short story

when she was in form four she won first prize in a short story competition. her entry was titled 'the enlightenment'. she was quite surprised when she was pronounced the winner during assembly as her story was rather simple .

the prize was 'august 1914' by alexander solzenitzyen.

she wrote of a young girl's excursion into a forest to collect samples for her biology class. the girl (unnamed) was about to pull out a flowering plant when she was suddenly prevented from doing so by a man. who appeared out of the blue.

they then got to talking in the cool shade of a spreading tree. soon she was captivated by the magic of his wisdom, the beauty of nature that was veiled from her all these while, she felt the whispers of the mountains, the colours of the wind, the song of  river mist....

when it was near dusk, she bade au revoir. she utterly forgot about her promise to her classmates that she will not be late. she got up to go. then she turned to thank him for enlightening her.

there was no one there. but in her fingers was a tiny wildflower blown off a shrub that he had earlier picked on the grass.

koko and teddy

once she saw koko tugging at something on the lower levels of the bookshelf. she thought it was a book.

on closer look she saw koko pulling at a small teddy bear. what must koko be thinking of? but the truth of the matter is, koko is just a 'child'. koko loves to play.

so she bought a small teddy bear for kiko and koko. in addition to 2 small lorries and 1 big one.

dawn in the garden

she took kiko and koko out to the garden after subuh. it was a beautiful morning, cool, serene. kiko and koko ran in and out of the shrubs and plants. sometimes nibbling the ferns, the ulam raja shoots.

tiny birds balanced precariously on deep orange heliconias, tasting sweet nectar. stars twinkled in the still midnight blue sky. a soft breeze flitted through leaves.

once she wanted to name her house 'rainbow's end'. or 'oasis'.

she smiled at the thought.

kiko frisked like an excited lamb. koko rushed through the grass. she loved seeing them so happy. it makes her happy too.