I have always wanted to go a motorcycle road trip for the longest time. When I made the transition from Google to Apple in 2021, I was about to purchase a used bike (thanks for the sign-on bonus!). Things changed after that as we were about to move to Riverside CA for the following 9…
Looking for my Lost Symphony
Dedicated to Nhi Quân… In November 2024, I drove to San Diego to look for you. I knew it was a hopeless situation, but I would just go. I strolled around La Jolla and Mission Beach (because I left voice mails for you the day before). I was hoping to see you somewhere around the…
Memory Lanes 2024
November 2024 Has it been 1 year since November 2023? I made a solo trip to Riverside to walk down the memory lane. I made a trip to San Diego and Orange County with an unrealistic hope of being able to look for the Lost Symphony. Riverside is like our second home because home is…
You and Me in 2023
The frames of “us” are grainy, imperfect but they were always colorful and they always placed a permanent imprints in me, through the end my time on this Earth. I remembered the last morning of our Riveroaks residency. We would move to the Verdant by the end of October 2023. During that last morning, I…
Davenport and Bayland Park
Over this cliff, on a hot day in Sept 2022, we went through a photo session. That was supposedly the beginning of “us”. 2 years have passed, and I came back here again to mull over the past, and to appreciate the present. This was perhaps a peaceful and mellow Sunday afternoon in August 2024….
A trip to Philadelphia and Lancaster – Part 2
Day 3 So I drove across Amis counties in Pennsylvania. These frames spoke my minds, peace, loneliness and solitude. The Last Day On the last day, I drove back to Philly from Baltimore. I stopped by Waffle House in the middle of the way. And most of all, I waked through St. Peter Cathedral, where…
A trip to Philadelphia and Lancaster
Day 1 I traveled to Philly with a heavy heart. All the losses, all the pains, all nostalgic memories bubbled up simultaneously. Day 1 was cloudy as I walked around Philly downtown. It was rainy too. As cheesy as it sounded, I soaked in the rain, the tears and the hopes that died. I was…
Walks in the Parks
I believed that this was sometimes around March or April of 2024. I was like this sole bird chirping and waiting, perhaps, calling out for its sadness, and contradictorily, it was at peace. Perhaps, I could hear it is said “where are all the leaves I’m looking for or hoping for?”. I believed I was…
Directions
July 4 2024 I drove aimlessly to Tiburon, a little town north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Am I looking for something? Perhaps, directions. Where do I want to go next? It has been a 5-year marathon spiritually, mentally and physically.
Cats in River Oaks
Our first cat was Peach. She came to us out of the blue. Eventually we made friend with her previous owner, Rachel. It was as an act of God. Peach arrived and brought forth some orders amidst the chaos in our souls at the time, early 2021. She would then follow us to the 9-month…