All she had was a phone in her hand and an address to SS21/50, which she had no idea where it is. (Don't ask me how she managed to board that bus in the first place.) I took my phone out and started to Google for the street that she mentioned. Turns out that street is just a 5 mins walk away from where I was heading to. So I tapped her on the shoulder and told her that the place is near where I was getting off and I could show her the way if she wanted to. She thanked me and yes. Of course, less than a minute later, she went on to ask another person if he knows where that place is.
Anyway, about 10mins later, we got off the bus and I told her to follow me (while I follow my trusty GPS. xD)
The lady told me that she just came from Canada a few days ago and she's here to visit a relative (or something like that). I don't know how true is this but she claimed that she would normally take a cab and wouldn't have to go through this much of a hassle in finding the place, and apologized to me for having to trouble me to bring her to where she wanted to go.
To thank me, she even gave me her number in Toronto and told me to call her if ever I'm going over, so that she can ask her son (who is supposedly around my age) to show me around. (I was really tempted to ask her how her son looked like and if he's single. xD)
After she hung up, she asked me how far are we and I showed her the GPS tracking that we're just less than 5 minutes away. Still unwilling to trust me, she suggested that we should ask the people around here for directions and went directly towards a few teenagers standing at the sidewalk and asked them if they know where 21/50 is.
They spoke to her in Cantonese, asking her if there are any landmarks, and she gave them the same "I don't know what you're saying. I don't understand" reply. They looked at me and I told them that the lady is lost and she claimed that she don't understand Malay and Chinese. They shook their heads and the lady looked disappointed. I stood aside, waiting for her to ask a few other people before approaching her and showed her the GPS tracking, telling her that the place is just across the street, and finally, she reluctantly followed me.
Worried for my own safety as well, since this lady is acting all suspicious, when we were close enough to see the street name, I pointed the sign out to her and told her that since I don't know which house is she looking for, she should cross the road on her own and head to the house she is visiting.
I told her that she should call the person who contacted her earlier and tell the person to come out and greet her. She said she will and thanked me before I left. But as I was walking away, I caught a glimpse of her approaching another person...I guess she's just not trusting enough? Or maybe there's something else going on? Well, whatever it was, I hope she managed to get to wherever she's going to.
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