Phantacee*Knock knock* (dialogue between mother and son) ‘Still doing your work?’ ‘Yeah mum. What’s up?’ ‘Nothing. Just wanted to check in on you.’ ‘Hey, have you been crying?’ ‘A little. I miss him.’ He couldn’t let his mum cry herself to sleep and led her back into the empty bedroom, now missing a father after…Continue readingA Widow’s Replacement
Dad: ‘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
(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