Celebrating Mother’s Day
Next Thursday is my mother’s 88th birthday. We are having a family celebration on Sunday which is also Mother’s Day. There is much to celebrate. Last year my mother was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. We expected the worst. I did. What with the descriptions from …
恭喜发财 Gong Xi Fa Cai
Christmas is magical. With pretty decorations and presents, it is a meaningful and happy time of the year. Chinese New Year is an auspicious time. To many Chinese, the year starts only after the Chinese New Year. It has a significant place in the hearts …
Golden Harvest
Today we enjoyed a slice of country living on a Sunday afternoon. After 6 years, we ate the fruits of one of the two coconut trees we planted. We plucked 8 coconuts in all. Lucy and Richard, my brother-in-law who planted the coconut trees when …
Celebrating The Reflection Of The Full Moon
In China and throughout many Asian countries, Chinese people celebrate the Harvest Moon on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Lunar calendar. The date in the Western calendar changes annually. This year, it falls on Monday, September 12, which is today. The …
Someone To Watch Over Me
We are now in the seventh month of the Chinese calendar. Last night, I couldn’t sleep till after 3am. I read and read. Made mental notes what I needed to do at work today. Then suddenly, I remembered – the anniversary of my father’s death. …
Good News On This Monday!
It has been four months since my mother was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. After her operation, we decided against any post surgery radiation treatment. The side effects may be too severe for someone her age. Today she went to the Singapore Cancer Centre for her …
Happy Birthday Mother!
Today is my mother’s 87th birthday. It is now 68 days after her surgery. The days leading up to the surgery, I never thought of her birthday. After the surgery, I was just glad to see the part of her throat heal from the operation. …
Fighting Radiation In Fighting Cancer
I took this picture of my mother a week ago. She is recovering well from surgery. The surgery was one month ago. She was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer two months ago. These two months have been rough. In addition to seeing doctors and making …
The First Victory In Her War Against Cancer
It was a very tiring week at the hospital. A week we fought cancer. My mother has won a major battle. Her war against cancer is not over. But this battle is a big step to eradicating the cancer in her. From knowing of the …
Even This Will Pass
Yet another Monday. Radiation penetrating into Japan’s food chain. Gaddafi pledging a ‘long war’ of retaliation against western forces. Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis in Japan. Military intervention in Tripoli on a scale unparalleled in the Arab world since the Iraq war. This week started on …