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ust got back to office today after a five-day break for Chinese New Year. I am still sorting out the pictures of our reunion dinner and the visits and visitors to my parents' place. I hope to put up a post this weekend. I would be inviting relatives and friends to my place this Saturday. Hubs would be making Burmese Curry Chicken which is getting very popular among his friends.
I was early for work today and had to wait for about ten minutes at the bus-interchange for the company bus to pick us up. This gathering point was very much quieter than usual, I guess many have chosen to take off for the entire week. Half of my office is not here today.
I was reading a book on Running when, with the side of my sight, I noticed a wheel-chair stopping nearby. I did not pay much attention until I heard what sounded like dripping water. When I lifted my eyes from my book, I was more than astonished. The owner of the wheel-chair was an elderly lady and she was emptying her bladder in public! I tried not to look and could feel the eyes of others nearby looking away. After she had finished, she picked up three bags by the side of her wheel-chair and stuffed them next to herself. I could see that the bags were filled with small packets of tissue paper. It was not difficult to conclude that selling tissue paper to passerbys must be her way of earning a living. It pained me to see elderlys that are homeless like this and still had to fend for a living.
My company bus came and we all rushed up the bus, while the lady wheeled herself to a potential spot with many passerbys. As the bus sped to my workplace, I was greeted by the smell of freshly cut grass. I like the smell. It's refreshing and the turning of plastic blades in the quiet morning to cut the grass seemed to gently signal the beginning of the day. It's the beginning of the work year for this Year of the Ox for me.
As I walked into my office and sat down, I hope that the elderly lady in wheel-chair is having good business with her tissue paper today.
I was reading a book on Running when, with the side of my sight, I noticed a wheel-chair stopping nearby. I did not pay much attention until I heard what sounded like dripping water. When I lifted my eyes from my book, I was more than astonished. The owner of the wheel-chair was an elderly lady and she was emptying her bladder in public! I tried not to look and could feel the eyes of others nearby looking away. After she had finished, she picked up three bags by the side of her wheel-chair and stuffed them next to herself. I could see that the bags were filled with small packets of tissue paper. It was not difficult to conclude that selling tissue paper to passerbys must be her way of earning a living. It pained me to see elderlys that are homeless like this and still had to fend for a living.
My company bus came and we all rushed up the bus, while the lady wheeled herself to a potential spot with many passerbys. As the bus sped to my workplace, I was greeted by the smell of freshly cut grass. I like the smell. It's refreshing and the turning of plastic blades in the quiet morning to cut the grass seemed to gently signal the beginning of the day. It's the beginning of the work year for this Year of the Ox for me.
As I walked into my office and sat down, I hope that the elderly lady in wheel-chair is having good business with her tissue paper today.
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Oh dear...I feel sad to hear about that old lady. I DO hope she can earn enough!!!!
I like the smell of freshly cut grass too. And I feel sorry for the old lady. I usually try to buy tissue from them if they approach me. Once I was sharing seats at a hawker centre with a retired lady. When I bought tissues from one of these people, she chided me, saying that I'm encouraging illegal hawking and that if they're in need of help, they should approach the government for social support instead. Oh well... I felt that they were trying to make a honest living mah...
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