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An impatient middle-aged lady | Short description | Elijah Wee | Singapore

Description of a middle-aged lady who is always impatient to getting things going             When she passed by, most people would thing of her as a nice and pleasant-looking middle-aged lady. In my mind, however, she is none other than our notoriously impatient neighbour, Mrs Wong. One could always sense her arrival by the unique ‘click-click-click’ sounds made by her gleaming designer high-heeled shoes. With her face as smooth as porcelain and the lustrous silky black hair cascading down her shoulders, Mrs Wong appeared to be a rather good-looking woman. However, as you get to know her better, you would see her in a different light. For instance, try having a simple conversation with Mrs Wong, and you would notice her initially pleasant demeanor transform. Less than five minutes unto the conversation, her face grew grim and she would become tight-lipped. Then with a tone of finality in her voice, she would just end the conve...

Description of a woman in distress | Descriptive Passage | Elijah Wee | Singapore

Description of a woman in distress             Her only hope was to keep crying out for help.             “Help! My son is drowning! Please, oh please, someone please save him!” Mrs Lim shouted hysterically for help. She tore her greying hair wildly as she looked at her drowning son, who was rapidly sinking like a stone into the dark merciless waters of the lake. Trying his best to stay afloat by kicking the unrelenting waters vigorously, that action ironically caused her son to sink even further. Panic ripped through Mrs Lim’s throat, robbing her of all oxygen as she gesticulated wildly, hoping to catch the attention of a passer-by but to no avail. Tottering near hysteria, she clung onto the only thing which could give a sliver of blind hope. Her only hope then …             Her only hope was to keep calling fo...