Category Archives: Lessons of Life
Geckos, Roaches, & Others
The encounters in one’s own kitchen, that ended up, enlightening, translated… Suddenly, a gecko appeared from out of nowhere on my walls, don’t know when it came into the house. The huge gecko looked chubby, and would call out every … Continue reading
Father, Remembered, a Poem
How wisdoms come with, age, translated… The Moments that Felt Too Real Came & Went I’d Owned, Too Many to, Count Those Features After the Rain The Hills in the Memories The Species of Locally-Grown Mangoes The Tracks of the … Continue reading
I’m Sure, that Both Taiwan & China Understand the Lessons from the Wars
We can use the conflicts of Russia and Ukraine to reflect on the pressures between Taiwan and China here, off of the Front Page Sections, translated… Since last December, Russian sent the troops to the Ukrainian border, for the primary … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Perspectives, Bad News, Beliefs, Experiences of Life, Legislations, Policies, Government, Etc, Lessons of Life, Ranting About Life, the Consequences of Life, the Ins & Outs of the World, Values of Life
Tagged Abuse of Power, Lessons the Country Can Learn from Russian-Ukraine Conflct, Observations
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This is How Finland Does its Schools, Stop Testing for Understanding or Levels of Achievements
What we should, lean, towards, in, education, but do we? HECK no, we’d, returned, back to the, one-test-determines our futures means from before, off of the Front Page Sections, translated… The new curriculum set up in Taiwan stressed the core … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Perspectives, Beliefs, Education, Experiences of Life, Facts, Lessons of Life, Methods of Education, Instructional Technologies, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Purpose of Education, Reforms in Education, the Learning Process, Values of Life
Tagged Doing Away with Testing, Student-Centered Teaching Methods
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The Elderly Father Took Back the Gift of the House He’d Built for His Son after His Son Demanded that He Vacates the Property
It is the right, for the parents, to DISINHERIT the son, if the son doesn’t act according to the filial piety means, off of the Newspapers, translated… The older generations normally bought the properties, then, registered them under their offspring’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Children, Beliefs, Experiences of Life, Facts, Family Disputes, Lessons of Life, Ranting About Life, Spoiled Children, the Consequences of Life, the Effects of Spoiling the Young, the Ins & Outs of the World
Tagged the Elder's Rights to Disinherit when the Offspring Doesn't Take Care of the Elders
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His Mind, Invaded by Dementia
Dementia, started, invading his mind, first, it was, only, one single, neuron, then, the dendrites, axons of that one neuron atrophied, and, the atrophies started, spreading across the entire population of his, brain cells, paralyzing every last one of ‘em … Continue reading
Posted in Cost of Living, Dementia & Other Issues of the Elderly Years, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Lessons of Life, Mishaps in Life, Properties of Life, Ranting About Life, the Consequences of Life, The Trials of Life
Tagged Demented Elderly Living Alone, Living Dangerously in the Elderly Years with Dementia, Making Troubles for His Own Loved Ones
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Mimi & Grandpa No Longer Allowed Out
The elderly years, with dementia taking over his mind, and, a cat too, translated… Mimi skipped out, again. It’s not that big a deal, because, he normally only, wanders around the roof of the second story home adjacent to my … Continue reading
Heading Out Ten Minutes Earlier
A WAKEUP call you’re desperately, in need of, and thankfully you, took it! Translated… My neighbor traveled to Alishan, brought back some foods as gifts to me. As we were chatting, she’d noted how the clock in my living room … Continue reading
Exercise, a Time of Conversations with Our Own, Bodies
Some of us just, aren’t, agile enough to do sports here, and there’s, no need, to push it! Translated… We’d often gotten ask, on homeschooling, how do we socialize the kids, without getting them into the groups of their, peers? … Continue reading
Posted in Beliefs, Education, Experiences of Life, Lessons of Life, Methods of Education, Instructional Technologies, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Purpose of Education, The Passages in Life, Values of Life
Tagged a Child Who's Not Agile in Physical Activities, Homeschooling
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The Dignities to Live Out the Elderly Years, Money Doesn’t Resolve Everything
What it looks like, for modern day man, as we’re, living to, very elderly, written by a homecare provider, off of the Front Page Sections, translated… The UDN Papers reported from awhile ago, that Taiwan had marched into the super … Continue reading
Posted in Aging Well, Alternative Perspectives, Beliefs, Elderly Caretaking, Experiences of Life, Issues Surrounding Long-Term Care, Lessons of Life, Mishaps in Life, Properties of Life, the Consequences of Life, the Ins & Outs of the World, the Process of Life
Tagged Alone in the Elderly Years, Growing Old Alone
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Life, the Obstacle Course 