Saturday, January 2, 2010
Plane Man
Have you ever seen something so completely ordinary and yet extraordinary at the same time?I was waiting for Auntie Lee to pick me up, when I saw the Plane Man.
Before I continue, let me tell you about the Plane Man. The Plane Man is the mysterious person who often plays remote controlled airplanes in the playground in front of my house.
At night, you can see the plane zooming away, complete with blinking and flashing lights.
During the day, he would be flying a different sort of plane, the one with propellers in the front.
I have never seen this man before, only his planes in the air. It was always too dark at night and I never seemed to notice him during the day. Until today, that is.
He was an ordinary looking Malay man, in his late forties. Except for one thing. He had only one leg.
I wonder whether during the moments he watches the plane cut through the air, he felt as if he too could lift up into the air, away from his troubles and join the plane dipping and diving in the blue blue sky.
by angeline at 10:25 PM |
