Dear readers,

Sorry for the late reply. It is not easy to get online here and no Chinese input system. I am travelling around Indian Ocean islands these days and currently staying in Seychelles, a group of tiny rock islands between Mauritius and Maldives. Regarding the over 1000 comments on my opinion and my personality, I would like to say: it is true that I am not a good guy who are willing to help anybody at anytime and anywhere. But I do give helps to people who need them indeed.

2 days ago on the flight to Mauritius, I filled immigration forms for three Bangladesh workers, who have no idea how to write. At the same time, hundreds of entries were inputted into my blog saying that I am a mean person (politely) or pig head (impolitely). By the way I was watching my favorite moive, LP Man (Ye Wen) when the bangladesh workers approaching to me.

Whether offer a help or money to someone else is one's personal choice. For me, I never give a free lunch to strangers who are able to earn it by themselves. If we do so, we will spoil the market. For example, I read someone's comment on my travel notes in Africa saying that if he/she was me, he/she would have given 5 dollars cash to the poor uneducated young man living in the samll village. Actually that is not a responsible traveller should do (according to lonely planet guide books), because the young man may expect a 5 dollars note from anybody who visit his village. It is better to donate your money to an edutional fund, which can make the young man educated.

Back to the case mentioned in my article, I would not offer the help to that guy because I could tell 10 dollars is not very important for him from his face. He should not bother others for 20 mins to save just 10 dallars.

Regards
mkx