by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 22, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
They could have had a comfortable house in the suburbs. But his office was in the city. If he had a house in the suburbs, the after-work commute would mean that by the time he got home, his children would already be in bed. So he opted to have a home in the city. The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 3, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
In my last email to him, I told him that we were thinking of visiting Toronto, and him, at the end of the year, maybe in December. In his last email to me he warned me about Toronto in December. He said: Yes, it would be fun for your family to come to Toronto for a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 31, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Communication, Life Issues
By now the whole world knows of Hilary Clinton’s mistaken claims about her visit to Bosnia. Here is the BBC’s summary of what happened. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has said she made a mistake in claiming that she came under sniper fire...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 10, 2008 | 2008, Afterlife, Articles, Life Issues
As a child I always thought heaven was extremely boring. You had wings, sure, and that was cool. But you had to wear what looked to me like white hospital gowns, and float on the clouds playing harps. Nothing much happened. It was like some kind of retirement home...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 29, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose, Media, Movies & Television
Bernice and I caught a sneak preview of the movie, No Country for Old Men, last week. I had not read the book and therefore was all set up for the sucker punch ending. When the final credits rolled, my immediate reaction was, “Hey, who stole the last reel?...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 22, 2008 | 2008, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
Dad passed away in 2003. I miss him. I especially miss him during Lunar New Year eve family reunion dinners. That was when he would regale us with the stories of his life. And he was a consummate story teller. A particular favourite of his was the story of the time he...
