Jacklyn & the Double-D

Jacklyn woke up at the exact position this morning. "gosh, how could it be, I must have been feeling so tired that I didn't move a itch." And off she lazily crawls out of bed and starts off with her daily mundane routine.


He was holding a plastic tube, similar to that of a IV tube, splashing what he labelled as, pleasant-scented-lemon-medicine and used it to clean her mouth. "holy-ass. that hurts." thought Jacklyn.

The dentist continued splashing colourless liquid against Jacklyn's ulcered tongue and the moment she spat out the water, it turned fruity red. Despite an array of house-pliers and sharp, shiny instruments that goes into her mouth, Jacklyn never fear of dental visits. The soured-lemon liquid she tasted the night before was a total turn off and she swore never to taste it again.


Just before the dental trip, Jacklyn was comfortably seated on the London tube when a teen boy occupied the empty seat beside her. From the looks of it, the young chap looks mildly down-syndrome as Jacklyn slightly shifted herself away from the boy and continued mugging the book in front of her, trying to ignore his presence. The teen-boy, dressed in his school-uniform, wondered around the four corners of the train cabinet with his curious bright eyes and finally settled down with the book Jacklyn was reading. "a...b......", he muttered the alphabets as he pointed on the book. Jacklyn said nothing but nod her head. He continued reciting the alphabets under his breadth while pointing the book, often stopping at the alphabet "E". "b....c........" he broke off, as he took out a box of colourful-looking candies. He carefully poured out a few and stretches his hands towards Jacklyn, whom was quite taken aback and politely rejected his offer. And it seems, the young boy does not take "No" for an answer. He persisted in his stretching-hands actions and when Jacklyn helplessly took one of the sweet, his grinned widely, deeming it as having a new found friend. His smile was so infectious that Jacklyn can't help but smile along, too.

After a moment or two, the teen boy suddenly laid his head assuringly on Jacklyn's shoulder. Jacklyn wanted to scream aloud but no words comes out of her mouth, she sat still and pretended nothing has happened as all eyes of the fellow commuters fall on her and the boy. As calmness overcame her, he felt a sense of pitiful towards the child. All they need is genuine love, care and acceptance from the society and receive warmth from the public. Jacklyn can never imagine a child growing up in an environment without love that a child craves for, and laying his head beside her was one.


"Next Stop, King Cross Station", the boy lept forward upon the announcement and bade goodbye to Jacklyn who waved back with a welcoming beam on her face, still with all eyes on the both of them. As Jacklyn see the boy walked out of the door, the boy turned back unexpectedly and bade another enthusiastic wave to her. Jacklyn smiled and tears dwelled around her eyes as she continued her trip to the dentists'.

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To make this story flow naturally, the author has connected two separate incidents into a piece of article. The dentists' trip was on the previous night while the real-life account with the Down-Syndrome kid happened months back. But of course, there ain't any rubbish "London tube" in her hometown, and the "King Cross Station", Redhill Station in fact, was adapted due to the author's frenzy for Harry Potter. And last but not least, the author has a fondness over the name "lyn" and therefore the name "Jacklyn" was used, and no doubt this Jacklyn is the author, Yours Truly. :)

spots that cries

26/8 i cried at my pipmpled-manifested face and blog song.
i also dun want my face to be like this, i too want a good complexion lyk my sister :(
i tired alot of things but it doesnt work. my dad,s encouragement made me teared even further. i hate my skin liddat. i dun ask for tofu-like skin, jus glass-clear spotless(edit:okay, maybe i limit to max. 8 spots.) skin will do.