Sunday, May 24, 2009

Part 5 – Merry Christmas

Following the suspicious looking Marco, we trailed him up a hill, with lavender growing all over the place. If Gordy's here, i'm sure he will notice the peculiar smell.

What greeted us at the hilltop almost made me swallow my toothpick.
Yvonne was tied and gagged to a chair on the edge of a cliff with Marco brandishing an evil looking dagger. As I tried to inch closer, i accidentally stepped on a twig.

“Snap !”
“Who's there? Come out slowly with your hands on your head, else the lady gets it !” Marco yelled, and pointed the dagger at Yvonne's throat.
I made an eye signal to Eve, and slowly moved out into the open.
“Cool it, its just me...” and I put my hands behind my head, while coiling my tongue into a spring, and spitted out my toothpick with deadly accuracy.
“Ptui !” “Aargh !”
With the technique of Sure Hit Toothpick (必中牙签), my weapon lodged itself into Marco's acupunture point, numbing his arm, bringing a cry from him, before his dagger dropped to the ground.
“Kiyaaa !”
Almost simultaneously, Eve charged up in lighting speed and punched the lights out of Marco with her continuous comet punch (nian huan liu xing quan,连环流星拳).
Seeing him unconscious on the ground, i think he must be seeing comets now.

As we untied Yvonne, she conveyed her thanks.
“What took you so long? Jia lat ! Must everything be made crystal clear to you before you can act??!!”
I apologized for my slow witted moves, and we all agreed that Gordy deserves the most credit.
Yvonne promised to bring back some nice bones as Christmas gift for Gordy , and I jokingly asked her to make sure its not human bones, and that’s when she gave a flying slapping kick to my face, nearly knocking out my false tooth, and I know she’s back in shape.

- End -

Merry Christmas to all ! have a peaceful and blessed year ahead :D

Part 4 – Closing In

Back at the hotel, Eve collected the name cards of Donko and Marco before packing it carefully into an envelope.
“What are you doing? “ I asked. “We may need it for our further information and action.”
“I am going to courier this back to Gordy, and see if he can find out further scents.” She gave me a smile.
Oh, of course ! Why haven’t I think of it ? Surely Gordy will pick out more clues than I can in this case !
“Good thinking…” I smiled sheepishly.
“Haha…no worries, you just have to work harder, and you’ll catch up with Gordy…” Eve encouraged.
“Haha…I hope so too…” I gave a weak smile
We decided to trail the 2 suspects, while waiting for a reply from Gordy, before making our next move.


Few days later, while trailing and getting no further developments, I was leaning against a wall, biting on my toothpick after lunch, and feeling like having a siesta, when Eve called.
“Sticky ! Come over quick !” She said excitedly.
“News from Gordy? “ I asked as I made my way towards her surveillance place.
“Ya, Gordy responded to Marco’s name card ! And right now Marco’s moving suspiciously out of his house. Move it, the game’s afoot !”
“Right on !” and I rushed over.


To be continued…

Part 3 – Italy

Italy is a really nice country, with fresh air and breathtaking sceneries. We weaved our way thru the narrow lanes, and cobbled stone piazzas, with occasional fountains and passers by whistling at Eve. Wafts of freshly baked pizzas and pastas hot from the oven invaded our nostrils, and we finally succumbed to our hunger, and had a break at the open air coffee shop, me sipping my latte while Eve had her hot lemon tea.

Rummaging thru my chat lines with Yvonne, I found that she mentioned an Italian once told her that he lost his heart to her, but she laughed the whole matter off, as countless guys have told her the same old lines. Man, they should be more creative.
I suggested to Eve that we pursue this link, and after countless hours of going thru Yvonne’s contacts, we managed to narrow down 2 Italians who may be connected to Yvonne.

We decided to pay a visit to them first thing next morning, and called it a day.



The white-washed walls and wooden door of Mr. Donko’s house looked just like in the fairy tales. Our knocking was opened by a big, burly and hairy chested man.
“Si ?” He eyed us suspiciously and queried.
We explained our purpose before he grudgingly allowed us in.
After exchanging of name cards, he explained that he just got married, and is planning for his honeymoon. Not wanting to disturb him further, we bade our farewell and moved on to the next house.

