Thursday, July 28, 2005

Cicit Keparat

How could anyone come by and rip off their own flesh n blood GREAT-grandma on the pretext of visiting ? People could apparently. And 'good', 'religious' people too. With all the education he got from someplace remote (the more far-flung n dusty the country, the closer you get to God mentality), earthly things like making money (and doing it by trying to con his relatives) still concerns him. Whatever he was trying to sell, his magnetic bed, mattress or sanitary pad, is of no use. The hocus-pocus about attracting iron in the blood and all, just makes the blood rush to my head. Just because you know molecules exist, and you recite the names of gases in the air, doesn't make your outlandish claims right. The trick with the lighter stinks, save that precious lighter fluid for a rock concert instead. If my parents weren't around, and you were there just with my hard of hearing grandma, I'd smile and nod pleasantly while blasting your pseudoscience theories upside down. Next time you decide to drop by, state your real intentions and twin n me will be all ready to welcome you and your crappy science experiments. When Hari Raya comes around, you'd better stuff my grandma's green envelope with 300 bucks to show that you're still a useful great-grandson, for the tea that my mom served you and for that damned magic pillow.