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Image by Hans from Pixabay The light is pale and cold– the sun is indisposed. Trees are still, road is frozen– nothing moves after the arctic blast. Except time– its untiring motion. marching day and night, already taking one month away. I can make frozen tofu by opening the window. … Continue reading It’s So Cold →

Image by Jess Foami from Pixabay Flash Fiction #160 This is the 4th and last part of the story. The first three parts of the story is here: #1, #2, #3. From then on, Cia had always been trying to work Arji into any conversation we had in the dorm. … Continue reading The Love Stories Of Two Sisters (Flash Fiction Part 4) →

Image by Jess Foami from Pixabay Flash Fiction #160 This is the 3rd part of the story. The 1st part is here and the 2nd part is here. Shermei went out with Thon, her college classmate, who is a loving and a capable guy. However Thon was not good enough … Continue reading The Love Stories Of Two Sisters (Flash Fiction Part 3) →

Image by Jess Foami from Pixabay Flash Fiction #160 This is the 2nd part of the story. The 1st part is here. From the first day we met, Cia was always the one who wanted us to be more intimate. In a girl’s dorm, such friendly girl “couples” are everywhere. … Continue reading The Love Stories Of Two Sisters (Flash Fiction Part 2) →

Image by Jess Foami from Pixabay Flash Fiction #160 Cia and I were college roommates, and I can still remember looking into her eyes when I was chewing instant noodles as my midnight snack. She looks so young, fresh faced. Now looking back, I realize that she was perpetually searching … Continue reading The Love Stories Of Two Sisters (Flash Fiction Part 1) →

Image by Anna Lysenko from Pixabay Flash Fiction #159 Lisa doesn’t really need extra tutoring, but that didn’t prevent her parents from sending her to Ivy Training Center (ITC) since she got a “B” in the first quiz of the semester on pre-calculus, an important high school course. In her … Continue reading The Orientation (Flash Fiction) →

Quote Of The Day #67 it was a waste to have a moon here,a moon is not cost efficient Inalienable nomads, global citizensunfettered limbswe are heartsick for the true world I can buy books which I do not readand cannot afford and make plans for them tocarry me through my … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Moon Is Not Cost Efficient →

Image by Victoria_Watercolor from Pixabay Flash Fiction #158 Alia: “Lulan? I always consider Ivy Training Center (ITC) a place for my daughter’s tutoring. I’ve never considered it a place to help me. Can you believe it that they just lay me off like that? I’ve been working there for 10 … Continue reading Girl Fight (Flash Fiction) →

Image by homecare119 from Pixabay New Word #131 There are many misconceptions about birds. If one wants to describe a person who eats very little, one would say, “eat like a bird.” However birds eat a lot since it has to eat enough to provide energy for its wing flapping … Continue reading New Word: A Little Bird →

Image by Silvo Bilinski from Pixabay One of my friends just told me that this year is not only a year of rabbit, but also a year of black rabbit, which symbolizes creativity, talent and authenticity. I really didn’t know about it–it is said that every sixty years, the black … Continue reading The Talented Rabbit →

Image by Gosia K. from Pixabay (This is the second half of the story. The first half can be found here.) I have been reflecting on Uncle D’s life for the purpose of explaining what have been puzzled me for so many years. Why is fate so unkind to Uncle … Continue reading An Old Story Retold (Flash Fiction Continued) →

Image by Gosia K. from Pixabay Flash Fiction #157 He is handsome, competent, diligent, polite, and educated. He has a good life, working for a big corporation for a decade. Then his boss leaves the company and finds greener pasture elsewhere. He thinks he should be promoted to the position … Continue reading An Old Story Retold (Flash Fiction) →

Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay Whether you believe it or not, dancing is quite popular in Asian communities here, as popular as playing mahjong or watching K drama, especially among the middle aged and older individuals. I’ve been observing this for quite a while and it is quite surprising, considering … Continue reading Shall We Dance? →

Image by Anrita from Pixabay New Word #130 Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, that’s observed in many East and Southeast Asian countries. And this year is the year of rabbit. This particular zodiac has a twelve-year cycle, each year being represented by one animal. In … Continue reading New Word: Rabbit & Calendar →

Image by Владимир Харитонов from Pixabay Flash Fiction #156 “Well, we’ve been waiting for ten to fifteen minutes. They still haven’t shown up. Well, it’s just a social media call, but still we had to postpone our dinner for this. Also I wear more makeup than usual just to hide … Continue reading The Brothers (Flash Fiction) →

Image by Pexels from Pixabay Flash Fiction #155 I wonder if you have experienced this, but I certainly have. There’s this acquaintance, with whom you haven’t had much interaction. She (or he) showed up in a party or a meeting you both attended. Then you met in grocery stores, hair … Continue reading The Reciprocation Confusion (Flash Fiction) →

Image by David from Pixabay Flash Fiction #154 “Do you know that most lunar calendars are actually lunisolar calendars since only the months follow the lunar cycle while the years are still largely in their solar cycle.” Pan says to his wife as they drive down to Atlantic City to … Continue reading Husband And Wife At Atlantic City (Flash Fiction) →

Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay I don’t believe in psychics because my narcissistic family on my mother’s side believes in psychic power very much. They often speak of their belief in certain psychic readings, or this or that child being predestined for greatness or villainy, or certain inexplicable sign … Continue reading Psychic And Digital Psychic →

Image by hoahoa111 from Pixabay Quote Of The Day #66 I have become a bore, I have been asked to forfeit my independent young feminist card. I don’t care. I balance his checkbook, I trim his hair. I’ve gotten so retro, at one point I will probably use the word … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: The Perfect Performance →

Image by PIRO from Pixabay New Word #129 I can’t help making a lottery post when the mega million jackpot approached a historical high number yesterday. I used to buy one or two lottery tickets once a week when I was young, naive, and dreamy of impossible things. Fortunately time … Continue reading New Word: Gambling →