Mr. Marco is a moustached man, with sparkling eyes that seemed to talk. After the formalities, he listened to our story patiently while pouring tea for us. Unfortunately, he too, was not in contact with Yvonne for quite some time, and couldn’t offer us any further clues.

Driving back to our hotel, I let out a dejected sigh, while Eve just giggled.
“What? “ I looked at her quizzically.
“Hehe…let you know later…” she replied with a wink.

Note : Si = yes (in Italian)

To be continued….

Part 2 – New case

“Tweet – tweet, tweet – tweet,” the handphone rang and vibrated.
“Mmmm….” Mumbling into my pillow, I took it.
“Halo?” I croaked drily.
“Still sleeping ah, lazy bum?” a voice asked. “WAKE UP !!!” it yelled suddenly, and sent my ear drums ringing.”
“Man….what’s the meaning of all this?” I groaned as I struggled up from the mattress.

“Wassap?” I croaked grogily.
“Big trouble ! Yvonne’s been kidnapped ! Come over to her place now !!” Eve cried excitedly.
“Wha ? Ok, hang on there, I’m on my way now !” and I clambered from my mattress, and rushed over, driving as fast as the beat up Iswara allowed.

Yvonne’s place was in a mess, ransacked everywhere, as if a tornado just hit. Eve was holding a stalk of lavender, and staring at it with a puzzled look.
“What happened?” I asked as I try not to step on any thing on the floor.
“I just wanted to drop by and say hi, and found the door unlocked, and came in to this,” Eve explained. “and found this. “ and handed over the lavender to me.
“What do you make of it?” as I’m not good at flowers, I must admit I cant do much, or have any idea where to start.
“Let’s bring this to Gordy, and see what he can tell us.” Eve suggested, and we proceeded to Eve’s place.

Laying the lavender in front of Gordy, Eve also put different species of the flower in a row. Gordy sniffed at the evidence gingerly, registering the peculiar smell, and moving on to identify the same specie among the flowers.
“Woof ! Woof !” Gordy yelped excitedly as he found the matching pair.
“Good boy ! I know you can be trusted !” Eve hugged and kissed Gordy.
Yup, I always knew that golden retrievers are smart, maybe even smarter than me.

As the specie turns out to be a unique one from Italy, I called Lilliane to arrange for the trip with her Italian connections, and prepared to follow the trail to its source.
“Are you prepared to go to Italy?” I asked Eve.
“I will go anywhere to save Yvonne !” was her energetic reply.


To be continued…

Part 1 – The return

The setting sun sparkled majestically in the distance, warming up the landscape of the horizon. The clouds looked like white knights on horses, jostling and fighting for the hand of the fair maiden. Gazing dreamily, Lilliane stirred her cup of cappuccino, and conjured thoughts private to herself, while the background saxophone of Kenny G’s “Silhouette” played softly. The Medallion Club is always her favourite place to relax and unwind, and to meet up friends over a cup of drink.

“My apologies, sweetie,” a voice came up from the stairs,” sorry to keep you waiting.”
Snapped from her day dreaming, Lilliane looked up and saw a familiar figure smiling before her.
“Sticky !” she cried out in surprise .”What took you so long? You’re never on time !” she feigned anger.
“Ah-hahaha…” I laughed. “ Just back from visiting Sifu. So, how’s things?” and sat opposite her.
“Well, I managed to finish lots of books without your constant disturbance,” she jested jovially , “and how’s things with you? Quite a surprise to receive that message from you…”
“Oh well, I fell from the cliff after the duel with Black Don, and was lucky to escaped unhurt save for a few minor bruises and a broken front tooth.” I explained. “ and I decided to take a break, and lay low for a while…”
“Hmm…anyway, glad that you are back safely. Oh my, I gotta go, gotta meet my friend yoyo for dinner. Ciao.” She glanced at her watch, and left hurriedly.
“Right. Enjoy, and see ya.” I bid her goodbye as she trotted down the stairs.

Once again, I’m left alone at the table, sipping my cup of coffee, as the fan creaked along.

