May 16 2007
I drove Michael’s twin sons home and they said, “thank you auntie.” as they stepped out … not sure I can make my kids do that, or I wanted to. With Chinese, this is very important, addressing others appropriately. We have string of unique titles for each relative. Once I was having a great dinner with [...]
May 16 2007
“Being an only child is a disease in itself” concluded the American psychologist and educator G Stanley Hall (1844 - 1924) in 1898. Alfred Adler, a disciple of Sigmund Freud, thought only children, overprotected and made fearful by cosseting, are generally “unfitted for life. They are sure to meet with disasters along life’s way. They [...]
May 16 2007
One of my childhood friends just had a new born child 诗雨, poetry in the rain, 诗情画意 .. such a romantic name on an adorable and cute baby girl…. but my friend is not married to either the parents on the birth certificate. I don’t think my friend is advertising this fact, but few others knew. Office romance is the [...]