went to westmall for dinner today.

there's a shelter linking the interchange to the mrt station. if any of u had been there recently, you should have notice a grandma of abt 80+ selling tissue along the pavement. she would hawk her wares loudly to the passerby, she looked rather pitiful sitting on a small stool, seemed like she had been through a lot hardships. she's almost transparent to throngs of people streaming through the shelter.

what will you do?

buy a tissue packet from her?
buy x amt of packets from her?
or just give her x amt of $?

i know of frens who will buy without a 2nd thought, some even give extra $ but will only take a packet as a token.

where's her children? grandchildren? does she really need the $? or is she passing time?

i walked past her, give her a 2nd look and...

continued on my way and there's this peculiar feeling which started to overwhelm me...