Once in that school

Today, the sky is clear but the weather is calm without so much sunshine…

Cinder accompanies her Mom to Central Market in Phnom Penh. She doesn’t want to park her motorbike but choose to ride around the city while waiting for her Mom’s call after her shopping.

Cinder rides her motorbike to this and there until she sees a public school. She rides into the school while the environment is strangely silent. No one is presence there but the view is superb with many big trees, blooming garden and gentle breeze. She explores the school until arriving a tall building that seems at the back of the school. Suddenly, the school become very active. Many students leave the class of that building, they go to get their bikes while some are walking and they’re all leaving the school at the back door that links to a ground road. Cinder follows them just want to see where that ground road lead to. It’s also a bit weird for being in the middle of the city but there is the ground road…

After Cider leaves the school’s back door, she is riding slowly and feel like that road takes her to the countryside… When she stops the motorbike and looks back, she cannot see the school’s back door again. She guesses she must leave so far from school. Though, she’s never been on this ground road at all. She decides to continue her riding further but just a glace of time, she cannot see any students anymore. Instead, she sees a house on that ground road which almost block the whole road. Only by walking, bikes or motorbike that can access this road now. She gets a bit scared of if she will lose her way… Luckily, in front of that house, she sees a man who is doing exercise and another man behind him, seems doing some chores.

Cinder asks him…

Cinder: Hello brother! ^^

Exercise man: Yeahhhh… Are you talking to me? O___o

(He looks surprised…)

Cinder: Yes! ^^

>>>The exercise man turns to the Doing chores man, “Hayy! Come here! She talks to me…”

>>>The chores man immediately come to stand next to him and look at Cinder together with doubtful eyes….

Cinder: May I ask about this road please? Where does this road lead us to?

>>>They look at each other….

Exercise man: ohhh… this road will bring you to Steung Treng province, do you know there? (he smiles friendly…)

Cinder: No! I don’t need to go there! How come! I’m in Phnom Penh just these less than half hour….

>>>Cinder looks worried….

Exercise man: No worry, you can go back to your place.

Cinder: How to go? I cannot find the door I pass through… I’m honestly scared to see something I should not see in this area….

Exercise man: You already see some! Wahahhahaah

>>>Both men look at each other and laughing again!

Cinder cannot get them and feels so clumsy…

Then, they seem come back to console Cinder…

Exercise man: You can just turn back and go until you see that door again. You go through that door, you will see a giant Warrior Sculpture that holding a sword. You look at the same direction as the sword point to, you will see another road. Go there, you will arrive the place you were at first.

Cinder with excitement: thank you, thank you very much for your direction. :’(

Then she turns back and go quickly. She remembers she doesn’t thank to the Chore man yet, but when she turns back to them again, the ground road is just there without them or their house.

Her heart starts beating fast, she cannot think of anything but rushes to go as quick as possible per the exercise man’s advice. She finally sees the school’s back door and by going through it, she does see the Warrior Sculpture that holding a sword and the road that lies by the sword points to… (which she really cannot recall her memory of seeing this giant sculpture back then). Everything the exercise man tells her are accurately correct and he does rescue her by sending her back.

 

Cinder is almost in tear with complicated emotions…