GREETINGS  FROM  EL PASO

WHERE WE ARE

Time flies.  Both our sons had moved to California, and we have settled into retirement.

When we first came to El Paso 24 years ago, we were energetic gardeners and had planted all the trees and shrubs around the house with our own hands.  Now they are way beyond our reach.  Various birds make nests in our trees.  These were baby humming birds that had not yet learned how to fly.


I enjoy flowers.  We have the flower beds arranged with perennials and re-seeding annuals so that things come up by themselves at the proper time without much additional work.  I collect wild flowers and preserve them by press-drying.  35 years of marriage has so corrupted Yuk Leung that he now helps me steal specimens! DETAILS

Yuk Leung collects medical journal articles.  He is in the habit of tearing journals apart and filing the articles by subject.  Over the years, he has filled 40 file cabinets.  He continues to allow his ex-colleagues as well as other doctors access to his files.  He enjoys learning without the pressure of work.   He talks to young oncologists twice a month, is active in a journal club, and on occasion helps out in medical legal disputes.  And he now has time to read all those non-medical books that he had been wanting to read.  Our older son, Mingo, had introduced Yuk to playing chess on the Internet, and he monitors Yuk's progress from afar.  Though Yuk is a only a novice, he can always find someone wanting to play.

When we are not travelling, we try hard to stick to our exercise regimen.  We swim 3 times a week.  Yuk does 1.5 mile and I do 0.75.  On the days that we don't swim, we take leisurely walks, 2 miles to breakfast and 2 miles back.  We also make time to go to ball games and movies, and have been watching HK soap operas on satellite TV!  Our local university offers lots of non-credit short courses, and we took one in bird watching.  Like Peter and Pauline, we participated Senior Games, but in track and field.

What we enjoy the most is getting together with family and old friends.  We've been very fortunate that quite a few classmates have made special trips just to visit us, some more than once.  These people came all the way from Toronto without warning, and we were quite shocked when they showed up at our front door.

We hope to have the opportunity to see more of you, here and elsewhere.  And we wish you good health and good cheer.

With best regards,
Yuk and Irene.