Michelle Liew
Bio
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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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 Liew4 months 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 Liew4 months ago in Poets
For the Love of a Mark
PART ONE Young Mark Lim grabbed a seat at the dinner table and sat seated himself with the front of the chair facing him, legs askew. The chicken drumsticks that his mother, Elaine, had laid out on the table were too succulent to resist; he grabbed one, much to her frustration.
By Michelle Liew4 months ago in Fiction
Bejewelled Kaya Cake
The straits fervour within me prompts me to introduce everyone to a Peranakan go-to snack: Kaya cake. Everyone has a different version of it. My Nonya grandmother prepared hers by layering rich Kaya on top of an equally decadent layer of rice.
By Michelle Liew4 months ago in Poets
Golden Mound
Mooncakes always bring thoughts of the Mid-Autumn Festival. My grandmother isolated herself in the kitchen to bake them. With its rich, golden crust and grandma's tangy, heartfelt lotus paste filling, they were at the apex of everyone's snack mountain (and I do mean mountain).
By Michelle Liew4 months ago in Poets
A Curry Puff Sonnet
As long as we are discussing our favourite childhood snacks, I thought I'd discuss a popular snack in Asia: curry puffs. I am a savoury person and practically addicted to spice, so this golden-crusted, spicy-potato-filled concoction, popular in Singapore and other parts of Asia, clearly qualifies as one of them. It was certainly a childhood go-to.
By Michelle Liew4 months ago in Poets
Emptying the Cup
Everyone has an interesting backstory to tell, and it is usually so compelling that it must remain a secret from everyone else. And it is this backstory that sometimes prevents us from progressing. Family woes. Relationship worries. Academic stress. Work-related drama. We each have a lot to let go of.
By Michelle Liew4 months ago in Poets
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