thin king

Good morning,


Profile of a septuagenarian widower.

There is a widower, a septuagenarian,
who lives alone.

A generation ago, he owned two double storey
semidetached and one terraced houses.
He was not a very wealthy man to own such properties.
It was just that he knew when to buy properties and
how to trade in company shares.
He would talked to me about OCBC, F&N, DBS, SPH etc.
The twin houses he gave to his two children,
the other for himself.
He also had a heart by-pass done, preemptively,
before it became serious.

At present, he still lives alone,
in a 3-room HDB flat nearby, which he owns.
His two grown up children live elsewhere,
so he rents their houses.
He owns a couple of condominium units too,
and his aim is to provide one of these
to each of his grandchildren.

He has more than enough income,
from house rental and shares dividends,
for his own use.
Going on overseas tours and visits to his children
hardly make any dent to his income.
He is simply unable to spend his income as he told me.

He lives very simply, travelling by bus,
going on his rounds on his rickety bicycle or by foot.
He attends to the upkeep of the properties himself.
He cooks himself, or eats at the hawker centers.
On Sunday mornings, he joins his buddies at the HDB
coffee shops. They keep each other informed of things
happening at the Stock Exchange and the property market.
Occasionally, there gather at the stock broker's office,
sometimes making some easy bucks on the spot.

He has had another heart by-pass, just like before.

This is the lifestyle of a simple septuagenarian widower.

Have a nice day.
Ronald