Dear all,
I have just received an email from my colleague about helping this ah pek selling towels in Chinatown. Please spend a min or two to read and let us all do some good deeds (by helping to buy towels from him) as a good start to the new year. Your kindness will be reciprocated
Quote from email :
"Thinking of buying new toiletries such as towels for the coming Chinese New Year???
Remember the circulated email about this old ah pek, selling towels @ Chinatown Complex (the big market at Pagoda street...where currently all the
Chinese new year stalls are situated)....hence while shopping for Chinese New Year goods, why not just drop by his stall...
* For those who have no idea....in short...this ah pek appeared in one of the Channel U TV program, featuring him & his 2 retarded daughters...apparently, selling towels has been his livelihood & has been providing for his 2 grown up daughters...Besides household chores, he has to wash his daughter's clothes & bedsheets as they are not agile enough to go to the toilet......he was offered the government financial grant where he is entitled to claim $240 per month but was rejected by him...reason being that he feels that he is still capable of supporting himself & was fortunate to have his own small stall.... hence, he wanted the $$ to be channelled to other people who might need this $$
more than him.*
That program was about 2-3 years back. The last time i visited him, he was wearing a very old T-shirt, greeting me with smile when i approached
him to buy towels. But on 18 Jan 2005 when i went to the stall, he was seen sitting on a wheelchair, looking sickly & senile....his hand seems to be swollen & unable to move....(looks like stroke) an uncle who is helping him to mann the stall commented that the ah pek is not in good
health & he is just helping him...despite of his health, he still insisted to be at his stall everyday. Though he is unable to serve the customers, he will still sit on his wheelchair & be by his stall...
I would like to take this opportunity to urge
everyone of you...esp on this joyous occasion where happiness & joy is filled along the streets of pagoda, DO look out for this ah pek who is at this small, un-noticed corner at the Chinatown Complex....I went there at ard 8pm & he is still there....his stall unit number is #01-186 (if you forgot, just ask around the other stall holders abt this ah pek with 2 retarded daughters..)
Help him out by buying his towels......Even though it is just a $1 hand-towel.....and trust me, you will not feel that it is a waste of time, going all the way to his stall just to buy towels..... you never know, be it $1 or $10 (for 3 big towels).........a small charitible act would
definitely help to boost this old pek's wish to maintain this stall & ability to support himself till the end of his time...
Please circulated this email around.....as i know alot of people would surely make the trip down to Chinatown to enjoy the ambience of lunar new year...Do drop by.... you never know YOU will just make a difference to his small earnings for that day.............* May you be blessed with love Joy Peace in the coming lunar new year* ..........
Many Many Thanks to You."
End of quote
I really hope that there will be kind souls in PG who will make a trip down to buy some things for him... I'm sure all you pple will need new bath towels or other miscellaneous towels for spring cleaning... please do buy something from him. A dollar to us is nothing but makes a BIG difference to him... if there are pple who really wish to help but couldn't make a trip down, you guys can "tongbang" me to buy (thou I dunno exactly the cost for different types of towels). In such case, I will just collect $10 and buy whatever that $10 allows.
Do let me know if you are interested to help...and sorry for the super long post