Choa Chu Kang Boy Greets SembCorp Workers Every Day, Cries When He Can’t After Falling Sick

3-Year-Old Boy In Choa Chu Kang Is A Big Fan Of SembCorp Workers

Most kids idolise only their caretakers, family members or cartoon characters.

For this 3-year-old boy in Choa Chu Kang, his heroes are the SembCorp workers who clear the rubbish at his block daily.

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Like the hardworking adults, the child never fails to show up at the foot of his block to greet them every day.

Has been greeting them for 6 months

The young boy’s neighbour, Ms Suri, told Stomp that she started noticing the heartwarming exchanges between the boy and the workers 6 months ago.

Accompanied by his aunt, the boy would say “Hi” to the workers whenever they stopped at Blk 758 Choa Chu Kang North 5.

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He became emotional, however, when he returned to his usual routine on one particular day.

Couldn’t go when sick

According to Stomp, the boy had been sick for a week, and had missed seeing his heroes during that time.

Once he had recovered, he apparently started crying before going downstairs and returning to his daily affair.

 

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Thankfully, he appeared to feel better the moment the SembCorp workers arrived.

He handed them some bread, perhaps as an apology for his week-long absence.

Lots of love in Choa Chu Kang

This isn’t the first of such incidents in Choa Chu Kang, where another boy caught residents’ attention for giving chocolates to a rubbish truck driver.

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The affectionate toddler even gave them a flying kiss.

Towards a more gracious society

In our bid to be a more gracious society, the examples these young children set are signs of a promising future.

Perhaps the rest of us can learn from them too, and show more kindness towards the people around us.

Featured image adapted from Stomp.

Arista Lim

Arista is a spicy food and karaoke enthusiast. Also really into tea, especially oolong or tieguanyin.

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