GEORGE TOWN, Aug 28 — Every Friday evening, the visually impaired trainees living at the St Nicholas’ Home Penang are abuzz with excitement as they wait for their shuttle to...
Run with VIPs: How a weekly run in Penang’s Gurney Bay brings people from diverse backgrounds together to have fun
John Fung running with roommate S.Puvarasan at Gurney Bay. — Picture by Opalyn Mok“He’s always sitting down and not doing anything, I feel this is good to get him moving, so I dragged him here to join us,” he added, gesturing to Puvarasan.Instead of running with a sighted guide, Fung, who has low vision, chose to walk with Puvarasan, making a circuit around the park.Good friends: John Fung and roommate S.Puvarasan taking a break after the run.
St Nicholas’ Home Penang general manager Carmen Chew said they have about 35 trainees who are young adults.Chew said that while the trainees can run and swim at the Home, the space is small.The VIPs resting after running a few loops around Gurney Bay. — Picture by Opalyn Mok “Sam told me there’s a deaf mute runner with low vision who needs a guide so I decided to join and guide him with a rope,” he said in an interview through WhatsApp.
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