Mountain

While you guy see the word “mountain”, what kind of landscape would you imagine of?

Of course, mountain in our imagination would be the perfect one where is full of green color of the huge green field, trees, other plants, forest flowers and wild animals… right? That’s such a beautiful place to see and relax with family or friends. However, mountain is a place which could make us fear as well while there is very silent, we stay a lone and everything looks nonsense. That would give us the imagination of strangers, wild-creatures or even the ghost! Only one thing but it’s offering two far different views.

One day, in Phnom Penh, there was such a bad flood which made everything to sink from one to another one place. Many high building started to be shorter and shorter just because of the increasing of water’s level. By the way, I and my sister were trying to find a high place to stay and escaped from this disaster. I felt I knew my parents and little brother were already in a safe place, so only me and my sister needed to fight out. Both of us were walking in a silent street since most of the people moved to another place. I was thinking if I should stay in the highest building or what…discussing with my sister… [We should stay on the top of that hotel or on that bank???]. My sister said [It’s up to you, I would follow]. While we are the one who need to decide and it relates to another life, it’s much a heavy duty.

Further thinking, I thought we should not stay there since we would have no food to support our life. Then, I and my sister tried to find another safe place. We were riding motor and I saw many people go to a direction to province….I just followed. After a while, I saw a mountain and of course, the flood would arrived that place soon!!! How shocked I and Kunthear were!!! We decided to ride motor to the top of mountain. I saw an old man who was waiting in the middle distance of two gates for going up to the mountain. I asked why he didn’t escape from flood. He said it cannot affect him. I couldn’t talk more with him but just decided to start our machine of motor very strong to up mountain instead. 

That’s mountain would be the Ta Mao mountain but the view at that time seem not the same to the mountain I used to visit… looked sad and misery. By the way to up there, it was such a dark path and high-straight (plov choit/ plov chom noit)…we just tried our best to control our motor until the end, we reached the top! Was it lucky for us??? Oh, no…not at all... nonsense, more shock, more frightened I and my sister got.

On the top of that mountain was quite a small place where can only I, my sister and my motor stood on. There was no more space. How do you guy feel if you are on the top of a high place but you're hard to move, must be very careful or you will fall down? That was a deep scary feeling to us. I couldn’t even go back as it was too easily to get injure from that high path. I felt I and my sister would be able to live several days only for the most percentages since there was no food, no water, dangerous or even we would be eaten by any cruel animals such as eagle or snake. We got panic!!! Suddenly, the old man I met at the mountain gate appeared from that path…he said, [Okay my dear poor pity girls, followed me, I would take you all back to the safe one]. Nothing more I could decide but I and my sister just followed him. Fortunately, we arrived back our first place we met our old kind man. Million thanks to him for rescue us. I would give him even the amount of money or many kisses if he preferred; however, he didn’t. He may only follow his pure heart for helping other people without requiring the returns.  Our old man pointed us another gate and told us [Be smart and go by that way, then you both will reach the safest place of yours and be hurry or the flood would arrive in these short minutes]. We both bowed our head for thanks and high respectful to him with the eyes of almost crying. The feeling of excitement from his kindness and helpfulness we got.

We couldn’t spend more time, we both rushed to go through the way our old kind man pointed to. I’m not sure why at that time; I got much trust on him. I didn’t think it was dangerous as my previous path which I decided by myself. Our second path, it was big and easy to walk. We were walking for a while, then we saw two twin paths more, one was the right direction and one was the left. We walked to a direction but now I forgot if it was left or right. Next, we saw a gate. We opened it and walked in. In that room, there were many puzzle gates and places which we needed to decided to take one and continued. Again, we chose the wrong one…no more paths to walk. We tried several, but the result still kept the same. We moved back. My sister gave me a suggestion [Should we eat something first before we continue, I’m very tired.] Sure, I was also much tired, I agreed with her.

