A Beautiful lady
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When I was a young girl back home in Hong Kong, there was this lady that lived 5 floors up from us. Over there we all live in high rise and taking an elevator is a must for everyone in the building. The first time I saw this lady Mrs. Wong was indeed in an elevator.
I remember I couldn’t take my eyes off her. I knew I shouldn’t stare and I was trying very hard not to. Mrs. Wong looked so different from any other women I have ever since before. As a youngster it was impossible for me not to keep looking at her. Her face was disfigured. Half of her face looks like it was melted down.
Later I remember telling my friends about this disfigured lady, I ask my friends if they have ever since a melted down face before. My friends said they know of her, but none of them have ever spoken with her. I wonder what could have happened to her.
Then a week or so went by, and I ran into her again in the elevator. So this time I decided I was going to say Hi to her. She smiles back at me and reply “Hello, how are you?” And that was the day I learned she is Mrs. Wong.
Mrs. Wong and I developed a friendship. I learned that she was burned during an accident when was she was a young girl. She was just a little older that I was at the time. Mrs. Wong never has any children, due to a medical condition.
Once a week, I would go over to her house and we would have pudding together. She was kind and gentle, a very peaceful being. One day I ask Mrs. Wong why she put on makeup and perfume every day? I told her my mother doesn’t put makeup on because my mother said, people would stare at you when you have make up on, the makeup make you look different then everybody else. Mrs. Wong looks at me, she smiles and said, “People who are the kind that would stare, they will stare regardless. So we might just well put our faces on, to give them some good to stare at!” I looked at her and we both had a big laugh. Then Mrs. Wong said, “I feel beautiful with make up on!” We played make up together that day.
Eventually Mrs. Wong had to move away and we had our last pudding together. I told Mrs. Wong that she is the most beautiful person I have ever met, and I really appreciated our time spend together in her home - a loving environment. I told her I will never forget about her. And I never did. The most beautiful lady ever!
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
A beautiful story about a beautiful lady. Thank you for sharing it.
Dear Eva
Thank you for your comment, I hope to see you here again
Giovanna Garcia
Imperect Action is better than No Action
Hi Gio .. how lovely .. how kind you were then .. & how you must have enjoyed those puddings .. & how lucky they didn’t stay with you .. you’re so slim & petite now .. a good tale .. Hilary …
Dear Hilary
I still think about Mrs. Wong. I wonder where she is now a day?! Yeah, I remember those Pudding
they were really good.
Thank You for your comment, I always love seeing you here!
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Giovanna, Thanks for sharing your story…how kind you were then & glad that you liked the puddings : o ) Brings back memories for me as well–I remember, back in Middletown High School North in Middletown, NJ where I grew up, I was friends w/this girl, Marie, that no one else in the school would even talk to–she was a lot fatter and taller than anyone else at the school, so for that reason no one spoke to her and would make fun of her. I met her in the school cafeteria one day, sitting alone, and went up to her and sat down. She said, “Are you here to dump my milk all over my food and make fun of me?” I remembered telling her that I would never do that and that I don’t believe in making fun of others since I wouldn’t want others to make fun of me. We stayed friends throughout high school, but lost touch after she moved away shortly after high school.
Nancy
Dear Nancy
You and I are so much a like, we see things in people that most don’t see
I am sure Marie is like my Mrs. Wong, a beautiful person:-) Just too bad not more people can see pass the out side!
I always enjoy hear from your point of view, you are enlightening to me.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Thanks for sharing this. The world certainly needs nore people like you who has a keen eye for inspiration and the sharing thereof.
I read this with my daughter as she’s going through chicken pox right now and is very worried about the aftermatch - scarring. Somehow, this made her realize that beauty is a mental state, my words of course. What she said was more in the lines of, “Of course, Ma, i’d still be beautiful. I’ll just put powder on it! It’s all about imagination.”.
Ivory
Dear Ivory
You and your daughter is so sweet! Beauty does come from the inside :-D, you and your daugher are beauitful people
I can feel it! Please tell your little girl that one of my girl friend who is a Model, she got chicken pox when she was little as well. And today she is super Model! 
Thank You for your comment, and I look forward to reading more form you.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
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Thank you for sharing this beautiful story about a beautiful woman! It made me a little teary eyed and totally made my day.
Hi Carla
Thank you for letting me know Mrs. Wong’s story touched you. Glad to know that you enjoy the story.
Thanks for your comment, I look forward to reading more from you.
Giovanna Garcia
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Hello Garcia,
That was a brave step you took to build up a relationship with Mrs.Wrong..Keep it up gal, people like will make our world a better place.
Happy 2009 Pray you find Mrs Wrong in the new year.
Hi Zee
Thanks for the prayer, it would be amazing to find Mrs. Wong one day. She is an inspiration to me
Thanks for your comment, I look forward to reading more from you.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action