Memory Lane

Saw a lanky Indian guy and suddenly reminded me of an Indian back in hillview. Don’t’ really know what he did back then, but I think he was a cleaner for hillview and he is a common sight there. As a kid, I was quite scared of him. He was really tall and lanky, I think I reached only his chest level and when he walked, he did with a swagger, moving his head in rhythm reminding me of the Ents, those walking Trees in LOTR. With a long, bushy beard at his chin, he looked really foreboding to a young child.


But for some reason, you can always see him hanging out at the coffeshop talking to the ah pehs and other Indians and you know you can ask him when u have issues with cleanliness. My perspective of him changed drastically after one incident. I had accidentally dumped my wallet down the rubbish chute and when I went down and asked him for help, without hesitation, he went to the big smelly chute, reached down with his bare hands into the big smelly bin, rummaged through the rubbish for my wallet and returned to me and thereafter just went off on his way.. ….. I never know his name nor reward him if only I can see him again, I wonder wat happen to him after we moved out of hillview.