day... made.

tuesday

around 2.00pm

with many things roaming in my mind, wondering about the smallest things i need to get, up to the biggest things i need to do, a day with a bit of disappointment and joy, there was nothing beyond the norms, and there was nothing to expect.

i just got home, parked my car, turned off the car engine, took my bag from the passanger seat and got out of the car. it's a regular routine.

but would you ever expect.. ..in the middle of a darn hot day, a very little girl whom you don't have any idea who she was, to suddenly appear approaching you from around your car, her left hand holding a box of fireworks and her right hand holding out to you, seeming like requesting something. she didn't even mutter any words. her eyes were staring at mine so deep that i was turned completely speechless.

what should i do? i couldn't tell what she wanted. food? coins? a matchbox for her fireworks?...

was i given an immediate moral test after receiving my university allowance?

matches? even if i had one, i wouldn't easily choose to give it to her for a reason that sane human beings could tell.

coins? but she didn't seem to hand out her hand for that.

food? if only i had food with me, i'd happily give some to her.

my paranoia rose high in a fraction of a second, but... she can't be a part of a joke. she can't be a trap. her hand held still. eyes still staring and words kept unspoken.

i took a step closer, held out my hand to her. she politely grabbed it, pulled it slowly and politely to her face and the back of my hand made contact with her forehead --- she was making the 'salam'.

she immediately walked away. i stood there, astounded and wordless.

all that in one minute.

45mins have passed.. i'm still left speechless.

it made my day.

;)

-mann.