Friday, October 28, 2005

the old couple

i usually take a coffee break at a void deck two blocks away...very often, i would meet this couple. they are really interesting and totally loving...the lady has some difficulties walking...the man is blind of old age...they speak in a dialect that i am not quite familiar with but i could make out some of the conversation...the lady would lead the man slowly by his arm...it is amazing that they always have something to talk about...as they walk or when they sit at the void deck, the lady would narrate the scenes before them and he would ask all sorts of questions...they are so patient...he would patiently walk at her pace, she would patiently describe and answer to his enquiries...they took a seat near me, and she described me to her man, "the girl on your left is smoking and sipping coffee out of a plastic bag."