Tuesday, 15 November 2005
.:: Sad Scene ::.
During lunch time, I went to Joo Chiat Complex to run some errands and decided to take a cab back to office. I was queing at the taxi stand opposite Joo Chiat and there were 2 Qs formed in front of me....I noticed there's this elderly man trying to flag taxis to stop at the stand and he was just wearing a pair of torn socks......and the 1st couple of elder folks boarded the first cab and thanked the old man.....he doesn't seem to be asking for money from them. Merely, doing an 'extra service' for them or rather for us who's queing at that taxi stand.....
The next cab took quite a while to come and I was practically looking or observing what this old man was doing......he was like flagging taxis down without any rest and putting on a smile to us (people at the taxi stand) and telling us to wait for a while......He was a common scene at that taxi stand as I recalled vividly that he was also around over the last Ramadhan when I went to Geylang with my colleagues.
To me, he seems quite old enough to be a grandfather who should be at home enjoying his retirement and spending time playing with his grandchildren rather than being at a taxi stand flagging for taxis and hoping for meagre donations from taxi drivers or people queing......my heart suddenly goes out to him....
Initially, frankly speaking, I was contemplating whether to give him some 'tips' or not but after observing him for quite a while, I just pulled out some notes and passed it to him upon the arrival of the taxi for me to board......and when he saw the notes, he was so pleased and happy that I knew from his words of saying 'thank you' to me, it was so sincere......
On the way back to office, the earlier scene made me think of how much of that amt I would normally spent unnecessarily but instead it meant a great deal for someone else who needed it more than i do...
Don't be mistaken, that i'm putting this over in my blog to say that I'm asking for a praise and to show off on how kindhearted or how generous I am....no its not that.....I just wanted to share the sad scene I saw today and how I hope that whateva I gave him would at least made him happy and made his day coz it really did for me......
