An elderly Chinese basker with his erhu There was something about this elderly basker playing his er-hu with an ever solemn face that caught my whim. The first time I was walking briskly past and I couldn’t help thinking, “wow, that should make a great photo…” There was something silent about the picture even though […]
Category: Everyday Thots
My Toronto Gang
My Toronto Gang (who are still in Toronto!) The original OPL ‘Bathrobe’ Sorority Sisters We celebrated Jing Jing & Wanting’s birthdays today with our own hot-pot special! Though the Toronto Gang has shrunken a lot since a couple of years ago, it was still wonderful. Maybe it’s because this group of friends are younger… maybe […]
Proud of you
The thing about my brother is that he is a dreamer. All through his schooling years right up to university, his heart had always been somewhere other than on the books he had to study. He used to dream about being a professional soccer player, but of course, my parents didn’t support that idea. (I […]
What if I had wavy hair?
I went to get a haircut in Koreantown today. The pretty hairdresser lady said to me before she was going to dry my hair, “Your hair…straight. Today make curly, ok?” I thought, why the heck not? Let’s live a little! So she used the flat-iron to curl my hair… and ta-da! ha ha ha… what […]
"More sibling than friend"
Wanting and I continued with our impromptu talks this evening over the dinner table. As usual, our conversation topics were randomly endless. Somehow we got to talking about how we made friends with people and how we became friends. She began to describe how she felt about our friendship. WT: “… you were never a […]
A splendid afternoon walk
I made a date with Jing today which was probably our last chance of quality time alone together before she hibernates for exams. The weather this afternoon was gorgeous so we decided to spend the time together walking. We walked all around campus, visiting St. Basil’s, being frightened by pigeons (only Jing, not me), eating […]
Happy 9th, Sweetie!
Here are nine things I appreciate and love about you on our 9th anniversary… 1. The way you make me feel like the luckiest woman on earth because you love me 2. The way you never fail to brighten my life with your humour and wisdom 3. The way you love and take care of […]
This would never happen in Singapore
Cuts in homework proposed April 1, 2008 Kristin Rushowy TORONTO STAR LINK: http://parentcentral.ca/parent/article/407827 Students should not be assigned homework on holidays such as March Break or Christmas or other “days of significance,” says a groundbreaking policy before Toronto’s public school board. The draft document – the result of weeks of consultations with thousands of parents, […]
Abuse
Would you be able to recognize the signs if you were in an abusive relationship? It’s sad but I know one too many people who are in some form of an abusive relationship and most of them do not recognize it. Sufferers of long-term abuse often even sympathize with their abuser. In extreme cases, they […]
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Journey of the Heart 