To be continued….but alas, no more ideas ! Am writing a short story about kung fu fighting though ;-P

Season 2 – Prelude

“Potatoes !” Countess Yvonne muttered. Someone's gonna get a real lashing from me, she thought. Checking her mail, she noticed a new entry.
“Hahaha.....” she laughed, “Kekeke...” she grinned evilly as she replied it ....

“Yawn...” Miss Purple is feeling bored and sleepy as usual on a monday morning, and the potong ice cream she had doesnt help much either to boost her bluesy mood. “Teet”, her handphone vibrated with a new message. Taking it discreetly, she walked to the rows of document to peep at it.
“What? Haha...” She almost broke out in laughter. Looking around to see no one's around, she keyed in her reply.....

“Hmm....nice coffee...” Lilliane sipped at her coffee, while chatting with her handsome italian colleague, Marco, during her coffee break. Just then, a message popped up on her screen. Muttering a silent italian curse, she clicked on it, annoyed at the interruption to her break.
“Oh ? Hehehe...” She smiled and punched her response.....

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Miles away, calm and soothing chanting spread out from a monastery nestled deep in the mountain high forests. Surrounded by unscalable hills on 3 sides, the only way up is through a chinese cemetery. This is to deter lay people from frequenting the monastery and disturb the monk's trainings.

A thin figure in tattered clothings made its way slowly up the winding tracks, stopping now and then to take a breather. Reaching the top, he arrived in time to listen to a wise monk elaborate on the story of Rathapala (http://underthebamboogrove.blogspot.com/2007/11/story-of-rathapala.html and also http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.082.than.html ) to a group of kids listening attentively. Upon seeing the master, he knelt down and prostrated himself on the polished timber floor, bowing and paying respects to the Teacher, Teachings and Order. The wizened monk just nodded, and continue his story as the figure walked out to the park.

Sitting under the bodhi tree, he meditated and calmed his mind. After some time, he opened his eyes, and mumbled “Its time.”, and tracked back down.

To be continued....

Friday, May 22, 2009

Epilogue

At the funeral wake of Sticky, his friends gathered to say their last farewells, and talked about him.

Yvonne : He’s got quite a character, though siao siao (crazy) at times…
Tomato : A puzzling man, but treat friends truly…but thinks too much, and long winded
Lilliane : He’s quite something with his crazy remarks…
Eve: The poems he wrote are ok ok…
Purple gal :He’s cool when writing, and honest to admit that he’s hamsap…
Michelle : He still owes me some $$...that lazy bum…
And started to bang on the coffin, prior to it being cremated.

The epilogue written by Sticky hung at both sides of the coffin :

In the horizon,
The road stretches forlornly ahead.
Looking back, there’s only you standing alone,
With unforgettable memories.
Not knowing when I’ll return,
Night rains had flooded the autumn pond.
Pluck the flowers when its blossoming,
Else you’ll be left with withered stalks.
(The last 4 verses are copied from Tang dynasty poems :P)

独行路上无故人,
天苍苍, 地茫茫。
回首唯见君孤立,
忘不了,这段情。
君问归期未有期,
巴山夜雨涨秋池。
花开堪折直须折,
莫待无花空折枝。

Life and death is but a dream,
Please don’t shed any tears of sorrows.
Striving on to seek the truth,
I wish you happy and healthy always.

生老病死乃无常,
劝君莫洒伤心泪。
护法艰任来世继,
愿君健康并快乐!

As they filed out of the crematorium, Lilliane cant help but wonder who sent those golden yellow birds of paradise? And how come the coffin sounded hollow inside when it was being banged?

To be continued (?)….no ideas liao….kekeke.. :P maybe i shud switch to writing kung fu stories (:p), or even stop writing (?), hehe...

Thanks for the feedbacks, and hope you all enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing them ;-D

all the foul words i know

tot i might just as well put in all the foul words i know, since i'm in a foul mood now, haha...


