Shengliver Studio

We even did two-role PC games on the same computer, which most kids around us could not afford to, simply because they did not have a sibling.

The ache persisted. It was on throughout the exam, most times slight, occasionally severe. As a result, I found myself distracted from the questions. I simply could not help it.

Looking back on my discovery on the road, I admire the young mother for her way with the daughter.

Thanks to Caroline’s outstanding performance, all the betters lost their deposits to Donald. None of them had predicted there would be such a huge difference. Donald the Class Clown got rich overnight.

Since the light kept burning beyond midnight, she reckoned that it must be the boy who was studying into the wee small hours of the early morning.

According to her, they take advantage of our sympathy by feigning poverty and misery, but I did not believe it.

We were more than satisfied with his attitude to his customers. Very few food vendors we had met before paid attention to such details.

This accident, which suddenly shook me awake, brought home to me the feasibility of walking the sports path.

Working on the first day of the Chinese New Year is taboo traditionally, yet this elderly gentleman did not mind it.

Almost every evening after dinner, all the families would come out with chairs and hand-held fans. There was relaxed chitchat in the cooler air at the hangout at the bamboo grove.

His wearing so little became a laughing stock among his mates, who said Ming wanted to show off his figure to the girls. Their jokes pissed Ming off.

Upset, Freda and I were at a loss where to turn next to get our homework done.

Stuck in the rut, I am sometimes cast under the illusion that life is meaningless, for every day is a replica of every other day.

Carpentry was backbreaking labour. The most gruelling part was to saw a log into planks.

I had a special time this year because of the atmosphere created by the new house.

One of their players, a boy wearing the No 2 jersey, never failed to pre-empt our players when the ball came along. I could not help but curse him a lot when that was happening. I was so loud that I thought he even heard my obscenities.

Seated by the crackling fire, stoking it with twigs and grass, I was basking both in the warmth of the blaze and in the glory of queenhood.

I found that once work started, Jim sat there like a tree stump.

As I was chalking on the board, the whole class burst into roars of laughter. Mr Wang was laughing so hard that he was holding his sides. In plain sight, my monstrous finger made an exhibition of itself.