HARESH SAYS: Salute to everyday heroes
As published in Malay Mail today HARESH SAYS by Haresh Deol I THOUGHT I had given up hope on humanity. I was convinced generosity and even common etiquette had disintegrated over the years. With news of corrupt practices, abuse of power, lackadaisical attitude and greed constantly highlighted, we seem to live in a selfish society that believes in ‘I’ rather than ‘we’. But Aliyah proved me wrong. I was with my better half at a mall in Taman Maluri on Monday where the missus decided to buy a silver chain and some other items. She bought a chain she liked and we went to two other outlets before leaving the mall. Hours later, we realised missus had misplaced the bag of items which we bought from the first store. She quickly called the store and Aliyah answered. The young salesgirl insisted the bag was not in the store. Wifey explained she went to two other stores after buying the chain. Aliyah, out of her free will, said she would check and asked missus to call again in 30 minu...