The Weight

8:00 PM

look, over there do you see that? there’s your sister working hard so she can provide for her five kids and you. don’t you see that your ayah is taking out a fifty ringgit note— one of the few in his battered wallet to give to you. can’t you see that you are wasting their efforts and hard work and the money they deserve, all spent on you? and what have you done— other than wasting your time and never being smart enough or good enough in everything that you do?