This lady in yellow must have been in her 70s. If you are in Medan Idaman, you will see her for she is a familiar face there, busy chasing motorists who just parked or about to get out of their car. She will knock on your window if you have not yet gotten down, and if you had, she will politely ask you for one ringgit.
If you don't acknowledge, she will keep on asking, short of following you all around. If you still ignore her, she will head for the next 'victim'. Thank god she has not learnt the tricks of reverse psychology - follow you till you get so damned embarrassed and pay her off just to leave you alone!
Whose mother is she no one seems to know. I think she is a harmless creature who is probably spending her twillight years doing this just for kicks.
Maybe she just want to piss the motorists off big time and make some dough along the way.
Mind you, she is not a beggar. She just politely asks you for the money and if you don't give it to her, she doesn't verbally abuse you. Otherwise she would have upgraded her status to someone not quite right "up there".
To avoid embarrassment, the minute you spot her, just get quickly out of her sight.
I wish someone would claim her. If she is your mother, take her home. After a life of slogging, she deserves better than roam the streets of Gombak Fifth Mile. She just might get knocked down by a reckless motorist when crossing the busy road one of these days.
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I think she is probably homeless. She once asked me for a ringgit and I gave. Next day, when I was there, she asked again and I knew there was something not quite right. I didn't give her anything and since then she has been trying. Could this old lasy just happen to be lonely and does not have any family members?
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