Just A Little Story In Korea

I went holiday to Korea a year ago and it's a nice memory.
However I have one story when I went there.
It's not a story of how fun my holiday, but instead one of my regret at that country.

First I want to tell my point of view of korean.
It's not my opinion about the beauty of korea, but my opinion about having life in korea.
I see that life in korea is very hard.
My local tour guide told us that in korea, people have to work very hard even until the night to get money.
Even their overtime work doesn't get paid, seems very sad doesn't it ?
Also in korea there are lot of suicide case that caused by stress and frustration.

One day My tour group and me went to Myeong-dong outdoor shopping center.
It's a shopping center on the street and people sold their product in their stand.
My tour guide gave us a free time to go to everywhere we want, and that time I walked over that shopping center.
At that time I saw lot of seller promote their products as long as possible.
They kept on speaking loudly to promote their product.
And from one of all the seller, I saw an old man who also try to sold his product.
Honestly at that shopping centre, most of all sellers sold the same product, so their promotion and their energy to speak loudly is the main key of selling.
As a person who had old age and a stamina that worse than young people, it will be very difficult to compete at this aspect.
His voice was not as loud as young people, and also not like other seller who had a stand or a cart to show the product, that old man only had a mat that used for him to show his product.
It become more sad yes.

A few moments later, there was a very little girl came to him (I didn't know whether she was his daughter or his granddaughter or even someone else, since that girl was really still a child).
She talked with that man for a moment, and after that, the old man gave her a mineral water bottle that containing a bunch of pennies and then that girl went).
I was still standing at that street because at that time I still wanted to see that old man.
After a time, the little girl came back, she gave back that bottle to that old man and also she carried a piece of bread.
She gave him that bread and then that old man only bite the bread once and handed that bread to little girl.
I didn't know exactly what that old man said, but from his expression I thought I know what he said.
He said "Okay, one bite is enough for me, now you can ate them all".
That little girl also bite that bread once, then she offered that old man to bite it again.
In the beginning that old man didn't want to bite again, because maybe he thought that a girl who is still really a young child need to eat properly, but then that old man and the little girl divided that bread into 2 parts, and finally they ate it together.
While they were eating, that old man also stroked that girl's head with full of affection.
I was really speechless at that time, for a moment I forgot that I'm still on my holiday time, I didn't do anything except of seeing them.
I really want to help them a little, eventhough the only thing I want to do is just buying their product, but at that time I was separated from my family and also I didn't bring korean money, I was very stucked at that time because I could not do anything.
I stood up there for a time, before finally I walked to leave their place.
I met with my family, but It had been to far from that old man's place and also we were on the way to went back to hotel.
Yeah really It was one of my biggest regret.
Eventhough maybe I don't have a connection with that man, and also the only thing that I may do is just a litte thing, because only buy one of their product might not give a big difference, but still.. I really regret that moment.

Yes, now I still can't do anything.
But the only thing I want to do is hoping that two persons is still okay at this time.
I hope someday I can went to that place again with my own money from my own effort.
Eventhough I realize this is really really small chance, but I just hope that I can see them again in the future and become glad because they're still okay.
Yes, It sounds like a miracle isn't it ?
Well It must be, even I think it will be a miracle if that moment will happen from a very small possibility.
But anyway that kind of miracle isn't 100% imposibble, somehow it can be happen again XD.
May god bless them always

Regards