I Met Such A Girl
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay I met such a girl and I want to write about her. Well, I really want to say that I don’t know how to write about her and I want to practice writing about her. She and her brother were born in a very conservative immigrant family, which means … Continue reading I Met Such A Girl
Caught In The Middle
Photo by Nikolay Shulga from Pexels.com I am not going to talk about all my mishaps in life being caught in the middle, for example my humiliating experience as a mediator. Wait a second, actually the mediation was a success, and the two battling parties eventually made peace and even managed to be socially friendly. … Continue reading Caught In The Middle
The Embarrassing Incidents
Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels.com Missing The Cue Have you ever had such an experience that one day you suddenly realize that you missed a verbal cue two years, three years or even ten years ago? I mean it could be a deliberate hint, a veiled interest, a tentative sharing, a statement disguised as … Continue reading The Embarrassing Incidents
Quote Of The Day: Lively Debate
Quote Of The Day # 58 “…Recite a text and then the young monks have the job of memorizing them. Simply absorb the teaching while memorizing in the classic Indian sense associated with the oral tradition of teaching throughout the Indian world. And then they have to go out to debate it. That’s where the … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Lively Debate
Cultural Differences And Small Businesses
Image by Coffee Bean from Pixabay Actually it is not really about cultural differences, but rather it is about small business owners, who have some difficulties navigating laws and regulations. The problem is when one opens a small business, one doesn’t have a handbook of laws and regulations in hand. One only comes across laws … Continue reading Cultural Differences And Small Businesses
The Labor Day Weekend
Image by Jeremy Kyejo from Pixabay The Labor Day weekend is coming up and New Jersey is having a ten day tax-free holiday for items like computers and school supplies. I have been thinking of replacing my laptop, but due to the lackluster economy and the lukewarm business, I have been postponing it indefinitely. I … Continue reading The Labor Day Weekend
Learning Something New
Image by Susanne Jutzeler, Schweiz, from Pixabay I really couldn’t believe this, but I googled it and it was right before my eyes: If one wants to replace an electric water heater in New Jersey, one has to apply for a plumbing permit and an electric permit at the township. And the only reason I … Continue reading Learning Something New
Praying For Rain
Image by Gosia K. from Pixabay Finally the rain came today after more than two months of absence, after TV weathermen or weatherwomen talking, predicting, praying, and begging for some relief from the high temperature and the dry spell that have scorched all the vegetation around here. It’s typical for a summer in this region … Continue reading Praying For Rain
I Think I Know But I Don’t
floating river market Image by rajukale119 from Pixabay Years ago, I was a saleswoman for company X for a short period of time. Since it is a big company in New York and the surrounding area, I don’t want to name the name–I guess it will not really look good for the company. Our targets … Continue reading I Think I Know But I Don’t
I Can’t Believe I Believed It
Image by Annie Le from Pixabay My friend told me last month that a lesbian couple moved into her street close to her home. And she is a little surprised to find that they are very normal, just like everybody else. She is almost a little disappointed that they are so normal. And this reminds … Continue reading I Can’t Believe I Believed It
I Won’t Say I Told You So (Flash Fiction)
Image by Jan VaĊĦek from Pixabay Flash Fiction #131 I can’t say “I told you so” because that sounds a little cruel, especially at a moment like this. However I really want to say it since I told Ro several years ago not to go for this obscure phone company. There are plenty of big … Continue reading I Won’t Say I Told You So (Flash Fiction)
Hitting A Plateau
Image by Pexels from Pixabay I feel that my writing has come to a plateau for a while. I thought more reading can lift it up from the unsatisfactory stagnation, but that has not happened yet. I always read books with a style that I want to emulate, but for some reason, my reading is … Continue reading Hitting A Plateau
Early Saturday Morning
Image by CANDICE CANDICE from Pixabay The Weather I expected the heat to go down in August, but one week into it, the high temperature shows no sign of letting up. 95F (35C) for three weeks now, which has been punctuated by only one or two days of 89F (32C). Google says the average day … Continue reading Early Saturday Morning
The Swede’s Perfect Life
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay The Swede was a star athlete in his high school’s football, basketball, and baseball team. He could go on to be a member of the sports teams like Yankees or Giants in New York, but as a dutiful son he gave up his own dream to serve as an apprentice … Continue reading The Swede’s Perfect Life
Weekend Thoughts
Image by John Hain from Pixabay Today, I drove past “Wonder Seafood”, one of the best Asian restaurants in town and found that the parking lot was empty. Just one or two months ago, the business was picking up, but now it seemed in steep decline again, either because Rutgers University students are gone for … Continue reading Weekend Thoughts
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