mini-thoughts after my hiatus

thanks to all who have been for praying for my sister. i was telling her, in room 6 of north 6 surgical oncology ward of the robert wood johnson hospital in new brunswick, that of all the patients being operated on last monday, she was the one most drenched in prayers. the next day after [...]

Not about me

My eldest sister will be undergoing surgery three days from now. At this very moment, she’s in the other room, working from home with her laptop. An applications manager of a leading investment firm, she has always been an achiever. Always with a good head above her shoulders. Friends who know about her condition would [...]

Fun Saturday

Yesterday, my sister Nang (more on her in future post/s) and I braved the snowstorm to go to NY. Two seats were waiting for us to be filled at the Marquis theater in Broadway. And two minutes before The Drowsy Chaperone, the musical within a comedy, start did we arrive.
It was hilarious and entertaining. [...]

Look, it’s a bird

Ian, 7, is doing his assignment. He asks me for words starting with letter Q and I almost told him, “Come back to me when you get to letter S.” Queen. Check, he got that one already. Quota. No, too complicated. He doesn’t know what it means. Quail. Yes, that could work. And then I [...]