I am and always have been a strong believer of human kindness and today I have been rewarded for my belief of this long, lost trait... In a moment of stupidity I dropped my wallet in a taxi on the way home tonight, unfortunately for me I had 2 credit cards, 2 debit cards, UK driver's license (i'm in Hong Kong), HK ID card, China ID card, registered Octopus card (the HK equivalent of the Oyster card in the UK), about HK$300 and some other sentimental stuff inside it...

I was livid. I've never dropped my wallet before and it is a terrible feeling. My whole identity was in there for the taking and it was out there in the wild... after all my huffing and puffing and tantrums, I finally settled down to call up the various hotlines to cancel this card and that... cursing profoundly at myself for such a stupid occurance.

and then I got a phonecall from the police telling me they had my wallet

I was so happy and relieved. Apparantly a Mr Chan had taken the taxi after me and found my wallet, then took it to the police station (at 1am no less). Which just goes to show that this world still has some good people left. I got there shortly after he had left, so I couldn't thank him personally. But I do thank him from the bottom of my heart. I know that if I myself ever found a wallet on the street, I would take it to the police too and I am so glad that someone else out there has done this tonight. It just goes to show that the milk of human kindness is still out there and I hope that it continues to flow.

Thank you Mr Chan, wherever you may be.