tembusu in full bloom - long nite

the scent is so strong, and intoxicating, you can't help but think that the air is hosting a feast of la parfum to your nostrils. it's the flowering season of the tembusu tree, the bundles of little yellow flowers. its scent is so concentrated that a little bit more, you would have thot that it's from our king of the fruit.

in the middle of the nite, after a short spell of drizzle, the humid air settled heavily with this unpretentious fragrance disturbs one's concentration. every breath you take, your sense of smell is greatly impacted by this stench, so much so you want to protest to nature that she has violated forcefully one of your 5 senses.

but that's nature - it's not always trying to suit man's whims and fancies. many a times, man just loathes what nature has in store for him. diseases, bad weather, natural disasters..... but the smell of tembusu flowers definitely cannot be ranked as such.

after some time, the nose cannot take it any more. it stages a protest, and blocks up its passages. the brain tries to tell the nose to ease up..... but it won't.

so the brain says, "hey nosey, if you continue to close up your doors, i have to ask the mouth to open its, and the mouth may not like it."

"i have enough of the stinky smell.... the mouth has to take over, it doesn't have any sense of smell, anyway."

the mouth is awaken by the loud noise from the talking, "what's up man?"

"i need your help. the nose is going to call it day, i need you to take over the job of breathing."

"well, i have to eat...."

"but it's at nite, you can eat tomorrow morning."

"if the stomach doesn't mind.... hey tummy, are you still full?"

"what? just wanted to doze off.... what? full.... now that i'm awake.... i feel like eating some porridge...."

"no, no.... you guys don't try to be funny.... i'm your brain, the director here.....listen to what i tell your guys to do, else everybody will suffer."

"hey, boss, i'm hungry. if i don't eat, do you think you get what you need to assume your position as the boss?"

"well.... that's the point, i'm your boss when everybody is awake. now, it's nite time, it's time for me to take my boss-cap down, and let my brother, subconsciousness, teh sub-boss take over.... and i want you guys to do whatever is necessary to keep things in order... that's my order before i go sleep."

"boss, you are a control freak, the sub-boss not even dare to take your place at nite...."

- another long nite....with the boss wide awake.