CATHY HUANG

I’ve just finished watching this and had me in tears the entire time. Anger, hurt, sadness, and also deep humble-ness and incredulous disbelief at the things the grandparents endured.  Things like this make me wonder why such excessive suffering is necessary sometimes, why a slew of bad events happen like a dominoes effect at those that have been wrecked by tragedy in layers...

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Ever since I came back to Vancouver I have been reading a lot of Buddhist books and hearing talks from my favourite monk, Ajahn Brahm. I remembered one Wednesday afternoon while editing pictures and listening to a talk on "impermanence", the part where Ajahn said that it was beautiful, death. That the impermanence of life touches everyone but yet is the most deepest...

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For the remaining of my stay, it went something like this: wake up at a decent hour, go shopping or some other mundane activity, go to my Grandpa's house & do work/get frustrated at the internet, try to find quality restaurant in rural conditions in the midst of Chinese New Years celebration where everything was closed, eat dinner, drive home and watch T.V./talk...

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On the 3rd day, we went to my dad's hometown for the remaining of my time China. It was quaint, empty, pretty rural but metropolitan at the same time in terms of shopping malls, infrastructures and restaurants. It was evident that there were lots of rich people living there, but at the same time it was SO inconvenient and rural. I kept feeling...

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After the temple of Heaven, we went for lunch and visited some old "Hu Tong" neighbourhoods which is a very expensive series of old styled housing in the heart of Beijing. I was really rushed for time but still managed to captured the red themed buildings. I met the cutest English bulldog and didn't want to say goodbye. I wish I had more...

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