Tag: introspection
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All in Vein
Alternative post title: The Day I Decided to Become a Plasma Donor. In school, they taught us all the things about blood type compatibility; about antigens on the surface of red blood cells, anti-A / anti-B antibodies, Rh positive / negative, phenotype and genotype, how O- is the universal blood donor, AB+ the universal acceptor,…
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I Used to Judge
I used to judge. I used to judge parents who feed their children rubbish. I used to judge parents who make the TV the first choice of entertainment. I used to judge parents who let their children run riot. I was certain that I ever had children, I would feed them the most nutritious fresh…
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Ponderings Before the Trip
If I had a choice, I would rather not go back to Hong Kong in July. The summer weather in Hong Kong is horribly unstable, hot and humid, and I’ve also already gone back in early January for a visit before my first ski trip in Japan. Alas, the aunt from Canada just got married…
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Paternal Grandma
I got news from Dad that his mother passed away this morning. I hadn’t seen my paternal grandmother in years because I’m overseas here in Australia and was always coming up with various excuses to not travel back. The last time I visited and saw her was quite a few years ago. She was not…