Category Archives: Personal

I had so many dreams for my time at UCLA. At last I was getting on to university and getting serious about my education. I signed up for a special “Quiet Floor” at the Rieber Hall dormitory. It was for … Continue reading →

As I moved through my teens into my 20s, my father foresaw that I had heapings of misery headed my way. When I wouldn’t heed his admonitions and insisted on my own way, he said, “Perhaps you’ll only learn through … Continue reading →

It was a Sabbath afternoon. God, how I hated the Sabbath. We were Seventh-Day Adventists at Avondale College in Cooranbong (comes from the Aboriginal word “Kour-an-bong”, meaning “rocky bottom creek”) and you weren’t allowed to do anything fun on the … Continue reading →

For the past two years, I’ve been looking out my window through a dirty screen. I have a lovely view but it is all smudged by the dirt in my screen. For the past few weeks, I’ve thought I should … Continue reading →

Last week, a friend asked me via FB: “Are you still doing your blog? Why if yes?” I replied: “You can always check my FB updates to see and why I do it.” I was annoyed. I felt like asking … Continue reading →

* It’s uncanny how accurately and quickly my female therapists have been able to read my mood. I’ll walk in the door and sit down and bam, they can just tell how I am. There’s something comforting and reassuring when … Continue reading →

People who don’t give a fig about America. By the look of the KABC TV cameras outside Best Buy tonight, these Thanksgiving shoppers do not appear to be descendants of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. I’d rather be alone, 90% … Continue reading →

Good movie, except the plot twist about a Christian Palestinian suicide bomber, of which there have been none. Only Muslim Palestinians blow themselves up. The movie says that people just snap, that’s why they blow themselves up, but why do … Continue reading →