Today’s class was filled with presentations, starting from the Oral History Projects to the Group Presentation on the book This Chair Rocks. I finally presented my memoir on my grandma, and I felt so accomplished when Trish Benesh, the author of the memoir book we read for this project, commented on my choice of quotes in my presentation. During my two-hour interview with my grandma, I took an excessive amount of notes because I thought that I would need all the details I can get. However, when I was putting together my digital memoir booklet, I realized that I didn’t have space to write a whole essay about my grandma. Therefore, I just wrote a brief rundown of 3 memories and emphasized a few translated phrases from my interview that were especially deep or heartbreaking. I think that the quotes represent the stages of my grandma’s life really well and I was extra careful in translating them from Chinese to English, so I was glad that Trish had a positive comment about them.
This past Monday, my Neighborhood Assessment Project (NAP) group took our first trip to Barrio Logan to assess how age friendly it is. We actually had quite a scary start. Right when I got out of the car, an aggressive homeless woman assumed that I had taken pictures of her or the murals (I did not do either) and started yelling at me while pointing her umbrella. I was really caught off guard and thought that she was going to start a fight. We got back into the car, and while driving off, I see her pull a man towards us while continuing to yell and point her umbrella. I couldn’t really focus after that incident but we found a few notable places like the Logan Heights Health Center, Mother’s Nutritional Center, and a community college. The nutritional center stood out to me the most because it offers a straightforward way for mothers to grab their WIC groceries without having to deal with that in huge grocery stores. I was really happy to know that this service exists.The little store was clean and organized with fresh produce (like papayas and avocados!) and packaged foods, with their names and prices clearly displayed. My groupmate mentioned how it would be nice if our hometown San Francisco had this type of service. I agreed and thought that neighborhoods like Chinatown would benefit from centers like this that breaks down complicated procedures for residents who do not speak English and have trouble finding the items that are covered by WIC.
This past Monday, my Neighborhood Assessment Project (NAP) group took our first trip to Barrio Logan to assess how age friendly it is. We actually had quite a scary start. Right when I got out of the car, an aggressive homeless woman assumed that I had taken pictures of her or the murals (I did not do either) and started yelling at me while pointing her umbrella. I was really caught off guard and thought that she was going to start a fight. We got back into the car, and while driving off, I see her pull a man towards us while continuing to yell and point her umbrella. I couldn’t really focus after that incident but we found a few notable places like the Logan Heights Health Center, Mother’s Nutritional Center, and a community college. The nutritional center stood out to me the most because it offers a straightforward way for mothers to grab their WIC groceries without having to deal with that in huge grocery stores. I was really happy to know that this service exists.The little store was clean and organized with fresh produce (like papayas and avocados!) and packaged foods, with their names and prices clearly displayed. My groupmate mentioned how it would be nice if our hometown San Francisco had this type of service. I agreed and thought that neighborhoods like Chinatown would benefit from centers like this that breaks down complicated procedures for residents who do not speak English and have trouble finding the items that are covered by WIC.