rummaging through my brown bag which i carried yesterday. hand fell upon a small orange beaded bracelet in the usual place where i put my baby zen, wallet and handphone.
this orange beaded bracelet carries a sweet memory for me since yesterday. it caused me to fall in love, and swoon over.. a nine year old boy call shen wei jie :) [awww what were you guys thinking of? hahaha.]
so happened when i was taking the bus towards clementi yesterday, while waiting for 189, there was a mother who brought her 4 kids out for lunch. i sat down at the busstop, listening to my baby, when a little boy beside me tugged my sleeves and asked, "jiejie, where are you going?" (in chinese) and i was dumbfounded by him. so small, so cute and he initiated talk to me! awww. so i replied him (in chinese, in any case, the rest of the conversation were all in chinese) "jiejie going to orchard, how about you?" and he gutsy-ily said "we're going to jin-wen-tai~" "whats jin-wen-tai in english?" i asked him jokingly, and he dint know. awww. then his elder brother [the one i fell in love with..] came over, and proudly announced "this is my brother, he's only 4 and im 9!" and then he continued introducing his entire family while i just listened, with my mouth wide open.
189 came, we all boarded the bus and i was surrounded by the 4 kids, and they were going "jiejie here, jiejie there" i was half the time lost in their 4 sided conversations with me.. then wei jie stated, "jiejie i want to sit with you.." and i was like "sure.." until he continued, "cuz you're cute!" dots. i was so amused. then their 7 year old brother was there chanting "mei nu mei nu" and i was like "not so loud.." cuz the entire bus was looking at me cuz of the racket they were causing.. hahaha. then the 3 boys just simply charmed me away, especially that wei jie. then suddenly he looked at his wrist and saw his own orange beaded bracelet. he took it off, and said "jiejie i give you this bracelet.. mei mei de. :) " and i was like "but it's yours! dont you want it?" he emphatically said he wanted to give it to me, and insisted on putting it on for me!! ahhh my heart melted there and then. so sweeet. and then, his 4 year old kid brother said, "why korkor can wear bracelet for jiejie? i want also" so he took the bracelet off my wrist and put it on for me again! 2 boys putting a bracelet on for me twice in a day! hahahha. when we finally got off the bus, they were all saying loud goodbyes, and blowing kisses at me. hahha i was kinda flustered, and dint really know what to do, until weijie was saying "jiejie gimme kiss!" hahaha so i blew a kiss at him, and then at the 4 year old kid brother too cuz he wanted one too!
soooo sweeet.
now looking at the 20 cents [thats how much the bracelet cost, according to weijie] orange bracelet on my table, i think back fondly of the short period of time we spent on the bus from bukit batok to clementi.
its not the value of things thats important.
whats more important, is the thought, and sincerity that comes with it. any amount of sincerity, is well much more worth than the value itself.