I went out for dinner with a few of my friends, it was a great time spent with them. We ordered quite a few beverages as the place was well known for its’ drinks. We were all stuffed and ready to go home. On the train, I felt the need to use the toilet, and thought I could hold it in. Just before the train arrived at my stop, I could not hold it in any longer, I peed myself.

I woke up one fine day, just to realize something was loose and dangling out of my mouth. Like any kid would do, I told my parents. It was time for my dad to put his skills to the test. He then carried me up and laid me down on his lap. With huge force, he did a twist and it was out. While he was celebrating his success of being my “dentist”, I was celebrating in pain.

 

As night falls, my parents and I are getting ready to sleep. I was about to close my eyes when I saw a white figure suddenly appear next to my bed. I could not speak and was too stunned to speak. Seeing its appearance, my mind became blank and the only words that showed up were “fear” and “death”. The seriousness on its face gave off terrifying and immense pressure. I felt like I was about to be crushed.

Me and my friends used to be obsessed with wearing wigs to school. On sports day, my friend was a mascot and had a red wig on. I took a video of me snatching her wig and posted that on Instagram. Furthermore, on teacher’s day we were allowed to wear accessories to school to celebrate. My friend and I decided to bring our wigs once again. We wore them during the celebration and recess. We even asked our teachers to wear wigs to take photos.

Story 2:

I had once spent 5 thousand dollars buying kpop albums to meet my favourite idol. I had won the fansign and I finally got to meet the love of my life, Jisung park of nct dream. The fansign was only 2 minutes, but talking to my favourite idol via kakaotalk was a dream come true. He was very handsome. Some people questioned whether spending five thousand dollars on a two minute interaction was worth it. In my opinion, it was worth every penny. He was so cute and handsome, I could not deny it.

My family was supposed to have our family lunch at Nakhon Kitchen in Vivocity to celebrate Mother’s Day. However, when we got to the restaurant, there was a snaking long queue outside with at least 10 tables of people in front of us. As a result, we decided to have our lunch at Putien instead which I was extremely upset about because I dislike the food there. I was sulking through the lunch since the only things I could eat were tofu and sweet and sour pork, seen on every table with kids below 10. ;-;

Story 2:

I went to Kinokuniya at Takashimaya in hopes of getting a manga from my favourite series. After searching the manga section and being unable to find the book, I went to ask the inquiry desk if they still had it in stock. I was in luck that day when the lady at the counter told me there was one last copy available and told one of her colleagues to go get it for me. I am so happy I got the book I wanted in the end. :D

My family went on a family vacation to the UK for a week. Since it was winter at that time, it was extremely cold. However, one day, I forgot to wear mittens and was too scared to tell anyone. It was so cold that the tips of my fingers were on the verge of freezing. My mum scolded me before giving me an extra pair of mittens that she already had inside her bag from the beginning. I should have asked her from the start, stupid me! 

When I was out with my close friend playing bowling, it was just two of us and we were having lots of fun. Suddenly, two other girls wanted to join us, we were both reluctant to accept their request but did it anyway as there was no harm. In the end, we had lots of fun together and even exchanged phone numbers with one another.

That day made me realise how helpful one can be. My mother passed me a grocery list and asked me to help her with her shopping. I reluctantly went to the supermarket. When I decided to head to the checkout counter and pay, I realised I did not bring my wallet down. Suddenly, a young lady behind tapped her card on the terminal. She helped me pay for my groceries. I was thankful.

 

The sails were unfolding, the wind starts to kick in, the folds extend out. Crewmates getting ready to set sail. I on the other hand was in a barrel, waiting for the departure as a refugee. The ship was shaking, thunder storms starts to be audible, the crew was getting prepared for the storm when my barrel tips over, I stubbed my toe onto the wooden plank, stubbing it, I screamed in pain and someone found me in the barrel, this is it , it is the end I had embarrassed myself to the crew thinking I could get away with this. 

 

One time, I was playing with my sister at our playground when we were younger, and I was climbing on a rock wall, but I slipped and lost my balance. I fell to the ground really hard on my hand and was screaming in pain. My mother quickly brought me to the hospital and the results showed I had a broken arm. I had to use the cast for a few months and could not do a lot of hand movements, especially writing since I broke my dominant hand and it was a pain that I could not do a lot of things.

As usual, I took bus 184 to school and it was full of students. Luckily, I found an empty seat at the bottom deck. I took out my Airpods and inserted it in my ears. I opened Spotify and played my favourite song, but I couldn’t hear anything. I thought my volume was low, so I increased it. I felt someone was looking at me. Everyone in the bus was staring at me. I realised that my Bluetooth wasn’t on and the song was blasting loudly in the bus. I was so embarrassed.

 

Story #2:

My favourite singer, Omar Apollo, send me a direct message on Instagram. As he was on tour, he offered me to join him at his concert in Los Angeles this upcoming weekend. He mentioned that he would sponsor all my accommodation and give me a VIP ticket to his concert. Without hesitation, I accepted his alluring offer. 

2.  I can never forget that day. I was finally able to visit Seventeen in real life, but somehow I was more excited to meet the people who loved seventeen as much as I do. As we all got seated in the concert stadium, Seventeen’s music started to play. The lights dimmed and the scene was so beautiful, a sea of light sticks shinning so brightly in the stadium. Everyone swayed and sang along to seventeen’s song in sync. 

