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Life Lately II. (in words)
Summer “I hate summer.” “Me, too.” “It’s so humid and hot.” “Yeah.” A conversation between two University students. It was not yet July. Soon, 26 degrees Celsius, light rain in the morning, then pouring for 10 minutes. Soaked, if crossing the street within these 10 minutes. More light rain until the sun broke through the…
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Family

Guangzhou When I was younger, I would go back to China to visit my extended relatives every few years. We would arrive like strangers but would leave like we had been living together for years. The big family dinners at the restaurants were filled with different emotions – joy from jokes and funny stories, annoyance…
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Writing Log: Three

Progress Story 1 – Takashi (submission draft done) Story 2 – Camila (second rewrite) Story 3 – Vivian (started, 2 pages in) Story 4 – Stephanie (Began one sentence) Story 5 – Ka Chun (2/3 of the story complete) I rewrote the story again about Takashi and decided it was good enough for submission. Is…
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End of a Semester

It’s getting to the end of a semester and though I am not in school, the month of May was filled with squeezing in part time work, writing and field trips. The muggy, hot summer heat is impatient. Summer vacation cannot come sooner. Colleagues I met some other writers and remote workers. One in particular…