How I spent Thursday

looks like Jr here

Besides being probed and poked, weighed and lectured, getting poop smear envelopes, filling goopy eyes presciptions (pink eye, go figure), squished and placed between plastic plates, it was a great Thursday.  In between these delightful, getting old and being female doctor apptmts, I started to “rescue” some of Mom’s vintage pictures from her album. 

Mom was very creative with her “adhesives” – duct tape, masking tape, scotch tape (of course), bandage tapes, you name it, for her photos.  She had a lot of Dad’s Navy pictures and I haven’t really looked at these for quite some time.  Matt mentioned he wanted some of these and yeah, whatev.  So I started to scan these pictures, hoping that they will be better stored this way.  It was interesting, tedious and kind of sad to see Dad in his 20’s and 30’s looking so healthy, vibrant, hopeful, handsome, full of life.

I especially like this photo which I’m sure I’ve seen a thousand time.  I blew it up and captioned it as “Waiting for the rest of us” – It’s a picture of him (supposedly…I’m sure it was posed) “on watch”.   I want to believe that he’s “watching” and “waiting” at some level in heaven to be reunited with all of us.

Waiting for the rest of us

There’s kind of a Jackie Chan look to Dad, huh?  Must be the good Joong San Cantonese genes.  There were some pictures where I can see how many of us resemble Dad, not just Jr.

I got some of this look

taken on leave in Williamsburg - Pauline kind of look

Love these of Daddy.  I miss him.  Found a picture of him and I together on Stierlin Road.  He has the flannel shirt on that I kept to remember him.

Moving out

Brandon moved out this weekend after 26 years.  He left Bear Bear I think and a lot of his other stuff.  He took his many boxes of shoes, clothes and some other stuff and is now in San Jose.  I didn’t think this would hit me the way it has.  It many ways, I’m happy for him, but I do miss him, and know in my heart this is somewhat forever.  There’s that book I wanted to give him when he left the house and guess what, surprise, surprise, I can’t find it.  oh well…Bear Bear is still here and I’ll try to find it before he takes that with him.  Bruce and I thought all he really needed, is a few canisters of furukaki, a rice cooker, a bag of rice, lop cheung, beef jerkey, Ko Chee Cheung, Ho yo, and he’d be set.  He inadvertently, took a little piece of mommy and daddy’s heart with him too, which we’re more than glad to give.