▲ To the old, rather frail looking man who I tipped a little small change to after hearing your beautiful harmonica playing, you caught me by surprise when you stopped playing, and thanked me, then asked me where I was from. As if that wasn't enough of a surprise, when I answered 'Malaysia', you spoke fluent Malay to me and gave me a run for my money, as I haven't spoken Malay in a long, long time. Thanks for that! You made me smile.
▲ To the little sweet Korean toddler I met at the supermarket. You may know not this, but I am not Korean and I really only spoke to you what little Korean I picked up along the years. But to you, it was as though I knew every Korean word under the sun. We had quite the conversation, didn't we?
▲ To the old lady I met on the train who complimented me on my Cantonese in the midst of our conversation, thank you. I have to say it made my day, because little did I tell you that I practically learned all my Cantonese from the Hong Kong dramas I watched as a kid. It was a proud moment.
▲ To my dad who just called me to watch this tooadorableforwords video, I love that you love animals. All kinds. And that you always, always show me these videos, making my day just that much brighter.
▲ And to the old man (last picture above) I came across before work on a fine Sunday, you inspire me. Your elderly and frail age showed, but you walked with so much purpose. Slowly, yes, but steadily, sure of purpose. I was very sick that day, and you reminded me to live each day with as much purpose as you and make every day a meaningful one.
▲ To the little sweet Korean toddler I met at the supermarket. You may know not this, but I am not Korean and I really only spoke to you what little Korean I picked up along the years. But to you, it was as though I knew every Korean word under the sun. We had quite the conversation, didn't we?
▲ To the old lady I met on the train who complimented me on my Cantonese in the midst of our conversation, thank you. I have to say it made my day, because little did I tell you that I practically learned all my Cantonese from the Hong Kong dramas I watched as a kid. It was a proud moment.
▲ To my dad who just called me to watch this tooadorableforwords video, I love that you love animals. All kinds. And that you always, always show me these videos, making my day just that much brighter.
▲ And to the old man (last picture above) I came across before work on a fine Sunday, you inspire me. Your elderly and frail age showed, but you walked with so much purpose. Slowly, yes, but steadily, sure of purpose. I was very sick that day, and you reminded me to live each day with as much purpose as you and make every day a meaningful one.
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Lovely pictures~~~ I had a loooong day today but these sets of pictures and your blog post title put me in instant good mood!
Michelle! Love what you wrote here, capturing those simple moments and events and truly make life beautiful. I notice these kinds of little things are the time but could never really describe the way you do :)
urgh why do i have so many typos ;(
*that truly make life beautiful
*all the time
*desribe them
haha, sorry for spamming :P
It's wonderful how many strangers you meet on the streets isn't it? I can't go anywhere without striking up a conversation with people. I especially love to meet elderly people. They are always so supportive and give so much great, little advice :) This post was wonderful and heart warming. A great post to read on this evening :) Thank you for sharing. x
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