Category: Life

Whenever I wake up, I’m forced to see reality. And each time, the pain carves deep into my soul. It makes me want to go back to sleep and just forget everything. Living inside your dreams is better. You can choose which life you wanted to live and who you wanted to live with. Unlike in reality where all you […]

About 4 months ago, I’ve posted an announcement that my friends from Light Crystal Publishing House was holding a short story contest for their first year anniversary. Of course, I’ve also joined the said contest. A few months later, sometime around the end of November, I received a message via Facebook that the short story I’ve submitted was picked and […]

Here’s the last picture we took of our dad. We had lunch (if you still consider a meal at 3pm, a lunch) at President Restaurant that day with our cousin, Allan, and her daughter, Jenny. He doesn’t have a lot of pictures because he hates getting his pictures taken. (Allan, Jenny, mom and dad) My dad’s actual birthday is yesterday. […]

Today’s my dad’s 49th day. We went to the cemetery to light candles, offer food, burn incense and burn joss paper – the usual stuff. In Chinese funeral traditions, funeral lasts for 49 days. According to my dad, when my grandfather died, it takes 49 days for the spirit of the dead to journey to ?? (Diyu) or underworld, where […]