"Everyone has their own destiny. Not everyone makes the choice to persue it..."
Although busy with my daily office work, I still have ample time to look out of the window and watch the world passes by.
For the past few weeks, day in and day out, around my normal lunch hour, I saw this lady, not older than me, carrying a bag full of needful things. She will come from nowhere and goes to her same favorite spot under the bridge and lies down to sleep. With only old newspapers protecting her body against the barren stony ground, she sleeps and wakes up almost always at the same time.
Then she packs her things and off she goes.
I saw you sleeping under the bridge
Dreams of bright and beautiful things
I wonder if you are okay
I wonder if you have a home to stay
I pray that God will watch over you always…
Dreams of bright and beautiful things
I wonder if you are okay
I wonder if you have a home to stay
I pray that God will watch over you always…
kesian....mesti besar masaalah dia ni...seharian berjalan di bawah jambatan tu lah tempat yang di tuju..ada benda yang di cari nya adak nya,,mungkin suami,anak anak atau tempat berteduh...
ReplyDeleteEzzah,
ReplyDeleteMelihat dari pakaian nye yang kemas, dia bukan ‘bag lady’ atau ‘orang gila’… Tapi nampak seperti sedang mengalami masaalah besar... Kesian.
apa kan daya tak seorang dtg menolong atau bertanya kan?
ReplyDeleteKalaulah sebegitu tindakan yang dia ambik , agaknya ape lah yang dia alami....mungkin kecewa dengan yang di sayangi..tak sanggup lagi nak berhadapan dg mereka ...mungkin dlm fikiran nye, ini jalan terbaik untuk semua.....
ReplyDeleteone day some one will miss her or probably cry over her.....May she be guided by Allah .....
Kak Elle,
ReplyDeleteKesian pulak, orang lalu lalang buat tak peduli...
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She looks lost.. Sometimes I saw her cry and she’s not aware that I am watching... Where are all her friends and loved ones?
sedih kan ....
ReplyDeletetular ....
kdg kdg kita tak dpt nak baca masalah yang mereka tanggung ....
berat mata memandang , berat lagi yang memikulnya
pB,
ReplyDeletebetul tu. dari jauh kita perhati pun boleh rasa jiwa nye sedih dan seperti kehilangan sesuatu...
Salam Kak Nong,
ReplyDeleteMy first time here. Have just been to your other blog. Oh! banyaknya yang I nak baca kat situ. Lovely, lovely posts :)
Naz,
ReplyDeleteSalam & welcome. Kak Nong is a silent reader of your blog, as i often blog hop from sue's. U have lovely pics in your posts!
Nong,where is she coming from and where is she going???Curiouskan since her appearance looks ok.Dare and care to approach her?
ReplyDeleteMaybe she finds peace and solace under that bridge .
Madam,
ReplyDeleteI feel guilty of watching her secretly from my window. I don't think she realised that she is being watched...
I once saw her combed her hair and powdered her face before she walked away... But she looks forlorn and dejected..
sleeping off the grief or worry might be her best reief. hence the daily snooze under the bridge...agaknya lah..
ReplyDeletesian kan...kalulah itu yg terjadi pd kita...tak tergamak nk pk...semoga dia mendpt petunjuk dr yg Maha Kuasa...
ReplyDeleteSalam Kak Nong,
ReplyDeleteLama tak jenguk Kak Nong dek kesibukan. Tak berapa nak sempat melepak kat blog kawan-kawan. Moga Kak Nong and family sihat ceria.
Puisi tu menyentuh hati. Kesian perempuan tu, ntah kenapa jadi macam tu.
Btw, suka tengok gambar Kak Nong kat LA 1989 tu ... comel! :)
kesian. tak tahu apa masalahnya but i think the govt should take a good care of her.
ReplyDeleteMama,
ReplyDeleteBetul tu, sleeping off the grief can lupakan masaalah. I do that at times…Tapi bila terjaga the grief is still there and will not go off.. .
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Tulip,
Nampak macam org berpelajaran, kadang2 dia baca surat khabar berjam-jam.. kak nong rasa dia ada rumah somewhere pasal, malam dia tak tido situ... mungkin ingin bersendirian...
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B Rampai,
Dalam kesibukan, kak nong cuba2 menjenguk blog kawan mana yg dapat... Moga kita diberi Allah kesihatan dan sentiasa mengingatiNye...
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Kakpah
Nobody seems to bother. The other time an old man, dirty and haggard used to stay under that bridge siang malam, probably homeless and ‘tak berapa betul’. Then staff yg lalu lalang that way complaint to office security. Lama dah tak nampak, maybe badan kebajikan dah ‘rescue’ dia.
Kak nong tak sampai hati nak report on this lady…
dulu masa 1997 financial crisis, aku ada kawan, quite major contractor ... dia bankrupt sebab hutang ngan suppliers lam USD ... client laks tak bayar hutang ... cari punya cari ... rupa2nya dia tinggal kat bawah jambatan kat brickfields.
ReplyDeletedia nih mang jenis tak suka minta tolong kalau dia susah ... last2, kami paksa dia terima pertolongan ... tu pun ngan syarat ... dia suruh kami jadi shareholders.
sekarang dah kaya dia. company kami pun dah senarai kat bskl.
btw, just started a new blog:
mantessa.blogspot.com
it's about music, writing music, music and animation programming and anything in between.
Azer,
ReplyDeleteZaman mak abah aku dulu orang lari dari ceti, time financial crisis semua lari dari creditors,zaman sekarang ramai lari dari along…
sanggup tinggal anak bini, pergi bertapa dalam gua...
nasib ada kawan nak tolong selesaikan masaalah, sekarang dah successful pun, boleh tumpang sekaki...
ada juga kawan bila kta susah, batang hidung pun tak nampak... he he..
will visit your new blog
Alahai kak nong...siannya anie baca kisah ni...manusia ni macam2 kisah kan kak? Segala apa yang kita lihat berlaku di sekeliling kita boleh kita jadikan renungan dan teladan...
ReplyDeletePada mula perjalanan hidup dia mungkin dia tak terlintas mau pun terbayang yang ini akan menjadi kesudahannya buat waktu ini pada diri dia....
ReplyDeletekita tak tahu....apa akan berlaku pada kita sendiri.....
Hidup ini penuh dengan cabaran-cabaran yang hanya sipenanggung saja yang memahami rasa pedih dan perik..Allah telah menghidupkan segala deria deria rohani kita dan emosi untuk kita mengagungkan Allah...siapalah kita ..hanya hamba Dia ..Dia boleh buat apa yang Dia suka...
aNie,
ReplyDeleteEntah apa yg dalam fikiran nye. Bercakap sorang diri, kadang ketawa, kadang menangis...
Babee,
Semua orang akan menempuhi cabaran dalam hidup ini. Adakah kita ada kekuatan untuk menempuh dan mengharungi nye.
Moga Allah memberi pedoman dan panduan kepada kita semua...