My family has subscribed to Chinese newspaper years ago and now there’s no need to rush to the nearest news stand to get a copy every day. Today, like usual, the indian man sent the newspaper to the doorstep with the help of her wife. Well, when people send us something, go and grab it lah! The type of momentary give-and-take contact with this pair of husband and wife team leaves me little impression on them. However, this time I get a better look at them as they need to collect the fees. Apparently, nobody was free in the house except me. So I made myself useful by paying RM38.20 (I have no idea of the exact delivery charge I was paying.)
The husband was doing the driving and the wife is doing the delivering and money collecting. And then I started to think: All these newspaper distribution thingy actually started around 6-7pm (I think). This means they may be working in the morning till 5pm perhaps; after little rest, they would need to start their second bread-winning again. Would you do these daily?
They gave me a strong feeling of the determination for a better life as they are looking into other ways to earn more money; perhaps for better education for their beloved children, or saving for the future. The most important part is that they are doing it in a legal and rightful way. Some people are just too afraid to work more, so they will be easily subjected to illegal stuffs such as drug-trafficking, prostitution, gambling and more.
Not only this, the man is so lucky that he has married the right woman. Well, she could have stayed at home and watched TV instead. She really loves her man perhaps. Even though it’s raining, she still followed her husband to help out.
The man could have done the job on his own. Delivering newspaper is not some very tough work after all. But working alone could be lonely and tedious. It is very fortunately for him to have a wife who would stay by his side no matter in good or bad time.
Frankly, I don’t know them personally. All these stories are just some works of my imaginative mind. Well, who knows, it may be just as what I have said-a pair of lovely spouses riding on a motorbike in search of a better life…
At the end of the day, people are just trying to stay alive; while for some other people, a better life perhaps.
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