The two Cs

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Anne Ku

My dad warned me about the two Cs when I was leaving home for college.

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Shock via social media

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Anne Ku

News travels fast on social media, particularly shocking news about death.  Initially it goes like this:

“Have you heard?”

“Did you know?”

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The making of a fan

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Anne Ku

As a musician, I was not aware of how to turn my audience into my fans until I became a fan myself.

As a fan, I want to support the musician or musicians I’m a fan of. I want to tell others about them. I want to see them perform. I want to “fan” the musicians. That’s what a fan means literally. Continue reading →

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Biggest Fan

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Anne Ku

When she suddenly realizes that she has lost her biggest fan, she feels lost.

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Saying no and letting go

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Anne Ku

The reading at the end of two-hour workshop on bereavement resonated with me. I finally understood the meaning of letting go. And with that, the need to say no.

She let go.

She let go.

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Figs glorious figs

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Anne Ku

It’s fig season on Maui.

I know, for my fig tree has been oozing half-a-dozen to a dozen maroon parcels every day. I can see them ripen before my very eyes!

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Dad said Confucius says

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Anne Ku

When I read past e-mails from my father, I often envision a Confucian scholar. He wrote like one. His words were not spontaneous but deliberate. The writing itself is from another era.

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Tuesdays with Morrie

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Anne Ku

By chance I came across a small book in the spiritual self-help section of the Maui Friends of the Library (MFOL) bookstore. The title reminded me of an email from my dad, one of many I had not replied or followed up.

Why was this book so relevant now?

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Dad’s iPad

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Anne Ku

On my brother’s last visit, he bought a new iPad for my father.  It sat unused until I showed up six months later in Taichung. Some ten years earlier, I had done the opposite. I first diagnosed that my father needed a new computer. My brother then paid for a replacement PC.

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The day the earth stood still

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Anne Ku

There are moments in your life that you will never forget.

Ask anyone what they were doing on September 11, 2001. Wherever they were, they remember. It is as if time froze the minute they learned about what has now become known as Nine Eleven.

The day the earth stood still.

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