Thoughts beyond my life & my travel - Bel

Every time I looked down from my building, I saw this lovely roof garden with nice plants and wooden furniture. But I never saw people sitting there enjoying the sunshine except last night. The noise from a gathering kept me awake most of the night. I know it's a Chinese New Year celebration, but as it approached 11pm, 12am, 12:30am, the whole neighbourhood could still hear the girls laughing so loud and chatting. I could hear the sound from below, and here I could spot a party down at that "secret roof garden". Since most buildings are old, the windows are not sound-proof. It's quite unpleasant. I could relate to why the neighbourhood are against bars setting up in this quiet area. I moved up here because I couldn't stand the noise down from the main street as well. While the neighbourhood has changed from local food stores to art galleries and high-end furniture shops, the expensive rent in Central also made the owners to move their restaurants over her...

A few friends gathered to have hot pot tonight. Wonderful gathering and wonderful talk the whole night. The more I ate, the more I drank. It's a happy night after all. A friend revealed that she just had an operation, but the tumour was very tiny. She felt very blessed and very lucky. Another friend burst out, "Can I not hear bad news about friends having cancers?" For sure we prefer another news told by our friend that his wife is pregnant, but we do start to accept the fact that the ageing problem is deepening in the coming years. Why do we always say the young people are care free? It is probably because most of them are healthy, pain free and do not have any health concern or burden. I visited some elderly a few days ago. Some of them live alone as their children had moved out or migrated to the US. They do not go out a lot or have any particular hobbies. Even though they have to encounter some medical problems like bunions, high blood pressure or weakening of the...

There are many diseases that we might not have heard of, and sadly, there are no cure at the same time. It's hard to imagine a toddler who needs to undergo a number of surgeries, but children who have tourette syndrome may have to encounter a lot of challenges in social life. They make different "tics" and random noises due to the brain disorder. They simply can't stop them and feel embarrassed when they twist their eyes/neck/hands or say something out of their control. Front of the class is an inspiring movie about a real man called Brad Colin who has tourette syndrome and struggled to become a teacher since a very young age. He succeeded and even was awarded teacher of the year in Georgia. A BBC programme also explores how the teenagers with tourette interact with others in a camp. It is a full day learning, and we should feel how lucky we are to be a healthy person every day. We have been blessed. It also reminds me that some friends I know might have a very...