Aaron and Karen are notorious for their inability to end a phone call within the first fifteen minutes of picking up. This isn’t always their fault, of course, because most of the time it’s the people at the other end who persist in staying on the line. Sometimes I’ll pretend that it’s a wrong number when we’re hanging out so that they won’t be disturbed. Unfortunately, this time, the person was persistent. It ended up being a rude charity worker.

My Chinese has a terrible Western accent, bad enough for me to be able to recognize it and cringe. Normally, I’m not so bad, but I was definitely rusty and caught off-guard.

Every day, I’m reminded of why I surround myself with good people.

When I’m eating from a bag of candy with assorted flavours, I always have a favourite. For example, the red Skittles in the original flavours, or the Creme Eggs in a Cadbury Assorted Bag of mini eggs (which has WAY more of the less favoured Dairy Milk and Caramel Eggs, I suspect on purpose). The weird thing is that I still enjoy the other flavours just as much. Every time I get one, I see it as an investment towards the end of the bag, when a glorious explosion of my favourite flavour awaits to titillate my tastebuds.

When I shave, I always start in the middle, then shave the left cheek, and finish with the right. It’s not that I can’t deviate this, it’s that I choose not to. The chin and lip areas are always very irritable, while the sides remain smooth and satisfying.

Knowing that I love someone may make me strong, but knowing that someone loves me makes me stronger.