Sam & Sara #395: Already? Sam: Did you do it yet? Sara: (softly) Yes Sam: So, did you do it yet? Sara: Didn’t I say ‘yes’ already? How many times do I have to say it? Sam: Just once. Sara: But I did already! Sam: But I didn’t hear it the first...

PY: Art is too abstract. No wonder I always failed at art. SA: The trick is being able to justify your creations as art! Exactly because art can seem abstract, it is easy to pass if you can come up with a more exact and thoughtful philosophy about your ‘abstactly’ done pieces. The...

Question: I’ve heard of how Lao Tze and Confucious tasting vinegar with the Buddha together, and how the Buddha declared the vinegar as bitter, as the material world needs to be shed for liberation. What do you think? Answer: Hmmm… historically, the Buddha didn’t meet the...

Super Short Story (195): Writer’s Block He was facing a so-called writer’s block, with uncertainty of what super short story to write… before he realised writer’s block is indeed only so-called, as he could simply write about the so-called writer’s block, like he...

Super Short Story (194): True Story Now she knows, that movies and books labelled ‘based on a true story’ also means ‘based on some fiction and possibly misinterpretation’. In a sense, such stories are more confusing that purely fictitious ones, because she could be...

Super Short Story (192): Craziness Knowing that those who realised they are being followed are expected to panic, which would give him a chance to attack, she decided to go against his expectations, by pretending she does not know she is being followed. She behaved like a crazed person...

Super Short Story (191): Mixed Signals While checking to see if her pupils dilate upon seeing him, he opened his eyes wide to let in more light, to take a closer look, not realising that his pupils dilated in the process, that she saw them doing so. Now she’s curious if he is interested...

Sam & Sara #392: Mind-reader Sara: What is more terrifying than someone who can read your mind? Sam: Someone who really thinks he can… Sara: … who does not, while thinking he knows you inside out! Sam: Yeah… There’s just no arguing with them! Being presumptuous...

Super Short Story (188): Cab He takes cabs only for urgent matters, and this is usually during peak hours, when many others are looking for cabs too. He doesn’t like the dilemma of whether to ‘compete’ for a cab with those competing with him or not, because he can’t...

Super Short Story (184): Suspect He has a list of usual suspects for things gone missing in the house. But the prime suspect is always the maid, although time and again, it has been proven that she is innocent, because the truly usual suspect is himself – for often losing mindfulness of...

Super Short Story (179): Bag He had difficulty deciding which luggage bag to buy. It shouldn’t be too common or plain, lest it gets picked up wrongly by someone else at the luggage belt. But it shouldn’t be too special or outstanding too, lest someone has exactly the same kind, and...

Super Short Story (173): Placebo Having heard that a certain food is supposed to be chock-full of nutrients, it has become his placebo, eating it when on the brink of any sickness. He imagines it might have the right ingredients to allay it. Of course, sometimes it (appears to) works, and...

Super Short Story (171): Wonder She wondered why she was ignored… Was it because he hated her? Was it because he was interested (but didn’t know how to approach)? Was it because he just doesn’t give a hoot either way? She decided why she wondered… Was it because she...

Super Short Story (170): Spring-cleaning When he was spring-cleaning his stuff, he came across many notebooks with scribblings of his thoughts and feelings from many years ago, most of which he swiftly tore up and put them in a bag for recycling. His words were as superficially immature as...

Super Short Story (169): Reader On the flight, she noticed the passenger to her diagonal left in front was reading a thick book without a front, back or spine cover. Every time he finished reading a couple of pages, he would rip the piece off, and stuff it in the seat-back pocket...

Super Short Story (167): Curtains As the sun was too bright on her side, she kept the curtain drawn throughout the trip. It never occurred to her that she could compromise by stealing occasional peeks at what’s outside. As such, it also didn’t occur to her that she missed the...

Super Short Story (165): Navy Being the romantic he was, he joined the navy for the sun, sea and sand. But he got too much of it all - the sunburns, seasickness and sand in the shoes. Okay, not the last part. He wasn’t unrealistic enough to imagine it would be a beach party. There...

Super Short Story (164): Busker He never tipped the busker despite passing by often for so long. as he never sounded good enough. But this time, this occurred to him: If he was good enough, he would not be just a busker for so long. But let’s not be so judgemental - maybe he’s...

Super Short Story (163): Baby She says she can remember how her it was like as a baby when she was 3 weeks’ old. He says he’s not so sure how she is so sure because she can’t even recall 1 week ago. Come to think of it, she couldn’t recall how it was like as a...

Why are many amazing things made of clouds? From the dragon to the mystical what-not… Is it because we try to see the amazing in the clouds, and sift out anything that seems ordinary? Or can the extraordinary only manifest ‘cloudily’ to...