Daybreak.

lee chum ming
grace ti hii sie
kong sook yee
lee chee wei
chan lin teng
hor peck yan
yee wai yin
wong wai yee
liew kuan sung
chong tai sie
wong choon hiong
paul raymond
...

names.
not of mothers.
but of mentally retarded people.
there are more of them.

memorising names is hard.
especially when they come in packages of more than 11.
recallin offhand is torture.
especially as i worked with mentally retarded people.
i gradually became mentally retarded.
no offense meant,
but i salute mentally retarded people.
they are more suited to this mental challenge.
an interesting type of mental torture.
which includes willpower.
and power to stay awake.
and power to withstand boredom if u are awake.

what i did was simple.
i took 2 pencils.
inserted them into a sealing plastic.
inserted an eraser.
with the picture side facing d right side up.
seal it.
this process took me less than 30 seconds.
and i repeated it for 2 hours.
but they repeated it for 6 hours.
while i skipped from inserting pens,
to sealing bottle caps,
to checking holes in gloves.
back to sealing pencils.
and they are still more energetic.
waving byes while i saw them go.

they are individuals.
same as us.
each with common characteristics of their own.
but each unique on their own.
they may not be homosapiens,
but an entirely different species,
due to their special chromosomal number
or they may be homosapiens
with some parts of their brain functioning differently
or some disease which crippled them

yet god,
if there is one,
gave them what they had.
or mayb their mothers did.
but i dont care one way or another.

some of their speech may be slurred.
some of them may be shy.
some of them may not know numbers or letters.
yet they listen.
yet they understand.
yet they are ready to befriend.
yet they are ready to help.
yet they whole in their innocence.
(except for creeping up someone's back and poking their ribs)

the point is,
they too have mothers.
though some of them has passed away.
nevertheless,
its a reason.
as good as any reason is.

they have life.
n they have their right to live it to their fullest.