Christmas Tree story

My friend, Alina, shared a story of hers about a little Christmas tree and how it brought everyone together. I thought it'll be nice to share and remember this by.

My two friends, A &C, who were working together stumbled upon a little plastic Christmas tree at a bargain. It was about not more than 3 feet height and at an unbelievable price. (hint - maybe the price of a simple mixed meal). RM4.90. Seriously.

They decided to buy it and put it in a corner in the office. In fact, they didn't think about buying decorations yet. One of their colleague dropped by and offered to lend some Christmas decorations. So the tree became slightly lively.

Another colleague offered to buy Christmas lights to decorate the tree.

Then slowly one by one... the little Christmas tree became alive with lovely decorations and lights to bring cheer to dreary offices we usually work in. ;) My friends happily laughed at the fact that their decorations cost more than the Christmas tree and it was sponsored by their colleagues.

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That was about 5-6 years ago? Lol maybe I should get precise info from the owners of this story.

Not to sure if they put up the tree yearly in their house during these past few years but when they moved out of their house, it was left in storage over at another friend's place.

Till Alina decided to tell her friend to use it and she wasn't even sure if the decoration items were there. In the end, this is how that Christmas tree looked like this year. It was carefully decorate and even perched up higher on another box with the lights wrapping it all the way to the floor.

So the little Christmas tree continues to bring life and joy to others... till next year.. ;)

Short story: Never Forget

I have this urge to write in me; it’s like a pent-up emotion needing to be vented out or released so I can continue doing other things. So here goes - hope you enjoy reading it. I will upload a portion a day and I might alter the story if there is feedback so it’ll be more fun for me to do. ;)

Never Forget

Water spots stained the carpet into deeper hues of purple. She could not believe it. How can that happen to her?

Her vision is blurred as she stared blankly at the paper. The contents were an image of black and white blur. The paper she was holding slipped from her hand onto the carpet as she tried to control the emotions building up against the dam.

The news was unexpected. Life has been going on smoothly with birds chirping every morning to a sunny day. She could never expect the day to turn dark and overcast with torrential rain and a storm threatening to ruin her life.

What is she going to do now?

She managed to whisper a quiet prayer and the emotional battle she felt slowly subside after a few minutes. She calmly perched herself at edge of her desk and looked outside the window. Her hands clasped together as if she was still in prayer.

The day looked the same as it did yesterday. Clear blue sky with lovely fluffy white clouds and a promise of another fruitful day. But her eyes never took notice of all these details anymore.

She stared blankly into space and recalled the last time she saw to him. It was almost a decade since she last saw him. She can still remember vividly how that day began and ended.

*to be continued*