I found one reason to love my neighborhood this morning.. finally.
There is only ONE way to go out from my housing area to the highway. And by the road, there is an old chinese man who sells some Chinese newspapers, and each morning, many cars stopped by the road to buy the newspaper since half of the population in my residential is Chinese.
Every single time I passed by that road, I will feel annoyed. With some selfish cars double parking by the road or braking up all of a sudden to get their newspaper without giving any signals. Since I was always annoyed, I never realized this old Chinese guy, sitting down, waving at the car that passed by with a really sweet smile. When I finally realized that, I couldn't care less for I thought he was attracting me to buy his Chinese newspaper, while obviously, my skin tone didn't reflect any of my Chinese look (if i happen to inherit that from any of my ancestors).
Only lately that I realized, he was doing it very sincerely. His smile is so genuine. But not until today that I started to appreciate the beauty of that little stall by the road. It was raining heavily this morning, that only a couple of cars stopped by. So, I can see that old man clearly.
He was wearing his yellow raincoat, with umbrealla, stepping outside the big umbrella that covered his stall, and waving at my car with the sweetest smile that I can think of right now.
That's the only reason that makes me feel, "well, this place is not that bad after all." And ONE reason is all i need. :)
There is only ONE way to go out from my housing area to the highway. And by the road, there is an old chinese man who sells some Chinese newspapers, and each morning, many cars stopped by the road to buy the newspaper since half of the population in my residential is Chinese.
Every single time I passed by that road, I will feel annoyed. With some selfish cars double parking by the road or braking up all of a sudden to get their newspaper without giving any signals. Since I was always annoyed, I never realized this old Chinese guy, sitting down, waving at the car that passed by with a really sweet smile. When I finally realized that, I couldn't care less for I thought he was attracting me to buy his Chinese newspaper, while obviously, my skin tone didn't reflect any of my Chinese look (if i happen to inherit that from any of my ancestors).
Only lately that I realized, he was doing it very sincerely. His smile is so genuine. But not until today that I started to appreciate the beauty of that little stall by the road. It was raining heavily this morning, that only a couple of cars stopped by. So, I can see that old man clearly.
He was wearing his yellow raincoat, with umbrealla, stepping outside the big umbrella that covered his stall, and waving at my car with the sweetest smile that I can think of right now.
That's the only reason that makes me feel, "well, this place is not that bad after all." And ONE reason is all i need. :)
4 comments:
i've always enjoyed reading ur stories & blogs.. i've told u that many2 times i guess. huhu~
~keep on writing!
psst: i thought u've found a reason to love ur caring neighbour..well, hopefully soon;p
To love my caring neighbour?? yups, i shud give that a thought, thank you. :)
Thank you Dr., i enjoy writing when i have such lovely friends that can give some comments that can motivate me :)
such a sweet story...and i can relate to similar situation i've come across...but urm not in bangi but back in my old neighbourhood area damansara...
some people can be just genuinely pleasant to others regardless of race...
thats part of Malaysia's beauty,our harmonious multiracial society which we should always do best to preserve..
Kak mawar, i could not agree more :)
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