Life Is Full Of Clues
Image by Freepik The day before yesterday, Wordle’s answer is a five-letter word “nanny”. And I put in a very lucky first word “moany”, for which “ny” are the right letters in the right place, and “a” is the right letter for the wrong place. After my lucky first-word break, I went on to guess…
Quote Of The Day: A Lighthouse
Image by callmetak on Freepik Quote Of The Day #79 I was trying to publish this post last night, but I realized that I didn’t feel like doing it after all. If one has been reading for the night, one often feels disinclined towards writing, as if the two activities are mutually exclusive somehow. Anyway,…
Optimum Ratio
Image by vecstock on Freepik One To One Ratio A while ago, a friend of mine told me that he has a strategy of decluttering at home–whenever he buys something new, he will make sure to throw away something he hasn’t used for a year, and probably will never use. I thought it was a…
Poem Of The Day: May And June
Image by kjpargeter on Freepik Poem Of The Day #58 Why do I care that May is leaving, and June is looming with a summer grin? Why do I fret whether time is laughing at me– “Tick tock, tick tock, where is the fierce scribble that you have always dreamed of? I’ve lived 4.5 billion…
The Friendship Puzzle
Image by Ingo Jakubke from Pixabay I’ve had various friendship mishaps over the years, mostly due to me being a “grey rock”, who pretends to be sweet, docile, obliging, passive and pacifying. I have a hidden fear that if other people know my true self–a person being a little bitter, harboring misgivings, growing up among…
Wednesday’s Wandering Thoughts
Image by Ptrixxi from Pixabay Wednesday is always a tricky day, a little annoying, a little stuck in the middle. The weather too is a little unsure of itself, with clouds darkening in the gathering dusk, and an occasional raindrop falling but not really rainy. I just feel a little moody and whiny today, for…
Remember A Regrettable Event
Image by Karolina Grabowska from Pixabay I was talking with a person who asked me for advice on a tricky situation, in which she felt that it was necessary for her to switch teams. By doing so, she was afraid that she might offend certain people. “Explain and explain more.” I said to her, “you’d…
A Rainy Saturday
Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay I don’t have anything to write about. It drizzles all day today–a misty, windless, grey world outside–but I don’t feel the usual melancholy on a day like this. Instead the random raindrops on the window pane seem to form a mystical pattern, the temperature hovers around the pleasant 70F,…
Quote Of The Day: Experiment In Love
Image by Rolf Dobberstein from Pixabay Quote Of The Day #78 “She was quarrelsome, dogmatic, and shrewd. Her speech was alarmingly forthright, or else bewilderingly circumlocutory. Her eyes were large and alert, green like green glass, with no yellow or hazel in them, with none of the compromises people have when it comes to green…
Real Life Interviews
Image by Erika Varga from Pixabay The other day, I watched an Asian TV program, in which a young reporter–a girl probably just graduated from college–went around to interview several centenarians in a mountainous subtropical region, which is well known for its clean air, pristine environment, and people who have longer life spans than those…
The Weekend Binge
mage by Public Co from Pixabay Last weekend, I tried to binge read three books–actually I tried to listen since these are audible books–but only managing to finish two, with the third one about half way through. The three books are “Catch and Kill” by Ronan Farrow, “She Said” by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey,…
Quote Of The Day: The Changing World
From My iPhone Quote Of The Day # 76 “Mia Farrow is a great actress and a wonderful mom, who sacrificed greatly for her kids. And yet so much of her talent and reputation was consumed by the men in her life.” “Catch And Kill” by Ronan Farrow And this quote is soooooooo true. So…
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…
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…
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”,…
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