Tony's stash of textual information

In general, it was about the human stories behind the Fossil Fuel industry – also known as Energy and Petrochemical Industry. For example, how do the employees in the industry feel, on the ground? What kind of families do they come from?

I attempt a haiku as a response to each site that I have visited on this tiny island.

1. Aquarium on Sentosa Island

Flitting past humans Helmets glow and dance. No sun. Life beneath the waves

2. Mandai Zoo

Endless screams and shrieks Long arms – furry – swing past trees Orange men with tails

Koh and Tan met each other when Koh was around fourteen years old. Tan's school-teachers had sent him to Koh's school to use the latter's workshops. Workshops to train him in professions: woodworking, metalworking, and so on.

One day, Tan asked Koh to play badminton together, and Koh agreed.

What does Koh like about Tan? “His torso and frame have a pleasing shape to the eye. He doesn't drink alcohol, and doesn't smoke cigarettes.”

It might be good to go back and visit my friends – some of whom have become family – and see how they are doing.

1. Chr****** (Cathedral) is working with NICS (Network of Christian Schools) to benefit refugees, and youths in Africa.
2. T** (barista) is pulling shots at Kurasu Coffee (the Orchard outlet) and feels sad that he has no choice but to go for two more cycles of serving in the Armed Forces.

Part of an actor's work is finding scripts and today I received one.

It uses the gimmick of body-swap – once popularised in the movie, “Face Off”, featuring Nicholas Cage (1997) – but after reading it, I fear that I will be ashamed of the final work.

The lines are unnatural,

Over a time-period of approximately ten months – from 18th September 2023 A.D., to 14th July, 2024 A.D – I experienced an encounter with people from my past. I think of it as a milestone in my journey thus far.

I list those people in no particular order:

1. Crystal, Nan Hua Media And Debating (MAD) Club, 2004
2. Goh Shi Bin, Nan Hua, 2005
3. Yu Ting, NJC Harmonica Band, 2007
4. Hwee Hwee, NJC Harmonica Band, 2008
5. Tay Yi, 35SCE, 2009
6. Yong Rui Xuan, NUS SoC, 2011
7. David Bensadon, entrepreneur (in the field of domestic helpers), 2015

I made some new friends in this period too.

I can't write poems I can't take a photograph Creative self-doubt

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Simple game. Few rules. Fun and laughter in childhood Give me back those days

Two young men walked into a bar. J had clothed himself in his usual way: a T-shirt and a pair of shorts, hat-less. Whereas Y had chosen a floral-print button-up shirt, a pair of skinny jeans, and a baseball cap.

They sat next to each other at the bar counter, saying nothing to each other.

J's dessert punctuated the silence. Its arrival elicited a puzzled look from J.

1. performed on a Shigeru Kawai grand piano. (Music: “Forbidden Love” by S.E.N.S., the theme music of a Japanese television drama “Nisen-nen no Koi”, or “Love 2000”). 8 December 2021, approximately. Location: No. 176, Orchard Road.
2. performed on a Bechstein grand piano, and an Bechstein upright. (Tchaikovsky's Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4). 14 November 2023. Location: Block 3014, Bedok Industrial Park E.
3. performed inside a ballroom of a hotel,