Did a good deed for a change. As I came out of a bookshop I saw a minivan reverse right into a little old man who was begging by playing an old Chinese instrument. As the old chap was seated low in a buggy-like chair he was not seen by the driver of the van. I got the vehicle to stop as it had already touched the chair and was about to mow the poor person down. Both the driver and myself felt great relief. However the old man did not even seem aware of what was about to happen to him as he calmly continued to play his sad sounding music. He didn't thank me for saving his life but the next day when I saw him again and I put some change into his collection hat he had a big smile and said: xie xie (Thank you)
The life saving continues....
was walking with my good friend Cherrie pie down a road in Yangshuo last week as we (no - I) mistakenly took the wrong bus. It meant having to walk quite a distance to where we had planned to go. I guess I should start to study a bit more Chinese in order to at least read the buses and know where I am going. Anyway, our mistake turned out very well for a family of three who were on their motorbike and stopping for a moment. The driver who had a toddler in front of him stopped the bike to hand the girl to her mother. Just at the moment when we passed by he lost control of the bike and it fell over with all the passengers. Luckily we were there to catch the little girl and mother who surely would have been squashed and badly hurt underneath the heavy motorbike.
Maybe all things do happen for a reason - even small things like taking a wrong bus
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