Shallow Depth of Field

farewell smkbf alternate ending + audio

Farewell

a spark

I was having a drink one night and someone called my name. He was my x student. I had this crisis where I felt one of my business ventures was heading south but this 'boy' gave me a slap on the wrist. He told me that the certificate he'd obtained from my 'department' had landed him a job. I was surprised to hear that and for your information, he was not a favourite student in the school but I did not favour my 'disciples,' I went on bombarding them with chunks of words everyday. From observatory skills to muscle memory skills. Now he'd become an important human capital to his employer and to the nation in general. He might not earn much but his smile signifies an achievement. I could sense that. I personally prefer training low achievers than high floating mechanized 'parrots' fully laden with volatile gas. Self-inflated parading paraphernalia so to speak. Once inflated, they'll never set their eyes to look at those who'd help them staying afloat, away from the crooked unforgiving tree branches.

It may be just my imagination

 Yesterday when I'd done washing my ride, something happened to me. As I was about to close the door, a spider-like object came floating right next to me. It may be some sort of fruit seed. It was like a scene in the film Avatar when the protagonist was surrounded by the floating Omitikaya seeds. Then another similar object was seen floating. I looked at my watch, 7.10 pm. Look, I'm not superstitious but the incident reminds me of my parents' advice, the dusk is the time when mystical creatures beyond the reach of  human normal eyesight are lurking. Afraid, a wrong person to accuse. Kudos to my employer, sending me to a workplace faraway from civilization for three years had really toughened the inside of me. I did not see everything but I did see an owl as big as a three-year old boy perching on top of the roof once in my lifetime. I fell of my motorcycle in the middle of the jungle (graded logging road w/o asphalt) at 6 in the morning. Somebody knocked the door of my house. when opened, nobody was there...just a strong whiff of blood-like smell penetrating my nose as a result of killing a black cobra in the evening that was slithering through one of the many openings in my house. Door was scratched in the middle of the night. When making a phone call, searching for the signal was like expecting the fuel price to be adjusted according to my wish, so difficult but still I managed to stand still like a scarecrow in front of  a deserted mansion at 11 pm, alone. I hurriedly ended the conversation with my fiancee when I heard my name was repeatedly called by a woman unknown to me. Trying to be friendly to an auntie, I asked her about a goat being tied to a tree next to her shop, when she smiled and 'announced' that the live and healthy goat was meant to be used as decoy in a trap to capture a tiger in the jungle. End of conversation but 'The list goes on.' I somehow cherish the good parts, for example a foreign worker promised to catch a wild rooster for me and he delivered his promise and a plantation manager who sent his driver to pick us up from adjacent area to enjoy durian season at his orchard.

Ko-Ku

Majlis Anugerah Ko Kurikulum SMKB(f)
2010
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It finally transforms

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