M40 group will have more income compare with the B40 group, so naturally most people will thought those who need help the most is the B40 group. But in fact M40 group need assistance too.
Recently, a post from a Malaysian netizen went viral, where the post author, Leong shared about the “invisible poor”, where they probably staying a landed property, driving a good car but actually their life is not as good as we thought.
The post read:
【It’s a long post but please have a read!】
This tear-jerking incident happened yesterday..
My sister-in-law went to buy something in Butterworth, after she went back in her car a Malay man knocked her window. She was shocked at first and dare not went down from her car.
Then this man folded hands, asking whether she can bought his daughter a meal. Reason being, he was jobless for some times. He has 2 daughters, he really had no money to put the meal on the table. Thus, he had no choice but tried to ask from strangers to buy his daughters a meal. During the conversation, he was worried that my sis-in-law don’t believe in him so he invited her to see the place he lived where is about 1km away. He said ：「 If you don’t believe in me, can go to my place to see my daughters..」
My sis-in-law wanted to give him some money to buy his daughter a meal. But he insisted not taking those money. Because there is no halal food restaurant nearby. so she drove to the nearby convenient store, thinking it will be safer for her as more people around. The Malay man then tailed her car to the store.
Then my sis-in-law bought some bread, instant noodles and biscuits for him, she thought of giving him some money again. However, the man insisted of not taking those money. He said, actually he is driving a better car than my sis-in-law (By the way, she is driving a 10-year-old Malaysia made car). He thought my sis-in-law also have her struggles in life too, thus he rejected her. He said his car is running out of petrol and he had no money to fuel up. So, he only can go out with his motorcycle to look for some good samaritan.
He kept saying thank you to her, when my sis-in-law told him : 「Satu negara, satu darah」, he cried.. Then she gave him a box of face mask, wanted to hand him some cash but still he rejected and only took the face mask. Then he told her the essentials she bought can last them a few days.
He then asked whether my sis-in-law staying nearby, then cannot suppressed his emotion anymore and said : 「I will definitely remember your car plate number……」
From the beginning till the end, he never asked for anything, just a meal for the daughters and not even for himself. He honestly told her, that he is staying in a condominium and drive a better car than her and more than once rejected her cash.
【The invisible poor】
It’s obviously that, he is not trying to take advantage or asking for sympathy, but a father who really had no way to put the meal on the table for the children. How much courage does it require to knock on stranger’s window and how much courage does it require to ask stranger to buy your daughters a meal?
This is the invisible poor. If he never step forward to ask for assistance, no one will ever know life already pushed him to a corner, to the extend he is not able to put a meal on the children’s table. Maybe one would said: 「Just raise the white flag！」But think about it, how can a company owner or someone in a management level to lose the dignity and raise the white flag? After raising the white flag, how is the neighbourhood going to comment about him in future?
【Help the poor and the needy are equally important】
Yes, at grim times like this helping the poor the B40 group is crucial but same goes to the M40 group. Especially the District councillors and welfare department that normally sending essential boxes to the poor but missed out the “invisible poor”, some of the unfortunate M40. So those who drove to pick up the essential box doesn’t mean they are cheapskate, but they might really need our help.
▼（Picture for illustration purpose only）
At moment like this, we should try to care or concern more about our neighbours, relatives & friends. Although they probably not asking for help, but helpless may be causing distress or even some bad ending that we wouldn’t want to see.
Sadly, my sis-in-law forgot to ask for the Malay man’s contact details. But next week, she will go with her family again hopefully can bump into him and understand more about his situation in order to solve his problem. Of course, the most ideal one will be getting him a job.
P/S : When i think about the hardship he went through, and maybe a lot more people like him out there , the ” invisible poor”. I was heart-wrenching, couldn’t sleep well and thinking to put the thoughts in words and how can we do more..
【Picture from internet】
▼ This is heart-wrenching！” A noble father, not thinking about himself but trying his best to put the meal on daughters’ table”
▼ Some kind-hearted netizen also wish to help this man.
▼ One experienced the same, a Chinese man on a bike with his wife and kid asking for milo and a pack of rice. She never thought more but gave him some cash too.
▼ One agreed that a lot of business owner badly affected and those with high pay got retrenched by the company. ” I want to hire some part-timer and the vacancy is overwhelmed with interviewee, most of them are jobless, they said they need money to survive. It’s heart-wrenching!”
▼ ” Me almost in that category too, now i can only play it by ear”
▼ Some good samaritan out there also helping and concerned about these group of people!
▼ ” If those really need help, we will help. But we are afraid of scammers”
▼ ” My heart sunk reading your post! We should never judge a book by it’s cover. So, we don’t missed out those who really need help!”
▼ Satu Negara, Satu Darah! Helping one another no matter their race, religious, gender or age is utmost important now! Let’s brave this through together !!
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