11/11/2020
Few days ago, my dad was doing some gardening and suddenly he asked us not to disturb him for few minutes. I thought to myself what’s wrong with him. Later, my mom reminded me that for past few days he had been taking few minutes of silence for the Remembrance Day. How could I forget? Normally at work, there would be collections for poppy appeal but not this year probably due to corona. Today at work, we held 2 minutes of silence and I remembered the story of one of my elderly students who had to carry his fellow soldier who had been shot, and decades later, he still dreams of running out of bullet and fighting in the war.