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Foreign worker sweeping up dried yellow leaflets in front of me. Suddenly a Chinese auntie swoops by and passes him an angpow. He looks up to thank her--a smile barely emerging from his puzzlement, but shes walked away without exchanging a word with him. Shes brisk, shes done what she needs to do, and shes off. If one doesnt recognise the familiar red packet one would be forgiven for assuming that she had returned him something which he had dropped. There was something weirdly yet endearingly Singaporean about the scene--this stern, no-nonsense, wont-take-no-for-an-answer act of charity. No ceremony. Smile inside heart. Passing breeze, curl of kindness, quiet blessing.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 06:31:39 +0000

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