Lavender, Beggars' World?
If you have ever been to Lavender, just outside the MRT station, you will definitely see some old or maybe middle-aged people lying on the chairs, sleeping, talking...Some of them are homeless and often loiter around there...Well, whenever I walk pass, I will be very curious and observe their behaviour and outer appearence...They seem to be quite poor.
There is 1 particular man who has a missing leg. Which means he puts on a fake, plastic leg. Okay, I didn't know that until he took it off and lay down on the chairs to sleep. It was so gross ! Imagine someone taking off his 'leg' in front of you. Anyway, I don't really like Lavender but I have to pass by there to get to my church. Lavender is filled with beggars and the hawker centers or coffee shops there, the hygiene is really...BAD ! I don't dare to eat at the coffee shop although sometimes I do. But when I go there, there will be crippled people, legless people, selling tissues, collecting cans, eating leftovers. That is why whenever I go there, I lose my appetite...
I remember seeing a man gathering leftovers into a plastic bag...Then he just ate his collection or some sort of mix of leftovers. Horrible, isn't it ? But I can't help pitying those people. They either got abandoned by their children or are without kith nor kin. Haiz..I hope people will show love for them and maybe pay for their stay in a old folk's home so they won't have to loiter around places.
Although the poor beggars disgust you sometimes, they are really pitiful...
Well, just sharing with you what I observe every Sunday ! =)
There is 1 particular man who has a missing leg. Which means he puts on a fake, plastic leg. Okay, I didn't know that until he took it off and lay down on the chairs to sleep. It was so gross ! Imagine someone taking off his 'leg' in front of you. Anyway, I don't really like Lavender but I have to pass by there to get to my church. Lavender is filled with beggars and the hawker centers or coffee shops there, the hygiene is really...BAD ! I don't dare to eat at the coffee shop although sometimes I do. But when I go there, there will be crippled people, legless people, selling tissues, collecting cans, eating leftovers. That is why whenever I go there, I lose my appetite...
I remember seeing a man gathering leftovers into a plastic bag...Then he just ate his collection or some sort of mix of leftovers. Horrible, isn't it ? But I can't help pitying those people. They either got abandoned by their children or are without kith nor kin. Haiz..I hope people will show love for them and maybe pay for their stay in a old folk's home so they won't have to loiter around places.
Although the poor beggars disgust you sometimes, they are really pitiful...
Well, just sharing with you what I observe every Sunday ! =)
posted by Emerz at 10:12 PM
2 Comments:
Excellent! You are practising a great skill. Just like me :) Doesn't it spurs you to be more philosophical as you think about life? These are real people and real lives. We only catch a glimpse of their plight but they lived this life 7 days a week 24 hours a day. Any future or hope for them, I don't know. Do you feel that you want to help and yet you can't? I do. I always feel helpless and I guess if I find an opportunity to do something for them, I would. BTW, which church do you attend?
Yup. I feel lyk helping them...But I jus can't.
I attend Trinity Christian Center.
There are 2 outlets. One @ Lavender, one @ Adam Road. I usually attend the Lavender one.
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