For those people with problems they almost can't bear,
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP!
There is A HELPING HAND OUT THERE.
CALL DA BEFRIENDERS @Kuala Lumpur (03-79568144, 24 hours).
DESI'S PLACE has run several pieces advisinmg about HELPLINES;
I do it again in view of the following news item,
becoming quite common in this modern, stressful living world.
From The Star, page 3:
Friday April 21, 2006
Woman on ledge causes stir at Puduraya
KUALA LUMPUR: A woman in her 50s caused a stir and brought the already chaotic traffic in Jalan Pudu to a near halt when she attempted to jump off the rooftop of the Puduraya bus terminal.
However, the woman gave up when her daughter, son and members of the Rapid Intervention Motorcycles from the fire and rescue department coaxed her against jumping at about 2.30pm.
Use thy imagination to VISUAKLISE-lah! A LIFE AT STAKE: Rescuers and the woman’s children calming her down as she sat on a ledge at the sixth floor of the Puduraya bus terminal.
The woman had been sitting on the ledge of the six-storey building for about 90 minutes.
Taxi driver Azhman Abdullah, 48, said he was walking around the bus station on the ground floor when, suddenly, a handbag dropped in front of him.
“I looked up and saw a woman sitting on the rooftop. I panicked and immediately contacted the security guards who then alerted the fire department and the police,” said Azhman.
About 30 minutes later, a secondary schoolgirl, still in her school uniform, was spotted walking towards the scene with an unidentified man.
It is learnt that police, upon the woman’s request, had brought the girl to the scene.
A spokesman for Befrienders urged anyone with problems to call them and not resort to extreme measures.
“Anyone going through a rough patch can always call us. We are just a phone call away,” the spokesman said.
“Our volunteers are all trained to listen, and all calls are confidential.”
Befrienders has four centres:
Malacca 06-2842500 from 7pm to (midnight),
Ipoh (05-5477933/55 from 4pm to midnight),
Penang (04-2815161/ 1108 from 5pm to 11pm daily);
and Kuala Lumpur (03-79568144, 24 hours).
4 comments:
lusttt time when i first heard of the befrienders. I tot its a matchmaking agency. :P
herro? do u wan to friend me? i rurveee u wrrong time.
AF:
Sorely, wlong numbma!
SiDe-ko-ok
I have tried calling befriends before. Some are ok, some are really crap. After talking to them, really feel more depressed.
My advice is keep trying, never know you will find one that you can talk to.
anonymus:
this is NOT Da Befrienders, so
Anonynous, don't have 2B Anon anymore.
I'm sorry to hear of yr -ve experince.
No worries -- I salutre your maxim:
"My advice is keep trying, never know you will find one that you can talk to. "
Two tehtarik to thee, whoever you are;
Pls Vuisit again, introduce Yourself Foolly,
From another hoRsey full:
Desiderata Chong Yen Long;
butt some1 calls me dessica-
Maybe +cAted with my BIG-O
going-on-and-on like the pair of
luvbirds on the sinGing Titanic!
(some Gals jest like IT! lis''ing to Whitney Houston's ...
Whose heArt Wilt Go On ForeNver?
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