Old friend

My old varsity friend who resides in Australia and I had a long chat on whats app.it was like the years and distance melted away as we exchanged news about family,hobby etc.She understands me very well as we go back a long way when we studied and played together.she is taking life a day at a time in lockdown ,baking n gardening.i recommended some indie movies for her to watch as we re crazy film and theatre goers.we plan to travel when covid is controlled again a friend snip the end of my straggly hair for me.it feels much neater than the mop of hair i had.i just wish the spa and masseur open for business again.i need some self pampering real bad

Missing kitty

i missed the white mama cat n three frisky kittens.when i went to look for them,a neighbour told me someone catnapped two of her kittens.no wonder she looked so sad.the remaining kitty is smiling in her dreams.hope they return her kittens to her.

Poem "It is"

" It is........" Why is Life so hard? It is as it is Why is it so unfair that some people have everything,the brain,the looks,the riches and the power but i have none It is as it is Why do I work so hard and earn so little while others hardly work and earn millions It is as it is Why is Life so unfair? It is as it is. so there are many things in Life beyond our control but we can control our response to it when the storms in Life hit you be still and calm and sit in the eye of the hurricane It will blow over as all storms do the sun that sets will rise again the next day the tide that ebbs will swell again so when You feel Life didnt give you a break remember dont wait you can still choose to be happy when Life is hard when the storm hits you,get back on your feet have the patience,hope and live your dream why is Life so beautiful? It is as it is

Going home

im ecstatic to go home after a surgery in hospital n a week in bed.the fantastic frontliners did a good job taking care of me .i thank them for the dedication n bpught a giftbasket of chocolates to show my appreciation.a noble profession especially at nite shift n i reek of blood n urine.our hospital staff work very hard as its not an easy job dealing with sickness n death in time of serious covid pandemic reaching 20k cases daily they must be feeling

burnt out due to massive no of hospitalisation

Yuval Noah Harari

He is a historian with the big picture in mind.He poses questions which are mind boggling. the 2 most important skills for education in the 21st century is surpringly non academic.he believes emotional intelligence and mental stability should be the priority as skills n knowledge will be obsolete very fast so a person needs to reinvent themselves frequently. he likens education in the past to building a stone house with a strong,rooted foundation but in future education should teach students to build a tent,quick to dismantle and can be mobile taken to any place. look at who China appoints as the education minister,not a politician but a technocrat,a leading computer scientist in Artificial Intelligence.so will a better version of humans be created by synthesizing bio chemical algorithm of humans with the bio technology of artificial intelligence and change what it means to be human as in the darwinian evolutionary process of homo sapiens?

The ravages of time

im feeling frail and feeling the ravages of time.i always thought my mom was a pillar of strength until her 80s when she slowly faded from cancer.but my memory of her was a kind,caring woman who cooked wonderful meals as a labour of love.each birthday of her children n grandkids,she made sure we threw a birthday party each festival,she wrapped rice dumplings n baked mooncakes she cultivated bonsai plants n twisted the trunks with wire,dug a koi fish pond,planted vegetable n fruit trees.she sewed cloth shoes n dresses for her granddaughter.i miss her cooking rice congee or boiling barley gingko when i was sick.this operation left me weaker than the last in march.i look like a pale ghost,drained of blood.my blood circulation is slow by laying in bed tied to a dripline.i have lost my tastebud which is flat from taking medication. once,im at home,i gonna boil chicken soup with lotus root n pork rib with black bean to recover my strength i hope nutrition can help me heal faster n get back to light exercise with qi gong.gym n weightbearing is out for me.health is wealth n this year im threatened by external virus of deadly covid and internal imbalances of body pray the ill wind blows over soon.so rising cases has seen children losing parents,parents losing child,husbands losimg wife,citizens losing jobs and people taking own lives.pray peace and health to all. imagine all the people living life in peace

Sampan rice congee or tang jai jook

As a Cantonese,eating jook or rice congee starts from childhood.as toddlers our introduction to solid food was silky smooth rice congee cooked with thai jasmine rice,fish fillet,minced pork balls.congee is the ultimate comfort food as its soft n easily digestible. of course the boat people in hong komg refined it to tamg jai jook or sampan porridge.it has sliced ginger strips,pork balls,pig liver,fish fillet,pig maw and skin,cuttlefish,deep fried peanuts,salted egg,century egg,dried oysters n deep fried crunchy pork intestine,topped with scallion,sesame oil n crunchy deep fried shallots n deep fried vermicelli. i ate congee in hospital with teriyaki fish fillet.yummy taste so good. so dont try funny food fusion like hamburger with roasted pork char siew or wantan noodle with tomato bolognaise sauce.horrifying taste n kills appetite