English :
fxxx, wtf, wtfh, fh, not much actually, compared to cantonese, that's why i say canto is a nice lingo, with lotsa foul words, haha.. :P

Cantonese :
t, ns, tns, t(ns)repeat till breathless (my fav), lm, tllm, tkllm, tkllmkh, tlkllmkch, tkllmkcfh, tkllm(klm)repeat till breathless, used it during uni days, h, fh, mh, mkh, mkfh, mch, mkch, mkcfh, cb, ccb, mkccb, mkcb(rarely heard), tkllmkccb, nm, nmkh, nmkch, nmkcfh (note : the word “f” is used as a prefix in most foul words, ditto for “c” and “k” and others), lk, lc, tc, l, ml, jml, mlc, mlchy, mly, (y is refered to any thing or event that pisses us off), ok..mind blank...

Hakka :
pntl, cnfs, tcb,tncb, not much too, maybe becos my hakka is poor, hehe..

Hokkien:
lppl, lj, lpj, kns/gns,not much too, cos parents dont teach, and elders are all cultured ppl :)

Mandarin:
md, tmd, qnmd, n, nn, man, not much too, cos mandarin is a cultured language, i think...

Malay :
p, z, not much either, and most malay frens uses canto swear words too...

Teochew :
pb, only learn this from frequent usage by housemate...

Hainan :
8 , know only few hainan words to begin with..

French :
(forgotten liao)

Japanese :
p , maybe due to japanese are very timid ppl, and dont swear in front of others..

Italian :
C (thanks to sweetie pie ;) )

For now, just want to take cold beer and sleep early...

I know you dont give a damn

I know you dont give a damn that i've been working for 3 weeks non stop, sleeping at 3am earliest, and waking again at 8am...

I know you dont give a damn that i dont have any rest days, while you go off for the weekends..

I know you dont give a damn that i gave in all i have, my time, life, money, etc..and its still not enuff for you...

I know you dont give a damn that you call up the whole world to pick on my incompetencies, and the whole world then fxxked me up..

I know you dont give a damn that i dont give a damn about your calls, but you still bombard me with missed calls and sms-es...

I know you dont give a damn that your priorities are always more important than mine, as if mine existed...

I know you dont give a damn that you cut into my lane at turtle speed while i'm driving at top speed..

I know you dont give a damn about what i think, or do, or say...

I know you dont give a damn about all this...

I know you dont give a damn....

I know you dont give a damn...

I know you dont give a damn
I know you dont give a damn
I know you dont give a damn
I know you dont give a damn
I know you dont give a damn
I know you dont give a damn
I know you dont give a damn
I know you dont give a damn
I know you dont give a damn

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Monday, May 11, 2009

case 5 - part 7

Part 7 – Showdown

The hilltop is barren, with rocky outcrops, and is called Bald Cliff by the locals. The whole place is brightly illuminated by the full moon tonight, and a dark figure stood at the centre, holding his hands behind, waiting for my arrival.

“So, it has come to this, sad, aint it?” Black Don shaked his head.
“Yeah, its you or me this time, no if’s, buts and and’s.”I took a step forward, and clenched my fists, making cracking sounds as my joints popped.
“What a waste…” he shaked his head again.
“Stop wasting time, and…..SMASH !” something smacked at my head before I could finish my sentence, and I fell to the ground, spitting out blood.

“Tsk, tsk, you’re too weak, its like throwing eggs at the rock ! Hahaha…” he gloated.
“Yaaargh !” I climbed back up, and charged at him.
“No, no….not in a million years..” he shook his forefinger, and side stepped my attacks.
“Arrgh ! Cough ! cough !” something’s strangling me, and I cant breath !
“My, oh my, this is too easy, and boring…yawn…” Black Don carried me high up with his hands crushing my neck, and I can only flail my legs helplessly, and grabbed at his hands.
“Bonne Nuit.” He walked over to the cliff edge, and tightened his vice like grip, before preparing to let me off.

“Snick !” “Woosh!” “Ouch !”
I pointed my forefinger at his chest, and let loose my Chi (energy, 气 ), forming it into a sharp energy pole, cutting thru the thick vest of Black Don, and piercing thru him.
“Energy Rod (气 棍) !” he yelled in despair and desperation, loosing his grip on me, and doubling over to fall over the cliff.
“Aaaahhhh !! …..” I screamed as I fell down….down…down….


