Alvin Ang

Joined April 2021

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👑 I write deeply personal stories. Buy my books here!

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Ambition
Why would a man want to climb a mountain so high if not for glory?
By Alvin Ang3 years ago in Poets
The Confessions of a Wannabe Dragonslayer
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. Before They came, there was peace. The Yangtze Valley was a green and fertile plain, suitable for both crops and fodder. Its banks were well-fed by the swift-flowing river which gave the valley its name, and the livestock who lived in the Valley were fat, plentiful, and at peace—as were the people. We were all round-faced and content, content to live out the rest of our lives in this idyllic Valley we call home.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Fiction
A Love Song to My Bipolar Mother. Top Story - May 2022.
Dear Mama, I love you. Throughout our 27 years together on this Earth, I've never once told you this one, simple fact; but here it is, out in the open, out in the air.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Confessions
4 Subtle Reasons Why You Should Use Personal Pictures For Your Articles. Top Story - February 2022.
Full disclosure, I stole this idea off of a famous internet writer, Nicolas Cole. When I first started writing online, I read all the top online writers daily. And Nicolas stood out. Not because of his storytelling skills, which are phenomenal, but because he went the extra mile to attach a high-quality image of himself on each and every one of his articles.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Journal
Dear Leke
Dear Leke, We're not as close as we used to be, but that's on me. We've drifted apart because I've stopped training and competing in Jiu-Jitsu, and Jiu-Jitsu is your life. I understand that.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Confessions
4 Lessons On Success I Learned From My 4 MMA Fights
The photo above was taken 4 years ago during my last mixed-martial-arts fight — a fight that I would go on to lose in devastating fashion.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Motivation
I Met My Childhood Hero — And He Was Everything I Hoped He Would Be
Georges St-Pierre is one of the greatest MMA fighters ever. He was the most dominant champion in Welterweight history, a true-blue superstar who somehow managed to transcend the sport while remaining a class act in and out of the ring. Perhaps more importantly, he holds the dubious title of being the fighter that got me hooked on mixed-martial arts.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Humans
4 Writing Lessons From John Fante — The Great Unknown Writer. Top Story - February 2022.
I read Ask The Dusk by John Fante some months ago, and I’m still reeling from the experience. By God, Fante is the best writer that nobody knows.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Journal
My Hero, The Crocodile Hunter
Dear Steve, I am writing this letter to you, but it is pointless. You are dead. You died 15 years ago, floating in the cold and lonely ocean, pierced through the chest by a stingray barb. Your last words, muttered to your shell-shocked cameraman as he desperately tried to resuscitate you, were, "I'm dying." And die you did.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Humans
Milo Unleashed
My dog always hated me. I guess that's fair enough, because he's not my dog, not really. He's my Dad and stepmom's dog, a puppy they adopted and brought into their lives in a bid to replace the child they never had. They named him Milo, after the popular chocolate-malt beverage, and Milo was very, very spoiled.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Petlife
Sweet Lies Before Bed. Top Story - January 2022.
Hi, I'm Alvin. I'm a 26-year-old entrepreneur, and I suffer from anxiety. I didn't always feel this way. Just two years ago, I was as happy and as carefree as a lamb. I ran a successful sports event business. Life was calm and peaceful and good...then, everything changed when the fire nation attacked coronavirus struck.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Psyche
The Oracle
Lydia Vardis was the greatest oracle of all time, and I was her assistant. You've probably never heard of her, but that's okay. Take my word for it, Lydia was a force in her time. She wasn't just an oracle, she was the oracle; the Oracle of Delphi, the most powerful of all the five Greek oracles. Men came from all over the known world to consult her: statesmen from Athens, generals from Sparta, even the ambassadors of the pharaoh from far-flung Egypt. Lydia would admit them all—after they had paid their admittance fee, of course.
By Alvin Ang4 years ago in Fiction