Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Yesterday night, I watched a show on channel 8 at 20:00.It was my third time watching this variety program, a heart wrenching one.
It never fails to make my eyes well up with tears and I kept trying to hold the tears in my eyes not wanting it to roll onto my cheeks.
Last night’s episode was about this family who met 2 misfortunes in a few yeas which turned their life upside down.
The mother fell down while cooking and hurt her spine when her daughter was only 2months old.
After her fall, she developed a phobia of walking and hence, she hasn’t been stepping on the concrete floor for 9 years. These 9 years, she lived her life sitting on her bed throughout the days.
The father was diagnosed with diabetes and had to amputate one of his legs.
From then on, they were drowned with debts; debts which include medical bills, house loan and such. Luckily, there were insurance and charity organizations to tide them through the difficult period. The father now sells newspaper by the roadside to earn their keep, and his 9 years old daughter helped with the daily household chores.
When the 2 hosts (权怡风 & 李铭顺) entered their house to survey on their living condition, they were greeted by a handful of old furniture and inches deep of dust and dirt. They also flipped through the school work of the 9 years old child and found potential in her studies. She scores well in her exams and did a good job in her homework. She didn’t have a proper study desk, her glasses is what my mother is now using (老花眼镜).
权怡风: 你的这些文具和书本是这么来的？
Girl: 有些买的，有些人家给的.
权怡风: 有没有想过要自己的书包，文具和玩具呢？
Girl: 不敢想.
Her 3 words slapped me awake! I am ashamed! There are people who don’t have their own books, toys and teddy bears and doesn’t yearn to have these material wants, yet I am thinking of what I want every other day. This 9 year old girl goes to school, takes care of her mother, clearing her mother’s waste everyday, help his father to sell newspaper as he has walking difficulties and cooks for the family. What was I doing when I was at her age?
I tell you, I don’t have the cheek to reply this question.
I promise myself I will lend a helping hand to people who are less fortunate and save the money on material wants. I have a new aim now; I want to be a volunteer worker!!!
Composed at 11:36 am | link |