*Ding dong* The bell rang just as I stepped out of my work shoes, prompting me to switch to a pair of slippers before I made my way to Anna, in the unit right next to my apartment. As previously agreed, I did not have to knock, nor call out to her, to enter her…Continue readingDoorbell
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Tomorrow the Sixteenth
Not even I, would suspect that we were up to anything with our unnerving silence, distant glances, and respectful proximity. Neighbours, we first were, before the casual greetings ensued, along with more personal, but not intrusive, curiosity about each other. It was during a run in the scenic, vast land of Bishan Park, did we…Continue readingTomorrow the Sixteenth
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Shoot Shack
(Incoming text) ‘Hey?’ ‘Yes.’ Barely a minute into sending that ‘yes’, a loud slam was heard through his front door and it took a few more seconds before Ryan’s door swung carelessly open, for a stern-looking, clearly-agitated female. Not a word was exchanged when she pushed him onto the shoe rack, thereafter ‘ripping’ his belt…Continue readingShoot Shack
‘Stand still and?’ (I replied) ‘.. don’t make a sound.. ‘ I was just pleased to get that answer right despite what she was about to do to me, was totally wrong. At that age, I certainly did not know what was ‘that whole thing’ called, and to make matters worse, it made me felt…Continue readingOl’ Days
‘I’m Myala. What’s your name?’ ‘I’m Sam.’ ‘Oh! Hi Sam. Nice to meet you!’ Besides ‘awkward’, how else would a lift-conversation go, when it was the first time both of them ever saw each other, and also learn that they resided on the same floor. While he was in his thirties, with a slight belly,…Continue readingDig Bick