our schedule runs through the evening..
and while we have our jackets on
an old vendor sits outside our building..
freezing in the cold night..
holding on to a couple of cigarettes and candies for sale..
there were other vendors nearer in front of our building..
but we'd take a hike and go to his place to
get our cigarettes and hear his stories..
at times we bring him food to cover for the night..
at his age, he should be resting at 3 in the morning..
but his kids left them...
his wife cant walk..
to make it worse..
the security guards would shove him away from the building
or asks for his stuff that's he's sellin for free...
*horrible people* >.<
but we would only stay in that building for a few weeks..
so before we left to transfer to another location
our batch mates decided to chip in and help tatay felix..
accumulated about 3-5k [damn we're rich.. haha] :)
and prepared a surprise for tatay felix..
at a very hot afternoon,
we bought rice, groceries, necessities and
stuff for them to sell and help start off..
we called him to meet us..
you can imagine how surprised he was with our gifts..
a much memorable look and a smile of infinite gratefulness..
we brought it to his house where we met his wife..
he said "he'd never know how he would be able to repay us"
bust simply seeing them smile and take off some of the
problems their carrying in their shoulders
is more than enough..
before we said our goodbye's
we gave our number's just in case of emergencies..
hopefully his doin well today.
special thanks to aimee, nikkie, rob, issey, and mommy abbie
and to all of those who contributed, batch 2 HSBC M2 UK-CTS.
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