Category Archives: Recollections

Living Comfortably, Under Others’ “Surveillance”…

On the way, to growing up, do we, lose ALL the values that we picked up, or learned as children, or, do they just, alter, based off of our, life experiences??? Translated… In The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, … Continue reading

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The Love of the Family is, Priceless

Is it now??? A letter, from a daughter-in-law, and this woman had been, mistreated, since BEFORE day one too, translated… To My Mother-in-Law: Although, for a very long time, you’d never referred to me as “Yueh”, by my name, and … Continue reading

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The Picture of Cattles Grazing

Remembering his godfather, translated… It seemed, as though my nostalgia came, from a past life, the memories, still too clear. I’d recalled his sense of humor, his nuttiness, missed the love and affection he’d shown me during our short time … Continue reading

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Mom, I’m Not Angry

When the mother FAILED to be a mother, the daughter felt compelled, to become the parent in the relationship, and, there’s, NOTHING the younger generation can do about it…translated… A letter, written by a daughter to her mother, translated… Mom: … Continue reading

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The Unknowns in the Futures, the Carefully Thought Out Things I Wanted to Say to You Guys

After the divorce is, finalized…translated… To My Children in 2030: As I’m penning this down, you were only five and six, still fought, “why am I the bigger and not the smaller?”, and so, I’m written to you as adults. … Continue reading

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A Time, Shared by Father & Son

How the child in this family, learned to adapt himself to his own father’s handicap, translated… In the ten short minutes I’d gone to his place to pick up something, I saw something that made a deep impression in me: … Continue reading

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Fried Shrimp Tempura

This is really sad, if you needed some food item, to remind you of your estranged mother, translated… When I’d wanted the yummy fried shrimp tempuras, I’d needed to go into a restaurant to get it. The key of the … Continue reading

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Walking in the Rain

Thrilled, SHOCKED, on night, as you’d gone out as a child to buy something in the rain, thoughts, translated… Walking in the rain, sounded leisurely, but, walking in the ran for me, is filled with dangers. When I was quite … Continue reading

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The Reunion of Someone with ALS

The man’s optimistic outlook on his own life is simply, amazing, and it’d, touched everybody who was around him, translated… “Is death a taboo for you?”, he’d blinked his right eye. Through the translations, he’d felt, that he’d, lived for … Continue reading

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Happy as the Salt & Pepper

The simple birthday wish of his teenage son, on parent-child interactions, translated… “Daddy, how do you feel about going to work in Hong Kong next week”, my youngest inquired. The very first day of the Memorial Day weekend, the four … Continue reading

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