This weekend, I came across this story about affordable housing in suburbia. The story covers the conflict between residents of traditional suburbia and those inside the new suburban affordable housing.
I read it and wondered if the cultural gap that stems from our socioeconimic difference may be the hardest difference to overcome.
Think about it. If [...]
I used to be scared of uncertainty. I still do, sometimes.
Unknown is always scary — or at least so they have us believe.
Think about movies and TV shows that are designed to scare you. You know the most scary part?
The anticipation. The build up before you get a full glimpse of the threat, or the [...]
Today, I was reading books to my daughter, and was reading Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus.
It’s a sweet book about a little tiger boy, who can’t read, write, or eat neatly. His father is naturally concerned, but the parents just decide to wait patiently for their son to “bloom.” Eventually, they even stop [...]
One of the games I play with my 4-year-old is a memory game.
You know, the one where you lay a bunch of cards facing down, and take turns turning two at a time, trying to find a match.
Every time I play that game, I think to myself, ah, this is how life is.
Think about it. [...]
Habit: A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition. — Answers.com
So we’re all creatures of habits. We get used to doing certain things in certain ways, and allow our minds and bodies to not only be accustomed to the same pattern, but expect and yearn for it.
This is [...]
In Japan, we have a phrase called “Seishin Nenrei.”
It means: “mental age.”
It simply means that our mental age may be different from our physical age.
I’m surprised that it’s not a widely accepted idea in US. It may be because of my cultural background, but the concept seems very obvious to me.
I’m sure you’ve seen “adult [...]
It’s hard to know what it’s like to be depressed, until you experience it.
Because it’s really not a state within the range of our normal existence.
It’s your mind getting overloaded with stress and pain, so much that it is not capable of its normal, innate functions.
Imagine a carriage, or a buggy, with a load way [...]
It wouldn’t be an earth-shattering revelation if I were to tell you that there are varying degrees of relationship compatibility, would it?
Some relationships are meant to be close. Others aren’t.
Doh.
In fact, all relationships have an ideal distance. I’m not talking just about soulmates or significant others. Friends, families, the distance between you and your work, [...]
After writing about how to tell if the person you’re seeing is your soulmate, I have been wanting to write about how to find a soulmate.
Except, I’ve been married for almost 12 years. My wife and I met at the ripe old age of 19 and 18, and we’ve been seeing each other for [...]
Blog carnivals are simply a collection of blog entries, usually focused on a topic. They are a great way to discover new blogs and writers on topics of your interest. Spanning all topics from money to sports to technology, you can find blog carnivals on any topics.
That said, as I looked through the list, I [...]
