5) Robert pulls the brakes

We, the four young teenagers, known as the Falcons, were happily playing for gigs around Ipoh. We were proud that we had a manager and was happy that we had instruments provided for us although they weren’t the best around. But we were happy all the same and thankful that we were the only band in Ipoh at that time to have a Manager. Everything was hunky-dory for us until the day Robert called us for a meeting. Things were to change drastically for us, as he told us that his father wanted him to stop as manager of the band to concentrate on bigger things like the family business. It came as a shock to us. We had no choice but to disband as Robert sold off all the instruments. This saddened us but we decided to cool it off and concentrate on our studies instead. Robert gave us the stuffed Falcon as a farewell gift so we could use it as our mascot. Although we were disappointed that it had to end this way, we were grateful to him for his support all this while. We decided that Christopher aka 13 should keep the Falcon while we went on with our lives and school work. Anyway, it was an important year for me as I will be sitting for my Lower Certificate of Education and had to study and prepare for such an important exam at that time. But I guess the time I spent playing with The Falcons took its toll on my studies and didn’t do well for the exams and will have to resit the exam again the following year. This of course didn’t augur well with my family.