With good, there always comes some bad
As some of you know, I am home in KC (planning on returning either tomorrow or Wednesday). I went to Toronto with my family to visit my grandparents and my Aunt. We flew into Buffalo, NY on August 17, returned August 20. It was a short trip, and I was actually sorry to go. But I still haven't made arrangements to go back to LA, and my dad and brother had to work. So.... My aunt gave me my graduation presents including a new iBook G4 and a ipod. At first I didn't know what I was going to do with the computer because I already had one that I was happy with. But I'm going to give the mac thing a try and see how I like it. I'm just glad that I can get Microsoft Office at school for $10. So when I return to LA, I will have not one, but two laptops in tow (That's going to be interesting going through the security line....)
So, while we were in Toronto (on friday) my brother received some disturbing news. An asian girl from my HS (who my brother knew) supposedly stabbed her mother to death. The Story. My mom also knew the girl because she went to Chinese School. It's just crazy to think that something like this could have happened, especially within our docile little asian community. So sentencing should be taking place today, we'll see what happens. When we returned from the trip, my mom found out that one of our friends (also Chinese) drowned in a freak fishing accident on the same day that the stabbing occured.
According to chinese superstition, the last full moon before the moon festival is a time where all the dead spirits come out and take the souls of living people so that they can survive another year. That particular full moon occured on the Friday with both events happened. My mom freaked out when she heard the correlation.
It's just plain sad.
So, while we were in Toronto (on friday) my brother received some disturbing news. An asian girl from my HS (who my brother knew) supposedly stabbed her mother to death. The Story. My mom also knew the girl because she went to Chinese School. It's just crazy to think that something like this could have happened, especially within our docile little asian community. So sentencing should be taking place today, we'll see what happens. When we returned from the trip, my mom found out that one of our friends (also Chinese) drowned in a freak fishing accident on the same day that the stabbing occured.
According to chinese superstition, the last full moon before the moon festival is a time where all the dead spirits come out and take the souls of living people so that they can survive another year. That particular full moon occured on the Friday with both events happened. My mom freaked out when she heard the correlation.
It's just plain sad.