this afternoon,i was at Orchard MRT waiting for my dear sister.. who was gonna be extremely late.. so,i decided to sit at e staircase on e right side of e MRT station..as i was sitting and chilling and listening to music,this guy came up to sit somewhere beside me on e same flight of stairs.. i got abit scared only because he looked like he was disabled and i was wondering wat he was doin sitting beside me.. but then,i didnt leave because there was another guy sitting nearby.. abt 5 steps up aways from me.. so i figured tt if anything were to happen to me,e guy sitting further from me would come to my rescue..
awhile later,e disabled guy inched a little closer to me.. and i started feeling even more scared.. only because i didnt noe wat he was gonna do.. i tot to myself 'ohh goodness! wat's he doin? is he gonna hurt me?' he then tapped me on my arm and asked me for e time.. only then did i realise tt his disability is not being able to speak and walk.. and his eyes seemed abit weird.. he wore glasses btw.. so not noeing if he could hear,i stuck out my wrist and showed him my watch.. and since he couldnt speak,he stuck out his hand to shake mine as a way of saying 'thanx'..
so then i tot 'ok..this guy seems harmless..' so i didnt move! and then he tapped me again,pointed to my outfit and gave me a thumb's up.. all i did was smile coz i was still abit scared and nervous.. later,he showed me a 'magic' trick.. he took out a 10cent coin and placed it on one palm.. then he stuck both hands behind his back and switched e place of e coin! of course i knew wat he was trying to do! so when he asked me guess which hand e coin was in,i picked e rite one! i smiled and he gave me e 'ohh no!' look! he then tried again! this time,he got me! he seriously got me! i chose e wrong one! and he was so happy! so i just smiled at him!
awhile later,he took out a piece of paper and a pen.. and e first tot tt went thru my mind was 'Ohh goodness! pls dun ask for my no. or anything!' but instead,he wrote his name down.. Lim Teck Chee.. i hope i didnt remember it wrongly! and he asked for mine.. i just wrote 3 letters.. C Y N.. then he wrote 'Age:27'.. and then i wrote my age.. 20.. he looked at it for a few secs and signaled to me, 1 9 8 5.. my birth yr! i was so impressed! i smiled at him somemore!
then i was so scared tt he would ask me for my no.,i told him i have to go.. he smiled and nodded and stuck his hand out again.. so i shook his hand and he proceeded to give me a peck on e back of my palm! SOOOO SWEET!! :) i gave him a pat on his shoulder,gave him a BIG smile and i left..
after leaving,i was actually scared tt he would follow me! and i felt very bad after tt!! i felt for underestimating him! i took him for somebody who would harm me when in actual fact,he was one of e sweetest guys i've ever met!! he's smarter than i tot he was! and i really felt bad!! coz i realised tt im one of those ppl who judge ppl like him.. i judged him.. im one of those ppl who think tt he's goin to do me harm or he's not intelligent at all just by e way he looks! when in actual fact,he's sweet and he IS like any one of us! its just tt he's got physical disabilities tt disallow him from portraying who he really is! a sweet,intelligent and nice guy who just wants to make frens and he means no harm..
i guess e only reason why i was scared was because i didnt noe wat he was gonna do and i didnt noe how to deal with ppl who r like him.. everything was unpredictable and unexpectable.. i guess not noeing wat was goin to happen and not noeing how to deal with e situation was wat scared me.. afterall,im no social worker and i have never been exposed to ppl like him..
Lim Teck Chee, i'll always remember u.. :)
