Balestier House (01/07/2016) This morning I had a dream where I saw a beautiful house. It was an apartment unit located on the ground floor and it was in Balestier. I viewed the unit together with my younger sister from Australia. It had a fairly old and retro interior and the place was really cleanContinue reading “Tulisan Beraneka (Assorted Writings)”
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Swans in Batu Uban (A Christmas Eve dream)
I left the office early on Christmas Eve and went home to take a nap. I dreamt that I was queuing up for food in my school canteen in Penang, but it was located by the side of a shopping mall. I didn’t know what I wanted, so I let the girl behind me chooseContinue reading “Swans in Batu Uban (A Christmas Eve dream)”
Quote of the Day
There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you. – J.K. Rowling I love this quote by J.K. Rowling, taken from her commencement speech at Harvard’s graduation in 2008. This quote came to mindContinue reading “Quote of the Day”
Weird dreams make good writing prompts for creative fiction
It has been an oversleeping kind of weekend. Afternoon naps that ended up in insomnia that ended up in oversleeping and waking up in the afternoons. Oversleeping also means light sleeping, and light sleeping means dreaming dreams that you can remember as soon as you wake up. I found myself in a grand golden marbleContinue reading “Weird dreams make good writing prompts for creative fiction”
With eyelids shut
At night, when all the colours die, they hide in pairs and read about themselves – in colour, with their eyelids shut. – “A Martian Sends A Postcard Home” by Craig Raine (1979) This man, he was licking my face. Not giving me a kiss, just licking the side of my face. He sat behind theContinue reading “With eyelids shut”
The Man at the Cinema
There was a man at the cinema. He was sitting in the back row. I walked to the front row so he could see me and get up and follow me. We went upstairs to the balcony seats. He said, girl it’s too bright here. The whole world can see us. I said we can’tContinue reading “The Man at the Cinema”
Sleep, dream, wake, paralysis
This morning I had a dream that paralyzed me to my bed. In that dream I had started a relationship with a guy (who in real life is already with another girl). In that dream my body was drifting off to sleep. We were at the beginning of our relationship and I wanted to getContinue reading “Sleep, dream, wake, paralysis”
Alarm clock dreams
I wonder why I didn’t hear my alarm clock ring this morning. I was having a delicious dream about Penang, where I was heading to McDonalds on Green Lane with my sister. It was night time, except for the warm orange glow emanating from the lamp posts along Jalan Masjid Negeri, and she was soContinue reading “Alarm clock dreams”