A fortune teller once read my palms and the very first thing he told me was, “You’re a very intuitive person. If you follow your intuition, you will never go wrong.” He went on to add, “Except for love and relationships. That, you must follow your head and not your heart.” Although he didn’t go on to say more, it felt as if my love history could be ( Read more... )

Maybe I was under the influence of alcohol. Maybe I had taken a leaf from
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Unlike many people I know, Christmas usually passes by quietly for me and I would spend this season for merry-making at home, with neither friends nor presents by my side. This year, thanks to a bunch of friends, I didn’t have to spend Christmas cooped up at home feeling excluded. When plans for gatherings were firmed up for Christmas Eve as well ( Read more... )

In addition to the good times we once shared, the birthdays of those whom I've had feelings for are another item I can't seem to shake off from my mind. Because of these people who were once special, certain dates have since taken on an added significance. I still remember working towards these dates with birthday celebration plans in mind, ( Read more... )

On Friday night, I came across children carrying lanterns and playing with sparklers in the neighbourhood. The broad smiles they wore and their peals of laughter brought back some memories of how this quarter-of-a-century-old man once spent the Mid-Autumn Festival at their age. I remember back then, whenever the festival was just around the ( Read more... )

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It really was you.

To Fate,

Please.

Please allow me to move on. I want to move on. I've been here for way too long.

These uncanny coincidences have happened just too many times.

And I've learned the hard way that they don't mean anything.

So, please.

Can you help me? Can you let me go?

I recall heading to UCC a year ago brimming with excitement for my own Commencement ceremony. I was looking forward to taking dozens of pictures with my friends because celebrating this milestone with them meant more to me than my reaching this milestone. Besides, it was a rare occasion whereby my family had a reason to be proud of me. Prior to ( Read more... )

I don’t know what made my colleague come over to my cubicle to confide in me. Having hardly delved into each other’s personal life all this time, an expression of his finer emotions was a rare glimpse into his tender side ( Read more... )

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