Festival One 2019 was just what my low-spirited self needed that weekend. The energy and carefreeness of the young people caught my attention many times, reminding me why life IS fun. // Main photo: Marianne Wren and her band at what I reckon is the best location in the festival—the Market Stage. […]
2018 was something. It felt like the shortest and longest year of my life. I spent a total of 11 nights in the hospital over four different occasions. Before 2018, that number was zero. Here are some lessons from my hospital stay—some practical, some just pure observations. (I’m sure there’s more to say, so I’ll […]
This thought of heaven has been on my mind for the past two months. I think it started when I found out about my third surgery and its possible complication—serious enough to make me worry. The procedure’s name is made up of nine long, intimidating words. I was scared of the familiar post-surgery pain—the excruciating […]
A recurring thought I’ve had over the past few months is this: We should try to make each other’s lives easier because life is already hard enough. // Photo by Hazel, Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand, 23rd August 2018.
When I had my MRI scan in January for a suspected pituitary adenoma, another benign tumor was incidentally found in the deep lobe of my right parotid gland. Fortunately, it wasn’t urgent, so we practically forgot about it while focusing on the more serious, albeit benign, pituitary tumour. Four months after the pituitary surgery, Marco and […]
In January, I underwent urgent neurosurgery, and a month later, I was admitted again due to profuse posterior nasal bleeding (like a continuous flow from my nose and spitting chunks of blood from my mouth too—yuck, I know). Though I feel great now, I still always fear that the bleeding will come back, and I […]
Marco and I were babysitting our friends’ kids today, and I randomly told the 6-year-old girl, ‘Did you know that it’s the last day of 2017?’ She said nothing. Right after blurting that out, I realised how kids don’t really care much about time. (I have to add that to my already long list of […]
[Spoiler alert: If you haven’t watched Stranger Things 2 yet, you may want to stop reading and come back after you’ve finished.] Marco and I binge-watched Stranger Things 2 on Saturday and Sunday. We actually ‘had to do it’ because our free one-month Netflix trial ended on Sunday. As usual, I didn’t feel good the […]
Grace’s Stages of Driving: Can’t do it, and there’s no need for it Forced to learn because I need to drive myself to work Absolute silence (can’t have music) while driving; how-the-heck-do-I-watch-my-speed-while-driving; very consciously starting the engine Can drive to work by myself but must leave the house super early to beat the traffic Ready […]
Because every road trip has a song. So Will I (100 Billion X) by Hillsong was the song that we felt in our hearts the most and played the most through the AM frequency-sounding campervan speakers during our South Island winter road trip. The special moment happened while we were driving through Fiordland National Park, […]
What are the chances of hearing one of your current favourite driving songs by an Indie artist, out of the millions of songs in the world, during your birthday dinner at a restaurant in a lodge with no phone reception, surrounded by tall mountains and trees? Really, what are the chances? P.S. The song was […]
One day, Marco and I heard a little girl riding her bike shouting, ‘It’s not fair! It’s not fair!’ Her mum caught up with her and asked why she was upset. Apparently, it was because her older brother was riding faster and was much ahead of her. The mum calmly told the little girl, ‘There […]
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