I CANNOT agree more with Mr Raju M. Iyer ("Simple acts of kindness not hard to do, or find"; Forum Online, last Thursday).
Last Thursday afternoon, I fell in Clementi Mall and suffered a deep cut near my left eye.
A middle-aged woman who was present showed great concern, which touched me deeply. As blood was dripping from the wound, I rushed to the nearby toilet, and was not aware that my mobile phone had dropped out of my pocket. This good Samaritan picked it up and returned it to me. She proceeded to get a plastic bag of ice cubes for me, presumably from the nearby eateries.
A student in school uniform also got tissues from the toilet cubicles for me to stem the flow of blood.
They left after I thanked them and told them I was all right.
Two other women then came to offer me more tissue paper and asked about my condition.
In my hurry to seek medical attention for my injury, I forgot to ask for the names of the three women and the schoolgirl who came to help.
Their kind deeds and words should not go unnoticed.
Singapore Kindness Movement chairman Koh Poh Tiong wrote that such kindness may actually be inherent in our nature ("Kindness is part of our nature"; April 7).
Indeed, this was manifested by those who helped me after my fall.
Kindness is, indeed, in us and there is no reason to be any less than a Nation of Kindness in ordinary times.
Low Siew Hua (Ms)
Last Thursday afternoon, I fell in Clementi Mall and suffered a deep cut near my left eye.
A middle-aged woman who was present showed great concern, which touched me deeply. As blood was dripping from the wound, I rushed to the nearby toilet, and was not aware that my mobile phone had dropped out of my pocket. This good Samaritan picked it up and returned it to me. She proceeded to get a plastic bag of ice cubes for me, presumably from the nearby eateries.
A student in school uniform also got tissues from the toilet cubicles for me to stem the flow of blood.
They left after I thanked them and told them I was all right.
Two other women then came to offer me more tissue paper and asked about my condition.
In my hurry to seek medical attention for my injury, I forgot to ask for the names of the three women and the schoolgirl who came to help.
Their kind deeds and words should not go unnoticed.
Singapore Kindness Movement chairman Koh Poh Tiong wrote that such kindness may actually be inherent in our nature ("Kindness is part of our nature"; April 7).
Indeed, this was manifested by those who helped me after my fall.
Kindness is, indeed, in us and there is no reason to be any less than a Nation of Kindness in ordinary times.
Low Siew Hua (Ms)
