Nenek in baju hujan

This morning as I was about to go out and buy nasi lemak, tempat saya park kereta iaitu di tepi tadika, selalu ada nenek cina yang menjual sayur. Pernah beberapa kali dia cuba-cuba nak jual sayur kepada saya (dengan bercakap cantonese. Sometimes I'm just so sick of being perceived as a chinese. Coz I dunno how to reply back in their language!!) Selalunya saya hanya tersenyum and say thank you, to whatever that she said.

Tapi pagi tadi it was raining. I saw her still, di bawah pokok dengan baby stroller (thats where she puts all her sayur) and she was in a raincoat. Siap topi lagi, iaitu topi biru gelap, warna dan material yang sama seperti baju hujan itu. Just like an outfit bought together at the same time.

Kesian sangat. I dunno why, I easily can get so emotional seeing all these. I know I can be so tough on the outside, ignorant and rude. Tapi bila melihat incident2 macam ni, senang saja hati saya ditundukkan. Weird.

Anyway, took rm5 from the wallet (I only have RM5 in my wallet and dandan the night before my friend paid back my RM10, so I was able to give some today) and walked to the nenek.

As usual, dia masih cuba bercakap cina. Tapi kali ni saya bother to explain. Told her I'm malay, and I couldn't bear seeing her in this raincoat (sambil menyentuh kolar bajunya itu)

Slipped the rm5 note into her hands, and to my surprise, she looked so happy. Like as if she was never being showered with attention before, and was grateful that someone even took a second glance at her, whatmore give her money!

Sedih sangat. She squeezed my hand, saying thank you repetitiously. Told her to get some food with that small amount of money I could give. She smiled and her face looked so radiant. I've never been so happy in my life. I guess that's what we get when we help those people in need. We become happy too :)

She insisted that I take home some of her sayur, but I told her nicely that I don't eat sayur. To which she laughs, and showed me her nice set of teeth (walaupun tua) Hehe, that's when she wanted to give me ubi keledek. Besar gila. Haha. I gave in to this, tak sampai hati nak menolak banyak banyak kali. Saya katakan yang saya akan suruh mama saya masak ubi ini. Hehe.

I'm so happy today, and it still puzzles me.