My Eighteenth Birthday


I am legally an adult. It appears to me that my milestones in cognisance have occurred at six-year intervals since birth. While the degree in which I am dependent on my parents cannot be denied, I also realise that they also need me when it comes to the small things in their everyday lives. It is this privilege that I have earned gradually over the years, and this day alone marks in no way my immediate coming of age.
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Yummy Seafood Restaurant


We were meant to go to Thai Pothong for dinner but because of the traffic Dad arrived home late. Instead, we went to Yummy Seafood Restaurant on the Hume Highway for their signature dish — fried lobster and noodles. We asked them for their “smallest” lobster, but little did we know that it weighed 1.6 kg…
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My Seventeenth Birthday


In the wee hours of the morning I wiggled my toes and realised that it was no ordinary day. It was my birthday! but I felt bland and apathetic. After spooning in a bowl of porridge for breakfast I reflected upon the significance of the day. But I couldn’t find any…
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