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as i was approaching this lady, i think in her mid 40s or so, the experiences i had in exposure program during convention suddenly flashes across my mind. am i going to break any wall or build any bridge this time?
we were having MUET period when a f5 boy came into my class and asked for a girl prefect. apparently, the headmistress wanted a strong one for help. all of us were wondering like if she wanted a strong one, why not just get a guy prefect? anyway, i went.
the boy was trying to tell me why she needed a girl prefect for, but i could not really understand cause he was speaking partial mandarin and english. it's like a mixture of both but i manage to grasp a few words here and there and figured out that i may have to perform a spotcheck on one of the girls.
on my way to the office, i was told that the lady sitting on the couch in front of the office could not see. i looked up and saw her. she was holding a walking stick on her right hand. and a luggage bag where she puts her stuff in it, placed beside her, on the left.
i went into the office, and the headmistress told me to bring that lady around the school to collect donation. well, alright then. i was actually unsure whether i could do it or not, but i agreed anyway. i've never worked with a blind person before, so i was afraid i may say or do anything that might hurt her feelings whatsoever.
so i went to her. she asked for my name, which school i was originally from, which religion i'm in, and which class i'm from. . . . anyway, i lead her to the form3 classes first, as it was located at the highest floor (did not want her to climb up again later). she held on to my arm the entire time. i was unaware at first, that i have to alert her if there's a small step up or down or if there's a staircase. thankfully her right hand was tapping all the time with her walking stick.
we went into each and every classroom thats inhabited, and through her short intro to every classes she went into, i found out that she had actually came all the way from rumah orang buta, brickfields, kl, selling chocolate bars for rm1 and collecting donations to support the home. how did she manage to come all the way here by herself? i thought.
she asked me to inform her if there's any dollar note other than the rm1s in the plastic bag she used to put the donations. i were to separate them and give it to her. she could recognise them by touching the little symbol on the top left corner of the note, which is specially made for blind people.
throughout the whole experience, i shall say there were a few things that has manage to grab my attention for a moment.
firstly, the attitude of students and even teachers to the underprivileged.
some students were impolite, they were laughing and teasing the lady, while some are very kind to have donated a huge sum of money, even the bad boys of the school, whom i thought do not even care about these underprivileged people as they can not even care for themselves.
there was this boy whom, on giving the donation said in hokkien, "wa lang si phai kia, na em ko wa lang bun si oo sim eh", which means, although we are naughty boys, we do have heart too.
some teachers were not convinced that the lady was blind.
when she called the teachers' name, he held onto his nametag on his tie, look at her suspiciously in a quite surprised face and said, "wow, you could read my name ah." and so i explained to him that i told the lady before she enters the class as she told me to inform her if i know the teachers.
on the other hand, there were also teachers whom are very kind. mostly, female teachers of course. but there's also a male teacher whom has never donated a large sum of money to the lady, ever since she came to the school a few years back until today, when he bought a dozen chocolate bars from the lady.
there's this female teacher who gave rm50 to the lady too. the teacher spoke to her and asked for her name, and that was when i found out her name was rachel. rachel was so happy when i told her it was an rm50 note and thanked the teacher.
on this lady, i shall say that i myself was uncertain as well as to whether she was really a blind person trying to get donation to keep the home running or was she those kinda people where they create all sorts of lies to get money from you. anyway, whether she has the right intention of doing so, i do not know. but it wouldn't hurt if i help a person, would it?
well, actually she's a kind person. but she does not like it if you offer your help to carry her bag or to tolerate her. in anyway. she gets angry if you do that. when she said her hand was aching, it thought i should carry it for her instead. so i bend down to carry the bag, and that's when she reached out for it too, and accidentally pushed my head in the process of doing so. she raised her voice a little saying, "you don't have to carry it for me, i can carry it myself. you all are not used to it so just let me carry it." well, fine then. i thought.
rachel told me to bring her to the canteen for something to eat. i lead her down the flight of stairs and towards the canteen. recess was already over by then, so there was nothing much left. she said she wanted some rice and a drink, so i bought them for her. it's a shame that i did not bring my wallet to school, i had to ask her for money to pay for her food.
after that, she asked me to bring her to the bus stand. i told her i did not know where it is, so she asked me to get a car for her. i thought, what? get a car for her? will there be anyone who is kind enough and be willing to give her a ride in the first place?
so we walked out of the school compund, waited under the hot sun at the back gate of the school, and stood there hoping that that special someone's gonna stop and give her a ride to the bus stand. i've never boarded a stranger's car before. i reached out my hand, as one after another car came and drove past us and it felt like forever! until...
until this lady in a red proton saga aeroback came and stop by. thank god, i thought. so i asked her if she was willing to give rachel a ride and she agreed without thinking twice. i told her that that's very kind of her to help rachel, thanked her and send them off.
