My grandpa passed away last week and I flew home to attend his funeral services this past weekend.
He was the first close relative I’ve lost and it was hard.
What struck me the most was the finality of it all. Seeing him one last time.
Man, was my heart heavy that day.
But in sadness, I think we should celebrate life.
He lived a good, long life. When I was younger, I always enjoyed watching him play chinese chess and mahjong. I never really knew if he won or lost, but it was exciting to watch. I’m glad I got to play some mahjong with him in his later years.
Recently, whenever I came home from Wisconsin, the first thing he’d do was ask if I had a girlfriend yet and when I was going to get married. It’s always been a slightly embarrassed no from me, but I know the day will come and when it does, I know he’ll be looking down at me and smiling.
What I’ll remember most about him though, is that whenever he went to Chinatown, almost every week or so, he would always bring me back one of my favorite foods, jung.
Goodbye, Yeh-Yeh. I love you, hope I made you proud, and hope that you are at peace.
I’d like to think that you’re already playing chinese chess and cracking jokes with the angels up there.
I’ve been traveling to Boston a good amount recently for work and this time decided to stay the weekend after for St. Patty’s celebrations.
First afternoon here, it was sunny and 50 degrees… and we had a bright blue Mustang convertible rental, so we had to let the top down, take in the fresh air, and cruise.
You might be thinking “idiot, that’s not even warm,” but you have to let me have this one. It’s been insanely cold this winter in the Midwest.
And man, did it feel good. The snow’s melting and the weather’s looking up :)
Right by our hotel on the Charles River, there were tons of runners out on the trail and the sunset shining down on the cracking ice was absolutely stunning.
As the weekend came, I got a chance to explore Harvard (maybe I’ll be going there sometime in the future?), the harbor, New England Aquarium, and downtown.
Great city and surrounding neighborhoods, and pretty good public transportation.
Also checked out some cool Irish pubs (how could we not?) and ate a lot of amazing food: seafood, chowda, lobster rolls, cannolis…
To finish off the trip, we took in the festive St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Loved all the green and awesome spirit of the Boston people!
Photo by Michelle Poon
This article is kind of dated, but the findings are important nevertheless.
It’s about an experiment in which a free rat shows empathy for a trapped rat, even if they don’t know each other.
Empathy – it’s something that everyone needs a little bit more of. We’ll be a better society because of it.
I did yoga for the first time yesterday morning and found myself at a “yoga-thon”.
The event, Free To Breathe, was a fundraiser for lung cancer awareness and research and featured a 108-minute yoga session.
I had always thought of yoga as something that only girls did (and it was mostly girls there), but I think I gained a newfound respect for it after trying it myself.
There was a lot of balance and core work involved, some of which was pretty tough for me.
I actually really enjoyed it though. It was relaxing and put my mind at ease.
Thinking about continuing it on a regular basis.