Re-visiting the Crime Scene
July 27, 2008 by haziamyperspective
A quick introduction to my re-union weekend…
Above is a pic of the ‘crime scene’ for the most-praised short story in my first collection, ‘The 50 Sen Queens’. I’d waited 20 years to sit on this staircase which connects to the boys’ dormitory, Block A. During my school days, the boys would hang out on the steps and throw de-grading remarks to the girls who dared used the ‘forbidden’ corridor on their way to class or back. It was only last year that we (the girls) finally understood what the chanting was all about, yeah many years after leaving school.
So it goes, last Saturday, the overgrown boys invited us to actually sit down with them to get a first-hand experience. Man, the staircase was addictive. Once you’re on it, it is hard to get up. Firstly, the view was amazing, you can see miles down the hill and lots of greens. Secondly, the breeze blowing towards us was cooling, and they claimed it carries ‘the scent’ of people walking along and all sorts of incidences around. We must have looked like a bunch of thugs because nobody dared walked in front of us while we were there. And we had our ‘Sen appraising system’ ready to shout out too. They all turned around and took alternative routes. LOL!
Our national President, the MP, dropped by for the Silver Jubilee. Even he paused at the staircase to chat with us for a while. Must had been the vibes… LOL!
We all remember the staircase able to accommodate more people back then though - the scale was different, hehe! Thank you guys for the invitation. Yeah, I got it!:)
