When ur kindness is misunderstood...

(translated from hokkien and indonesian)
at the hawker centre...

Old ama : tissue...tissue...(selling tissues and carrying a huge bag of tissue, approaching a
table)

Husband : don want....don want...don want...thnx...!!!

Wife : daddy,pity her la...buy tissue, however we oso need it...(taking $1 out)
Aunty aunty...tissue...!!!

Me : (still eating and looking)...Haiz...pity her...she's old...

Wife : Yeah...i don think she has any realtives here...!!!

(Old ama left, husband went to a shop nearby, left with the wife and me)

Me : Haiz...pity her...nobody wants to buy her tissues

Wife : Yeah la...she looks so sad...and people were like ignoring her...

Me : Let's buy more from her then...

Wife : (taking out $10)...don buy the tissue...buy the 4d (toto)...

Me : But i dunno how to say ler....

Wife : Just say u wnt to buy a piece of the thing...

Me : (with the money)...Aunty aunty...i want to buy that one...
Old ama : Ha??

Me : One piece...that one...yeah that one...one piece...(give her the $10)

Old ama : One piece $2.80....one piece $2.80 (still holding my money and looking for small
change inside her bag)...you have small change?

Me : (digging pocket and found $5 and gave it to her and my $10 is still with her)

Old ama : (still holding my money)...ok a...i give u change $2...thank you!!

Me : (a bit lost)

Wife : Where's ur $10?

Old ama : (still there and keeping the money)

Me : (realised tht the money is still with her)

Wife : Eh aunty a...our $10 le?

Old ama : (just shout) WHAT $10...?THIS IS MY MONEY LE...WHAT $10...MINE LE...

Wife : Just now we passed u the 10 and the $5

Me : (pointing at the $10)...yeah...that one is mine...!!!

Old ama : WHAT URS?I TOOK OUT FROM MY BAG...JUST NOW WAS LOOKING FOR
IT!!!WAD URS?MINE!!!

Wife : WALAU E...PEOPLE SO KIND WANT TO HELP U THEN U'RE LIKE THIS...!!!
GIVE THE $10 BACK!!!

Me : Yeah..that one is mine....that one is mine...!!!

Old ama : CANNOT BE LA...I TOOK OUT FROM MY BAG WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR
SMALL CHANGE..cannot be yours!!...(thinking)...oh yours is it? I dunno mahh..

Wife : YOU DUNNO THEN U WANT TO SHOUT AT ME...PEOPLE ARE NICE HELP U
BUY YOUR THINGS THEN U'RE LIKE THIS...

Old ama : (confusely passed the money back to me)...I DIDNT KNOW MA!!!

Wife : (talking to me)...you took the money already?...let's go!!!

this is so embarrassing...shouting at public place...!!!