CY@CY Says Welcome to my dreamscape. Where a Lim is also a Ling.

Butterflies are so colourful Their dance in the air is such an eyeful Floating from flowers to flowers Never seeming to get tired even after hours.   They taste with their feet All-liquid diet is all they eat Through their proboscis they sip Into flowers their proboscis dip.   They cannot fly if they are cold That’s what I have ...

It’s the Year of the Pig Chinese New Year is a time for celebrating it big It’s a festival of joy and celebration Family reunion is cause for jubilation.   Everyone strives to make it home for reunion dinner on New Year Eve Bringing home all sorts of goodies as gifts As the clock strikes midnight Fireworks light up the ...

I’m a seller on eBay A part-time business to help me pass my day With more than two thousand 100% positive feedback Providing prompt service and selling no fake.   Stamps coins and currency notes are my specialty Collecting them used to be my hobby Selling them on eBay requires effort and patience It has developed into a passion.   ...

Some people give me a lick With their tongue doing a flick Some people make me wet With their finger without any sweat. They always press down on me As if I might break free They make sure I’m stuck My life really sucks. Other people then mess up my face My disfigured face fills me with disgrace For I ...

The Good Earth by Pear S. Buck is a book that I wanted to read when I was still in secondary school but for some strange reason, I never got around to reading it. Until now. More than 4 decades later! The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize and Pearl S. Buck was a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. ...

The red colour of the rose Reminds me of a murder so gross Blood splattered on my hand As I brought her life to a bloody end.   The distress she had caused The peace that I’d lost Drove me to the end of my wits That spiralled into my murderous fits.   Lord I do admit This murder I ...

Haruki Murakami is one of the most popular authors in the world today, having been honoured with the Kafka Prize, the Jerusalem Prize and the World Fantasy Award. The publication of the English translation of Murakami’s 1Q84 was the most anticipated literary event of 2011, with midnight openings, queues around the block, magazine covers and unprecedented pre-orders. The original Japanese ...

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris is a compelling and unforgettable true story of Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz in 1942. When his captors discovered that he spoke several languages, he was assigned the job of a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently tattooing numbers onto the arms of incoming prisoners. ...

The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J. D. Salinger first published in 1951 though it was partially published in serial form in 1945-1946. It has withstood the passage of time, remaining the quintessential story of teenage angst and alienation. Published as a classic novel for adults, it has resonated with adolescent readers for its themes, becoming a ...

Here I lie on my favourite sofa New Year Day has been fine so far Trying to read J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye But my eyes are heavy I don’t know why.   The Old Man and the Sea was my final book for last year The best Ernest Hemmingway classic that’s what I hear So it seems fitting ...