However, some of us could only be wishful about our desires.
The perfect example would be the story of one cleaner who works at a local university. She really needed a watch but unfortunately, she couldn’t afford one.
But thanks to a kind-hearted Malaysian and the power of social media, we have this extremely heartwarming story.
A student who goes to the university highlighted the cleaner's plight in a series of tweets last week.
The student, simply known as Mahathir, said the cleaning desperately needed a watch as the new watch that she bought from a buy-one-get-one-free deal for RM30 became faulty.
The time on the watch apparently got stuck at 8.30 after it got wet due to her daily job of cleaning the toilets in the university. As a result, she would often miss her ride home.
Ada satu makcik cleaner blok aku, baik orangnya. Selalu tegur and greet student. Ceritanya, dia teringin sangat nak ada jam baru sebab jam RM30 buy 1 free 1 dia sekarang rosak and stuck forever pukul 8:30 sebab masuk air and terhentak masa cuci toilet kolej.Dia pun kadang-kadang-
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 25, 2019
selalu kena tinggal van masa balik kerja sebab lost jam pukul berapa. Dia cakap dekat aku dia teringin sangat nak ada jam water resistance sebab selalu cuci toilet. Dia pun selalu usha aku punya mi band sebab ramai jugak student recommend dekat dia tapi dia tak mampu since-
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 25, 2019
dia ibu tunggal ?. And aku plan nak hadiahkan jam baru dekat dia tapi kekurangan bajet sebab sekarang tengah final year hahahaha. Apa kata kita buat collection untuk beli jam baru buat makcik cleaner yang baik hati-
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 25, 2019
The friendly cleaner told Mahathir that she really needed a water-resistant watch because of the nature of her job
“She always asked about my watch because other students have recommended it but she can’t afford since she’s a single mum,” Mahathir wrote.
The kind-hearted Mahathir then started a donation drive on his Twitter account, to help fund the cleaner’s new watch.
And nanti saya pergi belikan untuk dia. Kita sedekah atas nama sumbangan twitter hahaha. Kalau takda yang derma.... ahh aku gumpul duit jugak belikan dia jam baru hahahahaha
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 25, 2019
Jarang aku nak buat collection dengan orang lain tapi makcik ni dah macam mak mak jaga student so aku dah anggap dia macam mak dekat uni hahaha. Kalau nak buat sumbangan boleh through bank in or dm terus, nanti saya screen shot every sumbangan yang kita dapat okeyhh! Macehh
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 25, 2019
To Mahathir's surprise, the donations rolled in and he managed to raise RM600 from the public.
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 26, 2019
As promised, Mahathir went and got the cleaner a brand new watch, and the sweet boy even gave her a 'Thank You' card.
Sedikit ucapan buat makcik cleaner yang baik hati. Aku khususkan pemberian daripada rakan rakan twitter. Dia terharu and dia kirim salam dekat semua and dia cakap terima kasih sebab first time dia dapat jam yang elok // Sorry sebab writing dalam bahasa sarawak haha pic.twitter.com/LzpjsDa26n
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 27, 2019
However, when Mahathir passed the new watch to the cleaner, she refused to take it but in the end, gave in to his persuasion.
Aku baru habis kelas pagi tadi and cun makcik tengah sapu corridor aku terus rushing gi siap and pass dekat dia. At first dia tolak tapi aku pujuk sebab hadiah bukan dari aku tapi kawan kawan twitter hadiahkan so dia macam slowly ambik haha pic.twitter.com/V9ZQkcHY4i
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 27, 2019
Mahathir then revealed that there was extra cash available after he purchased the watch, so with it, he bought rice, instant noodles, cooking oil, flour and sugar for the lady and the other cleaners in the university.Okay so ni video borak dengan dia. Basically aku explain everything lah dekat dia. Sorry aku tak boleh expose muka makcik untuk jaga privacy dia, plus bukan dia yang mintak, aku yang initiate collection ni sebab kesian dengan dia. Apapun- pic.twitter.com/x3ZBK0cSPr
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 27, 2019
He would also distribute the extra money to the cleaner so that she could use it on her kids.
29/9/2019. 9:05pm. Yeay dah beli barang dapur. Tak sangka boleh beli banyak barang. Kita berjaya beli barang dibawah untuk 8 orang makcik:
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 29, 2019
1. Beras 10kg
2. Maggie 2x
3. Minyak masak 1kg
4. Tepung 2x
5. Gula 2x
6. Green beg
Shout out to @zuhairaasyamimi tolong angkat beras hehe pic.twitter.com/iVzoqWYgly
Selesai sudah pembelian barang dapur untuk makcik-makcik. Esok saya akan serahkan dengan wakil makcik cleaner untuk diagihkan. Lebihan duit saya akan serahkan kepada makcik buat belanja anak anak. pic.twitter.com/9XYszgHIGt
— Mahathir (@madermn) September 29, 2019
Awww…we definitely need more Mahathirs in the world!
Well done, young man. We hope that your heartwarming and selflessness would inspire more Malaysians to do the same.
