PhantaceeDad: ‘Boy, sleep early. A few of my friends will be over for a drink.’ Me: ‘Okay dad.. Have fun.’ He closed the door quietly and went back into the master bedroom, which I supposed he told my mum the same thing. Through the gap under my door, I saw their lights turn off and…Continue readingDinner and Breakfast
‘Is love really that complicated like you have said?’ ‘It’s just complicated when I put it in words, but when two person click, there is no words needed.’ Wen Xing, one of the girls in the house party I joined despite being six years their senior, was the pure and innocent one who had the…Continue readingWhat is Love?
‘J! Let’s take a photo together. We haven’t taken one before.’ I set the camera on a ledge in front of us and went to her side, where the selfie-expert directed me to stand facing her, going for a ‘cool’ face-to-face pose. The not-so-photogenic me did as she told but we found ourselves barely still…Continue readingA Wait Too Long
*Knock knock* ‘Hi. You’re J right? The photographer?’ ‘Yes I am. What can I do for you?’ ‘I’m Natalie, one of the contestants. I was wondering if you could.. take some private photos for me.’ ‘Why not. Have you spoken to the organisers?’ That Indian-Chinese girl was one of the most talked-about girls in the…Continue readingPurely Transactional
(loud whispering) ‘hey, there’s someone there. just leave her here. go go.’ At my void deck where I was reading, a bone-skinny girl in a chiffon spag top, floral pencil skirt wobbled out of a corner with a bottle of wine and a lit cigarette in her hands. After taking two steps away from the…Continue readingSomeone There