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I spy..

Posted by Aranka on Friday 22 February 2008

Nothing post-worthy from my little world.
However.. I’m not saying I’m such a good citizen, but I did good today, a bit.
Since the back wheel of my bike is still flat (yes yes, I’ll get it fixed next week), I’m going to class by bus again. When I got off the bus (and was running late), I saw a woman with a stick for blind people and she was asking around if anyone could help her. Several people passed her, but no one said anything.
First I wanted to ignore it too as I was running late for class, but then I thought ‘fuck it, I need to help her’, so I asked what was wrong. It appeared she had gotten off her normal track because a bike passed her and she got disoriented. I asked her where she had to go and (luckily) it appeared she had to go the same was as I had. Even the same uni building, so that was convenient. I just hold her arm and guided her to the right street, then I hold the door for her and we parted our ways.

Again, I’m not saying I’m such a good person because I was *this* close to also ignoring her, but I thought to myself it’s only common courtesy to help someone in need. So you’re late for class, or work, or the bus? What does it matter? Why do we always have to hurry so much, I don’t like it. So yeah, I’ll just keep doing my things and the rest can sort themselves out ;)

I want to share something else with you (if there’s still anyone out there..). This year we have an optical illusions calendar. A new illusion every day. We’ve had tons already of course, but I wanted to share two with you.
This one has got black and white spots, tell me what you see?
calender.jpg

And this just a nice drawing of M.C. Escher :D If you’re ever in The Hague, go to the Escher museum!! The drawing is called “Magic mirror”:

escher.jpg

Happy weekend.

7 Responses to “I spy..”

  1. mayhemgolgotha said

    even though i have no compassion for others, i WILL help someone in need just cuz i like doing something different every day. breaks up the monotony of living … random acts of kindness

  2. Rob said

    Yes, I like that book “Random acts of kindness”. And the thought behind it!

    The picture is quite clear. Mooh. The picture itself is from a calendar? (it’s called calender.jpg – note the difference in spelling if you must)

    cheers,
    Rob.

  3. Aranka said

    Heh thanks for noticing!! Why can’t that word just be like the Dutch one?
    Can’t change the file name though, I didn’t upload it from this computer.

    Thanks for the comments guys :)

  4. Nice to have you back Aranka!
    That’s horrible that so many people were just passing her by. Although I’d be a bit nervous of stopping anyway in case I didn’t know how to help her, and more so if in a rush. So good on you! *pat on the back*
    By the way, I see friesian moos too.

  5. Hey, Aranka! Interesting pictures. I saw the cows too. It’s great that you helped her. I’m not sure what I would do in that situation. I would have to be confronted by it to know.

  6. Altruism is a way of propagating the species.

  7. Planck said

    Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

    cheers, Planck

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