The World Of Tzu Chi(Vol.128)

2020 • 11 20 eature I may be flawed, but my heart is content – Tan Kim Chew “Do you want to see it?” The unexpected question startled me. “Don’t you mind?” I asked. He rolled up his pants and removed the right prosthetic leg while telling stories from the past. It felt like he was opening the door of his once wounded heart, which has now been healed. By Yap Chai Hoon & Koh Poo Leng Translated by Lee Hui Yieng “K im Chew, why are you limping?” “Oh… It’s arthritis!” “I see… It’s common to have age-related conditions!” “That’s right…” Limping his way to the Tzu Chi Taman Meru Recycling Education Centre, a sweating Tan Kim Chew apologized awkwardly, “Sorry, I was having tea with some volunteers.” Usually, he would meet up with his friends for tea nearby after sending the students to school and fetching the elderly volunteers to the recycling centre. In the afternoon, he would fetch two more batches of students.