Colours of my eyes

Reading Annie's post about her phobia of heights prompted me to post this 'disability' that I have. I'm not very sure if I'm fit to be medically categorized as such, but I think I'm partially colour blind. While I can discern the majority of the colours fairly easily, I can't differentiate certain shades of colour like purple, blue, greenish brown & etc.

For example I always thought the Siemens phone that I used to have was green and my favorite new shirt was white. It was until later someone told me that it my phone is gray in colour and I look cute in that pink shirt.

I first realized that I had this problem back when I was in Standard 4. Back then, we have to draw the map of Malaysia and colour it with the colour pencil. I was happily colouring my workbook until my teacher took a peek over my shoulder and exclaimed loudly, "Eh! Ini bukan biru tapi unggu!!" She exclaimed loudly that I was colouring the South China Sea in purple! The whole class broke out in laughter and I was embarrassed throughout the whole week about it.

People like to ask me how did I pass my driving test. Oh well it is simple. Just before entering the exam hall for the learner's licence written test, we are required to queue up and identify the either two sequence of 5 colours on the far right and left of the hall as instructed by the official. Of course we could hear the correct answers from the people in front as they identified them, so I just memorized the sequence! Easy.

Having this disability is a hassle to me at times. I often mismatched my clothing colours and get awful stares and giggles from people. I have to always confirm with the sales girls what colours of that particular shirt or shoe before purchasing and got a strange look from them as well. I am not a good shopping companion because of my disability as well.

But then again I've learned to live with it, and thank God I can still identify the traffic lights correctly.