12:33 a.m. - 2006-11-20
girl crying for her balloon
today, walking into the mrt station, i saw a little girl, half standing on the ground, her feet spread out refusing to stand, she was being pulled by her mother, trying to get her up.
The girl's face crumpled cutely, her rosy cheeks wet from her tearful upset eyes, as she reached towards her father, an arm's length away, he was holding a small pink balloon between his hands and squeezing it firmly and slowly in a careful manner not to make it pop.
Air slipped out of the balloon and it shrank gradually, smaller and smaller.
It looked like the father was strangling the balloon and the girl was pleading, trying to save her friend in all earnesty.
