PhantaceeMe: ‘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
Sister: ‘Thank you cher!’ I entered the bedroom at the same time she ran into the living toom to the PS4, leaving me with Diana who tutored her in Math. Wearing a white sleeveless top and black skirt, the simple but gorgeous teacher remained seated marking a textbook, giving me a sweet smile revealing a…Continue readingMathematical Diana
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
Me: ‘Xiu Qi?’ The Chinese girl, in a black blazer, waving my Chinese name dropped the laminated A4 sheet and smiled widely at me, while standing in the middle of loud, eager Asians rushing to their families who were at the airport to receive their travellers. Xiu Qi: ‘J! Welcome to Beijing, China. They sent…Continue readingA Big Deal
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