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As I saw him open the door, I said “Guitar Master”. He after all has played for as long as my memory can serve me: on the roof behind my house, and at various venues in Saigon. Still with that baritone voice and impeccable sense of humor. “You might think I am old, but put…
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I am not Italian. Yet I broke out in tears yesterday, at least three times. A medical check revealed that I had a minor stroke five years ago, which means I have lived on life extension without knowing it. Had I known this sooner, would I have lived my life differently? Or moving forward, what corrections must I make.…
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In two weeks, I am up for new pair of eye glasses. But today, upon first examination, the eye care doctor revealed what was obvious to her, but not to me: I have had a minor stroke (vein # 7), which pulled my left eye up and if I were able to ask someone to watch…
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I saw a cone-hat lady make her garbage scavenging route after midnight. I blurted out ” wow, that late. Must be tiring.” When my friend suddenly added ” she doesn’t depend on others to make her living”. Now, that’s an alternate way of seeing the same thing. Our judgment is often clouded by our prejudice.…
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We have heard uplifting stories about the human spirits, survivors at seas and in the wilderness. But the other side of the coin is survivor’s guilt. This reaction is just an extension of that loneliness as portrayed in Cast Away. The story goes like this. Three guys survived a crash and found themselves on an…
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Instead of a snow-bound scenario in a vacated hotel, we have a newly-wed couple of the House in the Alley The bloody ax, the shattering glass and the medium-rare steak. We were placed immediately inside a rain storm. That fateful night, like in Misery, the first domino that starts a chain of mishaps: married sex life,…
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Behind the tatoo, the tobacco and the toughness, lies male vulnerability. I read about how the Watergate break-in was just one among a list of outrageous proposals such as kidnapping, wiretapping and high-priced hookers blackmail etc… You can’t find tougher looking bunch than those “plumbers” and their Archille’s heels. Yes, there is also female vulnerability.…
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