PhantaceeSpending time alone is the rare occasion where I sort my thoughts out. At 2am, the silence of my neighbourhood was the most ideal time to zone out, even the residents coming home then would not make too much noise. Sitting in front of my block on one of those metal benches, a Lancer I…Continue readingHigh and Wet
James (shouting) : ‘Thank you for riding with fucking transit bus services!’ He killed the engines after he parked the last bus entering the bus park and threw his bag pack over his shoulders, storming to the back of the lower deck. Seeing that there wasn’t any belongings he could ‘pick’, he went up and…Continue readingCaptain’s Mast
Me: ‘Are you Carrie?’ Girl (exclaiming): ‘J?! It has been so long!’ We alighted the same bus at the stop between our houses, going back all the way to secondary school when it was common to bump into each other. It had been almost ten years since we last saw each other and her bubbly…Continue reading10 Years A Shot
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
By Nikkinom I almost instantly knew something was wrong when he leaned against my back. The hard on I can feel through the shorts I usually wear to sleep, I thought it would be a short trip to the top of the block where he wanted to ‘show’ me the view from up there. He…Continue readingSomeone I Knew