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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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was walking home from mrt station ~12 yst and i was pretty shocked to find construction work going on at the mrt station. i looked at the construction workers and wonder if they've just started work or they've been working since morning and rushing the mrt project at night. and i've got a nasty feeling that the latter is true. :( this sudden sense of sadness just overwhelmed me instantly.this reminds me of uncle R at the ward that i've worked in. he's a housekeeper at the hospital and i've noticed that he always worked afternoon shift. one free afternoon, micki and i decorated a wall in the ward with uncle R and just by standing next to him, i could hear him breathing loudly. i askedif he was feeling breathless and his reply was "o this weak heart of mine! i did a bypass recently". i was like... arh! so i asked him if this was the reason he worked afternoon shift, so that he could have more rest. he looked at me with an amused expression, laughed and said "no my dear. i sell roti prata in the morning at gombak... that's why i can only work at the hospital in the afternoon". tt's no joke. selling roti prata for 3-4 hours is rlly exhausting, not to mention hot. after more questions, i realised uncle R needs to wake up at 4am and be at the shop at 6am every morning. after which he would close around 11 plus, go home and bath and reach the hospital at 1pm to start his shift and would be working till 9pm. "why take 2 jobs then uncle R?" i asked. "what to do? still got housing loan to pay....". seriously, i felt rlly sad and scared. my fear is one day, after he repaid all his loans, he would be using his money on nursing his health back. or he would never be able to repaid his loans this lifetime. i know i'm taking this abit too far... and this is how ppl survive in the society but it's just that when the hard cold reality hits...... RAAR |
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