Elderly people getting lost in another country’s hotel
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A dry cough behind me
as I stepped into a lift,
It was an old Chinese man with a hat
I tapped my room card
and pressed my floor number.
He stood still beside me…
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I signalled to him to tap his card
and press his floor number.
He did and pressed
the same floor number as mine.
As we stepped out,
I let him move forward first.
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I stood in front of the lift observing him
as he walked up and down the corridor,
and tried to open several room doors in vain!
This time I felt uneasy
I stepped back into the lift
and prayed that he didn’t follow me
again into the lift!
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I reported to the counter staff
“oh no! these old tourists!
…. always forget their floor number
or their room number!”
She sent a staff member to go check.
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The next morning during breakfast,
my colleague told me,
” I saw the old man with a hat. He sat opposite me. I gave him a tissue napkin. He carefully tore the napkin into two and gave back to me half of it!”
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So sweet of him!
But why is he travelling
in another country, ALONE!
Chen Song Ping 
Getting older is a blessing and a privilege but it can also certainly be scary if you’re facing these years alone.
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Someone told me that old people have a lot of time and money. So they travel. But the youngs are so busy working, I suppose.
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I once saw a meme that says young people have time but not money and that old people have money but not a lot of time. I realize this doesn’t apply to all cases but it did make me think about the ironies in life!
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