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A video of a migrant worker giving two Singaporeans a lift after midnight has gone viral online.<\/p>\n
The video, posted by Instagram user Richelle, shows her and a friend sitting in the back of a pickup lorry at night.<\/p>\n
She explained that they were in an “‘ulu’ place”, a local term for a remote or isolated area, and had been unable to get a ride on any ride-hailing platform for about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
“[We] asked a few Singaporeans for a lift to somewhere with more visibility to no avail,” wrote Richelle.<\/p>\n
The pair eventually approached a migrant worker and asked if he could drop them off nearby. He agreed immediately.<\/p>\n
“He agreed with zero hesitation. I don’t even think I completed my sentence,” Richelle said, touched by the stranger’s act of kindness.<\/p>\n
In her caption, she wrote: “This video really goes to show Singapore’s migrant workers have the biggest hearts.”<\/p>\n
The pair later learnt that the foreign worker was sleeping at East Coast Park because his shift starts at 3am and it was 12am at the time.<\/p>\n
He told the pair that this was his regular sleeping schedule and he only gets the weekends off, after he completes his eight-hour shifts.<\/p>\n
Richelle shared her gratitude towards the hardworking man on social media, highlighting that the language differences between the pair and the worker did not matter that night.<\/p>\n
“Perhaps the shared language has always been humanity,” she wrote.<\/p>\n
The foreign worker also told them that he could not wait to go back to India for a month in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He added that he could not describe the “agony” and the “heartbreak” he will inevitably face when he has to leave for work in Singapore again.<\/p>\n
“I miss many moments of my son growing up. It’s not easy,” said the worker.<\/p>\n
Her video has amassed over 6,000 likes on Instagram with over 127,000 views. On TikTok, the same video has garnered over 42,000 views and more than 5,500 likes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Netizens praised the man’s generosity, with some even asking whether the pair offered to pay for the lift as a form of courtesy.<\/p>\n
One Instagram user shared their personal experience working alongside migrant workers, saying how they often offer drinks and remind the user to “hydrate” despite themselves bracing through the heat.<\/p>\n
Another user commented: “Only those who have been through hard times and have gone through ups and downs will understand how you were feeling.”<\/p>\n
AsiaOne has reached out to Richelle for more information.<\/p>\n
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