Blind tennis

Today, was sitting in the bus on the way home, minding own business by spacing out, when was struck on the side of the face with the end of a tennis racket. The racket had been poking out at a rakish angle from a JC student's bag and his girlfriend?sister? managed to rescue my face from further damage by stuffing the racket back into to the bag. The reason for this debacle, which I didn't even have time to react to (since I had been stoning) was that the student seemed to have sustained some form of eye injury and had tissue stuffed behind his spectacles, hence resulting in a lack of any kind of vision. Speaking of lack of foresight, it seemed they had randomly hopped onto the bus while not being sure how to get to their destination.

This makes the second time in a week that I have encountered an injured student, but these two did not seem to be heading to a clinic. They were instead discussing how to get somewhere by bus. But, judging from the way the girl was literally dragging around the guy, I seriously think they'll be injuring themselves further by, 1) falling off the steps of the bus, 2) trip, or worse still, 3) poke someone's eye out. I suspect however, that they'll continue to wherever they need to be via bus because, not oddly, they seemed to be amsued by the situation they were in. An odd couple they did make. I on the other hand, felt like a reluctant audience to some soap opera, because the guy was clinging on in this desperate way to the girl's hand, but the strangely touching scene (I am mostly thinking girlfriend now) was quickly reduced to a farce when we all alighted at the bus terminal and the girl ended up half-dragging the fellow around in an ungainly manner. They hadn't seemed to have decided where to go either and were walking about in various directions. The racket and the towel hanging out of the bag however, should help things. If you can remain injured and still have your towel with you, you're bound to be able to cross galaxies, let alone across one tiny island. The blind leading the blind indeed.