Smiles
August 11th, 2014, 03:09
Early this morning: sipping coffee in my favourite caf├й here in the boonies of British Columbia, reading The Vancouver Sun, I stumbled across a series of articles there relating to Canada's participation in The Great War (Part the 1).
My eye immediately fell upon a pair of very old photographs of two young Asian men in army duds: a Mr Wee Tan Louie and his brother Mr Wee Hong Louie.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/sawatdeephotos/LouieBrothers_zps00cc4372.jpg
I must admit right off the mark that my first glance honed in on Mr Wee Hong. A glance soon became admiration, then a vague lust at his peacefully handsome and quite sensuous face, looking straight at me. Those lips.
My first thoughts were somewhat along the lines of the classic 'I-wouldn't-throw-him-outta-bed' moment, but that did not last long (though long enough to feel tiny drops of sweat appear on my upper lip) and I very soon started to read the article itself.
A very sad/sweet story that I hope you will take the time to read from the link provided below. The Louie brothers were born in Canada though they were not allowed Canadian citizenship because of their Chinese-ness: the Way-it-Was back then.
I must admit to getting rather choked up a number of times while reading this. Interesting to note that Mr. William Mackenzie King played a part in this story. He was Prime Minister of Canada during World War (Part the 2) and has had quite bad press over the years for being rather bland and lacking any discernable emotion on most occasions. But he stepped up to do the right thing in this case.
I hope you can enjoy this story as I did: http://ww1.canada.com/faces-of-war/vanc ... -world-war (http://ww1.canada.com/faces-of-war/vancouvers-louie-brothers-were-among-300-chinese-canadians-who-fought-in-the-first-world-war)
My eye immediately fell upon a pair of very old photographs of two young Asian men in army duds: a Mr Wee Tan Louie and his brother Mr Wee Hong Louie.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/sawatdeephotos/LouieBrothers_zps00cc4372.jpg
I must admit right off the mark that my first glance honed in on Mr Wee Hong. A glance soon became admiration, then a vague lust at his peacefully handsome and quite sensuous face, looking straight at me. Those lips.
My first thoughts were somewhat along the lines of the classic 'I-wouldn't-throw-him-outta-bed' moment, but that did not last long (though long enough to feel tiny drops of sweat appear on my upper lip) and I very soon started to read the article itself.
A very sad/sweet story that I hope you will take the time to read from the link provided below. The Louie brothers were born in Canada though they were not allowed Canadian citizenship because of their Chinese-ness: the Way-it-Was back then.
I must admit to getting rather choked up a number of times while reading this. Interesting to note that Mr. William Mackenzie King played a part in this story. He was Prime Minister of Canada during World War (Part the 2) and has had quite bad press over the years for being rather bland and lacking any discernable emotion on most occasions. But he stepped up to do the right thing in this case.
I hope you can enjoy this story as I did: http://ww1.canada.com/faces-of-war/vanc ... -world-war (http://ww1.canada.com/faces-of-war/vancouvers-louie-brothers-were-among-300-chinese-canadians-who-fought-in-the-first-world-war)