MiniBlogs
- I praise grandson who is always the second one of the family to get up in the morning.He is also the second to go to bed in the evening as well!“Early to bed gets the worm, you see,”I remind him.
- My revisit is different from parents’to the same site after years.My revisit simply refreshes my memory while parents,born & study there,have sophisticated feelings,both physical & psychological. ...
- The section of the road in the community has been paved,much better than before & there’re no complaints anymore.“What I’ve to fear is it’s dug & put back not to its original state,if not better” ...
- The section of the road in the community has been paved,much better than before & there’re no complaints anymore.“What I’ve to fear is it’s dug & put back not to its original state,if not better. ...
- Returning the box for the cup bought,I asked for a polybag.She was to wrap up for me.I:“Old paper?”She:“All’re old.This is 1993 & that’s the oldest.”I got away with the daily paper 27/10/1987. ...
- Mr C:“Unlike others,I used to sleep well,asleep right away in bed.Now l wake up at 3am to look for a pill.”Same to Mrs C.(Like us,they have been helping daughter with her kid in the past 3 years)
- He sat down,opened a pocket liquor bottle & dropped a few drops on the table,a tissue beside.A bit more than needed,he dipped the drops with a finger & put it in his mouth.
- Man is forgetful.Again I was asked the same questions I had replied 2 years ago.My teacher of Basic Scientific English course said:You’ve to repeat 6 times to keep him in mind.I keep his word in mind ...
- “Go home!”Refusing to get out of his father’s bike,the boy cried,tears in eyes.His father,instead of coaxing with comforting words,hugged him motionless without a word to let him calm down first. ...
- “Go home!”Refusing to get out of his father’s bike,the boy cried,tears in eyes.His father,instead of coaxing with comforting words,hugged him motionless without a word to let him calm down first
- Lunch time!The kids in no sight.The yard below in the morn,with stools out & clothes hung in the open,was full of laughter/quarrel-like loud voices,a feeling of a little envious of their simple life. ...
- Dancing is not always happy. Unlike the young, many men & women dance to the music in the park/square look expressionless, even serious-immersed in it or lost in thought or in movements perhaps.
- Rains fading away & coat on me,no vacancy for the 6 hooks behind the door of my rm.2 of the 5 vacant door hooks having used for my bag & shirts days ago,now the last one is used for heavier clothing ...
- All eyes on the phone:wife with an earphone,her mother read sth in bed,her father in chair,arguing voices all over the rm & I listened to music fr a website in another rm.Large-screen TV there quiet ...
- A Soup dumpling shop with over 15 sit-ins is not small if put in Japan. But here, it’s too small. We have to choose carry-away even when the hospital close by is still in golden week holidays.
- A lady on her way to sell waste cartons.“How much can you get from them?”“Worth no more than a few Yuan.”She said carelessly.Yet I know contrary to housing prices of recycling resources’re rising ...
- Young man’s “Holiday’s none other than a few days of rest”doesn’t apply to old man.The weather was ok & I saw many familiar faces there as usual in the morning.Only rains keep them away fr there. ...
- “How much rice can 3 Yuan buy?”The old man never goes to LSX for a bowl of 3Yuan gruel.To me the lady’s word“Hard to change an old way of living”means eco declines have no effect on them at all ...
- 2002 I bought at street stall for daughter old popular comic mags Mickey Mouse for only 1yuan each.Now I contact old bookstore for kid’s mags again.The lady:Long time no colleting.You’ve old items? ...
- Slide show going on in a 3rd grade class.“Pandas!” The kids in unison.“What’s their diet?”The teacher gave several choices.Pupil A:Grass,B:Sausage…(Northside JMI school，London,28/9/1990)
