PhantaceeGina: ‘Kor kor!’ Me: ‘Yes?’ Gina: ‘You know how to swim right? Can teach me?’ Me: ‘Huh? Now?’ Gina: ‘Later tonight la. Less people won’t so pai seh. I want to learn leh.’ Me: ‘Ok. I’ll text you later.’ My fifteen year old neighbour caught me at the right time just as I returned home…Continue readingSwim Lessons
Girl (whispering): ‘Hey. Can we get your number?’ Me: ‘Huh?’ Girl (whispering): ‘Just type in here. Tell them I’m connecting to the WiFi if they asked.’ The girl with sharp facial features handed her phone to me and I fiddled with it for a moment, getting my number in with my name. She took it…Continue readingA Foreign Blend
Bernice (panting): ‘Can I go up now?’ Sam: ‘NO! Two more rounds.’ The curvy girl darted off in a white jersey and pink FBT shorts, threading lightly on the toes to quickly complete the last two laps. Once she returned to the bench where Sam was waiting, she brisk walk in front of him, only…Continue readingShe Belongs
Baby: ‘I’m not going to get out of the car in this k?’ Me: ‘Yeah yeah. We are just going to park somewhere and play.’ Wearing the white translucent oversized tank top, she had her office blazer over her shoulders despite driving in the night. We turned into a multi-storey carpark of a newly built…Continue readingMobile Quickie
Just like the first time people reacted to the world’s most prolific scent, I couldn’t resist turning my head to catch a glimpse of the lady (or guy) who wore the famed perfume. It drifted gently into my nose, and the strength of it told me her exact distance from me. The only ‘new’ guest…Continue readingDinner for Ones