Thursday, January 21, 2010

All things wise, wonderful and wooden

My teacher says....

My teacher says that most of what can be known about a culture is evidenced in their eating utensils.

Chopsticks - quiet, earthy, simple, peaceful, gentle, efficient

Fork and Knife - loud, violent (cutting, stabbing), aggressive, force-wielding, wasteful (so many sizes of forks and spoons), cold, etc.

And this strange feeling crept over me... of needing to defend my silverware drawer.

I kept quiet. In fact, I prefer chopsticks too (except when eating pancakes of course).

I really like my teacher.
She really likes her motherland.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Happy New Year!!



May your lives be blessed in 2010... the year of the Tiger!