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Monday, 27 June 2011

16. A friend in need, Is a friend indeed

Last weekend I went for a karaoke session with four friends and we parked the car at the basement of shopping mall. My friend Farid parked his car as close as possible to the entrance so that I don't have to walk far to get to the lift. 
As we walked to the entrance, to my horror there were no lift to the ground floor. My friends were looking for other entrance if there was any lift nearby but to our disappoinment there was no lift at all except for stairs. 

I did not want to spoilt anyone's mood that night so I told them to go ahead  and I would just wait for them at the basement. My friends told me to take my time to step on the stair. So, I started to walk and lifted my legs, but it was not a simple task to step on the stair. My left hand holding on the bar of the stair and my right hand trying to lift both my right and left legs, one at a time. It was a slow process.

Suddenly, Zam was standing infront of me and bending his back and said, " Hop on," I asked "What?".  He said. "Hop on my back and I'll carry you up", He carried me on his back and took me on all of these two storey of steps. I must say I that I am not that light. I am 68kg of weight. We finally managed to get to the ground floor where the lift to the karaoke was.

I was touched by their generosity, the helping spirit as well as the friendship that these guys offer me. They never look down on me and give any negative remarks about my condition. They accept me the way I am and accept my friendship with an open arms.