Her Photo

The sun had been shining so bright when suddenly Ipang found a photo several days ago. A special photo that was filling his dreams after he looked on it. He found it among a group of scrapheap in a housing garbage dump.

There was a girl, a beautiful girl, as the object in it. She was so pretty that could make Ipang think about her continuously and change him to be a daydreamer. Ipang acknowledged that he should not do it, because he realized that he was too poor for finding a spoon of rice, so how could he try to dream about a girl?

‘Excuse me, may I take your dumps?’ Ipang asked a woman who was sweeping on the terrace.

Looked at Ipang for a moment, the woman nodded and said, ‘Okey, wait a while.’ Listened it, Ipang sat on the pavement near the gate.

It is the fifth housing I visited this month. Where is she? Why can’t I find her?

Then Ipang took out a photo from his pocket and cleaned it with his hands carefully. Few seconds looked at it, he smiled. You make me always think about you. I really want to find who you are. I promise, I’ll find you wherever you are.

‘Here you are,’ the woman’s voice broke out his day dreaming. Ipang received the rag bag. After it, Ipang continued his trip door to door while kept seeing around.

‘She must be a princess in her house, in her palace. She’s elegant, kind, generous, and the most important of all, she’s really beautiful,’ Ipang talking to himself. He continued his imagination, ‘What is she doing, now? Is she watering her flowers in the garden? Or… she’s reading neatly on her terrace now. Oh, maybe she’s trying to cook various kind of food in her kitchen. Oh, my gosh… everything she does is beautiful for me.’ Ipang continued mumbling while walking along the road side.

Ipang was thinking about that girl in each activity, before going to work, before sleeping, after working and every time he could take a breath. That girl, a girl who was never absent in Ipang’s dream, had beautiful eyes, straight and long hair, bright skin and most of all, she had a very awesome smile on her photo. Ipang felt that he was falling in love with her just by looking at her photo. Although at the beginning Ipang was unconfidence, now he realized that he would regret along his life if he did not try to meet her once. She was his first love. He promised himself, that the craziest thing he did in his life must be telling that girl that he really admired her. He didn’t care how much brave he need to do that.

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It was two months after Ipang found the photo when suddenly, Ipang looked the same girl in that photo was in a car. Waiting a traffic light, she opened the car window to give some coins to a beggar. Hurriedly, Ipang ran over her, but it was late. The light turned green and she was gone. The next day, at the same time, Ipang sat on bus stop near the traffic light. He was sure that she would pass this way again. Ipang has been waiting there for hours but there’s nothing. It was just the fifth day when he looked the same car brought his girl. Ipang followed that car by running as fast as he could. Till finally, the car lost on his sight by turning right into an elegant residence.

‘Hff.., blamey, she’s a rich. I’d have guessed it before,’ Ipang said to himself while settling his up-down breath. After feeling better, ipang started to find the girl’s house. Still with his rag bag, Ipang observed each house. Ipang scratch off the trash in the house dump.

‘Does she want to meet me? She’s a prince while I am a poor, how can he give me a welcome? Maybe just look at me can make her nauseous.’ Ipang blamed himself on and on.

‘Laura, you have to eat now. It is lunch time,’ a woman said to a girl in the garden.

That’s the girl, Ipang’s heart said. Ipang kept a deep watch on her.

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Days after it, Ipang was watching Laura’s activity at home furtively. Although he’s just a dustman, he won’t give in. Slowly, Ipang tried to talk to her. In fact, Laura didn’t refuse to talk much with him, and it really made Ipang glad.

Saturday evening, encouraging himself, Ipang was ready to meet the beloved girl he admired and stated his feeling about her. Ipang brought some flowers he picked in the city garden. He didn’t forget to bring the photo, too.

‘Laura, Laura, what a beautiful name it is for a beautiful girl like you,’ Ipang smiled alone along the way. His steps were so light as he certainly knew what would he do later.

What he’d supposed was exactly happened. In that time, Laura was watering her flowers in front of her house. Looking his arrival, Laura stopped her activity and ran to the fence excitedly.

‘Hi, Laura. How do you do? This is for you,’ Ipang gave the flowers.

Laura jumped happily. ‘Thank, thank, thank you..’

‘You’re welcome,’ Ipang answered.

‘Laura, there’s something you’ve got to know. It’s about my feeling toward you. I…,’

CRAPP!!! Suddenly, Laura whipped flowers in her hand against Ipang.

‘Hwehehehe, you look soo fool…,’ then Laura jumped around by laughing away.

Ipang just smiled and said, ‘…I love you.’

‘… anyhow you are, Laura.’