Krisandro and a Blind Old Man
Last night, I was with KuKuNehNeh(KKNN) at Yio Chu Kang(YCK) waiting for a bus when we saw a blind old man at the front of the queue. KKNN motioned towards him and said,
“Eh Dear. That is the old man whom I helped cross the road when it was raining cats and dogs.”
“Oh! Is he nice and friendly?”
“Yup!”
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The reason why I asked if the blind man was nice is because I had times in my life when I tried to help people in need on the streets and got rejected rudely. An example was a number of years back when I saw this very old man struggling to alight from the front doors of a bus. He was trembling from the lack of strength in his legs and arms and I went ahead of him and on the road and held his arm to support. I don’t know where a weak old man with trembling limbs get his strength from but he immediately flinged my arm away and proceeded to yell at me in some dialect that I have no idea till now what it means. It was either his ego or his bad experience that didn’t want my help. I walked away.
So at YCK yesterday, I knew I might need to help this blind old man later and I made sure he is a nice guy first so that in the event that he is not, I am prepared to be floored by a blind old man. The old man got up the bus with help from an uncle and we got on as well. KKNN then proceeded to tell me that he will know exactly when to alight and true enough, immediately after the bus left the preceding bus stop, he pressed the bell.
We were alighting at the same stop and I approached him on the bus.
(All conversations are in Chinese and conveniently typed to you guys in English. Thank me all you want, but the truth is if I typed in Chinese, this post will have been ready by year 2010.)
“Uncle! You are getting down here right? Let me help you.”
“Thank you ah, young man!”
(Shiok! At this age, only an old man will call me young man. I should start making friends out of old folks.)
I supported him as he slowly made his way onto the bus stop pavement.
“Uncle ah, where you want to go? I bring you there.”
“I want to go to Blk 641. It’s around there.”
(He points at a direction and I thought he was being general and I looked at KKNN and she didn’t know where it was.)
KKNN LIVES NEARBY LOR! WAH LAU!
(I motioned for KKNN to go home first as I thought it would take some time for me to find BLK 641.)
“Uncle, let’s walk here.”
(I led him to the left.)
“No no! 641 is to the RIGHT!”
“Er… Okay…”
And true enough, Blk 641 is on the right and just behind the bus stop. WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!!
Blind old man who wants to go somewhere. Young able bodied man with a girlfriend who lives in the area. Blind old man SHOWS the couple the way to get there.
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I then slowly walked him back to his lift lobby and he insisted on going up himself but not before bowing his head and thanking me.
Feels good to help him and feels even better to be appreciated despite lacking in my sense of direction.
WAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH!!
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July 2nd, 2008 at 11:13 am
hao xin de kris and kknn
*offers kris street directory as present*
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July 2nd, 2008 at 11:17 am
wah your hair damn cheena beng in that pic! don’t think you make black & white I cannot spot.
=D
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July 2nd, 2008 at 11:25 am
Your sense of direction…
EPIC FAIL
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
get a phone with gps mapping LOL
but i find this very true… alot of my friends have lived in a place for a very long time yet they do not know the place well enough… XD
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Thought your phone already got GPS or at least Google Map? =P
“Good heart got good hug* <- say in chinese please. haha!
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
You know, I had this experience of giving up my seat to this old man on the MRT.
When he sat down, he mentioned to me REALLY LOUDLY: “Come boy, *pats his lap* sit on my leg”.
The whole train was laughing at it.
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
haha Aiyah he walk many many times liao he will know.. cos get down the bus will be facing the same direction every time ma. otherwise… not every day will meet good samaritans like you and KKNN le.
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July 2nd, 2008 at 8:45 pm
wow~~ i didn’t know fang is so helpful!!!! shhhhh .. don’t tell her!
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Hmm.. to tell you the truth.. i also dun know the blk numbers ard my area! lol
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July 3rd, 2008 at 1:11 am
LOL EPIC FAIL! :X
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July 3rd, 2008 at 1:17 am
-_-”
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 am
i’ve watched documentaries, that if you lose one of your senses, your other senses such as hearing, feelings, smelling, will improve significantly.
and men have better sense of direction than women naturally as surveyed by discovery.
Maybe this old man knows Kungfu thats why his not scare of you.
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July 3rd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
xinyun> Thanks! *takes streetdirectory and reads it upside down*
Chaosdingo> Unrelated comments leh you. Peepur tok bout blind old man and yu cum here and tok bout my ah beng hair!
arzhou> Yah.. i forgot to put ‘EPIC’ in the pic
Rinko> I actually have a gps phone. But by the time I whip it out and get connected. The old man would have reached home and taken a bath. Wahahaha
claudia> I still waiting for my ‘good hug’.
Jawker> HUMSUP OLD MAN! You sat? WAHAHAHHAA
Cold Babe> Babe… why are you cold? Anyway. its true lar, he should know. but he said the routes changed because of some construction.
Reena> OKAY! I WON’T TELL HER THAT YOU NEVER KNOW SHE IS SO HELPFUL. I PROMISE!
Bernard> Actually….. ME TOO! Wahahah!
nadnut> ………… You forgot what I am giving you this Sunday? BE NICE OKAY!
Regina> \(^0^)/
yongwei> Er… I will ask him next time if he noes kungfu
July 5th, 2008 at 1:10 am
haha.