What is Life?

B E H E R E N O W

When I was little, my mother taught me how to use my hands to do many chores around the house.  I washed clothes and hung ...

I am not alone.

The shrimps turned orange in the pan, I took the butter knife and scooped up a generous portion of butter and flicked it into the ...

Deep Cleaning before the Year of the Metal Rat

There is a family cleaning ritual before Lunar New Year that has left quite an impression on me. Weeks before the festival, we go over our possessions ...

Fierce Living

A Short Reflection During Sabbatical Another day has dawn. And here I am one day older and I am one day closer to Death. Life ...

Where Have I Been?

There is this math that I sometimes do in my mind when comes to taking trips. I will calculate how many days I spend on ...

Wild 野 Thing

“Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted…now we face the question whether a still higher ‘standard of living’ is worth its cost ...

What Is The Meaning Of Life?

This is an article recently published by Excellence Reporter’s Nicolae Tanase. Nicolae Tanase: Jovinna, what is the meaning of life? Jovinna Chan: This question has ...

Taking Full Responsibility Of My Life

 “The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” ~ Anne Frank When I felt the urgency of this lifetime, I dissolved ...

Cherish This Body

 “Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.” ~ Henry David Thoreau A human body is a miracle happening moment to moment. ...

Play and Pay it Forward

Pay it forward is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying it to others instead of to the original benefactor. I ...