It's Still A Wonderful World.

They were sitting opposite each other in the bus. It fact there were two rows of seats between them. It started out when the 4-year-old daughter of one mother offering some sweets to the 5-year-old son of another mother. Being a young boy, he was shy and ignored the lil' girl. But their mothers were not shy at all.

They started to talk to each other. Standing between them, I felt the suddenly awkwardness. I suspect there would be weird silence as they would try to keep up with the conversation. First they asked about their children's age, then about school. They talked about where they lived, the distance away from market. Next about how many children they have, whether they are still working. Then they started to talk about the high cost of raising the children, the price of secondary school textbooks. This went on and on. In between they kept smiling so sweetly at each other. I was truly amazed!

Yes, the world is still such a wonderful and friendly place, especially right here in Singapore, in Yishun. It warmed my heart. =)

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