A wolf howled in the distance, the moon continued to shine brightly, and only 2 sets of footprints remained on the barren landscape…..

-- END --

case 5 - part 6

Part 6 Night Queen

She’s already waiting for me at the Goat’s Trail, a narrow winding track leading towards the hilltop. Her shadow cast long on the ground, with her back facing the full moon. I stopped in my tracks, and saluted her.

“Dai Shi Je (大师姐),” I greeted. Its customary to greet seniors, no matter what the circumstances are.
“I hope Sifu told you that he taught me his most powerful move – Night Owl in Fog (雾夜飞鹰), and hopefully you have an answer for that.” She warned as she prepared her technique, forming her hands into claws, like an owl ready to pounce on a helpless field rat.
“Gimme 5 mins, Dai Shi Je, I’m sweating all over..” I pleaded, as I whisk out my drenched hanky, and proceeded to wipe my cold sweat.
“Take your time, you wont have any left after this.” She smirked. Even her blind pupils seemed to look me no up (looked down at me).
“Ok, I’m ready.” I held my wet hanky with my thumb and forefinger, letting it hanging down loosely.
“I see, seems Sifu taught you a new technique, Cloth Pole (布棍) huh? But its useless against me ! Hieyah !” she cried and charged towards me, with her claws flying everywhere, making it impossible to get near her without being ripped to pieces.

I swing my wet hanky in a circular manner, slowly at first, then gaining speed, thus making it into a hard, rock like stick (hence the name Cloth Pole).
Charging forward to meet her attack, I aimed the Cloth Pole at her heart in the last possible moment, hitting at her pressure point of Temporary Heart Stop.

“Swish, swish…” my coat got tore away by her sharp claws, as I closed my eyes and braced myself for further onslaught, only to find her slowly crumpled to the ground.
“Fuuuh…” I blew out a long air of relief, and moved up to meet the Black Don himself for the final battle.

To be continued…..

case 5 - part 5

Part 5 – Poker bishop

Walking onwards, I reached a ravine, with a hanging rope bridge spanning across. I gulped as I looked downwards, and felt dizzy and nauseous. Holding the anchor stump to steady myself, I began to cross the swaying bridge step by step, gripping tightly on the rope railings.

“Kekeke….” A sinister laughter echoed around. “Afraid of a little height, are we?”
“S-shut up, you p-poker face, “ I tried to control my wavering voice.
“Haha…you cant even speak straight, now prepare to drop down !” Poker Bishop appeared at the far end, and drew out his pack of cards. Fanning them open, he prepared for his deadly attack – Rampage Cards (牌行无阻).
I knelt down, and drew out a needle on a string for my defence.
“Don’t make even my toes laugh !” he cackled. “How are you gonna stand against me with that tiny needle? Hahaha….” With that, the cards flew at me with their razor sharp edges, intending to sever off the ropes, and send me falling down.
“Kiyaaah !” I flicked the needle about with my right hand in superb precision, piercing thru and stringing all the cards together, with my special technique - Tweedle Needle (穿针引线).
“W-what? “ Poker Bishop cried out in stunned amazement.
“I’m call Sticky by Sifu cos I’m experts in all stick techniques, big and small, and that includes a needle !” I shouted across.
“I see…” with that, he slumped down unconscious, with a spot of blood trickling from his forehead between his eyes, with the acupuncture needle ( which I threw out during the confusion earlier with my left hand) hitting smack right at his pressure point of Unconscious.

Heaving a sigh of relief, I took my time to cross over the swinging bridge, taking one slow step at a time. Reaching the opposite side, I tightened my belt, and wipe my perspiration off my face with my handkerchief, and braced myself to meet Eldest Sister (大师姐), the Night Queen (夜皇后).

To be continued….

case 5 - part 4

Part 4 – Mahjong Knight

“Craack, craack” twigs snapped under our footsteps as we tracked upwards. It wasn’t long before we reached a clear space. Surrounded by all sorts of citrus fruit trees, Citrus Park is a nice place to relax during summer and autumn. Picnicking and flying kites are a nice way to pass the time with my kids here next time, I made a mental note. My dreams was interrupted by a cough.

