Phantacee‘Are we heading back now?’ ‘Yeah. Just let me use the toilet first.’ After doing a grocery run at one of the 24-hour supermarket, we made our way to a toilet on one of the top-most floors, where shops have been closed for at least two weeks now. I was about to whip my phone…Continue readingEssential Services
*Ding Dongggg* (I asked) ‘At this hour?!’ (Maeve answered) ‘It’s just Daniel. I invited him over since you’ll be busy writing. Right?’ ‘Mmm-hmm?’ As soon as the door swung open, the hot-headed pair exchanged a hug, and then a kiss, that didn’t quite end until she dropped his bag in a corner. That silk shawl…Continue readingInvited Guest
Not even I, would suspect that we were up to anything with our unnerving silence, distant glances, and respectful proximity. Neighbours, we first were, before the casual greetings ensued, along with more personal, but not intrusive, curiosity about each other. It was during a run in the scenic, vast land of Bishan Park, did we…Continue readingTomorrow the Sixteenth
(Yuting asked drunkenly) ‘Would you let her kiss my boyfriend?’ (I answered) ‘I would, only if she wants.’ (Maeve asked Yuting) ‘And you won’t hold it against me?’ ‘Nope! I don’t think you will know how he likes it.’ Suddenly, the ambience in the room grew way hotter as Maeve crawled over to Ian, and…Continue readingTrading Places
(Winnie asked) ‘Coffee for you uncle?’ ‘Oh yes please. That would be nice.’ Sitting on the study table amongst the girls who had just finished decorating the hotel room to celebrate my daughter’s sixteenth birthday, I was just touched and grateful that she had them as friends. Witty, cheerful, and forward-thinking, it was then I…Continue reading4-way