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as i was approaching this lady, i think in her mid 40s or so, the experiences i had in exposure program during convention suddenly flashes across my mind. am i going to break any wall or build any bridge this time?
we were having MUET period when a f5 boy came into my class and asked for a girl prefect. apparently, the headmistress wanted a strong one for help. all of us were wondering like if she wanted a strong one, why not just get a guy prefect? anyway, i went.
the boy was trying to tell me why she needed a girl prefect for, but i could not really understand cause he was speaking partial mandarin and english. it's like a mixture of both but i manage to grasp a few words here and there and figured out that i may have to perform a spotcheck on one of the girls.
on my way to the office, i was told that the lady sitting on the couch in front of the office could not see. i looked up and saw her. she was holding a walking stick on her right hand. and a luggage bag where she puts her stuff in it, placed beside her, on the left.
i went into the office, and the headmistress told me to bring that lady around the school to collect donation. well, alright then. i was actually unsure whether i could do it or not, but i agreed anyway. i've never worked with a blind person before, so i was afraid i may say or do anything that might hurt her feelings whatsoever.
so i went to her. she asked for my name, which school i was originally from, which religion i'm in, and which class i'm from. . . . anyway, i lead her to the form3 classes first, as it was located at the highest floor (did not want her to climb up again later). she held on to my arm the entire time. i was unaware at first, that i have to alert her if there's a small step up or down or if there's a staircase. thankfully her right hand was tapping all the time with her walking stick.
we went into each and every classroom thats inhabited, and through her short intro to every classes she went into, i found out that she had actually came all the way from rumah orang buta, brickfields, kl, selling chocolate bars for rm1 and collecting donations to support the home. how did she manage to come all the way here by herself? i thought.
she asked me to inform her if there's any dollar note other than the rm1s in the plastic bag she used to put the donations. i were to separate them and give it to her. she could recognise them by touching the little symbol on the top left corner of the note, which is specially made for blind people.
throughout the whole experience, i shall say there were a few things that has manage to grab my attention for a moment.
firstly, the attitude of students and even teachers to the underprivileged.
some students were impolite, they were laughing and teasing the lady, while some are very kind to have donated a huge sum of money, even the bad boys of the school, whom i thought do not even care about these underprivileged people as they can not even care for themselves.
there was this boy whom, on giving the donation said in hokkien, "wa lang si phai kia, na em ko wa lang bun si oo sim eh", which means, although we are naughty boys, we do have heart too.
some teachers were not convinced that the lady was blind.
when she called the teachers' name, he held onto his nametag on his tie, look at her suspiciously in a quite surprised face and said, "wow, you could read my name ah." and so i explained to him that i told the lady before she enters the class as she told me to inform her if i know the teachers.
on the other hand, there were also teachers whom are very kind. mostly, female teachers of course. but there's also a male teacher whom has never donated a large sum of money to the lady, ever since she came to the school a few years back until today, when he bought a dozen chocolate bars from the lady.
there's this female teacher who gave rm50 to the lady too. the teacher spoke to her and asked for her name, and that was when i found out her name was rachel. rachel was so happy when i told her it was an rm50 note and thanked the teacher.
on this lady, i shall say that i myself was uncertain as well as to whether she was really a blind person trying to get donation to keep the home running or was she those kinda people where they create all sorts of lies to get money from you. anyway, whether she has the right intention of doing so, i do not know. but it wouldn't hurt if i help a person, would it?
well, actually she's a kind person. but she does not like it if you offer your help to carry her bag or to tolerate her. in anyway. she gets angry if you do that. when she said her hand was aching, it thought i should carry it for her instead. so i bend down to carry the bag, and that's when she reached out for it too, and accidentally pushed my head in the process of doing so. she raised her voice a little saying, "you don't have to carry it for me, i can carry it myself. you all are not used to it so just let me carry it." well, fine then. i thought.
rachel told me to bring her to the canteen for something to eat. i lead her down the flight of stairs and towards the canteen. recess was already over by then, so there was nothing much left. she said she wanted some rice and a drink, so i bought them for her. it's a shame that i did not bring my wallet to school, i had to ask her for money to pay for her food.
after that, she asked me to bring her to the bus stand. i told her i did not know where it is, so she asked me to get a car for her. i thought, what? get a car for her? will there be anyone who is kind enough and be willing to give her a ride in the first place?
so we walked out of the school compund, waited under the hot sun at the back gate of the school, and stood there hoping that that special someone's gonna stop and give her a ride to the bus stand. i've never boarded a stranger's car before. i reached out my hand, as one after another car came and drove past us and it felt like forever! until...
until this lady in a red proton saga aeroback came and stop by. thank god, i thought. so i asked her if she was willing to give rachel a ride and she agreed without thinking twice. i told her that that's very kind of her to help rachel, thanked her and send them off.
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