By Jiejing, Australia Stars are twinkling in the dark blue sky, insects are buzzing in the grass, and along the light breeze came bursts of laughter and talking. Looking in the direction of the voice, you will find a small house with a warm light. This is my home. I live in a shared house […]
By Fang Min When my cousin came to my house with worry, she sighed and said to me, “I have worked in the church with Sister Chen for a while. But recently, when we dealt with problems, we could never have a unified opinion. When I said about the east, she said only about the […]
By Ganen, Italy “Ganen, I’m going on a journey. It’s not safe to carry money and the bank card with me, so please keep them for me. Thank you!” “Ganen, this cosmetic does some good. Please use it, and your pimples will disappear.” “Ganen, are you free now? Let me curl your hair, and then […]
By Wang Hua, United States “Please mop the floor after you wash your clothes!” “Please pick up your fallen hairs and put them in the waste basket in the future; don’t throw them about like this.” “I’m really wondering who didn’t clean up the floor after combing the hair, and who didn’t mop up the […]
By Li Yang, China Wanru found a job in a restaurant. Though unfamiliar with the working environment and the place of food and other things, she, hard-working, consulted others about anything she didn’t understand, so she mastered her procedures soon. The second day, it’s nearly the time of getting off work, and Wanru was having […]
By Tingting Due to the need of the work, my two former partners were transferred to other departments, so I was left to deal with paperwork alone. At the time when I was feeling quite stressed, my manager arranged two new staffers, Wangyun and Liuzhen, as my partners, and told me, “Tingting, try your best […]
By Xinling Editor’s Note: Ling Ran is a designer at an advertising agency. When her old friend outperformed her at work and gradually began to receive the approval and regard of co-workers, she was seized by a feeling of jealousy that coiled round her heart and devoured her happiness like a venomous snake. This jealousy […]
By Jiang Yuan “From now on, I will do my own work myself.” My colleague, an older woman, said to me graciously. Looking at her, I smiled knowingly. At this point, I couldn’t help but think of the previous “war” between us, scene after scene appearing in front of me … I Didn’t Like the […]
By Lisa, United States One afternoon, I was busy with my work on my computer. Just when I came to the key part of my work, my colleague Zhang, coming back after finishing her business, slumped into the chair beside me and started to delightedly talk with Wang about the process of the business today. […]
By Yuxin Early in the morning, the sun was rising. The pale blue sheers shone goldenly under the bright sunshine. Yuxin opened the window. An expression of a slight happiness appeared on her face when she thought of her successful talk with a big client two days ago (It was about a policy for more […]