An accidental friendship
So I got a story to tell.
If I'm working from home on a given day and if I'm lucky, I finish at 3:30 PM and almost always, I'd go for a walk in my neighbourhood after work. In 98% of the case, I walk south from my home because there are shops and supermarkets south of our home and I sometimes need to get groceries.
One day about two weeks ago, after making sure that I didn't need any grocery on that day, I decided to walk north from my home, which happens only a few times a year.
To make a long story shorter, half an hour into my walk, this gentleman (a Japanese-Canadian) tripped on uneven ground and he fell forward into some jagged stones just a few feet away from me. Both his hands suffered deep gashes and he was bleeding. He also hurt his knee. Yikes. I hate seeing blood. But he's a senior citizen so I ran over to check up on him.
He was able to stand up but his bleeding wasn't stopping. Luckily (if one may use that word) we were close to the local hospital. I took him to emergency to have the doctors/ nurses stop the bleeding. I asked if I could call someone for him but he said no. So I stayed with him at the hospital till it was safe for him to leave.
I offered to give him cash for a taxicab home, but he insisted that he could use his bankcard to pay for the ride.
In any case, he was OK, his hand injuries healed eventually and Mr. Naito called me today to thank me in person for helping him in times of need.
I told him that that is the ONLY right thing to do. We humans should help each. Anyway, Mr. Naito presented me a giftcard for coffee and I gave him a couple of silk cushions to remember our accidental friendship. I was just so relieved that his injuries weren't more serious and he didn't break any bones.
Celebrate humanity, I say!
An accidental friendship
So I got a story to tell.
If I'm working from home on a given day and if I'm lucky, I finish at 3:30 PM and almost always, I'd go for a walk in my neighbourhood after work. In 98% of the case, I walk south from my home because there are shops and supermarkets south of our home and I sometimes need to get groceries.
One day about two weeks ago, after making sure that I didn't need any grocery on that day, I decided to walk north from my home, which happens only a few times a year.
To make a long story shorter, half an hour into my walk, this gentleman (a Japanese-Canadian) tripped on uneven ground and he fell forward into some jagged stones just a few feet away from me. Both his hands suffered deep gashes and he was bleeding. He also hurt his knee. Yikes. I hate seeing blood. But he's a senior citizen so I ran over to check up on him.
He was able to stand up but his bleeding wasn't stopping. Luckily (if one may use that word) we were close to the local hospital. I took him to emergency to have the doctors/ nurses stop the bleeding. I asked if I could call someone for him but he said no. So I stayed with him at the hospital till it was safe for him to leave.
I offered to give him cash for a taxicab home, but he insisted that he could use his bankcard to pay for the ride.
In any case, he was OK, his hand injuries healed eventually and Mr. Naito called me today to thank me in person for helping him in times of need.
I told him that that is the ONLY right thing to do. We humans should help each. Anyway, Mr. Naito presented me a giftcard for coffee and I gave him a couple of silk cushions to remember our accidental friendship. I was just so relieved that his injuries weren't more serious and he didn't break any bones.
Celebrate humanity, I say!