Friday, September 16, 2016

the trade on the side road


For years there is a Chinese woman
She put up her stall on the side road
Shade by the bushy leaves from the trees
She trades there for many years

When the road was tarred with additional car bays
Slowly others would come to ply their trade
There is the car trading with used clothes
With fried dishes on display

Further down towards the old town
There is a Malay woman setting up her stall
She sells nasi lemak and fried noodles
Plying her trade with a canopy

Now the latest is the two young Malay women
They set up a proper stall to trade
They sell the banana fritters, prawn fritters and laksa
Coconut drinks and black seaweed drink

The hard times need some adjustments
As long as it is an honest work
Nothing to be ashame about
The progress will be slow

Even starting small
It is still an honest living
It is still better than doing nothing
In the economy of slow returns

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