思念 Wind of Change

Marching into the 7th week of shelter-in-place.  Glory, glory, hallelujah… what IS the next policy actually supported by economic planning(vs. election campaign) and scientific studies of the COVID-19 pandemic(instead of a mud-slinging civil war)?!  Unexpected gains and losses here and there.  

Sipping dark chocolate becomes my mood booster and hope immunity joins the hike, too.

堂堂進入居家隔離第七星期, 即使WFH, 職場依舊詭譎.  自七年前加入目前品牌, 本部門從未嚐敗蹟, 時也運也, 如今大衰退, 其它部門則供不應求漲停板.  風水輪流轉, 慶幸LK向來淡然, 不至成眾矢之的.

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殤疫 Shelter In Place

At the end of the 2019 annual meeting for the charity foundation I serve last May, each board member was asked for a word that came to mind.  "Tomorrow.", I said.  In the midst of COVID-19, we could only hope for a better tomorrow.  Social distancing for the greater good has strange effects on the nuclear family.  WFH ZOOMing and e-learning during the weekdays(what?  what's a weekend?), reading and home cinema for the rest(we finally signed up for Disney+ and YES, enamored with Baby Yoda :)  

image source:  https://www.focusfeatures.com/emma

The latest version of Emma is entrancing with its ubiquitous mustard yellow and the PERIOD, signifying the eponymous character's finality in her prejudice.

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天問 Libro de Las Preguntas

The recent newsphere is full of apocalypse doom.  Not sure where and how to anchor one's thoughts.  Perhaps the costume trend in the sci-fi films rings the bell of truth - what future humans need are respirators, goggles and head to toe vinyl suits.  Right after the new year I was just in Shanghai for work and it will be a long while before any company will want to send anyone to China.  Praying for all my friends in the other side of the Pacific. 

Resorting to the serene images from our summer Kyoto trip, a dose of emotional Novocaine.  Haku, a tea confectionery parlor tucked away in Gion with its poetry written in sticky rice and dehydrated seasonal fruits. 

今夕何夕?  年初赴上海商務, 街市喧囂, 一派洋洋喜氣迎舊歷年, 大都會的聲色犬馬早厭倦, 公餘獨自逛福州路上海書城, 購入'徒然草'和中譯的聶魯達詩集.  誰知返美數星期後, 武漢肺炎疫情爆發, 很擔憂中國各地的生意夥伴, 祇能於遠方默禱大家早日安渡難關.

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善意 Miss LK's Rhapsody 11th Anniversary

Let bygones be bygones and begin the beguine.  Writing is my form of therapy.  Din't quite flow in 2019, lots of moral dilemmas choking me up and at times, I found myself sedated into obscure reality like the figure in Vuillard's paintings.  The artistic psychoanalytic animation Ruben Brandt, Collector uncannily resonates with me.

 Salon de Muge

As usual, I paired my writing with images from various trips through out 2019.  This anniversary post celebrates my rendezvous with Kyoto.  

從2010至2020, 又一個十年過去, 各行各業紛紛回顧高峰低谷, LK則從新加坡搬回美國, 由全職母親轉身再次投入工作帶領團隊開疆闢土, 小V也成長為少年. 

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歷險之必要 It's A World of Hopes and A World of Fears

Thanksgiving well spent in Orlando where we reveled in childhood wonder of the Disney World and relived the magic of Harry Potter.  Naturally the countdown to Christmas could only be the Hogwarts advent! 

十ㄧ月中忙完數場發表會, 大抵腎上腺素枯竭, 開始童趣化… 成日不務正業玩耍.  已高過我半個頭多的小V忍不住嘆氣:  難怪Ollivanders Wand Shop店裏人當媽咪是小孩子(?!)  感恩節歡渡於佛州童話世界, 旅行歸來意猶未盡, 搶購LEGO Harry Potter 2019倒數節曆, 亦如貪糖吃的小朋友偷跑, 耶誕節還沒到, 禮物拆光光拼建魔法學校 :P

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