Travel: Auntie & Uncle Special

Aunties and uncles around the world: Faces of kindness on the road

Aunties and uncles around the world are quick to help a stranger in a foreign land

Mandy Tay (left) with the beautiful old woman in a white kimono she met while on a visit to Japan's Tottori. PHOTO: MANDY TAY
Mandy Tan
Updated
Mar 18, 2018, 07:13 AM
Published
Mar 18, 2018, 05:00 AM
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Returning to Singapore at the end of 2014, after eight years working in Hong Kong and Dubai, I befriend a big group of aunties at a coffee shop in one-north.

"Are you secondary school classmates?" I venture a wild guess. They shriek. Yes, how did I know?

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 18, 2018, with the headline Aunties and uncles around the world: Faces of kindness on the road. Subscribe

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