I HATE DADDY!

“I miss you, boy,” father hugged his 7-year old kid. Being home after almost three-year detention. “Where were you for so long?” the kid asked unhappy. “Uhmm..,” daddy could say nothing. “I hate Andy, uncle, auntie, and yes, I hate you!” The man hugged him, “Why?” “You’re not home just before mommy passed away. Now I know!” “What?! They finally told you!?” “Only Andy. I found this picture...

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TULIS NUSANTARA 2012, WRITING COMPETITION

Just found it! Tulis Nusantara 2012 Writing Competition, held by Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of The Republic of Indonesia, nulisbuku, and plotpoint. Poetry, Short Story, and Essay Categories will be engaged in contest. Click the link up  there -Tulis Nusantara 2012- for further information as the picture was taken. Well, guys.. Beat me there!! :D nek aku mel...

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VIVA FIFA!

The most admirable skill among football players is about defending. Maintaining performance not to become weak, they practice every time. Pushing their attitude to be discipline, controlling emotion and passion. They play hard, sometimes rude, clever if I may say, avoiding red card as good as being “smart” to provide it among opponent’s players. Obviously manage themselves to be happy in every...

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WILL SASTRO WEAR DRESSES, WALDJINEM?

World of manga took Sastro to an Indonesian mangaka, Vivian Wijaya, called DrVee, with her marvelous abilities. To be noticed, she is a doctor. Being graduated as a medical doctor from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland gave her nothing but unfulfilled life. She jumped to an opposite bank to be a manga author. Sastro got the point : breaking rules. “Well, then. I’ll see her, first, to break...

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PROMINENT RULE OF BREASTFEEDING

Connected line, asking her to pick the phone up. Three times. No answer. “Your husband, Darling! Wanted to say how much he misses you, dreaming about the moment you both been stayed close each other. Where are you!?” After five minutes, again. Three times. No answer. “Helloo!?” Two minutes to go, the last. Still no answer. “He’s in Syria! Remember!? Pick it up!” “OTW to the front line, my men...

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DUMPLINGS SIDE STORY

Sastro, not that Sastro, is a quite lonely person. He has no friends like others, but Waldjinem is the one who cares about him. She often brings him dumplings, the most he likes to eat. She was taking him to an Annual Dumpling Festival, where many well-known people presented to enjoy luxury atmosphere while they were having dumplings. They were staring at Angelina Jolie in white silk outfit....

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HALF-EMPTY OR HALF-FULL GLASS?

“See, he always takes another girl home whenever his wife’s on duty in another city,” Sastro told Waldinem, not that Waldjinem. “But I saw his wife took another man home yesterday when her husband was on duty in another city,” Waldjinem said. “It’s a difficult matter of choices between half-empty and half-full glass. Let’s hire a private detective to find the correct answer as they both are our...

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BIRTH

A young lady with her six-month pregnancy, laid her back on a bed beside my wife’s. A drunken man had kicked his pregnant wife right on her womb, so the baby was born in time. Small size, cried loudly. Everybody smiled. Back to my wife, she grabbed, squeezed my hand very hard and tightly. She left scars on my left wrist, pushing our baby harder and harder. No result. I decided to have caesarean...

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WE ARE DEFENSE TROOPERS

"What makes football interesting are not only tough fights among players to deliver ball into opponent’s nest, but also admirable skill in defense," the coach said. "Once a free-kick occurs..," he never finished as the kid in the back-row raised his hand and shouted, "I notice, Coach. When it happens around shooting area, defenders provide a barrier to force shooting space narrower, require higher...

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BANANA PIE LOVE STORY

*this flash fiction has been published in a postcard since 15 February 2013. Going to the rest room, the reason. Having chitchat with a waiter in the kitchen. The gentleman proposed his lover in a famous pastry-restaurant. “Get the pie on the table after the violin. I’ll give her a surprise with this in the ice cream,” a very big diamond ring was delivered with a couple of bucks. “What...

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HYPERTHYMESIA VS AMNESIA

Hyperthymesia, a marvelous skill developed by, mostly, women. An old woman (61) remembers well how she had been cheated by her husband 30 years ago, in an exact day, on the exact date, even at the exact time, how good she was, kicking her husband in the groin. Unfortunately, amnesia, the most powerful habit for men to be dealt with women ability, hyperthymesia. After being kicked hundreds times,...

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