{"id":816,"date":"2018-07-25T20:40:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T20:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/?page_id=816"},"modified":"2024-02-12T04:58:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T04:58:47","slug":"writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although I enjoy writing, I never thought of myself as a writer.\u00a0 I do have ideas and I like telling stories but navigating the English language is always a challenge.\u00a0 Should I write in present tense or past tense?\u00a0 What voice should I use? Should it be singular or plural?\u00a0 How about the pesky verb-tense agreement?<\/p>\n<p>The following is a collection of my writing I have done over the years.\u00a0 \u00a0Some of them are longer posts I did at the end of trips I have taken recently.<\/p>\n<p>The entries are not in any particular order. I often think I should find time and go back and edit them.\u00a0 Maybe one day.<\/p>\n<p>Book Review<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My Reflection: <a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Forgiveness-pdf.pdf\">Forgiveness &#8212; a gift from my Grandparents<\/a> by Mark Sakamoto<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Book-Review-3_-In-Manchuria.pdf\">Book Review #3_In Manchuria: Journeys Across Northeast Frontiers<\/a> by Michael Meyer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wjy_we_swim\">Why We Swim<\/a> by Bonnie Tsui<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prose<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fresh-Lobster-in-Magdalen-Islands.pdf\">Fresh Lobster<\/a> (a chance encounter on the Magdalen Islands)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/goodbye_thankyou\">Good-bye and Thank-you<\/a> (my letter to my school community for my retirement)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/travel_reflection_2016\">Travel Reflection after a long European trip<\/a> (August 2016)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Why-I-Travel.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Why I Travel\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"> (epiphany from Lisbon)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/trip_end_2014\">I am Part of all I have met<\/a> (Summer, 2014)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/at_least_it_is_sunny.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">At Least it is Sunny\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"> \u00a0(an unexpected detour)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/What_then_shall_we_do.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">What Then Shall We Do?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/poor_always_with_us.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">The Poor will Always be With Us<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mr_wu.pdf\">My Dinner with Mr. Wu<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Poems<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Day.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Day<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/thirty_something.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Thirty Something<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Haiku-Relay-for-Life.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Two Haiku\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Long Posts on Facebook:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/61_birthday\">My 61st Birthday<\/a> (Jan., 2019)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', Palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/When-the-French-sang-O\u2019Canada.pdf\">When the French sang O\u2019Canada<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saviowong.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Feb-2018-Crusaders-Name.pdf\">Changing the name Crusaders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I enjoy writing, I never thought of myself as a writer.\u00a0 I do have ideas and I like telling stories but navigating the English language is always a challenge.\u00a0 Should I write in present tense or past tense?\u00a0 What voice should I use? 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