there are many ways to judge a person, and what they say to you would be one of the first factors..
in this world where vulgarities are commonly used, we would often misjudge people just because they use vulgarities. i was surprised however, by a taxi driver today..
i boarded a taxi on to go home from camp today.. the taxi driver's vocabulary seemed like it only consisted of profanities..
then he started talking about his son who was in bmt, and his tone changed.. he smiled when he talked about his son.. i could tell he was proud.. i heard stories from him about his two sons, how they forced him to watch the latest movies with them and how they where so different..
then it came to a point when he mentioned that he was content with his life.. he said although his elder son and him where not getting sky high salaries, but at least they were happy, and at least his sons were filial.. minor problems aside, as long as there were no law breaking, drugs and stuff from them, he was happy with them..
he said that when there's a job, we should take it.. to him, there's no such thing as a job too low paying.. he said that we started off riding on buffaloes, who were slow, but stable.. then when we felt like we had a little more, we would ride on horses that went faster.. he was a man who trusted more in stability that anything with high risk..
i was quite inspired by attitude towards life and i guess his philosophy of riding on buffaloes would help get many of us through this worsening economic downturn..
our taxi drivers here in singapore never seem to surprise us don't they?