 
Story2:

One day, while I was working part-time in a café,  One aunty inquired about the authenticity of our café's popcorn chicken. I was terrified because this is my first full-time job, and she's the first customer to ask me this kind of question. I'm stumped as to how to respond to aunty's question, so I look for help from my manager. When he heard the question, he thought it was ludicrous and humorous, so he decided to serve the customer by himself. After work, my colleagues and I laughed all night as we recalled the aunty's question, and they also shared their own hilarious customer service experiences 

 

 

I grew up with my grandmother. She would always steam siew mai for me after school because she knew it was my favourite. Every now and then, she would ask me to translate some English words into Teo Chew as a little dialect lesson. Whenever I went to bed, she would come into my room in the middle of the night to make sure that I was tucked in alright.

Back in Secondary school, together as a netball team, we went to watch a national netball match. It felt surreal. Seeing my favourite netball player, Charmaine Soh, who I looked up to, playing right in front of me. It was the best feeling ever. A look of awe crept into my face as I watched the match intently. When the match ended, my teammate and I went down and slowly inched toward her to get a picture. She stood in between us and smiled widely. I was over the moon. 

Story 2 

During a math lesson in primary school, while I was struggling to solve a math problem, I noticed a swift movement in the corner of my eyes. Since it was relatively far from me and I was more bothered by the math problem, I was not fazed. All of a sudden, I see a cockroach right on my paper. The cockroach looked right into my eyes and I can even feel its long thread-like antennae. I was horrified. I jumped out of my seat, screeched as if I saw a ghost and dashed out of the class. No one spoke a word about that very day. It was embarrassing.

 

The day of my grandfather's funeral. The atmosphere was so gloomy, the people were sombre, and the weather was so dull. I could hardly count the number of times I saw someone weeping at the side of the coffin. Whenever I peeked inside it, I could feel a pang of sadness wash over me. In the 10 years that I did not visit him, he became so thin and so so fragile. Words cannot describe how much I miss you.

Looking at my O-Levels certificate, I thought back about the months of trying to pull my amath grades up. 

Months before O-Levels, I stared at my test paper of 36/100. Deciding that this would not work, I set a target to pass my amath in O-Levels. I stayed back for extra lessons with my teacher to clear my doubts, attended tuitions, and did many practice papers in my free time. And finally, I did it. I passed amath.

Story 2

Hearing the announcement to board the plane, I carried my small backpack as I trailed along my parents excitedly. This was my first plane ride and I was thrilled. 

I ignored the pain from my ears as the plane took off. I looked out the windows to see the clouds in the sky and the buildings that were now tiny looking. I watched dramas on my phone, had some food, and fell asleep. When woken up, we were already landing.

Before joining volleyball, I heard from some of my seniors that they had tore their ACL muscle before which required them to take a break from volleyball for nearly a year. Unfortunately, due to this, many of them decided to quit the CCA to prevent further injuries. I was always careful with my actions whenever I am training for my upcoming matches but one day, unexpectedly, I tore my ACL muscle while I was changing position after receiving a ball. 

Story 2:

It was late at night and the weather became cooler. Everyone was in deep sleep. Suddenly, the lights started to flicker, everyone was tossing and turning around. The sound made me annoyed and I was unable to sleep. So, I decided to go to the washroom. However, on my way back, I saw an instructor escorting a female student out. I ignored it and went back to my sleeping bag. My friend then whispered to me, "That girl was possessed." 

 

“No, mummy!” I yelled as I saw a komodo dragon up ahead of us on the road. However, it was too late. Bump. My mother drove right over the big lizard as both of us yelled at the top of our lungs. We couldn’t stop as we were on the highway, and I didn’t dare look back. Afterwards, I was in a state of panic and started crying.

#2

I tilted my head back as I finished my cooling barley drink in the food court. My friends and I got out of our seats and walked to the tray return area. Without thinking, I threw my reusable plastic cup into the garbage can. I immediately froze after realising what I had done. Before I could do anything else, my friends dragged me away. I still feel guilty about it to this day.

story 2: One day after coming back home from school, I was going to attempt to make food for myself even though I've never really used the stove before. I set a pot of water on the stove, turned it on. After I dumped the contents, I went to my room to watch a show and I completely forgot about the noodles, leaving it to burn on the stove. From then on my family was terrified of me using our kitchen.

2: One of my most memorable trips would be travelling to Rome,Italy. My family and I were visiting the colosseum. It was really crowded and that also meant that you can get pickpocketed easily. The panic when you realise you were a victim of theft was unforgettable and the rest of the day turned sour. Making a police report overseas is really daunting and a tiring process. 

The joy I felt when realizing that I didn’t have to go to class anymore was very noticeable considering I threw all my papers in the trash. I almost ran out of the examination hall screaming because I was finally done with this hell hole known as secondary school. The first thing I did upon stepping out of that wretched examination hall was take my entire bag full of notes and papers and threw it into the rubbish bin. Without hesitation, I ran out of the school with so much joy beaming, it could’ve been counted as an act of public nuisance.
 
 Story 2:

The day of the collection of ‘O’ Level results was possibly the scariest day of my entire life. Sitting in my seat, I began to fidget as the briefing about the collection was over. My teachers got up and they seemed to tower over me as if I was a mouse living in their home. My heart began pounding out of my chest and they said they’ll start calling people by index number. Since I was the first to be called, my heart began sinking down to the ground and as I sat down on the chair, I could remember that no matter how I did, it was okay because I did my best. I opened my slip and it wasn’t so bad. I mean, it was a number above 20 but I knew I was okay. My heart calmed and my mind convinced my body to stop being so worried. I wiped my clammy hands on my pants and I walked out the room as if I’d just scored a single digit on my L1R4.

 

Appearing suddenly behind me, a man hold’s out a bag with white powder, swinging it infront of me like a pendulum. Instinctively, I ducked away and started running. The horror stories cam crashing back, or maybe it’s just extensive storytelling from my teacher’s part.