'Memoirs of a Poor Man' karya WS

A lame but touching short story written by Wui Siong with the help of May, Kelvin, Singkock and ME adding in some kicap and tomato sauce.

Q&A session :
When did he write this story?
On the 9th May 2009, as early as 1 something midnight while chatting with May, Kelvin, Sing Kock and the owner of this blog.
Inspire or idea from?
JPA that asked those budak who fail to tiok PILN to re-appeal.
Why wanna publish out?
May’s request!
How do you find the story?
SingKock : A nice bed time story


Title of the story : Memoirs of a Poor Man

Below is a part of the story ~~


One day, the poor man fail to get help from the XXX. So, he decided to write a surat rayuan to XXX.
The poor man find out the only left piece of karangan paper and started his writing.
He started his letter like this :

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Keluarga saya miskin. Saya pernah makan ulat, rasanya okay okay saja, tidak berapa sedap, kena guna kicap and tomato baru ada wangi. Saya juga pernah makan siput babi. Rasanya lebih baik daripada ulat tetapi tidak baik untuk penghadaman kerana siput babi punya daging sangat keras. Saya minum air daripada paip di tepi jalan.
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The karangan paper has a bit of mud on it and wet-wet and smudgy because he doesn’t have a proper table to write on, only the mud floor.The words can hardly be seen because the pen he use no ink no ink one.
He wanna stick a Rm 50 note to the karangan and say "this is the last of my savings" where he had worked 18 years just for that RM50. But he cant find his Rm 50. So, he stick 20 cent on the karangan paper and say ‘this rm0.20 is for my lunch 2morrow de’.(but he eat ulat dan siput, no need to buy leh.)
Well, he needs to go to toilet, need the 0.20 after eating. He's so poor, he doesn’t have a toilet, have to use public one.
Then, he continue his writing.

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Saya punya seluar dalam kena pakai 5 hari baru boleh tukar. Saya punya seluar dalam adalah daripada dermaan orang lain yang hampir rosak ,ada lubang. Tapi saya suka
kerana lebih selesa, jadi saya tidak perlu tanggalkan seluar saya semasa kencing.Saya mencuri surat khabar yang akan dikitar semulakan untuk dijadikan pakaian.
Tapi apabila hujan, pakaian saya basah. Saya pernah ditangkap oleh polis kerana tiada pakaian. Saya juga pernah ditangkap ke rumah sakit jiwa kerana tidak berpakaian.
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[Dipetik dari “Memoirs of a Poor Man” karya Kong Wui Siong.]
[Updated by the owner of this blog. ]


To know more about this story, please go to THE BIRD to buy the MEMOIRS OF A POOR MAN that cost only RM 1.00. Or you can call 012-3456789 to make an order from the CEO of THE BIRD, Mr. Kelvin Chong.