Monday, November 29, 2004
me and mollie in our sandwiches
last saturday and sunday, mollie and i volunteered for WAO, Malaysian AIDS Council and Sisters in Islam (it turns out that we missed the amnesty thingy but whatever). it was a bit tiring but fun being in a sandwich at klcc and walking around giving out pamphlets.
on my 1st day i wore a sandwich that said, "I'm HIV+. Will you shake my hand?". only one guy shook my hand, the rest were kinda scared of me. one old guy said "the words on the card - very bad". i was juz about to reply to the dumb old guy's statement tapi tak sempat. another guy saw us being HIV+ and said "berdosa ni, berdosa". i cakap balik kat dia, "whats so berdosa about being sick?". its tough teaching ignorant people.. especially when the ignorant people are malaysians..
but some people are so cool about it, it juz made me feel so satisfied.. like suddenly u have a breath of fresh air..
u know, its so weird that people with aids and hiv have to MAKE PEOPLE ACCEPT THEM. that's terrible la! ive been so lucky my whole life to have been accepted by people .. i wonder what people like them feel like..
but overall it was satisfying. very liberating. i highly recommend to everyone to try volunteering for a cause u believe in. at least try it once before u die. u'll feel relaxed after u try it.
Monday, November 29, 2004
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