Tag Archives: Observations Made from Life

Children are Something We Should Cherish

Advice for bystanders in the world, translated… That was, something that happened, over a decade ago, a friend who was earning his doctorate in the States in the summers, brought his one-year-old child back to Taiwan to visit, during the … Continue reading

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Ylang Ylang

The observations of a father and a son, translated… On the major intersections of the city of Taipei, in recent years, there would be physically handicapped, the incapacitated, in the red light, in the midst of traffic, passing out the … Continue reading

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Getting Kicked OFF Their Flights Because They’re Arab-Muslims

I have a question for all of you before I begin… does this family look like they’re TERRORISTS???  okay, with that out of the way, let’s start, shall we??? So, do save ALL the troubles, the next time we head to … Continue reading

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The Modern Anthropology I’m Noting, a Poem

not my photograph… Translated… The Stunt Actor Quietly Awaited, at His Spot Where He Stood, Playing on His Cell Phone The Cord from His Ear Piece Became a High Wire He’d Walked to and Fro in Mid-Air All the Animals … Continue reading

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A Sort of a Mime Performance, from an Onlooker to a Participant

Translated… From Ürümchi, 1988 The sun from about eight in the morn, continually, splashed down on the streets of Ürümchi, the distant, reddish yellow mountain tops lined up, everything became like a colorful stage, moving around, with great fluidity. The … Continue reading

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Educate with the Heart, Allowing Children to Feel Safe on Their Incredible Journeys

From the Front Page Sections, translated… “Principal Mommy, it’s so SCARY! Is our world sick? How can someone just hack someone else at random?”, a child called me up, he’d asked me if I was shocked, seeing the news. I’d … Continue reading

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The Net of Security for the Society is Broken, How, Do We Patch it Up?

In light of the brutal stabbing death of the young girl, from the Front Page Sections, translated… As a mother of three, seeing the news of Little Light Bulb and her mother’s descriptions of what had happened, I’d almost started … Continue reading

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The Woman in the Supermarket

Encounters from daily life, translated… At around 3:30 in the afternoon, before the cash registers at the supermarket, there was, a middle aged woman, dressed in raggedly clothes standing, hesitating. She had a basket-full of groceries, but acted hesitant around … Continue reading

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“Going Home”…Their Ordinary, But Difficult & Hard-to-Come True Birthday Wish

From the Front Page Sections, translated… At the start of January, my daughters started asking me, what sort of a present I want for my birthday; although I’m very glad, that they remembered, but actually I couldn’t quite think of … Continue reading

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The Patriotism that Was Bought

  From the Front Page Sections, translated… On the way home, we’d passed by a McDonald’s, I’d recalled that reminder on my cell phone, so I’d gone into the store with my wife, and used the coupon I had for … Continue reading

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