2014 Blog 300: Gonna Be Freaky Friday

Halloween is almost here. Almost everyone I know loves Halloween. I actually love it. It is fun to put on costumes and be the one you wanna be. It is fun to join in the giving of treats. Although, I hope people will consider allergy alerts. No one should really give away common allergy products like peanuts. Anyway, still it is the guardian’s responsibility to check the bag of treats at the end of the night.

Me and the kids are up for a cold halloween night this year. So we are bracing ourselves on such. It is delightful though that is gonna be a Friday this year. So Freaky Friday indeed!

What are you gonna be?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2014 Blog 294: Would You Fight?

It has been about over 300 days since an old friend was diagnosed with cancer (stage 4). He was given a year. He has been living almost normal, aside from the occasional stomach pain. He would take taxi, go to the mall, or to a restaurant. Last summer, he literally said to her daughter “I don’t even feel I have cancer”.   I thought that was really great.  Really great.  He is still set to fly back to his home country in a few weeks, and perhaps live the rest of his days there.  Things were doing fine, until 3 days ago, he was sent to the emergency with severe stomach pain. He was given something to manage the pain and has stayed at the hospital since then. Last night, he started to rebel, that he just wants to go home already. He didn’t want to wear the oxygen mask, and has been requesting people not to try to prolong his life (and physical pain) anymore. He also explained that he wanted to die in the house, and not at the hospital. This is a hard day for our friend and his loved ones. We feel the struggle between fighting for life and just letting go.

Would you let go?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2014 Blog 291: Face to Face with Walkers

Today was a great day (regardless if I am still sick) to go to Sylvan Lake, where the walkers were. It was windy, leaves have fallen, the lake making un-ending small waves. A mom walked by.. she looked dead.. she still got her hair rollers on. A dad walked by, wearing his suit, stained with blood over…also looked dead. The daughter walked by, looked so lost, still on her pjs, with blood and also looked dead. There were like two hundred of them spread out, some unseen. The runners had to run with all their might. We were in the decontamination area, safe from the walkers. We watched the runners got beaten by the zombies. There were some survivors who made it to the decontamination area. We stayed were we were.. safe as we thought. Until one dead man started walking for the children! We had to save them. But the dead mom and her daughter scrambled towards us. It was chaos.. for awhile. But we survived.

It was so fun at today’s Zombie Run.

Did you survive it too?

2014 Blog 283: Not So

It is a sad evening.  People has gathered tonight to pray for her soul as we all take time to remember many good things about her.   The mother is not around. I can imagine the pain and probably the confusion that she is going through tonight. I also don’t see the sister, who is probably still finding the way to accept the sad event.  Regardless, the pain they feel is evident.  I cried.  On the other hand, I see the 3 strong men, who bravely talked about the beautiful life she had.  Her dad.. her brother.. her husband.. took turns to tell her tales.  After tonight, we think of her joining the choirs in heaven, for she so love to sing.   We believe that she is now content and happy, and truly just not lifeless at all.

The evening was not just sad after all?

2014 Blog 269: bobbity sagetty wackity

Alright. So today, Bon Saget is in town. He used to be in a long time running tv series “Full House”, has hosted the hilarious tv show “America’s Funniest Videos”, and has done movies. I have not seen him on the comedy stage, and tonight is all about him making me laugh. He is at the River Cree to do a Comedy Show entitled “Rated R”. I got the tix in lieu of a silent auction I won from a fundraising event. I have been excited to see him! But I have been really worried too that I might just not laugh. Cause you know, english is not my first language, so I might.. just not pickup on some jokes.

So after seeing it, what do I think about it? It was awesome to see him and to laugh with him. The show was rated R-ish as the show is called, so you know. Might not be appropriate for some. But, at the end my jaw was sore. It was a good one. I think I would rate it 75 out of 100.

Can you make me laugh?

2014 Blog 248: It Is So Far

How far are you willing to go far from your home, so far that it is the other side of earth? How far are you willing to stay far, so long almost half of your life? Once in awhile I think of this.
You see I have been away from home for a really long time. Luckily, I have my own family with me. Though I have now somewhat stranged myself from old friends and relatives. I have now made myself ignorant of the place where I was born, and where I made best friends. I think have been away for too long.

Is it time to visit the place where my heart has been?

2014 Blog 235: Starry, Starry Night

Imagine this… lake, sunset, then bonfire, and then dark sky.

I am now looking at an amazingly dark sky. As the night have become deeper now, I feel the stars are going to drop on me. It is just what I have hoped to see tonight. I feel so mesmerized!

Although it is now an absolutely colder night, I took a moment to walk away, pull out a chair, seat for awhile on my own, and just watch the night. At the tents, there are now some who are resting, for they have spent long hours of fishing today, and tomorrow is another day to catch more. At the shelter, are long time friends, drinking (just a little bit), and laughing at old stories. At the bonfire, are the kids.. playing charade, bearing the cold with laughters. What is great about having a group site is that there is no curfew. It is now getting close to midnight and I just love the starry, starry night.

Could you catch me a shooting star tonight?

2014 Blog 234: C for Carson

About 50 people arrived tonight at a Carson Campground Group Site. We had a reservation to the only group site that was available on this date we picked. It was first for everyone to the site, and the sign was absolutely written in a beautiful way but that everyone missed (aka handwritten on cardboard plus hidden by the bush). There is no power and no source of water. We feel it is gonna be hard. But realizing our 2 night ownership to this beautiful lake front, I think it shall be awesome. It is totally private. We are off away from the main campground, we tented next to the water, and we had private access to fishing ground. The water look so peaceful. It is cloudy tonight. The stars are hiding. No stargazing but we are gathered around the fire with some good stories to share.

Did you find Group Site C?

2014 Blog 192: Camp: Wild and Free

We arrived at the Miquelon Lake Campground early evening and found that there was no mobile signal.  It was actually hard to contact people. So it pays off if there are some coordination and plans prepared. I think that there is a good thing about camping with no wifi and no cellular signal.  I think it keeps your attention to live the outdoors as intended.   The campground was not totally remote though.  Later we realized that there were hot spots, like.. the shower room.  🙂   Nevertheless, I decided to just be totally wireless by going on airplane mode, because that was the plan after all.  It also means, this and the next blog will be posted after camping.

 

Do you camp, wild and free?

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2014 Blog 178: End of School

Oohlala.  End of school! Friends giving farewell notes, hugs, and maybe kisses.  Students  handing off tokens of gratitude to the teachers.  Teachers awarding students, lovingly.  I remember such days.  A day that feels you want to end but it feels good you that don’t want to end.  Friends already missing friends.  But what is really delightful is that students can take sometime off, away from books and lessons and assignments.  Teachers also need the break, of course.  It has been a busy year.  I just wish that I have all summer off too.

 

So what are your plans for the summer?

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