An Introduction to Gecko

Hello. Either you came to my introduction first or read mine after reading the others, it doesn’t matter but I’ll be frank with you because I won’t do an over-the-top sort of an introductory piece like Mr Winston over there as if his life story was going to be put into his own Wikipedia page. So there, I was being frank, and now I’m gonna be Gecko.

My name is Gecko, Gecko binti Cicak, please don’t look up for my IC anywhere. I have been alive for 20 years, which to be honest I think I have been alive way too long. Shah Alam is where I am, it’s my jam and by jam, I mean the terrible traffic that has cursed over this goddamn town because of the 10-minute- waiting for traffic lights near Jalan Monfort.

I figured that maybe by now, you (the reader, my friend, my pal) would have already guessed that I am in fact a walking meme. Well, that is unfortunately true. While I can proudly go around being a living and breathing meme that roams the streets of KL during the day because going out at night is not halal for a mere Malay girl like me, every day I beg to have my normal life back.

Okay, memes aside; I’m a writer. I’ve been writing since I was eight. It all began with spooky stories about the monsters under my bed and from then on, 12 years later I am writing stories about the monsters under YOUR bed (Haha! Character development). Basically, I write a lot of creepy shit, I’m a sucker for the horror genre though I do still get scared of watching a horror film, I love the thrill of it. I also love watching other people get scared of the horror so hence why I based all my works on psychological mine puzzling to making you question your reality. Don’t kink-shame me.

From time to time, you will see a softer side of my writing, because you know sometimes I wanna shed my Stephen King costume and put on a Haruki Murakami mask. But sis, I’ll never go to the John Green level of writing, I don’t enjoy romanticizing problematic pixie dream white girls so I may not be subpar to your favourite genres. Also, I tend to voice out my opinions in both fictional and non- fictional writings, don’t be alarmed if one day I just publish articles about how gender is a construct or why bees are the most discriminated insects, you’ll never know.

As of now, I’m a college student. Where? Dihatiku. No, I don’t go to UiTM, I’m too scared. But what do I study? Mass Communications. Was Mass Comm my first choice? No, I wanted to do Literature or Journalism but unfortunately, our higher education institutions don’t provide the courses I want, I had no choice but to join the kids with no ambitions. Oops.

Uhh, what else do you want to know? I’ll put an imaginary FAQ down below: Q: Who are you? Gecko: I also don’t know who I am

Q: You like cats? Gecko: Yes, I love cats. They are my babies. Every cat is perfect. We don’t deserve cats.

Q: Why is your name Gecko? Gecko: Ask my mum

Q: Ur mum gay Gecko: no u

Q: You like potato chips? Gecko: Yes, of course, I love it.

And that’s about it, ladies and gentleboys. I hope that you will soon start to love our team of five…uh…maybe great writers. But we’re taking this opportunity to really put our effort and art out there in the hopes that not only will it be appreciated, we essentially want to connect with other writers and provide content deemed relatable but also educational for our readers. Cliché.