Author: Mei-ling Lee

Yesterday was the Halloween. Not too smooth for me. I had planned to attend Jayshing’s Edison parade in the morning. Skip the regular Thursday studio clean. Then I realized that I had to drive Jeff to LCC because I need the car to drive Jayshing to art class in the afternoon. When I arrived at Edison, the Thriller dance was finished. I did not see the parade and did not see Jayshing’s dance. I am soooo upset about that.

Then I parked the car at the two hours parking. Went to Jack Boss’s History of Theory class. Then I worked a little bit in the office, thinking the meter shall be fine. Then when it is about time to move the car…. I got there and found out that I got a parking ticket…. Two minutes late! What a terrible day for me.

I stayed in the library while Jeff took the girls trick-or treating. Started to get headache again around 8 o’clock… what a stressful day !

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Finally got to see the Autumn color before it’s over.

Drove out to the Bennett Winery, sit outside for an hour. We got the last bit of sunshine. Wonderful afternoon to spend with Jeff together.

What a month! It went by so quick. Every time leaving Taiwan, I always feels depressed. Taiwan is a place that I will dream for, but dared to go back for good. Too much memory, too much burden, too much sweetness, and too much regret.

Glad that Jeff and I were able to attend the KISS conference in South Korean and premiere 19/20/21 — our collaboration project for sound, video, and spoken works. We worked hard on it , but there are still places for improvement. I am hoping to have it revised and performed again at the next FMO concert .

Alway fun to get together with my cousins. We grow up together, then apart for 15 to 20 years, pursuing our own dream/life individually . Now our kids are almost grown, and we finally have these treasurable chances to meet and drink beers and chat openly without any boundaries. Nice memories.

這一個月啊！它走得這麼快。每次離開台灣，我總是感到沮喪。台灣是我夢寐以求的地方，但又怎麼敢回去。太多的記憶，太多的負擔，太多的甜蜜，太多的遺憾。

很高興傑夫和我能夠參加韓國的KISS會議和19/20/21的首映式 – 我們的聲音，視頻和口語作品合作項目。我們努力工作，但仍有改進的地方。我希望在下一次 UO FMO音樂會上再演出下一個修訂版。

總是和我的表兄弟聚在一起很開心。我們從小一起長大，然後分開15至20年 追求自己的夢想/生活。現在，我們的孩子幾乎長大了，我們終於有了這些寶貴的機會來見面,喝啤酒，並且沒有任何界限地話長短。這真的是美好的回憶。

First day of school for Jayshing. She was very excited. Despite just coming back from Taiwan yesterday with the jet lag,, she was in a great spirit. We are glad that she is in Kristy’s classroom and all her good friends are together in the same classroom. Hope this will a wonderful year for her last year of elementary school.

Jayshing的第一天上學。她很興奮。儘管昨天剛從台灣回來有時差，但她精神很好。我們很高興她在Kristy的教室裡，她所有的好朋友都在同一個教室裡。希望這會是她小學的最後美好的一年。

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So many things to do that we have almost no time to think about Mother’s day.

While day past so fast that I just can not finish as much as I hope to.

Feeling so lived, that Jayling and Jayshing draw me pictures and Jayshing also bought me two mechanical pencils of my favorite which I just lost them few day ago. Jaylig write me a card, very lovely.

Thinking of almost 12 years ago today, I was in the hospital giving birth to Jayling. That was the toughest day of my life. But I am so grateful now that we have Jayling and Jayshing.