we were excited for this trip
another Hongkong this time
when we arrive at the airport
we rested for a while waiting for
our tour guide who shall take us
on the terms of our itinerary
i took some tour pamphlets
looked at the train maps
and tourist attractions
and when i came back to the waiting seat
i realized there are many women seated at the back
one told me that they are domestic helpers
waiting for their employers
she is a computer graduate from the Philippines
who is jobless in her country
and this time she is taking this work
as her family needs money
she is going to send her siblings to school
on the other line of seats are Indonesians
and Pakistanis
still young and with their looks
could serve well their new masters
i could not tell her that i am a tourist in Hongkong
with my wife who shall go shopping again
and enjoy life as much as she could
her employer arrives and i waive my hand at her
as she left carrying her her new luggage and her
handbook as overseas worker
gripped by her left hand.
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