Riding Through it All ...

I was gazing at him without his knowledge. And for the first time in twenty one years, I noticed how much he had aged. His thinning hair and wrinkle lines started to be even more evident under the direct reflection of the florescent light. A closer scrutiny revealed scars on his face, each accompanied with a heroic story I would never get tired of hearing over and over and over again. He was smiling broadly, and all of a sudden I felt a big lump in my throat. Tears were swimming in my eyes. I did not know why I was on the verge of tears for no reason. But I was quick enough to turn sideways and wipe them away. Taking a deep breath to ease things up a bit, I started laughing along with the rest. Sometimes it takes a lot of guts to show or tell your dad about how you feel. Men are not meant to be susceptible to diplaying emotions, especially when it involves showing how grateful and warm to be raised by your dad. And despite how harsh you could be sometimes to your dad, your dad is alwa

Lately I have been putting up videos and pics for public display, but only on a few occassions did I plaster the computer screen with my writing. Though I am being driven at this very point by the upsurge of desire to just pick up a topic and write freely about it, I am at a complete loss for topics to write. Ok! I think I am going to utilize self-questioning strategies to help me out in the same way I ask my WS1 students to. Let's start with: How do I feel? A simple question like this can be quite tough to answer. I am not sure whether I am on top of the world about something, nor am I sure whether I am depressed about anything. Basically life has been treating me quite well, though not as well as I expect. And there are no tragic incidents or the like that leave wounds in me--emotionally and physically. But to say that I am leading a blissful life right now is definitely overrated. It is true that I used to feel so "unproductive", but I do not feel this way anymore. I d