Unfortunately incidents which are negative in nature are what make the news, and too often good deeds go unnoticed! If you mention it to a Singaporean that you are planning on a driving holiday in Malaysia, you immediately hear about words of caution and stories of what had happened to someone they know of, such as, mugging, car accessories being stolen, people being stopped on highways etc. While some of them may be true, but people fail to mention any kind deeds they encounter. I would like to mention one such good deed by a kind gentleman who has helped my family when our car's mud guard has broken off and was precariously hanging off the front wheel. While it is none of his business, he cared to stop to enquire about our situation. While I was sceptical he did not even bother to ask if we require his help, checked with a local mechanic on phone and took us to the workshop. He explained the situation to the mechanic in Malay and waited while the car was getting repaired. Though I was happy that the car was getting fixed waiting for couple of hundred Ringitts to be charged. The mud guard was patched in no time and we were only charged 15 MYR, the gentleman even helped us to find our way to the hotel we booked for the night, with his daughter riding on his bike as pillion. Sincere thanks to the nameless gentleman who taught me a lesson "small deeds done are better than great deeds planned".
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