I spent the day in Hong Kong yesterday, that was why I was offline. Continue reading “Photo of the Day!”
Thought of the Day!
Share Your World – Week of January 22, 2018
List 2 things you have to be happy about? Continue reading “Share Your World – Week of January 22, 2018”
Hump Day Humor!
V for Violet- Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
Photo of the Day!
I fear I’ve been eating way too much during the last week I’ve been in China. Continue reading “Photo of the Day!”
Which Way to Pick Figs and Grapes?
On my first Sunday in China, my aunt invited me to pick figs and black grapes on a farm about 30 minutes from the city. After spending the first few days in the city, I was all too happy to leave it even if it’s only for a few hours. After living in the U.S. suburbs for more than half of my life, I am no longer used to the city even though when I left my hometown, it was technically still a suburb.
Anyway, I didn’t really have any desires to pick figs. I couldn’t even tell whether they were ripe. You can tell I’ve never seen or eaten freshly picked figs, right? The only figs I’ve eaten were dried ones. So while everyone else went searching for figs, I spent the time wandering among the aisles of figs and took pictures.
After a few moments, I heard my aunt ask, “Where is everyone?”
My other aunt replied, “They must had gone to pick grapes.”
Before I could take another picture, they went dashing toward the other direction. “Wait!” I shouted but they didn’t hear me. So holding my camera in my hand, I went running after them.
The area where the grapes are planted was slightly different than the place where the figs are planted. Instead of flat ground, there was a muddy trench in the middle and unless you wanted to get your shoes dirty, don’t step in the trench.
This trench is considered dry and thank goodness because by this point, my legs were exhausted from walking spread-eagled.
As we exited the grape area, I gave the corridor one last look – left goes to the figs, right to the grapes – as my aunts went to pay for the figs and grapes they picked while my uncle and his dad found a table to sit down for a cup of fig tea. It was a good Sunday.
Thought of the Day!
Here’s a thought for this Monday:
Believing involves thinking, talking, and acting as though you have already received.
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: Weekend in China
Good Sunday morning or shall I say good Sunday night since by the time this post gets published, I will be sixteen hours ahead. Continue reading “#WeekendCoffeeShare: Weekend in China”
Sunday Gratitude
This week, I am grateful for Google, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Continue reading “Sunday Gratitude”
Saturday Humor!
Here’s another batch of funny messes! Happy Saturday!
Continue reading “Saturday Humor!”
Photo of the Day!
Of all the photos I shot Sunday on my hike, this is definitely one of my favorite. Continue reading “Photo of the Day!”
Loud Silence of Nature
I cannot stop thinking about my hike last Sunday especially now I’m back in the hustle bustle of my hometown in China. Continue reading “Loud Silence of Nature”
Thought of the Day!
Which Way to Canyon Hollow?
Last Sunday, I went hiking up the Canyon Hollow Trail. Continue reading “Which Way to Canyon Hollow?”
Hump Day Humor!
I’m not sure what’s worse about this picture – the cat seems to be enjoying this or the fact there’s not an adult present.
Share Your World – Week of January 15, 2018
Complete this sentence: I’m looking forward to…. Continue reading “Share Your World – Week of January 15, 2018”
Photo of the Day!
Must have O and U- Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
Thought of the Day!
Here’s a thought for this Monday:
Nothing is permanent. Don’t stress yourself too much because no matter how bad the situation is… it will change.
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Weathered
Sunday Gratitude
This week, I am grateful for sleep! I got to catch up on my sleep yesterday!
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: Taking Responsibilities
Good Saturday morning and thank you for joining me for this lovely chat. I’ll first apologize for making you get your own drink this morning as I’m a little bit under the weather. As for me, I’ll stick to my cup of tea.
It’s the worst time for me to get sick especially when I’m supposed to travel to China in a few days. It all started with a headache early this week. I took some Advil and the headache seemed to had gone away.
I was well on Wednesday but on Thursday, I woke up with an itchy throat but I didn’t think it meant anything, I thought it was probably the dryness and gloomy weather. Then on Friday, I woke up and it seemed my itchy throat only grew worse. I began coughing and after a few coughs, I said, “Oh my gosh!” out loud and that was definitely not my normal voice.
I began to panic. Am I coming down with something? Didn’t I heard somewhere that a flu begins with an itchy throat? I sure hope I’m not coming down with a cold or worse the flu. I haven’t been sick in over a decade. I can’t get sick. I can’t be sick. At least not right now.
On Friday, I spent the morning drinking water, hoping it would soothe my throat but it didn’t work.
Meanwhile, I was as busy as heck. With only one day remaining, I’m not even sure if I can complete everything. I am starting to feel like my co-workers have been stalling me, making me check and re-check numbers from hundreds of invoices. They don’t seem to trust anyone’s numbers and the more they request the vendors to revise the invoice, the worse things get. The vendors seem more confused than I am now.
My mom and others keep telling me I’m being too responsible. “Why should you care?” They all would say. “You’re leaving anyway. Why should you care about whether the numbers are right or wrong?”
Because it’s my books and reputation on the line, that’s why. I have to take responsibility for the entries I recorded during the last year. Besides, doesn’t leaving a job require tying up loose-ends to avoid future problems?
Maybe I should stop thinking about such things and focus on something more positive like I only have one more work-day before I leave this mess behind and board a plane for China. Yeah, that’s something great to look forward to.
If we were having hot drinks, I would thank you for joining me this weekend. I must now go get a flu shot for precaution and hopefully, I can join in next weekend in China.
