I finished this one last Sunday. I think it's not a surprise anymore when I tell you it's from my mother's childhood again. When she was young, she lived around the military air base near Puchintong Airport. And this strip is based on the time she first met the king (Norodom Sihanouk), who was a young and handsome man back then. The story goes like this, my mom ran to see the cheering crowd. The protective bar was higher then her head, so she could just squeeze herself to the front. And then King Father was about to turn away before he saw her and stroked her head saying, "Oh there's this little white one here." That's the exact words the king said to my mom at that time. And she remembered it ever since.
I think at the end of the day, my mother's still the only person has such story to tell. Memories are very important, that's why when I get a grip of some comic-worthy childhood memory from my mom, I never hesitate to interpret it into art. Sometime it feels amazing to be able to do this, it's like I could relive those funny times with her.
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