to play the game and it was nice. I got to the bus stop and waited again, not really knowing when the bus would come. Since I had time, I started to write this very blog on my mobile. Well I had to stop writing it since the bus came or my stop came, but because of that I lost everything I had written. Anyway I bought the subs from Subway and came home, so I say it was a pretty good day with Andy and Odie.
That's all for now, keep an eye out ^_^
perjantai 6. syyskuuta 2013
The Adventure Begins
Welcome to this new blog of mine, I wanted to start doing this blog cause recently I began to volunteer as helper for the visually handicapped.
On the 26th of August I met with this nice woman who we shall call Tabbie, through her I started to volunteer as a helper for the visually handicapped. In that meeting I talked about myself and told her why I wanted to help, she was very pleased that I was interested. She told me that they needed young volunteers, since most of the volunteers were older people. I got to try out these special glasses, each one simulated different levels of visual handicaps. There were 10 of them, the 11th one of course was the loss of sight all together. Anyway, she was pleased that I was offering my time. She had been looking for someone younger, since she had these two 20 year old young men. For privacy and security purposes, I will not use their real names. So we shall call them Andy and Odie, they are twins, but not identical.
Now lets move forward to 2nd of September, just last Monday. I met with Andy and Odie at Tabbie's offices, I was nervous to say the least. Still I think it went well, both Andy and Odie seemed like very nice young men. They were very shy, barely saying much at all. Well we arranged that I would meet them at their home on the 6th, which was today.
So today after attending a meeting at the offices, I went to meet them at their home. Andy and Odie lived in a very nice neighbourhood there was a lake near them and lots of forest around them. I love forests and lakes, so it was great. Still as we met, I could see that they were nervous. They did have a chocolate coloured Labrador dog, she was very VERY energetic and a happy dog. I did get to meet Andy's and Odie's mother and their brother, looked like a nice family.
For our first outing, we just went for a walk around the neighbourhood. I did most of the talking, tried to get to know them a bit more. They were very shy, but were very nice. I know I'm repeating myself, but it's true. Anyway we went to the local store and bought some ice cream, after that we came back to their place after we walked a bit more.
Back home they did start to talk a bit more, Odie told me that he likes cooking, baking and swimming. Andy is still a bit more shy than Odie, but then again his sight is quite bad since he uses one of those walking canes. Well they showed me their rooms and showed me a bit of a PS3 game, it was a wrestling game and they had made this funny looking custom wrestler. The guy looked like some steroid experiment gone horribly wrong, overly muscled with tiny tiny feet.
Well that was my first day with Andy and Odie, it was a nervous start. Still I have faith that it will work out just well, next time I meet them is on the 11th. Until then, keep an eye out ^_^
On the 26th of August I met with this nice woman who we shall call Tabbie, through her I started to volunteer as a helper for the visually handicapped. In that meeting I talked about myself and told her why I wanted to help, she was very pleased that I was interested. She told me that they needed young volunteers, since most of the volunteers were older people. I got to try out these special glasses, each one simulated different levels of visual handicaps. There were 10 of them, the 11th one of course was the loss of sight all together. Anyway, she was pleased that I was offering my time. She had been looking for someone younger, since she had these two 20 year old young men. For privacy and security purposes, I will not use their real names. So we shall call them Andy and Odie, they are twins, but not identical.
Now lets move forward to 2nd of September, just last Monday. I met with Andy and Odie at Tabbie's offices, I was nervous to say the least. Still I think it went well, both Andy and Odie seemed like very nice young men. They were very shy, barely saying much at all. Well we arranged that I would meet them at their home on the 6th, which was today.
So today after attending a meeting at the offices, I went to meet them at their home. Andy and Odie lived in a very nice neighbourhood there was a lake near them and lots of forest around them. I love forests and lakes, so it was great. Still as we met, I could see that they were nervous. They did have a chocolate coloured Labrador dog, she was very VERY energetic and a happy dog. I did get to meet Andy's and Odie's mother and their brother, looked like a nice family.
For our first outing, we just went for a walk around the neighbourhood. I did most of the talking, tried to get to know them a bit more. They were very shy, but were very nice. I know I'm repeating myself, but it's true. Anyway we went to the local store and bought some ice cream, after that we came back to their place after we walked a bit more.
Back home they did start to talk a bit more, Odie told me that he likes cooking, baking and swimming. Andy is still a bit more shy than Odie, but then again his sight is quite bad since he uses one of those walking canes. Well they showed me their rooms and showed me a bit of a PS3 game, it was a wrestling game and they had made this funny looking custom wrestler. The guy looked like some steroid experiment gone horribly wrong, overly muscled with tiny tiny feet.
Well that was my first day with Andy and Odie, it was a nervous start. Still I have faith that it will work out just well, next time I meet them is on the 11th. Until then, keep an eye out ^_^
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