Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Be Thankful

i just got back from meeting one of our high school friend, Hazel. Hazel lost her eye sight few years back due to bleeding after retinal detachment.

Everytime i go back to Miri, i always make sure i go and visit her. But this time, it is quite different because i was visiting her at Malaysian Association of The Blind in Brickfields ( MAB).

It all started after watching Mentor6 last night. After laughing my a$$ off with Ella and Adam protege auditions, i was touched by 3 orang buta from MAB auditioned for Ramlah Ram's protege. I immediately thought of Hazel! Then, i tweeted about it. Then, Caroline Ubong tweeted about Hazel too. Mentioning Hazel is at MAB! And I am staying in Brickfields this week. MAB and my FIL's place is so freaking near!

So, i called Ubong and come up with a plan. That was after i called Hazel, asking if it is okay for us to see her. Hazel said yes. Hubby got home around 7, dinner and waited for Ubong as she went to the gym first. On our way to MAB, Sophia called Ubong. Timing cun! Told her that we were on the way to see Hazel. Sophia said she wanna come too.

Upon seeing Hazel being guided by another girl, i cried. I feel so sad. Seeing you friend not able to walk on her own because she could't see just unbearable for me. I was sobbing for few minutes when Hazel left to her room to get her card. At first, she thought are not going out from MAB.

Ubong parked her car at the parking space near the monorail station and we walked to the nearby Old Town White Coffee. Hazel is not used to walking stick, so we held her arms. And she is guided by the blind track. Ya, i just got the term 'blind track' from Hazel :). And Ubong just knew that those lines and dots on the walking pathway are meant for the blind :).

Sophie joined us soon. Waited for our drinks and foods for almost an hour. Service sangat slow. Only 2 waiters on duty. We learned a lot from Hazel. She told us about how they are being categorized based on their level of blindness. B1 to B3. B1 being the totally blind and B3 is for yang macam rabun2. And i asked her, which category she is in. She said B1++. Haha, boleh melawak. One thing that amazed us was, MAB even taught them how to repair a computer! Not programming la of course. Pasang parts etc.

Spending an hour with Hazel has taught the 3 of us lots of lesson. She is such a strong lady with positive minded. Sophia told her that (in tears). If i was in Hazel's place, i am sure i'll be crying like a baby. But, Hazel was calm and smiling, and laughing at all times. Yang nangis, kitorang.

Anyway, we are so looking forward to have an outing with her again. She said maybe not this month, as they are quite busy. They have classes everyday from 8am to 5pm. And on weekends, they sometimes has sports activities.

Oh yeah, they too have an activity called 'mobility'. Their 'teacher' will ask them where they would want to go. And they will try to explore the place with a walking stick and the 'teacher' walks beside them.

Hazel is our special friend. Now that she can't see, she is our super duper special friend!

4 comments:

Hida Naza said...

Rindu ngan hazel...mun aku pun mest join nangis

Gna Eb said...

True be thankful. Ngelala Hazel maia ngelawa iya ba hospital suba.

Keligit Lingo' said...

kalau sy, entah2 tak keluar rumah seumur hidup, sbb tak kuat, even dlm keadaan normal pun asyik je mengeluh.

YourFriend said...

:(

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