Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin

Joined September 2023

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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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Cast in Stone
"Gosh, she's a whale," Reuben referred, brazenly and with more than a bit of impudence, to their new female classmate, Tricia.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Fiction
Bounding Curve Ball
Curve balls bound to us at the most unexpected of times, and we've got to know how best to hit them. One bound my way yesterday, and I now respond to it with this post.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
Crisp Spring Rolls
My Chinese ancestry and love for things meatless prompt me to pay tribute to a favourite Chinese delicacy, savoury spring rolls.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
Wabi Sabi: A Broken Cup
Having battled a few medical conditions and personal struggles (as all of us have), self-acceptance can be an overwhelming concept. It's not easy to accept yourself as you are when the rest of society may have some struggle with it. I can envisage a few nods to this.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
A Bear Hug
I write this as I watch my better half hang out the laundry. All of us are busy. We are so busy that we often ignore the needs of those closest to us. It's also easy to take them for granted because we see them often enough.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
Clearing the Gap
Many of us jump the gun when deciding what another party is like, coming to erroneous conclusions owing to a person's appearance, background, or speech. In short, we stereotype often because we have to do so fast, or on the spot.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
Phases of the Moon
I'm not much of a night person, but I have been thinking about coping with changes lately. My conclusion? Change is our only constant.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
Straight Arrow
Our parents brought us up to with the notion that honesty is the best, in fact, only policy. In most circumstances, the truth bolsters one's integrity, strengthens relationships and sets one free.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
A Hot-Air Balloon
Petty trivialities trigger this post. Without going into detail, something a cashier at a supermarket said annoyed me somewhat.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
Fingers to the Lips
Everyone has been involved in situations in which deciding whether to speak up or keep silent is difficult. Saying what you must is a challenge when there are alterations between a mother and a sibling, between a boss and a coworker, and even between oneself and someone else.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
Ode to Ondeh Ondeh
My inner Singaporean compels me to introduce everyone to another of my local dessert favorites, Ondeh Ondeh. These to-die-for glutinous rice flour balls, filled with palm sugar and rolled in grated coconut, are a breakfast or dessert mainstay in Singapore and Malaysia. Pandan juice gives it a pleasant shade of green.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets
An Epulaeryu to Ice Kachang
Living in, or surviving in, a tropical country entails eating cold desserts. And so I have depended on them since I was a child.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Poets