Category Archives: After Retirement…Work Some More

My Husband Who’d Made My Life Harder than it Had to Be

Translated… My husband is the only son in his family, he was, spoiled by my mother-in-law since he was a young child, and naturally, he’d, followed the values of, “men staying away from the kitchens”! Since he retired, however, he … Continue reading

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My Husband Retired, and My Nightmare Had, Begun

Translated… A while back I thumbed across “Happier as My Husband Retired”, I’d felt a mixture of emotions, although I’d understood, that we each have our separate lives, but, think about how in a few short years since my husband’s … Continue reading

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We’re Getting on Even Better, After My Husband Retired…

Translated… In his forties, my husband who worked for a foreign investors’ company was laid off; he’d taken his severance pays, took my daughter and I, and we moved to Taichung, set up an English learning academy, but unfortunately, the … Continue reading

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A Different Life for the Housewives

Translated… The sketch artist, Li-Chih Lin said, “Other than the basic household chores of cleaning, cooking, tidying up the house, you must do something that gives you the pleasure, or, you will, get buried by the miniscule of household chores.”, … Continue reading

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A Wish for Myself

Translated… Since the beginning, I’d worked as an entry level worker, I’d worked hard, to make my own ends meet; with love, I’d needed the money, to set up a home for us, to work together, every day, for the … Continue reading

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My Husband Became Too Much of a Nag

Someone’s nagging you now, and you’re slowly, becoming, ANNOYED, I know exactly how that feels!!!  Translated… I loved sweets, and when I was growing up, I had the wish of having two pieces of mashed sweet beans pastries. not my … Continue reading

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When There’s Nothing Left for You to Be

At the end of your days, as the demands made of you from life slowly, quiets down… When there’s nothing left for you to be, do you feel, relieved, as you examined the day that’s come to pass, as you’d … Continue reading

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All the Time on My Hands Now, to Be with You, in My Mind

You do see, how this, can go either way, right??? Here, are the, possible “outcomes”… All the time on my hands now, to be with you in my mind, back when I busied through my day, to keep you off … Continue reading

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Retirement For Me

Motivations for continuing education after retirement, translated… Of my retired coworkers, some volunteer as tour guides for the cultural centers, some volunteer at the libraries, some entered into a tour group for retired school teachers, some take up nanny certifications, … Continue reading

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The Art Class I’d Started Taking After Retirement

Bumping into obstacles, but, you’d relaxed, and conquered it, and that, is the RIGHT attitude you need to have, tackling the rest of your life, translated… As the teacher announced the subjects, the classmates all started, swiftly, moving about their … Continue reading

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