The Situation Room • Stirrings of Childhood

Michelle

Feeling Home

It was in a nice mall, the only one within half an hour of a bus ride from my campus, and I got some authentic Hong Kong-style hot udon in soup.

That faux-Japanese shop in the canteen was run by people speaking Cantonese. It wasn’t really my mum kind of standard, but it was good enough for me to go over and strike up a conversation in my native language. It almost felt like home.

    Michelle Wong

    Hi there, this is Michelle! I love exploring different types of writing, which is why I double-majored in English Studies and Translation, and minored in Journalism and Media Studies. I now write both creatively and journalistically in my spare time. Find more of my work at https://michelletlw.wordpress.com.

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