Out in the distance I saw this old lady walking carefully, bare feet, on the slippery pathways of Kg. Ayer, walking along oblivious to my presence with her face hidden in her relatively huge umbrella. This small, old lady was heading to a Surau or Prayer Hall which I just passed a couple of metres behind me. We were about to reach an intersection at which point, 3 young lads were just coming home from a futsal game. She immediately stopped, which I thought was peculiar.
Turns out she was letting the three young lads pass beside her. I figured I didn’t wanna keep her waiting there, so I immediately stepped aside to the intersection where the kids came from to let her through.
At that point, it was kind of humbling to see this little old, frail lady was performing her duty as a Muslim, and even made the effort to go for prayers at the Surau in the rain. I snapped a couple of pictures of that moment, to remind me of her.
Before setting off, I eyed her, just to make sure she reaches the sheltered pathway to the surau, so as to get her feet out of the slippery area.
Man she reminds me of my grandma way too much.
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13 comments in “Humbling”
January 15th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
This is an incredible shot. For a moment there, I thought there was something wrong with this photo. In fact, I still think that there is something wrong with this shot. Great shot man..
January 16th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Thanks. The figure is not something we usually associate with an upright standing person, so the juxtaposition might be a bit jarring to some.
January 18th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Oh my this is such a sweet post and the picture complements. Sigh.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:18 pm
hi souljah, i think your images are amazing, i wonder if u are interested to feature your work on Zul F’s album sleeve..each title of each song u choose your favrit image for it..let me know if you r interested k..take care.
ikhlas
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pahlawan_aku@yahoo.co.uk
January 25th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
nice shot… it reminds me of my grandma too..
note to author: should blog more
January 26th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Hiya, do u have any pics of our booth from the MOF Mesra Pelanggan?
January 26th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
eZ: Which booth are you from?
January 26th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
BIFC
January 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Went through the pics I took, but alas, none of the BIFC booth. Sorry. Who’s eZ btw?
January 28th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
The one that sounds like “easily”.
January 29th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Ha… Well she could have ‘easily’ come up to me and say they need a picture of the booth taken
January 29th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Haha malu to ask but no worries…just thought I’d check if you had any since I saw you shooting that morning. U didn’t take photos of MKII’s visit to each booth?
January 29th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Covered masa the visit to BCMB booth and our booth saja. Sebab sibuk mamam. Heheh.
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