Jun 2013: Capturing

Like any other year, our 2013 has ups and downs. But I choose to remember the wonderful moments: A jolly celebration of my pa's birthday, accomplishment of an assignment to paint and draw with cardboards, and of course many other little moments. But I think the best of all, must be our visit to Sydney, which I believe it occupies a major part of my entries in 2013.

As  the year coming to a closure and another year approaching, I scrapbook the remarkable moment of ours. I take this time to reflect back on our journey this past year, and remind my self that to live mindfully and happily. Why? Time with children is only moving forward, and I have no ability to replay.

"Time with children runs through our fingers like water as we lift our hands, try to hold, to capture, to fix moments in a lens, a magic circle of images or words. We snap photos, videotape, memorialize while we experience a fast-forward in which there is no replay of even a single instant." - Louise Erdrich

We take family picture every year, during our annual family trip, to portray a family unit is growing older, too.

Creadits: Feifei's, Michelle Coleman, Deca, etc. 

The picture was taken during our visit to Kiama, NSW. 

Happy New Year, everyone;).

Nov 2013: Happy 70, Pa!

My pa is a typical conservative Chinese father: didn't show his love when we were young; left most parenting job to my mum and worked day and night to bring home the bacon. In retrospect, he was quite a distance from me, as a little child. We had little conversation. There would always a long void between us if he drove me to/from school. I could not bring a topic shared with him either.  There were times, I wrote him letters instead. I think I watched too much tv-drama. I needed to vent my frustration of him being bias to my brother, and few other emotions I had as a tween/teenager. From time to time, I placed the letter on his working desk and waited for his return from work to read. Not many letters though, a few. Less than five, I think. It was a way to communicate with him, it was an attempt to closer the distance. 

But he didn't reply anyway. He probably didn't know how to response.