Hello Darlings,

Waking up to sad news this morning that famous Hollywood movie director Tony Scott apparently committed suicide yesterday in Los Angeles, California. He was 68 years old, and had achieved considerable success in the film industry directing hit movies including two hugely popular films starring Tom Cruise - Top Gun and Days of Thunder. According to police, Tony Scott jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in suburban Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. His black Prius car was parked nearby, and apparently a suicide note was found in the car.

No one just wakes up one day, and jumps off a bridge killing themselves. Such news is tragic, and it is very sad to think of the impact this will have on his family and friends. Clearly there is much more to the story, which is maybe the most important legacy that Tony Scott could leave behind - awareness of the negative effects of depression - and treatment options that can help save lives and the enormous collateral damage caused by severe depression!

Hello Darlings, Queen Elizabeth II once said that “grief is the price we pay for love.” The pain of losing a loved one never goes away, but one can learn to make room for it – since it is a part of life that none of us can escape. Last night, members of my family respectively lost a daughter, a mother, a wife and a sister; and I lost an aunt who was as dear to me as a mother. In life some battles are lost…

"Yesterday is a memory, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift, which is why it is called the present.

What the caterpillar perceives is the end; to the butterfly is just the beginning. Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well."

Hello Darlings,

After 20 courses, 4 languages, 4 internships, 1 specialist — I finally finished my degree and this week attended my University of Toronto convocation as part of St. Michael's College. Although I finished my courses last year, I delayed my convocation until this summer, and could not have asked for a more beautiful day t0 share with my family and friends.

While sitting in Convocation Hall and listening to the University president discuss our great achievement, I began thinking what exactly these fancy diplomas will do for us graduates. With the spiel about University of Toronto being one of the twenty best universities in the world, I was pondering that something like 1 in 2 recent graduates are unemployed. In my own case, while already in a career it still has little to do with what I studied! So with tens of thousands of dollars spent on my degree, and even more time spent on internships and working — I became a professional blogger and a business owner.

Hello Darlings,

I would like to wish every mother a Happy Mother’s Day! I would also like to thank my mother for everything. I am very lucky :)

Although my mother and I are always told that we are very alike, I always strive to be more like her in many aspects of my life. She is super fun, always happy and appreciates every minute – an attitude I wish to inherit.