Chopsticks Olympics

iTunes’ party shuffle is playing a copy of: Working Class Hero – John Lennon – Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon, of which I have the original CD and therefore didn’t steal music.

I’ve had a string of bad days work and otherwise. There were hours where I couldn’t make heads or tails of what I was supposed to be doing. But there were breaks, thankfully, and one of the breaks was spent having lunch with my father.

Good thing my father’s the quiet sort, and to most other observers, inscrutably so. You can almost hear his brain ticking, but ticking about what, you don’t know.

I reckon the ticking these days is mostly about trying to figure out how to control his fine motor movements. I was mesmerised again by his determined use of chopsticks to pick up peanuts from a plate while we lunched at a Chinese restaurant near the office we share. He zig-zagged the chopsticks towards the plate, hovering over the plate for about half a minute before catching a peanut. Then he shuffled the other peanuts on the plate while trying to get the chopsticks to grip the one peanut. After another half minute, the payload secured, he zig-zagged the chopsticks and peanut towards himself, and juuuuust as the peanut was about to get to his mouth, his grip loosened and the peanut dropped onto the floor. And then he started all over again.

Thankfully, the food we ordered arrived soon after, so he only had two attempts at the peanut picking chopsticks Olympics.

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12 responses to “Chopsticks Olympics”

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  2. Bubblemunche Avatar

    I hope I’ll have what your father has in old age: Dignity.

    I wish your father good health. Sorry to hear about his condition.

  3. Bubblemunche Avatar

    I hope I’ll have what your father has in old age: Dignity.

    I wish your father good health. Sorry to hear about his condition.

  4. Anonymous Avatar
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    He probably held your hand once upon a time when you couldn’t walk. Now you will do the same for him if/when his time comes. – graze

  5. Anonymous Avatar
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    He probably held your hand once upon a time when you couldn’t walk. Now you will do the same for him if/when his time comes. – graze

  6. Feline Stalker Avatar

    it is always painful to see your parents aging…

    everytime i see my dad lighting a cigarette, i shudder to think what it is doing to him.

  7. Feline Stalker Avatar

    it is always painful to see your parents aging…

    everytime i see my dad lighting a cigarette, i shudder to think what it is doing to him.

  8. Jayaxe Avatar

    I’m actually glad to know that your father does not seem to be dispirited by the condition, for depression is one of the “worst aspects of the illness”.

    With the help of modern medicine, I believe he will still carry on a long, fulfilling life. Especially with that strong will instilled in him.

  9. Jayaxe Avatar

    I’m actually glad to know that your father does not seem to be dispirited by the condition, for depression is one of the “worst aspects of the illness”.

    With the help of modern medicine, I believe he will still carry on a long, fulfilling life. Especially with that strong will instilled in him.

  10. Woof! Avatar

    MM: the other commenters couldnt have expressed my sentiments better..

  11. Woof! Avatar

    MM: the other commenters couldnt have expressed my sentiments better..

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