Something that’s always in our hands, from the time we wake up till we close our eyes, our phones are almost an extension of ourselves. Here’s something I wrote for the extension of my life….
An Ode to my Phone
You are the first I see when I open my eyes and the last before I sleep
My heart goes a pitter patter when I hear you beep!
You are my access to the world
Without you, I feel I am not in control
When I look back to the time you were not in my life
I wonder, how did I manage with all that strife?
I am just a few keys away from my loved ones
Who are across continents and oceans
The world is my oyster, everything a click or an app away
You make my life feel complete, whether at work or at play
You make me preserve my minutiae of my daily life and my memories
With you around, life is a breeze!
Oh, my iPhone, how much I love you,
I can’t now imagine a life without you,
Please do not die on me, not without a replacement
Because I sure won’t be me when you are absent!
In 1904, as the Russo-Japanese War deepened, Asia was parceled out to rising powers and the Korean empire was annexed by Japan. Facing war and the loss of their nation, more than a thousand Koreans left their homes to seek possibility elsewhere—in unknown Mexico.
The Bathing Women follows the lives of four women—Tiao, a children’s book editor; Fan, her sister, who thinks escaping to America might solve her problems; Fei,a hedonistic and self-destructive young woman; and Youyou, a chef—from childhood during the Cultural Revolution to adulthood in the new market economy.
Memories and Such 