She is reticient. Her scarf is tied loosely around her head, for she is at home and not expecting any visitors. She is wearing a loose kaftan. He is smartly dressed in a shirt and trousers, and is raring to check his durians at his dusun. She looks away a lot, and seems to search for something at a distance. He is almost hyperkinetic; his thoughts run from his speech. She says she is happy. He is happy. View this union as a metaphor of the Malaysian landscape.

They were once idealistic. When they met in the 1980s, they had been working in Kuala Lumpur: she was in advertising and worked side by side with a few illustrous names that headline theatre performances today, while he was a professional with dreams. Together, they decided to go back to their homeland, bring up a family and turn Terengganu into their paradise.