BIRTHDAY BY LEE KOK LIANG

THEME
unsuccessful arrange marriage
unlucky woman
PLOT
1.Exposition
        She was staring at the window when her grandmother call her to come down to meet their guest (uncle Teng). Then,she crept up the loft and open a coconut box on a table and counted  pieces of red string, thats when she realised that she's already 25th years old and yet no one remember it. She climbed down the ladder and entered her room at lit a candles then examined her reflection. She realised,that she was not as good looking as a-bride-to-be supposed to look.
2.Rising action
       C.B (unknown relationships),came down in a lousy way and sat down beside uncle teng then.Both of them were having a conversations about girls that was when C.B said that 'She' doesnt have red lips as her grandmothers. She went to the fire place and raked the fire again thats when she saw cockroach on the firewood crawling down to her grandmother place.
3.Climax
        The rice was simmering and its time for her to prepared for the curry(special menu of the night) only for her to accidently spilled over to Uncle tengs trousers. Her grandmother was absolutely upsets and scolded her.
4.  Falling action
       She was not going to be having her dinner as her grandmother ordered,she sat at the pile of firewood while they finish the dinner,After Uncle Tengs gone,she quickly wash her face and runs upstairs.
5. Resulotions
        She ran to her room and pretended not to hear her grandmother called. Her grandmother climd upstairs to her room and there she was being scolded again with mean mean words. She was being called 'clumsy bitch' and curses to be a spinster for the rest of her life.