Together, Yet Alone

A friend asked me on the phone yesterday, “How honest should we be with people?” In the past, my answer may have probably stopped at “it depends on who you’re talking to”. But this time, his question touched on a deeper theme that I’ve been learning a great deal about recently. And the theme is […]

Love & Hunger

As most of you know only too well, Zibin and I are both very talkative people. And when we’re with each other, unless one or both of us are reading, sleeping or working, we are almost never quiet. There is virtually only one exception. And that’s when we’re both extremely hungry. Like tonight, when we […]

Fun-Fair!

I went to Nanyang Girls’ School (new campus) for the first time ever yesterday. It was their fun-fair, and we went to show support for my cousin Yimei. As soon as I walked into the crowded school, I was hit in the face by the raw, youthful sounds and energy of over a thousand children […]