goosebumps

So it was yet another exhausting day at work yesterday, and I was brain-dead by about 8pm. Finally managed to stop working and leave the office. I walked to the bus-stop as usual to wait for my bus. There, I spotted a blind uncle, who was holding a walking stick (the type which the blind use) and standing at the bus-stop. He looked a little lost (or maybe it was all just my imagination), but being blind, I could immediately guess that he would want to know what was the bus service which just passed him. I looked around the bus-stop, nobody was helping him. He was all alone. I mustered some courage to approach him (I'm quite shy when approaching strangers haha! XD) and said in his ear above all the traffic noise "Uncle, what bus service are you waiting for?" It took him sometime to realise someone was asking him or approaching to help him. He said "77 or 106, 77 or 106." I turned my head to look at the electronic-board with all the bus services and bus arrival times. Quickly, I searched for 77 and 106, they were arriving in about 3 or 4 mins as reported on the board. For me, my bus was arriving in another 6 mins. I was relieved to see that his bus would be arriving earlier than mine, so that I could see him board the bus first, before I make my way home. But then again, I think if my bus were to arrive first, I felt obligated to wait til he boarded his bus, even though it may cost me another 20 mins in my precious "time-is-money-is-everything" working day.

I replied the uncle "I will let you know when your bus arrive ok?" He said "thank you ah" and plonked himself down onto the seat at the bus stop. Soon, bus service 77 arrived and i reached out to hold him by his right elbow. "Uncle, bus 77 is here already." He stood up hurridly, probably paiseh, and extended his walking stick. The bus stopped somewhere behind another SBS bus. Able young adults who just knocked off from work like myself are rushing to board it. I told the uncle that the bus was behind. He stopped walking. My guess was that he did not want to walk that far and I could understand why. I flagged for bus 77 to stop right infront of me, and pray that the bus driver could see why I was doing that. Fortunately he did, and he opened the bus door. I tried to help the uncle up to board the bus, the bus driver actually came out of his driver's seat to help the blind uncle up the bus, and he waved a sign of "thank you" to me. Of cos, the blind uncle himself too said "thank you" to me. I felt a rush of goosebumps and my face was flushing. I hope nobody was staring at me. Felt good and proud that I did something good for someone today, even if it was such a simple thing as being the eyes for a blind old uncle.

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posted in "life" on imeem blog on feb 24, 2009 at 12:22pm
current mood: proud