Wednesday, June 4, 2014

my small amount of money was valued several times more...

It was in one evening when I came back from my office. The heavy rain has just stopped but still having small rain drops so I walked a bit fast. When I reached to the corner the road where I live, I saw two little boys squatting between two cars which parked in front of a cold drink shop. They were eating something on the road between two cars. Curious and had closed view, I saw bigger boy about 7 years old and smaller boys about 4 years old were drinking clear color soup in a plastic bag. When the older one was drinking it directly from the plastic bag, the younger one was watching patiently. The elder brother carefully put the plastic bag near the mouth of the younger brother to give him his turn. This is one of the usual heart aching pictures we can see in Burma. I took out 1000 kyat note and gave it to them. I also asked what else they want to eat. The elder one pointed out to the bread shop. I bought two bag of breads each costed 300 kyat. The children were happy as if they won a lottery. Just spent 1600 kyat but I could make the children very happy at least for that moment. It is possible only in Myanmar. It is too cheap to buy happiness for poor people.

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