Dialogue in the Dark - Our Thoughts - BZSE Entreprise Creation 08

Saturday, November 7, 2009 . Dialogue in the dark
3:37 PM

I was very excited knowing that we're going to go the DID tour. I had no fear nothing. I found it fascinating for a blind guide to bring us on a tour around. When we were all blinded by darkness at the begining of the tour, our tour guide Jason said his salutations. He sounded like someone young, perhaps 30 at most? When he began talking to us, all I did was imagined how he looked like. I began to feel sad. Sad that someone whom sounded that young had to succumb to fate, but he sounded happy. Happy to guide us, happy to be there with us. For the next hour or so, we were brought around the place and although I couldn't see, i could somehow imagine how everything looks like using my imagination. Maybe that is how the visually impaired see the world. Through description, imagination and their 4 other senses.

Almost the end of the tour, I was a bit relieved as well as sad. Relieved because I was going to see light again. Sad because I thought that the tour wasn't longer. When we finally were going to see light again, all I thought about was Jason. Here we are, going to see light after 1 hour in darkness, but he? he has to live in darkness, never to see light. Now, after the tour, I treasure the littlest things that I once took for granted. Although I can do the things I love like watching the television and shop, the visually impaired can't. They can't even see how others or themselves look like. I asked Jason how he dress and he said that he asks help form others to choose his clothings. He can't even see the design and fit of the clothes that he wore. When we finally could see Jason, my guess was right. He is a young man, and 30 at that. I am proud that he is courageous. What he said was right. Instead of staying at home and grieving, he might as well embrace the fact and make something of his life. He is happy with his job at DID. DID definetly boosted his self confidence and in a way made him a better person. At the end of the whole tour, I realised that everyone is equal. When we were in thr dark, Jason was there, he knew where he was going, he was the dominant one. We should never misjudge someone just because he is handicapped. I learnt to treasure my eyesight more and be thankful. I'll definetly go for another round of the tour.

Nuristianah T02

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Welcome to the blog of BZSE 2008 about our takeaways after visiting the one-and-only Dialogue-in-the-Dark (DiD) exhibition in Singapore, at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
BZSE 2008 represents the pioneer cohort of students from the Diploma in Business & Social Enterprise (BZSE), the one-and-only such diploma programme in Singapore.

BZSE is housed in the School of Humanities in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. It's the coolest diploma ever - we learn about creating businesses with a social cause.

Our whole cohort had a really great tour in the DiD exhibition, and it was so fantastic we decided to post up our experiences as a blog to share the experiences we had during the tour.
We hope that after reading our reflections, you will consider coming down to DID yourself! Just as we have been impacted, we believe Your life will never be the same again. (=

To find out more about the DiD tours, you can call the Booking Hotline @ 64606222 or check out the website at www.dialogueinthedark.com.sg Navigate around using the tabs above.