‘Are you Cantonese?’ The gorgeous girl who looked in her twenties had been sitting in the cafe for over an hour, and spoke to me when I started playing Cantopop over the speakers after hours. As the shop had always been closing early on Sundays, I would stay back to enjoy the peace after working…Continue readingCanto-Pop
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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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Charlotte’s Birthday
‘Kor?’ ‘Yes. I’m here to pick you up. They called me.’ Rachael, my sister had gone to a chalet to celebrate a friend’s eighteenth birthday, getting drunk before she even turned eighteen herself. In the white shirt I saw her left house in, in place of her legggings, a pair of exercise shorts clung tightly…Continue readingCharlotte’s Birthday
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The Familiar Face
‘Oh my god! I’m so sorry. Why didn’t you tell me you are closing?’ ‘Cause you actually keep me motivated!’ ‘What nonsense. I’ll leave after packing up. Have a good night.’ The hot Chinese mum, that came into the cafe two days ago with her son, returned alone to do some work on her laptop.…Continue readingThe Familiar Face
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Not So Lonely
‘Why are you still up? Not sleepy?’ Sitting in the open BBQ area surrounded by blocks that have gone quiet, nothing was more relaxing than to be alone out there, sipping what’s left of the bottle of whiskey I brought while deep in thoughts. ‘Not yet. I actually like thinking when I’m a little high.…Continue readingNot So Lonely