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About me - Michael Tan

About me

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Briefly me

My passion is ...

Playing a round of golf, lawn tennis, table tennis...not forgetting WRITING....

I know too much about ...

Nothing.....lots yet to learn in life.

My parents always told me ...

From dust you came, unto dust you'll return.....

My childhood ambition ...

Be an architect, a pilot...what else....fanciful dreams perhaps

My favorite memory ...

The day my first article was published.

Why I write ...

To fulfill a childhood dream

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Anything that enriches the mind.

My first job ...

A roving salesman.

My best moment ...

Getting to know my wife,and the birth of my daughter

My inspiration ...

Comes from knowing that today is the past, tomorrow is the future.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Memories
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Life's Like That

When I was a kid, we lived at the top floor of a three-storied building, one of many along the same row.

We had the luxury of having a balcony that overlooked a fairly busy road, along which ply bicycles, cars and in particular public buses. On the opposite side of our flat and in line with our balcony stood a tall tree with leafy branches.

Each afternoon, after I completing my schoolwork, I would stand outside the balcony, surveying the scene below. After a while it became such a mundane routine that one day I decided to add some excitement. I had an idea

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