A beautiful soul.

I'm gonna talk about my going-to-be-former young maid.

For those who did not know, she's only 17 years of age, yeap, the same as my younger sister. how did she fool the kastam, i do not know, but i am absolutely sure the one who approved her is either blind or blind. haha. because, really she looks very young. and there's just the "aura of innocence" that's going about her.. i dont know how to explain, but anyways, let me tell you a story about this young girl.

She's from a small village on the hills of Cambodia, who lives with her grandmother. Her dad died of old age when she was just 11 if i remember correctly, and her mother is currently working in thailand. Now i know the introduction is nothing great, it could have been any other "immigrant maid's story" but the point is she's just that young innocent. She's this innocent soul who would have been everyone's little sister because she's just so obedient, sweet, and curious about everything that to be frank, she's really quite adorable. but there's also part of "every other maid's story" where she'd lie to get out of trouble, and break some stuff at home. haha. to be frank she'd be the first maid to have broken so many household stuff in such short period. btw, if i got the dates right, think her service period for our house was only 3 months or less. =)

anyways, "obey-ing" mom's request, i bought the young girl for some shopping at carrefour just now.
She was so happy about it, you could actually feel her beam. cute isnt it? =)
and her shopping list is so short, she only wants a long sleeve t-shirt and a pair of socks. why am i talking about her simple shopping list? well, see where she's coming from made her this really simple girl that she wouldnt ask for more, you get me? she really just look for a t-shirt, and a pair of socks. and then she's good to go.

unlike us - the lucky ones, honestly we'd NEVER have a "i'm gonna get ONLY an item to treat myself for doing so well this sem" idea, in situationa like this we'd actually be like....
"okay, i'm gonna get a top... and a bracelet, and a bangle, and a slipper, and K-session, clubbing tonight, and buffet on sunday!"
or a rather simpler example "ma, can i have both/all?" and then when mom says no then we'd be grumpy for the rest of the day.

what i'm trying to say is as tin would have prefered of the outskirt areas, simple ppl like them makes life more simple, less stressful, and in all, more beautiful.
Cities ppl, admit that you actually do take advantage over someone direct or indirectly. i know a number of ppl who could do that without even feeling guilty. because its part of the "chain" of living out here. I'd admit that i take the most advantage of my family, that i could do all mean stuff like cussing and raising voices etc when i'm not in the mood of entertaining, i'm just that uglily rude if that's the way you'd put it, i admit it.

now how do i conclude this?
i know its a different culture, lifestyle, bought up situation etc to start off with. But really, why cant we learn to satisfy ourself with more simple things? I, for one would need a MEGA upturn to reach that level, but it would be a great achievement i believe if i ever reach there =)