PhantaceeCindy: ‘Vincent kor kor, are you going to swim?’ Vincent: ‘I just went in the morning lor. I’m going to sleep. You guys go ahead.’ His friend’s daughter said nothing else and the door shut on him, leaving him to face plant the soft pillow for his nap. The past two days have been tiring…Continue readingTiny Cindy
Mr. Tay (shouting): ‘Cindy, are you alright?’ Two female students stood outside the toilet after Cindy spent over twenty minutes inside, worrying her classmates as she had fainted in there before. After a few frantic knocks from her science teacher, her voice broke the frightening silence and the cubicle door opened slowly. Mr. Tay: ‘She’s…Continue readingSick Cindy
I knocked harder on the door after the first try, afraid to be seen standing outside as if I was up to something. After a few nerve wreaking seconds, the door opened to a surprise sight of a girl in school uniform. Me: ‘Umm.. I am here for massage. Is this the right place?’ Girl:…Continue readingToo Young to Be
Gina: ‘Kor kor!’ Me: ‘Yes?’ Gina: ‘You know how to swim right? Can teach me?’ Me: ‘Huh? Now?’ Gina: ‘Later tonight la. Less people won’t so pai seh. I want to learn leh.’ Me: ‘Ok. I’ll text you later.’ My fifteen year old neighbour caught me at the right time just as I returned home…Continue readingSwim Lessons
Stepping into a small and bare house, my sister introduced me to her friend, Elise, whom she thought could use some free tuition I was giving to her. As if my sister was in her own home, she went into Elise bedroom after an exchange of whisper, then calling out to me that she was…Continue readingSister’s Inside Job