“Ahem, what have we here? 2 little lambs walking straight to me?” Mahjong Knight chuckled in the darkness.
“We don’t have the whole night, come out and get your servings.” I barked.
“Hah, since you asked for it.” And he leaped out into the clearing.
“Eat this..” he whipped out a long whiplash, made of mahjong tiles stringed together.
“Its his famous technique, Mahjong Dragon (麻将神龙) , I’ll kicked the lights out of him.” Yvonne moved forward. Stopping before him, she stood on her left leg, with the right leg folded up 90 degrees, and her arms in guarding stance. This is the stance used for fighting seniors in martial arts, Golden Phoenix Salutes (金凤朝阳), to show our respect.
Even in the midst of it all, Yvonne still kept her patience as she faces her nemesis. A baby whirlwind began to blow, circling dried leaves around her, and blowing her hair about.
“Hieeyaa !” Mahjong Knight lashed out his deadly whip.
“Haah !” Yvonne unleashes her sure kill technique, Typhoon Kick (跆风暴踢), blocking the whip with her right leg, before leaping up and giving a flying side kick to the head of Mahjong Knight.
“Urgh…” Mahjong Knight was knocked back, and he struggled to get to his feet.
“Fool ! What are you looking at? Move !” she shot at me.

“On my way !” I answered, as I scrambled upwards in the darkness, leaving her to take care of things.

To be continued….

case 5 - part 3

Part 3 – Chess Rook

Lickem Hills is a beautiful park situated at the outskirts. The autumn leaves of bright hues looked mesmerizing under the full moon. We walked upwards, and reached Coughing Brook, when a shadowy figure sprang out.

“So, it’s a trap by you all, eh?” Chess Rook sneered.
“Yaaaa, and you want to surrender and save us the trouble, or prepared to get kicked !” Yvonne offered.
“Haha…don’t overestimate yourself, kids.” He laughed as he grabs something with both hands from his pockets.
“Be careful, its explosive chess pieces, seems like he’s preparing for his attack of Flying Chess (棋布满天).” Yvonne warned us.
“I’ll take care of him.” Eve said, as she stepped forward, and stood in the sparring L-stance, with right palm facing outwards, and left fists clenched, in the Fearless Fist (拳倾天下)position. A distance thunder rumbled, and a streak of lightning flashed and illuminated her determined face for a fleeting moment.
Chess Rook took half a step backwards, apparently scared, but took a deep breath, and threw out his chess pieces.
“Hah !” he shouted, as he started his attacks.
“Huh !” Eve exhaled, as she launched her Wind Snow Thunder Fist (风雪雷拳) counter attack.
“Boom ! Boom ! Boom !” the chess pieces exploded under the super punches of Eve, but she’s unharmed.
“Get going ! I’ll be fine !” she urged us to go on.

Deciding that she’s not in danger, and in upper hand, we moved up the hill, as a chill wind whipped out, and forced us to draw our coats tighter around.

To be continued….

case 5 - part 2

Hope eve wont complain she's a “kelefe” seulement (french : only) after this, hehe... :P

Part 2 – Message from Sifu

“When I first taught you Seven Lucklets ( 七小福) kung fu, it was with the intention that yer shall see the truth, and be of contribution to the society.” Sifu’s voice resonated across the hall.
“But four of you, Night Queen, Poker Bishop, Mahjong Knight and Chess Rook had let me down, and became a scourge instead.” He continued disappointedly.
“The time has come for me to instruct Whirlwind Kick (旋风腿), Lightning Fist (闪电拳) and Pongo Sticky (瘦长棍) to clean up the mess, partly created by me. Good luck.” “Click.” The voice message ended.

