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