I was sitting on a bench right outside Terminal 2, Coolangatta Airport, Gold Coast on Sunday night while contemplating on what to do for the next eight hours or so before my flight to Sydney was scheduled to jet off, when suddenly a car stopped not far from me. A Chinese lady who sat in the front seat of the car lowered her car window and asked if I happened to need a lift to Brisbane. Stunned by the car’s sudden appearance and her friendliness, I spent the next two or three seconds weighing up my options before I responded, well, no thanks. It was certainly an attractive idea to call up a friend in Brisbane at that instance to tell that I was going to spend the night at his place rather than settling at that uncomfortable bench while enduring the chilly night by my own, but come to think that Brisbane is one hour’s away, and the fact that I still had to come back to that airport for my early morning’s flight the next day, I conceived that my decision was justifiable. But anyway, that was a side note; the main story here is certainly the act of kindness of that lady and yes, her partner in the car. Wherever you guys are, I would like to thank you for your kind offer. Too bad I could not honour your kindness by accepting it, and perhaps getting to know the two of you better. Thanks again.
Now, who says that our world today is extinct of good people?
4 comments:
Well.. you don't know. Maybe they are CIA agents sent to kidnap you or maybe aliens eager to extract your humanly organs for their testing before their long awaited invasion. There's always the possibility of that.
Truly the act of kindness that could touched our heart.
Selamat Hari Raya.
boleh percaya sama orang tidak dikenali??
selamat hari raya...
Hadi:
Haha. For one, I don't see why the CIA would want to kidnap me, or why the alien would ask decently when they can straightaway attack me. But yeah there's a possibility.
Dino:
Selamat hari raya to you too!
Mijie:
Well, unlike in Malaysia, I'd say that almost everyone on the street is trustable here. Of course you need to judge yourself before you make any decision, you don't simply go ask for help from drunken fellows and expect that you can trust them do you? I have a friend who went hitchhiking at the strangest of places at midnight & reached his destination safely, no harm done to him. I don't mean to demean our own people but in Malaysia, chances are you'll be robbed, or raped if you're a woman.
Selamat hari raya.
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