Own Your Storm

Don't look back and blame the rain. If you have an umbrella, open it. If you don't, run. What truly soaked you may have been your own insistence on finding romance in the rain.

🌧️☂️🏃 Don’t look back and blame the rain. If you have an umbrella, open it. If you don’t, run. What truly soaked you may have been your own insistence on finding romance in the rain. // 不要回头怪那场雨,你有伞就撑开,没伞就奔跑,让你淋湿的,可能只是你非要淋雨的浪漫。 Bùyào huítóu guài nà chǎng yǔ, nǐ yǒu sǎn jiù chēng kāi, méi sǎn jiù bēn pǎo, ràng … Read more

Aging Signs

As you get older, things are different. Now when I mention back pain, everyone starts recommending famous doctors.

👴💬🩺 As you get older, things are different. Now when I mention back pain, everyone starts recommending famous doctors. // 上了年纪就是不一样…现在说腰疼大家都开始给我推荐各种名医。 Shàng le niánjì jiùshì bù yīyàng… Xiànzài shuō yāoténg dàjiā dōu kāishǐ gěi wǒ tuījiàn gè zhǒng míngyī. // Thượng liễu niên kỷ tựu thị bất nhất dạng… Hiện tại thuyết yêu đông đại … Read more

Low Energy

As you get older, things are different. Now when I mention back pain, everyone starts recommending famous doctors.

👵🐕😔 Sometimes my mood feels like an old dog: a low appetite, sleeping less due to age, and constantly wanting to sigh. // 有时候心情已经像一只年老的狗…食欲也很低,年纪大了觉少,很想叹气。 Yǒushíhòu xīnqíng yǐjīng xiàng yī zhī niánlǎo de gǒu… shíyù yě hěn dī, niánjì dà le jué shǎo, hěn xiǎng tànqì. // Hữu thời hậu tâm tình dĩ kinh tượng nhất … Read more

Adulting Pains

I've outgrown the age of teenage angst literature. What awaits me now is the pain of adulthood: tendinitis, neck strain, and lower back fatigue.

😅💻🩺 I’ve outgrown the age of teenage angst literature. What awaits me now is the pain of adulthood: tendinitis, neck strain, and lower back fatigue. // 已经过了青春伤痛文学的年纪,现在等待我的是青年伤痛,腱鞘炎、颈椎病、腰肌劳损。 Yǐjīng guòle qīngchūn shāngtòng wénxué de niánjì, xiànzài děngdài wǒ de shì qīngnián shāngtòng, jiànqiàoyán, jǐngzhuībìng, yāojī láosǔn. // Dĩ kinh quá liễu thanh xuân thương thống văn … Read more

Always Blessed

I tossed a coin, closed my eyes, and made a wish. Heads or tails, I'll be happy either way.

🙏✨💛 I tossed a coin, closed my eyes, and made a wish. Heads or tails, I’ll be happy either way. // 我抛了个硬币,闭眼许愿,正反都会幸福。 Wǒ pāo le gè yìngbì, bì yǎn xǔyuàn, zhèng fǎn dōu huì xìngfú. // Ngã phao liễu cá ngân tệ, bế nhãn hứa nguyện, chính phản đô hội hạnh phúc. // Tôi tung … Read more

Your Own Pace

I think it's okay to take life a little slower.

🐢🕊️🌱 I think it’s okay to take life a little slower. // 我想人生是可以慢半拍的。 Wǒ xiǎng rénshēng shì kěyǐ màn bàn pāi de. // Ngã tưởng nhân sinh thị khả dĩ mạn bán phách đích. // Tôi nghĩ cuộc đời có thể đi chậm nửa nhịp đấy. Expand your Chinese vocabulary beyond today’s quote with my … Read more

Be Present

The secret to happiness is focusing only on the apple when you have an apple.

🍎✨🧘 The secret to happiness is focusing only on the apple when you have an apple. // 幸福的秘诀是,拥有苹果时,只在意苹果。 Xìngfú de mìjué shì, yōngyǒu píngguǒ shí, zhǐ zàiyì píngguǒ. // Hạnh phúc đích bí quyết thị, ủng hữu bình quả thì, chỉ tại ý bình quả. // Bí quyết của hạnh phúc là, khi có quả … Read more

Work vs Prison

Work and prison are obviously not the same. At least in prison, you can get your sentence reduced. At work, you only get more overtime.

💼⛓️😅 Work and prison are obviously not the same. At least in prison, you can get your sentence reduced. At work, you only get more overtime. // 上班和坐牢当然不一样啊,坐牢还能减刑呢,上班只有加班。 Shàngbān hé zuòláo dāngrán bù yīyàng a, zuòláo hái néng jiǎnxíng ne, shàngbān zhǐyǒu jiābān. // Thượng ban hòa tọa lao đương nhiên bất nhất dạng a, … Read more

Work Never Ends

In the days before instant messaging, clocking out meant the day was truly over. But since we got WeChat, the workday never really ends.

📱💼🕒 In the days before instant messaging, clocking out meant the day was truly over. But since we got WeChat, the workday never really ends. // 通讯不发达年代,下班就是下班了,自从有了微信,就再也没有下班时间了。 Tōngxùn bù fādá niándài, xiàbān jiùshì xiàbān le, zìcóng yǒu le wēixìn, jiù zài yě méiyǒu xiàbān shíjiān le. // Thông tấn bất phát đạt niên đại, hạ … Read more