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Help Alice Out

‘ALRIGHT GUYS! THAT’S THE LAST OF IT! Just put them in the store and you guys can go off. Thanks for your help today.’ I carried the last two long tables into the storeroom with Alice, the seventeen year old girl who shadowed me throughout the whole event – a quarterly dinner at an old…Continue readingHelp Alice Out

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Teach Me Teach Me

‘We’re almost done here. A drink?’ Taylene was not surprised at her tutor’s offer since they started drinking shots at the end of the lessons. It was her way to unwind after a three hour brain squeeze, and she wasn’t too suspicious with his righteous character too. After she swallowed the shot of whiskey he…Continue readingTeach Me Teach Me

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Jazz

‘You’re not bad at this huh?’ The pretty, wavy haired girl pulled me to the dance floor as soon as a jazz piece came on, swaying alongside other couples who were drunkenly in love. She had approached me as a dare from her friends whom had a date, and I was picked from the sea…Continue readingJazz

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Taught Not To

‘See! I told you you won’t be the only one dressed like this.’ Jamie, another teacher from my school had dragged me to the annual dinner and dance I was going to miss. Without any clothes to match the ’80s’ theme, she convinced me that the standard Men-in-Black attire won’t be too ‘far away’, and…Continue readingTaught Not To

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Slowly into Place

‘You wanna sit down for a while?’ The dinner date at the mall came and past quickly, basking in the company of a new friend and non-stop complaining about the two ‘most’ tiring industries in the world, medical and F&B. We both had passion in what we do and there was nothing more comforting than…Continue readingSlowly into Place