It was late at night. The men and their machines came in a thunderous roar. Disturbing the tranquility of suburbia. Window panes cracked open, curtains slowly parted allowing querying eyes to witness the ruckus. Somewhere a baby wails from disturbed slumber. A feeling of uneasiness blanketed the once peaceful neighbourhood until.....they saw that its only the contractors coming to mend and upgrade the roads in front of their homes.
While I was taking these pictures, an elderly Indian chap approached, I thought he was going to protest me taking pictures of them working. But as he got closer, it appears that all he wanted was some drinking water. He brought two empty mineral water bottles with him. His face and posture projected his weariness. I took the bottles away from him and gave it to my son to fill up. The bottles were returned full of warm water as we do not keep cold drinking water in the house (the kids are coughing and wheezing due to too much cold stuff...) and I apologise for that for I can imagine what pleasure it would be to quench one's thirst with ice cold water. He just gave a weary smile and walked back to his machine.
That sets me thinking, here is this man working late in the night to feed his family. I pray that his sons and daughters appreciates what he is doing. Oh, his wife too and hopefully she doesn't nag him too much on the household chores that doesn't get done when he is home for he deserves his break.
4 comments:
Back in the day when most women did not work outside the home, I believe there was hardly any battle over household chores. Usually a woman handled everything at home while the man went out to work to feed the family.
Now that most women work outside the home, I believe they sometimes feel it is unfair that all the household chores fall on them while the men sit back to relax (I am assuming most of them just zone out in front of the TV or read the newspaper). Remember that the womenfolk are also contributing financially towards household expenses, thus household chores should be shared. :)
Regardless of the situation, man will never escape nagging because he perceives it to be nagging. Women are just doing a job of reminding him to do something. haha
j.t.,
well said.
hmmmmm....
guys ?
Hmmm, what's high ISO sensitivities got to do with men lepaking in front of the TV and not helping around the house? Nothing, I guess. Hehee..
Eh, didn't realise they've been menerap jalan recenty. Ini pemerintah nak amik hati ke? Love the lack of graininess with the G7 'bro...
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