Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
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Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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A Singlish Christmas
“Make memories…don’t let them make you.” -Michelle Liew Author’s Note: I have written this little tale in Singlish, the variant of English spoken among the locals here in sunny Singapore. The sentence constructions are slightly different, and I have added explanations of local expressions.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Families
He Plays Frosty Pranks
“Creativity may not always sit well, but has the power to heal.” Michelle Liew While outside-the-box ideas may seem quirky or even offensive to some, remember that those have helped at some point of time. We can think of millions of examples!
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
The Locksmith's Curse
Everyone prepared for another tropical Christmas as the eve fell in Sunny Singapore. Hui Ting, a skilled yet young locksmith, was shutting up her quaint, though dimly lit, shop. She had festooned hers, aligned with everyone else’s on the street, with decorations- with fairy lights, mistletoe, and mini fig trees covered with wintry cotton,it was far too festive to be a mirror locksmith shop.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Families
Snow in the Heartlands. First Place in Tales of Hearth Challenge.
90-year-old Grandma Neo stretched her tired legs, her nearly defunct message chair bringing no relief. Severe arthritis had made her homebound - the neighbourhood shopping mall was as far as her aching legs could carry her.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Families
