Friday Night

It has been such a stressful week and it feels like I am wearing a heavier and heavier school bag day after day. At the end of the week, Friday after 6 pm, my shoulder feels ten times lighter, as if someone took of that burden.

Tonight is a "Do Nothing Night", just enjoying movies, relaxing, putting away clothes and also absorbing fragrance. My room smells like garden rain with the scented candle. A glass of red wine would make this even more perfect. Comparing to many people's Friday night, mine doesn't seem exciting or vibrant. But it's  a luxury to just sit and relax, because time is so precious. I prefer this over partying in a crowded and noisy place.

Be the Change

"You must be the change you wish to see.'" Gandhi

My favorite quote of the day, just to keep myself motivated.

Thanksgiving Weekend

A bowl of hot beef noodle soup is the best after speed walking for an hour. Leaves were flying everywhere and the wind passes right through my face in the dark. After interacting with the wind for a while, my ears were like icy Popsicle. The journey to meet my friend in her neighborhood feels a lot longer than usual, maybe double the amount of time. Despite the long walk, we met up and enjoyed chatting with each other.
She's a slice of joy in this dreadful weather, making it all bright and cheerful. In addition, we ended our meet up with a big fat piece of cookies and cream chocolate :)

Toward 12 AM in the morning, I can't help but think that my Thanksgiving break is over so soon. I felt like the holiday is not long enough to do anything but just to rest a little. That's exactly what I did and wanted more time. Tomorrow is the end of this vacation, I hope it will be a productive day.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone have a wonderful Thanksgiving. It's one of my favorite holidays, the smell of pumpkin pies, delicious food and a day for family to spend time together.

Today is really relaxing, just did some online shopping, reading and napping. It's probably a good idea to write down  what I did today so I can look back at it next year. I have no idea what I did last Thanksgiving.

A Beautiful Saturday Morning

It's a beautiful Saturday morning, warm weathers and not too sunny. A cup of hot jasmine tea and dim sum makes it even more perfect. I envisioned today to be productive. There are pages of tasks to be completed on my to do list, hopefully there are no distractions. If I completed everything today, I'll be even more looking forward to tomorrow.

November 11 is a special day for  my friend. She's going to be a year wiser.
It's just going to be me and her. But I know that we are going to have lots of fun.The original plan was a group gathering, but others are busy.Seems like a difficult task to gather the group together as we get older and as our friends get married. Now, the only time the group gets together is at a friend's wedding or if we all miss each other too much.

I wonder if our traditions are going to last. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas since 2005, the six of us will have some type of gathering near the holidays, either a day before or after the holiday. Though it's not near the holiday yet, I asked one of my closest friends if we are still meeting this Thanksgiving. She already mentioned that she busy that week with personal things. So now we have 5/6 people available or to be determined. But usually, if we don't meet near Thanksgiving, we'll meet near Christmas. Hopefully, it's going to be like that this year again. Regardless, I am still looking forward to the holidays, they make the winter season a bit more joyful and colorful.

Living the Moment

Last night, I was reading ways to motivate yourself. An interesting exercise was to imagine yourself lying at the death bed and really connecting with the dying experience. At that moment, mentally invite people that are important to you to the bedside individually and mention things you wanted them to know. Through the process, the author realized that he left out so much in life. For example, there were so many wonderful feelings that he never expressed to his children. Realizing what and who is important; he vowed to never leave any chances, never leave anything unsaid and live as if he's going to die any moment.

Many of us say that, "I'll do this some day" or "I'll do that some day". But what if tomorrow is the end?

First Day of Snow

I can't believe it's November. We are not even half way through the month and it's already snowing.

Just a week after Hurricane Sandy, the snow storm is here. New York haven't even fully recover yet and more damages are being done. It's so sad that natural disaster is all coming at once.