Wednesday, August 10, 2005
drama...
at a friend's place and something happened to her grandmother.
while showering, she apparently slipped and fell and was unable to open the locked door. the maid came running upstairs frantically to call for help but help took a long time to arrive. in the meantime, all the keys in the house seemed unable to unlock the wretched bathroom door. the old lady was trapped and helpless in the bathroom and i felt utterly useless. tried to say something to comfort her but i had no idea whether she understood mandarin. was unable to say anything in her dialect to soothe her and calm her down. everyone came rushing back from their errands. thankfully, she seemed ok except having suffered a traumatic experience.
while everyone was wondering what happened and asking questions and thinking of how to prevent further such incidents from occurring, i felt... extra. the only stranger in the house who has intruded upon a family drama.
that was why i seemed a little odd. :)
while showering, she apparently slipped and fell and was unable to open the locked door. the maid came running upstairs frantically to call for help but help took a long time to arrive. in the meantime, all the keys in the house seemed unable to unlock the wretched bathroom door. the old lady was trapped and helpless in the bathroom and i felt utterly useless. tried to say something to comfort her but i had no idea whether she understood mandarin. was unable to say anything in her dialect to soothe her and calm her down. everyone came rushing back from their errands. thankfully, she seemed ok except having suffered a traumatic experience.
while everyone was wondering what happened and asking questions and thinking of how to prevent further such incidents from occurring, i felt... extra. the only stranger in the house who has intruded upon a family drama.
that was why i seemed a little odd. :)
