Last week, we attended the Bumi Armada’s Family Day at Botanical Park (Putrajaya).
Since it is afterall a FAMILY day,
they had a lot of telematches and competitions for kids.
Asyraf got to know that there will be a Coloring Contest on that day.
He packed up his color pencils eagerly and stuffed it into my mom’s handbag.
Jazmeen and I however, didn’t really think of it as a good idea.
His coloring skills are such a failure.
We decided to brainwash him into thinking that he’s 6 years old and pushed him into the kids category.
(He’s turning 7 this year)
And so we sat there with him for about 20 minutes until he finished coloring.
Yeap, absolute fail.
No fancy rich colors.
Just very very light colors with even strokes.
After submitting, we went rolling around in the fields waiting for the time to pass.
Then, it was the prize giving ceremony.
Asyraf’s ears perked up as he heard them announcing
“And the 5th place for the Kids Coloring Contest is…”
He left us and ran all the way to the stage,
right in front of the steps of the stage,
unconsciously blocking the winners from going up the stage.
After 5th, 4th, and 3rd place are announced,
Jazmeen and I knew to not hope for Asyraf going up on stage then.
JAZMEEN:
Hey, wouldn’t it be funny if Asyraf got 1st place.
JAZREEN:
(Laughes)
Yeah, impossible.
Look at his coloring! There’s no way he’d win.
JAZMEEN:
If he does, then it just goes to show just how low of a standard that contest is!
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Now, let’s switch to my mother’s point of view.
She was sitting with her friends, right beside the stage.
And she was surprised to see Asyraf blocking the way of other contestants to get on the stage.
“Eh, Asyraf! Tepi lah! Step aside!
Yours aren’t pretty, you won’t win.”
“Asyraf punye buruk, Asyraf tak menang!”
And she shooed Asyraf away from the stage,
oblivious that the announcer was about to announce the runner-up of the contest.
ANNOUNCER:
And the 2nd place winner goes to…
Ahmed… Asyref… Azmen!
My mother went numb for a second.
She froze in her pose of shooing Asyraf away from the stage.
Then she came to her senses and did the opposite of that,
she pushed Asyraf TO the stage this time.
“Asyraf menang! Asyraf menang!”
She looked back to the tables,
furious that the family’s photographer weren’t around to take pictures of her little baby boy winning the Kids Coloring Contest.
—- And that’s when I came back into the picture.
Running through the crowds,
rushing to snap a picture-
leaving Jazmeen at the table laughing her neck off at what just happened.
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After the prize giving ceremony ended,
I took Asyraf to the side to take pictures of him with his prize.
Still laughing at the whole ridiculous thoughts of him winning.
While I told Asyraf to pose with his prize,
Jazmeen left the table and came to join us.
She, too, was still laughing at the ridiculous idea of Asyraf winning.
“What just happened? He won?!”
“Yeah, I wonder how too. He had an ugly piece.”
“It just goes to show the quality of the contest!”
We talked bad about him in front of him (still posing),
like he wasn’t really there.
Then he interrupted us:
ASYRAF:
Heh! In your face! Tu lah~!
(Imitating a girl’s squeaky voice)
“Your colors are ugly.”
“You have horrible coloring skills.”
“You’ll definitely lose.”
“Asyraf punye buruk.”
“Asyraf punye tak cantik.”
“Asyraf kalah.”
Then suddenly,
(with a BOOMING voice)
AHMAD ASYRAF AZMAN!
6 YEARS OLD!
And even on our way home,
we still didn’t stop laughing at him for winning.
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