Great-grand mother, Rio.

I got a picture of my great-grand mother. The picture was taken in the 1930's, I think.

My uncle told me that her name was Rio. I am wondering what kind of life she was spending there. Was she ever happy? Rio?

Homesick.

I went to Japan two weeks ago. It was nice to see my relatives and friends there. But the fact is that I was homesick all the time during my stay in Japan. I just wanted to come back to San Francisco as soon as possible. I even dreamed of it. Now I am very happy to be here again where I am belonged to.

Do not sympathize with yourself

This is the phrase I always tell myself. Life is tough, especially mine is. I must always encourage myself to survive.

Learning from mistakes

Making decision under extreme condition is my work. I sometimes make mistake, and see the consequence of terrible chain reactions. I feel sorry. I do feel sorry that many people suffer because of my bad decision. But most of the time, I cannot undo what I did. All I can do is to take responsibility of the decision and try best to learn from the mistake. I wish I am getting wiser and stronger by overcoming all of these acute pains.

English grammar

For people using English as a second language like me, English grammar is sometimes far beyond from understanding. Why 'mail' is an uncountable noun while 'e-mail' is a countable noun? I can count number of mail you got if you are having any problem.