Beggars can't be choosers

I seemed to be writing a lot of proverbs lately...hehe..

As beggars, we cannot afford to be choosers, right? But I have had a few encounters with beggars who simply became choosers and a successful and heartless one at it, too.

For instant, our neighbour. At the flat that we are temporarily staying now until Mak retires next July, InsyaAllah, we have a drying area at the back of the house. Up until the time we moved in somewhere last year, the area had been used by The Neighbour(TN). And even after we moved in, the area is still being used by TN, though partially.

We really don't mind sharing. After all, the drying are of TN is not as sun washed and airy as our drying area. We don't mind, really. But, a little selfless thought would be nice, eh?

You see, there are usually 5 people in our house. Sometimes, there would be 9 of us during weekends or holidays. So, you can imagine the laundry load. Since we are only using part of the area, of course we have to improvise. Hangers are extremely important. Sometimes we have to hang some light clothes on top of another clothes just to make do.

TN, on the other hand, consists of 4 people. Since the daughter is staying at the college hostel, most of the time there are only 3 people around. TN would use their drying area AND half of OURS to hang their laundry. All the clothes are NEVER hung on hangers. All are pinned to the lines, side by side as if they own the whole space.

There were countless times that our side of the area was so crammed and packed with wet clothes because half of our area was taken, and TN selfishly hang the clothes side by side as usual as if their clothes were the only ones that needed drying. A number of times also did we realize that our clothes had been pushed aside so as not to take 'their' space. Time ni teringat lak zaman tolak-menolak baju kat lines at college dulu..hehe..

Who says beggars can't be choosers? OF COURSE THEY CAN!! heheh!