Valentines Day : Nothing to share but a story to tell

It was 14th February yesterday...and on this day...it's where LOVE takes it's toll on most couples...Candle Light dinner , strolls in the park and etc...Well, for me it's for now at least...it's just any other day...there's nothing much to celebrate for a single guy....rite?? Well, that's not the point..i wanted to post something yesterday...but just got lazy and forgot...and i'm thankful i didn't ....cause i saw this article in the star papers...yesterday's papers...and i think it really hit the meaning of LOVE more than any candle light dinner would have...check it out...

Blind because of an act of love

By LOONG MENG YEE

KLANG: Between them there are no whispers of sweet nothings, showy kisses of affection or presents on those special occasions.

Love – for Khoo Joo Sian and husband Yap Hing of Taman Kapar here – is about taking turns to sip from the same cup, eating from a single plate and insisting the other take the last piece of vegetable during meals.

Love also means Khoo, 65, holding her husband’s hands tightly and never letting him out of her sight when they are out collecting recyclable items on their rusty bicycle.

Always together: Yap (left) and Khoo seen walking hand-in-hand as they leave their favourite coffee shop in Klang yesterday.

For Yap, 64, is blind.

And it was an act of love more than a decade ago that cost him his vision.

He had gone for an operation for cataract on both eyes, with strict instructions from the doctors to rest.

His wife dutifully tucked him in bed and went to work, washing dishes at a restaurant.

“I knew there was no more money in the house. I am her husband, I should be the one putting food on the table,” said Yap.

So he stole out of bed and went to the construction site where he worked as a labourer.

He did not know what happened at the work site but remembered that halfway through carrying some bricks he lost his vision and then collapsed.

The doctors later told him that some veins in his eyes had burst because of the exertion.

Khoo has since become his ray of light.

“He is my husband. It is my responsibility to care for him and to love him, no matter what, said Khoo, who married Yap when they were in their 40s.

They make a living now collecting and selling recyclable items. At around 3pm, they are usually seen walking hand-in-hand to their favourite coffee shop for an afternoon cuppa.

“Life has not been easy but I am never lonely because I have him,” she said.

Yap said couples like them do not know much about lovey-dovey words.

Well, reading from that story since the guy was blinded because of his own doing...you can be cynical and say he's stupid for doing that. But well, love is blind isn't it??.....debateable ...

Sigining Off,

Kevin