Judy* is a founding member of a Chinese cultural organization. She had an organ transplant and fought against breast cancer, now in her late 70s yet she still teaches the Chinese school every Sunday. Not only the school, but also many events, you would see judy. She is thin, petite and doesn’t walk far yet …
Category Archives: Beauty
Giving
Uncle has 70 year’s day. Not only it’s a big milestone in life, but also, university of Connecticut (UConn) is going to honor/ celebrate for him at a biostatistics conference. Uncle is well-known in the field. He is a scientist at a big pharma company yet he loves teaching and has been teaching at UConn …
Success
I caught up with a friend recently and I’m excited to hear her and another friend’s success. Cindy* and Josh* both ran an interesting business. Cindy does senior executives validation, for example, private equity firms hire her to investigate on CEO or CFO final candidates, talking to people who have worked with him/ her to …
Like a Daughter
Today is Mother’s Day and I went to a rehab to visit aunt’s good friend. She recently fell, broken her ribs then got a blood infection. She was in the hospital for several days. Fortunately she got better yet her children aren’t near-by so it’s better that she stays in the rehab to recover a …
Serendipity
I met Todd* at recent MIT grand hack. He is a svp at a major hospital system. He gave the keynote at sustainable health track. Yet he is not like typical presenters, flashy, dramatic, or funny; he was more an ‘engineer’, reserved, soft-spoken, presented slides with lots of numbers and chart. He was a mentor …
Easter Wisdoms
On my way to breakfast with a new friend, I came across a box of small stones on the pedestrian path. Each stone had a few words nearly written…one wrote, be curious, not judgmental. The other wrote, ‘turn your wonders into wisdom’. I love them, what a creative artist and fun giving of ‘poem rock’! …
Incredible Body
My back head felt pulling down by a ton and my ear felt drumming inside. What’ going on? I have million things to do, please don’t add more…I went out to dinner with a few distant relatives tonight. One I met for the first time and the others we haven’t seen each other for over …
Making Progress
Happy rabbit year! The past weekend started Chinese new year. I heard from friends in China, since Covid outbreak, first time family got together to celebrate. That’s a progress. Last year, I had Chinese New Year with aunt and we watched Beijing winter Olympics together. This year, with aunt, 2 of her best friends and …
It’s Still Good for January
I went out to run a few errands…felt like a coffee in a misty gray day. I walked to a local bookstore at a popular square. I asked if they have decaf, the lady said not now yet if I want to wait for a few minutes, they could make me one, great! I brought …
Hair Repair
My hair easily comes out whether by touching or gravity, especially when it’s long, when I brush down, it stuck and pull hair off so I try not to brush often. It seems getting worse recently when I wash or brush hair. I don’t have that many hair to go down in this speed. I …