Today, i went to my friend's apartment and i bought Döner for my dinner when i was on my way..
when i was inside the shop, two people came in, one was chinese and one was like a middle east man.
They asked for direction on how to go to Spa or swimming pool.. The Chinese shot his question "Do you know where can i find a spa? and how do i go there?"
but the man, who worked in the shop did not understand what they were saying..
all he got was only the word Spa so he said "carolus thermen" (Carolus Thermen is a relaxing place, wherein there is a spa, swimming pool, jacuzzi, etc)..
the chinese said "where to go? that way?"
shopkeeper said "ja ja..." (yes yes)
so i took the initiative to ask them and interrupted the conversation " do you want to go to spa?"
the chinese and his friend said "yes"
I replied "oh then you have to take a bus from a bus stop nearby to get to the main station in order to transfer to another bus numbere either 51 or 34, and you get down at a bus stop named carolus thermen"
the chinese : "what? how to spell "carolus thermen?"
then i answered his question..
then they thanked me and went out.
I paid for my Döner then left the shop, eventually i met them again , there were actually four of them, one girl and three men..
The girl was looking at a map, the chinese called me and asked me again about the direction and showed the map to me..
my heart whispered "oh my God, i suck at reading map"
So i circled the map " we are here, now you have to go here (again i circled the area with my finger), and then take a bus to go here, the carolus thermen (i circled the area once more)"
they were confused...
i thought i spoke singlish haha.. then the chinese asked me " you speak mandarin"
"yes" i told him.. He then spoke mandarin, which there of his friend did not understand...
i explained it all over again then he finally understood it..
the chinese was eventually a Singaporean, at that time he thought i was as well a Singaporean but i said i am Indonesian
after appreciating my help they left.. when i was on my way, i thought "is my English hard to comprehend?" ...
well, yah yah.. the most important is that i could help them..
therefore i felt a relief and had a feeling of satisfaction after helping them..
even thought it is only a small case..
You will eventually get new spirit of life when your action of helping people materialized
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