PhantaceeClaire: ‘J, I am really keen to take up the accounting job you have. You have seen my resume, I believe I have the skills.’ Me: ‘But you are just in your teens, would you know how to balance my accounts?’ Claire: ‘Yes. I can learn. You can teach me, and we will work together.’…Continue readingThe Accounting Job
(Mavis whispered) ‘Kor, am I disturbing you?’ (Sean replying lazily) ‘Not at all. Why?’ ‘Nothing really. Just want to see your room.’ ‘What are you looking for? Just ask me before opening anything.’ The seventeen year old girl who just completed secondary school education with his sister had came over with their classmates for a…Continue readingBest Friend’s Brother
Sister: ‘Kor! I’m home. This is Xinni. Her sister is just following her here.’ I gestured an ‘OK’ sign to her without turning away from my computer, stuck in a web-conference. The sensible girls left me along and went into my sister’s room after a short orientation around my house. The meeting ended after an…Continue readingFriend-turned-Sister
Me: ‘How have you been Ling?’ Ling: ‘Good. Thanks. If not for you, I would have been dead by now.’ Me: ‘Hey. Don’t say that.’ An ex-patient of mine asked me out for dinner and we met, chatting over food and a bit of wine. It was nice to see the once anorexic girl filled…Continue readingRecuperating Ex-Patient
When I saw Mabel after so many years, I couldn’t believe how thin she was. The singlet did not even try to hide her pink bra she wore underneath, and to meet at ’10th’ floor of a block was even a more weird request. Mabel: ‘Eh! Come here.’ Me: ‘What? Where are we going?’ She…Continue readingPleasure Prick