“Wow ! Mm Shi Je (Fifth Elder Sister, 五师姐), that means Luk Shi Je (Sixth Elder Sister, 六师姐) will be joining us too? Man, its been ages since I last met her !” I beamed with anticipation, while Yvonne just smiled.
“Ding dong.” The bell rang and made me jumped.
I quickly rushed to open the door, expecting to meet Sixth Elder Sister, but the door opened to a dark hair brunette, in a blue and green t-shirt of Princess Bank, and holding a cute Paddington bear . No, it cant be, my friendly banker Eve coming to collect bank interest at this hour ?
“Err…who are you looking for? Are you Miss Eve from Princess bank?” I asked.
“Hehe…yes, I’m Eve.” She giggled. “ And it seems we’ve not met for quite some time, about 14 years?”
“Huh? We’ve met before?” and my mind was filled with question marks.
“Wait…” some flicker of intelligence began to form. “Don’t tell me you are “Lightning Fist” Eve…” I uttered the most improbable thoughts aloud.
“Bingo ! Hehe…” she giggled again.
“Man ! Why didn’t you tell me earlier ! I could have used gathering as the excuse to meet you for lunch !” I grumbled, while “Whirlwind Kick” Yvonne laughed in the background.

As we sat down around, Yvonne outlined the plan of attack.
“I’ve tricked Black Don and his henchmen to meet us at Lickem Hills, and we’ll eliminate them there. There’s only 1 road up, and we’ll arrive after them, and mop them up from below upwards.” She concluded.

On the way to Lickem Hills, we assigned our attack roles.

To be continued...

case 5 - part 1

Warning : This is not a detective story, and contains act of violence. Best read under parental guidance. All works are purely fiction, and any resemblance to actual person(s) are merely coincidental.

Part 1 – Night visitor

The winds howled, and heavy rain pounded my windows. My roof creaked, and seemed as if it’s going to fly off any moment. I was busy looking for pails to put under all the leaking places, when the doorbell rang.

“Ding dong.”
“On the waaaaay…” I yelled over the roaring thunder and pattering rain.
The door opened to a visitor claded in knee length rain coat, wide brimmed hat and boots. One gloved hand was holding the coat together at the neck area, while another carried a waterproof briefcase. The face was masked in a scarf covering the nose and mouth. In the darkness, I can only make out the silhouette of dark rimmed glasses. I quickly let the visitor in, as it is rude to let anyone standing in the rain, be it an assassin or not. Furthermore, I’m confident of taking care of unwanted guests.

As the night visitor took down the hat, and unwound the scarf, I let out a cry of surprise.
“Countess Yvonne ! What are you doing here? Arent you supposed to be busy studying for your internship as a cardiac surgeon? And presenting all over the world?” I exclaimed.
Brushing her shoulder length hair, she smiled at me with her pink lips, and her eyes behind the black rimmed glasses twinkled with friendliness. Man, she looked exactly the same 18 years ago when I first met her at the martial arts training ground. Maybe she’s sucking and bathing on virgin boys blood in Translyvannia. And I sneezed.
“Slap !” she gave me a flying slapping kick to the face, and I staggered back a few steps. “Cacat !” she jested. “What dirty thoughts are you thinking again till you sneezed? Don’t think I don’t know your bad habits, sneezing during lewd thoughts ! And my intuition told me that you’ve been neglecting your kung fu practices while you surf the countless pornsites !” She feigned anger, and her big smile gave her away.
“Oh..sorry…was too surprised..”I lied a bit.”And the weather’s so cold ! Oh, so heartless of me, come, take a seat, I’ll make you some hot drink.” I quickly recovered, and hang up her coat.

“So, you haven’t told me what brought you here..” I asked again as I pass her the hot Olim, which she’s been taking that makes her strong and healthy, and which is my favourite drink too.
“Yaaaa….I wouldn’t be here if not for Sifu.” She said as she handed me her handphone.
“Sifu? How is he?” and I looked at her handphone.

To be continued…

Thursday, May 7, 2009

wesak

just some old thoughts on Wesak :)

Mindfulness in Sasanarakkha, (http://www.sasanarakkha.org/)
Purifying body speech and mind,
the seeds of dhamma have thus been sown,
may all beings share in this merits.

护法苑中修禅定,
清净身语业三罪,
普提种子现已播,
愿众共享此福根。


Bodhi is without name and form,
Dhamma is without limits and bounds.
Where is the path to Nibbana ?
The answer lies in mindfulness.

普提无名亦无色,
佛法无边亦无尽,
君问道从何处寻?
佛答不二法门入。

Happy wesak, and may all beings be happy and healthy :D