It was just like a joke; we found a café shop near there. Eh, why were there many people in that shop? I was doubt. Or there were ghost? Aww… was I trying to frighten myself? == The shop was dark, no enough bright and people were talking, drinking coffee, watching TV etc. My sister chose a table near the TV as she loved watching it. On that TV, there was a cupboard… it was big, could even keep people in. Meanwhile, coffee was served to us. During our relaxing time of drinking coffee, my sister said she felt strange of that cupboard. Without thinking of anyone mind, my sister stood up and stepped on the TV to check that cupboard. She called me urgently, [Come on sister! Come on Sister! I saw something strange!]. I quickly ran to there. I saw sunshine from that cupboard’s gate. It was bright…something like we are in our house, a bit dark and when we open our roof; we will see the sunshine go through the place we are in. My sister helped me to step into that cupboard. I reached a place and I tried to pull my sister up to the place I stood. Then, that cupboard’s gate closed. We both got another place. I tried to analyze it for where I was….until I got answer.

There was the top of mountain! [hahahhaha… I was laughing..... enjoyable!] I told my sister, [My dear sister, we got the top of mountain already. How clever you are! Love you!!!!] She smiled and accepted my appreciation. Haahaha… HAPPY! It was as the miracle that will occur only one among a thousand! It was the huge place, very modern with  restaurants & pools, guesthouses, hotels, schools, and hospitals…all constructions are as a high-tech city. I felt I even see the sea, the beach! Beach on the mountain??  I would be too tired until almost be crazy! But it was the fact! ==  I said to her and myself too that I decided not to move our living place more. We would live here forever if the flood still bothered our country. Only here we could escape from the flood and it was a wonderful place as well. I would find the job there to support the living and my sister, I said. We went to eat many foods…very delicious and cheap! Lol^^ After, I took my sister to find a guesthouse to live. We can’t live in hotel, no much money to pay.

When bad luck was over, the rest of it was only good luck!^^ We found a good room in guesthouse, it was a bit small if we compare to our house but it was comfortable enough for only two people. The house rent fee was reliable too. There was only one bedroom, about 3m square. If we open the door of our bedroom to go out, we will see our living room, about 3mx4m. No kitchen! I said, I would divide that living room and take a part to be the kitchen. I heard complain….from my sister? No no no….it was a man’s words! Who??! == I turned back… :O I saw him…the one I am going to marry with, just a short future time! Bong RAMY! Huhhhh, When+Why+How did he arrive my room? Thus, where is my sister? She disappeared!!!! I guessed, she would go to rent another room and keep this for me and Bong RAMY. Immediately, I recognized my sister’s reasons…there would be three reasons that pushed her to do so. First, she would like me and Bong RAMY to be closer! Good sister^^ Second, she hates messy room, don’t like lazy roommate…and that very clear as it was ME >< Third, if I and my sister are in bad condition, we always sharing our sad and help each other from all our ability…in contrast, if we are in a normal condition, let count…only more than 30 minutes, there will be the war! Very bad argument…but only words! We two are very good, very expert in using words to affect another emotion…we don’t like fighting by physical but metal is the first choice and always.

Move back to Bong RAMY, he said, how could we live in that too small room so? His face was so bad! - -? I replied, [let’s try first dear…we had no much wealth to support big room. We should start from the level we could according to our situation now. Moreover, it is not bad…it is acceptable…do you think so? Let’s believe me, we can live here and we would move if we are stronger than now!] He smiled and said [I followed you my dearest!] ^^” hahahahah…how so lovely this creature is! :P He is quick-anger but always turn to calm and sweet if there has my presence…lol! 

From that time toward, we starts the life on that Ta Mao mountain (when did that mountain develop to be such modern so? I wonder…) We got much fun and live exactly with happiness. Our condition moves up and up until the high level or high status in that local place… everything is extremely perfect… just as the imagination or miracle… Finally, I woke up!!! EVERYTHING WAS MY DREAM! hmmmm…. but that’s a memorized and adorable dream and may show me something that will appear in my future! I guess it would be "let's struggle the life but need to listen to my elderly ones, I would get the high position with treasures and happiness".