GOODBYE OLIVIA

 Every Friday evening is Happy Hour at the Community Centre in our village. Residents take a plate of nibblies and buy drinks from the bar and spend the evening socialising. Last Friday was a special evening because we were saying goodbye to one of our staff members. Olivia was our accountant and she is also the daughter of Chiou See who built the village but sold it a few years ago. It was an emotional evening for Olivia.  In her speech she mentioned how she had lived in a caravan on the village site when she was a child with her mother and two siblings. So the village was like a second home for her. Now she is ready to move on in her life to new adventures.

Over a hundred residents came to Happy Hour to say goodbye to Olivia.

One of our residents, Adrian, is a poet and he wrote the lyrics to a farewell song sung by the village singers.

Olivia's mother, Chiou See came to the farewell party.

It was an emotional timeFoe Olivia and her mother, Chiou See.

As usual at Happy Hour there is a raffle to raise money for the Workshop. Lucky me won one of the prizes.