31
Dec
2013

Story: Super Short Story #289

Super Short Story #289: Story Day and night reading about others’ lives, she forgot to write her own story.

31
Dec
2013

Bookstore: Super Short Story #288

Super Short Story #288: Bookstore Though books are for finding one’s way, he lost his way in the big bookstore.

31
Dec
2013

Mail: Super Short Story #287

Super Short Story #287: Mail The mailbox could deliver many things but what he really wanted to deliver was itself…

31
Dec
2013

Stranger: Super Short Story #286

Super Short Story #286: Stranger Encountering Camus in another language was like meeting a familiar foreigner.

31
Dec
2013

Rail: Super Short Story #285

Super Short Story #285: Rail The left rail was sadly crucified to a thousand bridges while it could not cross…

31
Dec
2013

Gift: Super Short Story #284

Super Short Story #284: Gift She dreads discovering an unexpected bill in the letterbox as much as she anticipates an…

31
Dec
2013

Zebra Crossing: Super Short Story #283

Super Short Story #283: Zebra Crossing Zebra crossings are more stressful than traffic lights to her as she is often…

31
Dec
2013

Water: Super Short Story #282

Super Short Story #282: Water Sometimes, he prefers the plain condensed water on the cup of fancy cold drink he…

31
Dec
2013

Down: Super Short Story #281

Super Short Story #281: Down It struck her that it is equally true that when you hit the rooftop, the…

31
Dec
2013

Dish: Super Short Story #280

Super Short Story #280: Dish It always surprised him how anyone could enjoy a dish made from someone who didn’t…

31
Dec
2013

Virtual: Super Short Story #279

Super Short Story #279: Virtual He focused so much on the virtual that reality became more virtual.

31
Dec
2013

Mosaic: Super Short Story #278

Super Short Story #278: Mosaic When he sees mosaic designs, he doesn’t just see the beauty, but the grime to…

05
Dec
2013

End Of Plastic

With increasing use of plastic surgery due to attachment to the so-called ‘importance’ of looks, I’m predicting the reverse to…

05
Dec
2013

The Half-Assed Bridge

There is this half-bridge-half-ramp structure at the Toa Payoh train station underpass. It is a monument ‘celebrating’ witlessness. For some…

05
Dec
2013

Smart Alec

Am always interested in hearing how the man on the street philosophises. I overheard a poor philosophical argument during lunch from the…

05
Dec
2013

(1) Novel X… Begins Here

Am experimenting with a lazy yet paradoxically disciplined way of writing a novel… by writing snippets weekly. It’s lazy because…

05
Dec
2013

‘The Grandmaster’ Regrets?

Here are some extended snippets from a chat on the movie ‘The Grandmaster’ with a friend on the nature of…

05
Dec
2013

The Art Of Thinking Clearly

‘The Art Of Thinking Clearly’ by Rolf Dobelli is quite a thought-provoking treat, offering 99 reflections backed up by studies…

05
Dec
2013

The Thief

I read the book by Fuminori Nakamura out of curiosity of how pickpockets work. It’s intriguing because there must be…

29
Nov
2013

A Tense ‘Drug War’

‘Drug War’ features probable mechanics behind the elusive workings of the drug industry, of how all parties involved are kept…