Summer

well ok, i’m not really a sun lover but my son enjoys summer—it gives him time to engage in other activities like this swimming lesson that he enrolled in recently. at the end of the ten-day-one-hour-a-day lesson, he got his first taste of a swimming competition, their class’ culminating activity. he didn’t exactly win, but hey, he learned to float and to glide through water, and that’s enough for me.

Pet peeves

no matter how much one resolves to stay unaffected or uncorrupted, someone, something, always manages to crack through the barrier and then irk us no end. i particularly find fascinating some people's capability to find ways of going around the system to amass things that they deem increase their value. did they actually think that by surrounding themselves with impressive things, they'd be impressive themselves? then there are those who just lack the skill to organize themselves and are completely lazy to learn and therefore become pests to those around them. still there are those who have too much of everything but totally lack that one thing that would have made them "human". power-playing, buck passing, ego-tripping---my favorite pet peeves, emportez-les de moi s'il vous plaît.
mais quand je vais à la maison, je regarde mon fils et mon monde est juste de nouveau.

Early Sunday morning, i got a call from my boss telling me that my officemate died. While he really abused his health when he was alive, the news shocked me nevertheless. i pity the family that he left behind: his four kids and the wife who has no job. the wife tells us that the bank is even threatening to foreclose on their mortgaged house. how could anyone help them? while there'd definitely be funds coming from everywhere, how long will that last? and what will the family do afterwards?
i could only pray. May God, in His infinite goodness, grant his soul eternal repose and give his family the strength to weather the tough months ahead.