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Playing Ground

Incest alert! Written from the POV of a daughter. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Sitting down at the bench of the playground under my block, I could have guessed what he was going to ask when mum had a really long talk with him the last night. Until I heard him speak…Continue readingPlaying Ground

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What is Love?

‘Is love really that complicated like you have said?’ ‘It’s just complicated when I put it in words, but when two person click, there is no words needed.’ Wen Xing, one of the girls in the house party I joined despite being six years their senior, was the pure and innocent one who had the…Continue readingWhat is Love?

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A Sick or Too?

The overwhelming sense of helpfulness was pretty much unneeded when a girl in a white muscle tank came up to me at the void deck I was doing some work on, asking me for a cigarette instead of other less ‘harmful’ requests. I had no reason to turn her down, especially with that red bra…Continue readingA Sick or Too?

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Lian Ai (Love)

Me: ‘Don’t be sad lah. You look so pretty. I’m sure other guys will want you.’ Sherlyn wiped the tears off her eyes and took another puff from her cigarette, extending her arms to reveal some of that dragon tattoo under her sleeve. She was that typical ah lian who did not study far, and…Continue readingLian Ai (Love)

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Stranger’s Sweet

Uncle Low: ‘Girl, why are you out here so late?’ Mabel: ‘Aunty (their maid) brought me down. I cannot sleep and she says she is meeting a friend.’ Uncle Low: ‘Where is she now?’ Mabel: ‘I don’t know? She says she will call me when she is done. I just play around here.’ 9 year…Continue readingStranger’s Sweet