Image by Couleur from Pixabay Quote Of The Day #75 there is no straight white line it's the bumps and the curves and obstacles that make this road yours and mine" Salena Godden how can I not look at myselfin the reflective universeoff the silver tinged powder of August hazehow can I not look at … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Love And Criticism
Month: April 2023
At The Restaurant
Image by LEEROY Agency from Pixabay I really don't know if I should say "different foods" or plain old "different food". I have a certain grasp of "sounding right", like a proficient non-native speaker, but my understanding has never reached the sphere of plurals. This means I'm forever plagued with questions like "should I add … Continue reading At The Restaurant
Good And Bad Decisions
Image by maryannandco photography from Pixabay I made a very bad decision tonight to add the leftover debris (from my soymilk making process) into the scrambled eggs. I just didn't want to waste the insoluble residues of soy beans. And guess what? The scrambled eggs tasted awful. This inflation is really getting on my nerves … Continue reading Good And Bad Decisions
Unsolicited Advice
Image by ShonEjai from Pixabay She really didn't want my advice, which was unsolicited in her unexpressed opinion towards me. However her mother insisted that I talk to her about how to improve her English and how to incorporate new methods of learning. So I was obliged to share with her methods like "comprehensive input", … Continue reading Unsolicited Advice
Being In A Wrong Place
Image by Frauke Riether from Pixabay I have nothing to write about today or yesterday, but I just talked with one of my friends over the phone, who told me to be careful and to avoid going to the wrong places. Everybody is armed with guns nowadays (except me) and being in a wrong place … Continue reading Being In A Wrong Place
Poem Of The Day: My First Tanka
Image by Kanenori from Pixabay Poem Of The Day #56 April storm last night, fallen petals this morning. Pink flowers everywhere hide beaten pathways. Slip and fall-- hands slimy, pants wet. A beautiful annoyance. I used to write a poem or two once in a while, and then I stopped since my poems were so … Continue reading Poem Of The Day: My First Tanka
My Internet Crush
Image by Mali from Pixabay I would have given up learning long time ago if it were not for him, who has about 200 videos posted online. I only learn it for 20 minutes a day, but often 20 minutes are too long and too boring for me. As you know, Thai is not a … Continue reading My Internet Crush
Quote Of The Day: The Double-Faced Reporter
Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay Quote Of The Day #74 Every journalist...knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. Like the credulous widow who wakes up one day to find … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: The Double-Faced Reporter
The Community Newspaper (Flash Fiction Continued)
Image by Karolina Grabowska from Pixabay Flash Fiction #165 The is the 2nd half of the story. The first half is here. "And look at another story of this 'Life & Culture' section." I continue, "It praises love as something wonderful and everlasting as if love is supernatural. It is total nonsense. And the ending--surprise, … Continue reading The Community Newspaper (Flash Fiction Continued)
How To Improve The Efficiency? (Flash Fiction)
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Flash Fiction #166 "Computer modeling can calculate the success rate of a pharmaceutical experiment before the lab work is done. My work has just improved the efficiency of identifying transporter protein by 10 fold." Arlong says to his friends. It is Arlong's 40th birthday and his wife Jasmine throws … Continue reading How To Improve The Efficiency? (Flash Fiction)
Nothing To Write About Monday
Image by Karolina Grabowska from Pixabay I have nothing to write about today. I've had another "same old same old" day with my mind often occupied by mundane concerns I had to deal with. Both the immediacy of the issues and the expediency of the solutions made me feel like a problem solving servant who … Continue reading Nothing To Write About Monday
The Community Newspaper (Flash Fiction)
Image by Karolina Grabowska from Pixabay Flash Fiction #165 I don't know how many different ethnic newspapers are there in New Jersey, but I've seen at least two Korean language newspapers, one Filipino newspaper, two Vietnamese papers, at least four Hindi papers, three Chinese papers in the area. They are usually free and stacked at … Continue reading The Community Newspaper (Flash Fiction)
The Cultural Differences Of Free Newspapers
Photo by Vlada Karpovich at Pexels.com I don't have anything to write. So I am going to talk about the free newspaper I picked up from the grocery stores today. Since I've been learning a bit of Spanish, I also picked up free Spanish newspapers like "El Especialito" and "Latinos Unidos", which are usually piled … Continue reading The Cultural Differences Of Free Newspapers
