Saying goodbye!

It’s a wonderful feeling to know your work is finally getting published. My first graphic novel is about to hit the bookstores and as I write this, I’m thinking of how the beginning of one dream means the end of another.

Today I have to say goodbye to my free online comics website : Scary Ever After. It’s the 11^th of April today and it would have been 18 months since the website was launched. I guess I’ve been putting off this day, whether it had skipped my mind or silent procrastination, I can’t tell. But no goodbye is ever final. In a way, Scary Ever After is about to take on a new life!

An unexpected Sunday.

I woke up at 11.30am feeling like sunshine. I love Sundays. Even though my Sunday afternoons are mostly spent teaching, but still…Sundays are cool.

Today was different. I had to cancel class so I could visit my godson in Pantai Hospital, Melaka. Poor thing had contracted dengue. Me and Shirley grabbed a Subway sandwich at Centrepoint and I thought since we’re here, I’ll just drop by the Mind Shop and grab my monthly fix of Thor and X-files. It’s been 3 months since I’ve bought a comic book *fingers itching*.

An hour and a half later I found myself sitting in the children’s ward watching a movie on Astro with my godson. His forehand was swollen from the glucose drip and I frequently had to open the toilet door for him and the glucose drip thingy. They were inseparable. I brought him some grapes (which was practical) and a Spider-Man comic book (which was not so practical). *I remember being 6 or 7 when I was admitted to the hospital for a week. The one thing I looked forward to was my dad bringing me lots of comics!*

Being a Chinese educated boy, I don’t think my godson is into Spider-Man comics. Judging by his reaction, I think he’d much rather watch TV. Actually, he does rather watch TV. Oh well…

For dinner we had rice balls and chicken at Jonker Street. It’s my third time here. Frankly, I think the famous Melaka rice balls are way overrated. Strolling along Jonker Street in the drizzling rain after that was loads of fun. The cool night air coupled with the ambience of red lanterns reminded me of the night markets in Taiwan.

Along the way we discovered a mysterious passageway and a curious Toy Museum. “RM 5 per head!” said the museum keeper. We stepped in and for a short while it felt like we were spirited away into a maze of toys, masks and life size figures.