Be with Me

One oyster omelet.

What a beautiful sunsetl

Certainly.

I can't seem to recall | the last time I felt this peaceful.

You're right. | We've come so far.

Without you | I wouldn't be where I am now.

Where is fate leading us?

We will go wherever | it takes us.

We'll always be together, | till the end, right?

How much is this?

You tell them | it's too expensive.

You're asleep again.

Don't come back tomorrow.

You're fired.

Damnl | Crying day and night.

What are you doing, fatty?

- Hello. | - Hello.

I am...

your new teacher.

My name is Ms. Chan.

What is your name?

My name is Shijia.

You look...

very cute.

Thank you.

Candy?

Thank you.

Heyl

Get me a beer.

Where's mine?

I beat him all the time | when he was young,

and he still turned out useless.

Why isn't he like you?

Sir, please buy some tissue.

$1 for three packets.

Thank you, thank you.

Hello?

Why have you been | avoiding me?

StarHub is unable | to get a response

from our customer's mobile phone. | Please try again later.

Get outl

Can I help you?

Are you okay?

...may perish from all sorts of hurt.

Love disappears only when you | do not understand what it means.

I was born July 9, 1943, | in Sago Lane.

I was a cute and happy baby.

But had my parents known

what was in store for me,

they would probably

have given me away for adoption.

Dad lost a thriving | restaurant business.

I had to learn how to cook, wash

and clean by the time I was 10.

My parents were happy | and proud of me.

But their happiness and pride

did not last long.

There was little knowledge | as to what

really happened | to cause my deafness.

How much is this?

This one can.

How is your father?

He is fine.

Do you go to see him?

Yes, sometimes.

You should see him more often.

Old man. Old man.

A pack of Marlboro.

Marlboro.

Why run a business | behind a closed grill?

It's so inconvenient.

You should open the grill.

At 14, I went deaf.

Why, I don't know.

One night blood and pus

trickled down my cheek.

Both my mother and father

didn't think much of it.

My mother thought | it was only a small boil

which had burst open.

The next morning | I lost my hearing.

She shouted into my ears,

but I couldn't make out

what she was saying.

How much pain and suffering

can a person take?

I have often wrestled | with that question.

I've lost my hearing, and now

I'm about to lose my sight as well.

It all started with the right eye.

I saw changing colors | and black dots

and I kept blinking.

My parents did not | take me immediately

to the hospital for treatment.

They just gave me eye drops

and Chinese herbs.

They only sought help

when I was no longer able | to see with my right eye

and when my left eye

started to give me trouble.

I remember long stays | in the hospital,

daily vision tests, | painful injections

and bandages on my eyes.

My hands were tied at night

because they didn't want me | to touch my bandages.

Every morning

when the doctors | came to check on me,

I asked them | if I would ever see again.

One doctor patted my hand

without replying to my question.

I just kept praying...

"I do not want to be blind,

and I do not deserve | this eternal punishment."

I became blind.

I felt I was living

in a silent and dark prison.

There were days | when I didn't want to live.

But there were good days

when I would tell myself

that it did not matter | as long as I was alive

and I was guarded by heaven's love.

I doubt if most people | can understand

what it's like to be deaf and blind.

It's as if someone had a wall

which nobody can tear | or break down.

I cannot see beautiful sights

or hear beautiful sounds.

But I never saw or heard

anything ugly either.

God works in mysterious ways.

Sometimes people appear

and just change | the course of your life.

Mrs. Elizabeth Choy | came into my life

and it suddenly veered

into the most wondrous | of dimensions.

Beth, now 95,

is a remarkable person.

She suffered during World War II,

but she never lost | her self-respect,

her dignity | and her love for humanity.

She is my personal heroine of peace.

It was because of her | that I went to school.

At that time, | Beth was the principal

of the School for the Blind.

Alerted by a social worker,

Beth came to my home in 1957

and won me over.

Somehow in my heart I knew

she was kind | and could be trusted.

She enrolled me | in the School for the Blind.

It never crossed my mind

that I could attend school again

after becoming deaf and blind.

I soon met Reuben Jacob

who became my beloved teacher.

Singapore School | for the Visually Handicapped

Nobody expected much | from Mr. Jacob

as far as educating me | was concerned.

After all, | I had a double handicap

and I spoke Cantonese | and no English.

He was blind, Jewish

and spoke no Chinese.

But my teacher was

a smart and patient man.

He devised his own methods

of teaching someone | who was not only blind

but deaf too.

Would you like me

to teach you weaving?

Yes.

Okay. Please do it for me.

Up and down.

Up and down.

Up and | down.

Okay. Please do.

The paper is

like your finger.

You must be careful.

Do not bend it, okay?

In early 1957, Sir John Wilson,

the blind director

of the Royal Commonwealth Society

for the Blind in London,

toured South-East Asia.

The visit was to mark

another milestone in my life.

When he visited the school,

Beth told me to tell him in Cantonese,

"Please help me and remember me.

I want to go to school."

Mr. Wilson did.

He visited the famous | Perkins school

in Massachusetts

and told the director, | Dr. Edward Waterhouse,

about a deaf and blind girl | in Singapore...

"If you see her, you will like her."

Well, Dr. Waterhouse turned up

in Singapore in 1958.

Yes, he liked me.

In fact, he liked me so much

he offered me a scholarship

to go to Perkins,

where they had the best teachers

and facilities to educate | someone like me.

And so I found myself in America

at the end of 1960.

I could not speak English | at that time,

and one of the most | important things

was teaching me speech.

It was probably baffling | to a lot of people

how someone like me

who is both blind and deaf

can learn a totally new language.

I guess it's true what they say...

"If there's a will, there's a way."

Determination can conquer

the most difficult | and discouraging things

in the world.

...I prayed all the time... | "Please don't make me blind."

"I don't deserve | this eternal punishment."

The Story of Precious Lotus | (Theresa)

Pa.

Pa, how are you?

Pa, your food is the bestl

Pa.

Eat.

Ma's dead.

You have to | take care of yourself.

I'm translating a book | for this lady, Theresa.

She's deaf and blind.

This is her life story.

You should read it.

I have to go | and see Theresa now.

I'll come back | next Sunday for dinner.

My father cooked this.

I thought you might like it...

braised pork.

Smells delicious.

I was blessed and lucky enough | to have traveled the world.

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