A Mild Influence And A Big Decision (Continued)
Image by Anrita from Pixabay This is the 2nd half of the post. The 1st half is here. I sometimes wondered how M's parents helped M make the decision, and how they ignored the signs that have been there all along. I can't piece together a consistent story yet, but certain things do stick out … Continue reading A Mild Influence And A Big Decision (Continued)
New Word: Change
Image by Joe from Pixabay New Word #133 peripeteia: a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances. Sometimes when we want to use the word “change”, we probably can use peripeteia instead. However, peripeteia is more related with a sudden plot twist in a fiction or a play. Maybe vicissitude is a word that … Continue reading New Word: Change
Easy Misconceptions
Image by wal_172619 from Pixabay Strategies For Casinos It happened several times. I read a book on strategies for video poker and blackjack, but when the time came for me to face a machine or a table in a casino, I just couldn't summon up what I had learned. The noise, the atmosphere, the lack … Continue reading Easy Misconceptions
Quote Of The Day: Eat A Peach
Image by Rahul Yadav from Pixabay Quote Of The Day #73 I cancelled my audible subscription last year. Of course I want to save some money each year, but I also want to finish all the books already in my audible library. Audible has several discounts and sales each year, offering books at half price, … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Eat A Peach
A Mild Influence And A Big Decision
Image by Anrita from Pixabay I was trying to write the story into a flash fiction, but I don't have the ending for it. Real life stories usually have no endings, and I don't have the imagination to add a finale that's surprising yet plausible, satisfying yet entertaining. So without an ending, I guess the … Continue reading A Mild Influence And A Big Decision
New Vegan Dishes I Tried
Image by D. from Pixabay I am almost a vegan, but still not quite there yet since I can't get rid of occasional eggs or Campbell's chicken noodle soup or a slice of turkey breast for sandwich or one or two silk scarves (throwing them away is unthinkable by the way) or the daily fish … Continue reading New Vegan Dishes I Tried
The Incomparable Comparison (Flash Fiction)
Image by Pexels from Pixabay Flash Fiction #164 "Can you believe this? A woman just dumped her boyfriend because he refused to pay $3 for cheese on his hamburger. " Pan says to his wife Pammy. "I mean I wouldn't pay three extra dollars for cheese either." Pammy comes over to watch the video with … Continue reading The Incomparable Comparison (Flash Fiction)
Kitchen’s Cultural Difference
Image by Denise Husted from Pixabay Long time ago, I worked in an Asian restaurant for two months during the summer. The place offered a wide range of Asian dishes from Vietnamese Pho, Pad Thai, Cantonese Dim Sum, to Japanese Sushi. I didn't understand why the owner didn't specialize on one regional food, but I … Continue reading Kitchen’s Cultural Difference
The Impossible City
Image by Hans Toom from Pixabay I was reading an article about New York City, in which it said, "New York is now the business center of American culture, the excitement center, perhaps even the anxiety center. But it has no independent and original intellectual life." "New York is the principal producer and distributor of … Continue reading The Impossible City
Haunted By An Internet Ghost
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay I really think last week I was haunted by an internet ghost--for an entire week. I am not kidding. There was no other explanation for the mysterious things that happened. Lost The Scrolling Bar Although WP has format glitches from time to time, it never happened so frequently like … Continue reading Haunted By An Internet Ghost
Quote Of The Day: Spring Smells Of Eagerness
Image by sharkolot from Pixabay Quote Of The Day #72 This year, my favorite authors will be Dionne Brand and Janet Malcolm. I will try to read these two authors as much as I can until I start to lose interest in them. The problem with these two is that their books are never on … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Spring Smells Of Eagerness
Cultural Differences In Language Videos
Image by ha11ok from Pixabay I've been watching this immersive Thai channel 15 minutes a day for a while. Of course I would like to spend a little more time on it, but I couldn't do it. Not that I don't have another 10 minutes to spare each day, but rather a 15-minute duration is … Continue reading Cultural Differences In Language Videos
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