When I was walking to work last week, I saw an Indian worker working at a nearby construction site wearing his N95 mask incorrectly; he only used one of the two straps provided. I approached him and taught him how to use the mask correctly and shortly after, a few of his fellow workers were standing with him learning how to wear the mask properly. After I finished teaching him, I was surprised that he actually told me in a fairly broken English that he would pass the instructions to rest of his friends. It was a good day for me. My friend shared something interesting yesterday. In this haze crisis, we see different groups of people emerging. There are people who complaint slightly a little more than the rest. PSI goes up: Complaint. Mask no stock: Complaint. Mask got stock but not free: Complaint. Mask given out only was given one: Complaint. No rain?: Complaint. We should all once in awhile stop and think about how lucky we are. We complaint about electricity bill going up because of the need to on our air-conditioning but we forget that we are lucky to even have air-conditioning to on in the first place. We complaint about queuing up to buy masks but we forget we actually still have the privilege of having a glimpse of hope to get a mask while many other people in our own country or other countries have no such access at all. There are also people who help. I see people who already got their masks from Guardian but give up their masks willingly to people who have small children. I see people that go around the street to give masks to cleaners. Those are my heroes. You can do your part too by giving your extra masks away to people who you know can not afford the masks or could not get their hands on one. You can teach people on the street, especially elderly on the proper way to wear their masks properly. Go change the world, one step at a time.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 03:30:05 +0000
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