關於 frankly to say ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

#Eugene讀的300多本myON電子書記錄
(此圖不包含同myON的『Kaite Woo』和『Dino』系列)
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大概是從5月中疫情爆發的時候，
SJE女孩兒門關在家防疫課時哪兒也不去，
沒上學的自學生Eugene則維持學習的步調，
卻增加了 #myON電子書 的量!
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延伸上一篇文 ‧ 傳送門https://www.facebook.com/ingrid.ing.1024/photos/a.1661247717465782/3058233677767172
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這張圖是5月~7月底的myON電子書+AR測驗記錄，
部分介紹找時間將截圖在留言處，
其他還有很多橋梁書套書、小說的閱讀同時進行~
#SJE閱讀記錄 #Eugene6Y7M #英文閱讀 #英文有聲書
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以下是Eugene讀『myON電子書記錄』書名提供給大家，
字數不多，並且很精彩!
Eugene讀的共有300多本，
字數約在1千上下，
而且精彩的說書人真是讚!
超多好看的書讓小E會想一讀再讀呢!
很多書小E看完就不測AR了，
所以列書單如下：

◆ The Elves Help Puss in Boots
◆ Quest for the Unicorn's Horn
◆ Medea Tells All: A Mad, Magical Love
◆ Medusa Tells All: Beauty Missing, Hair Hissing
◆ Three Blind Mice Team Up with the Three Little Pigs
◆ The Tooth Fairy
◆ Seriously, Snow White Was SO Forgetful!
◆ Trust Me, Hansel and Gretel Are Sweet!
◆ Snow White and the Seven Robots: A Graphic Novel
◆ Red Riding Hood Meets the Three Bears
◆ Red Riding Hood Meets the Three Bears
◆ The Robo-battle of Mega Tortoise vs. Hazard Hare: A Graphic Novel
◆ Medea Tells All: A Mad, Magical Love
◆ Helen of Troy Tells All
◆ Pandora Tells All: Not the Curious Kind
◆ Robin Hood, Time Traveler
◆ The Ugly Dino Hatchling: A Graphic Novel
◆ Keep It Simple, Rapunzel!
◆ Mermaid Midfielders
◆ Hansel and Gretel
◆ Say "Cheese"!
◆ Big Pig
◆ Cass the Monkey
◆ Rapunzel
◆ Honestly, Our Music Stole the Show!: The Story of the Bremen Town Musicians as Told by the Donkey
◆ The Recess Bully
◆ The Runaway Robot
◆ Alice, Secret Agent of Wonderland
◆ Frankly, I'd Rather Spin Myself a New Name!
◆ Sleeping Beauty, Magic Master
◆ Quest for the Unicorn's Horn
◆ Secret Matter
◆ Truthfully, Something Smelled Fishy!: The Story of the Fisherman and His Wife as Told by the Wife
◆ Pandarella
◆ Hansel and Gretel Stories Around the World
◆ Red Riding Hood, Superhero: A Graphic Novel
◆ Beauty and the Beast Stories Around the World
◆ Goldiclucks and the Three Bears
◆ Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!
◆ Believe Me, I Never Felt a Pea!
◆ Poodle and the Pea
◆ Kitten Who Cried Dog
◆ Ack's New Pet
◆ Pandarella
◆ Goldilocks and the Three Vampires
◆ The Silver Spurs of Oz
◆ Rapunzel vs. Frankenstein
◆ Peter Pan in Mummy Land
◆ Mouse Says "Sorry"
◆ Mouse Says "Sorry"
◆ Hippo Says "Excuse Me"
◆ Monster Knows Table Manners
◆ Monster Knows Excuse Me
◆ Party Problems
◆ Miles McHale, Tattletale
◆ Yasmin the Chef
◆ Truthfully, Something Smelled Fishy!: The Story of the Fisherman and His Wife as Told by the Wife
◆ The Robo-battle of Mega Tortoise vs. Hazard Hare: A Graphic Novel
◆ Max Goes to the Dentist
◆ Listen, My Bridge Is SO Cool!: The Story of the Three Billy Goats ◆ Gruff as Told by the Troll
◆ Buzz Beaker and the Speed Secret
◆ Buzz Beaker and the Growing Goo
◆ Marconi the Wizard
◆ Hair-pocalypse
◆ Little Tiger Picks Up
◆ Penguin Says "Please"
◆ Little Dinos Don't Push
◆ Little Dinos Don't Hit
◆ Dino Hunt
◆ Prize Inside
◆ Pizza Palace
◆ What's That Sound, Cinderella?
◆ Pet Costume Party
◆ Even Fairies Bake Mistakes
◆ Counting Money!
◆ Maybe When I'm Bigger
◆ Traveling Shoes
◆ When Thomas Edison Fed Someone Worms
◆ The Swim Race
◆ Ruth's Pink Pajamas
◆ Me and My Cat
◆ Boo Bat
◆ Incredible Rockhead and the Spectacular Scissorlegz
◆ Truly, We Both Loved Beauty Dearly!
◆ Poodle and the Pea
◆ Marshmallow Mermaid
◆ Green Queen of Mean
◆ Evil Echo
◆ Yum!
◆ My Body
◆ My Day
◆ My Neighborhood
◆ Marvelous Me
◆ Paid to Game
◆ Mr. Bones
◆ Little Dinos Don't Yell
◆ Do Not Let Your Dragon Spread Germs
◆ Friends All Day
◆ Field Day Rules!
◆ The Goose that Laid the Rotten Egg: A Graphic Novel
◆ Plans Gone Wrong
◆ The Ants and the Grasshopper
◆ The Boy Who Cried Wolf
◆ The Boy Who Cried Vampire: A Graphic Novel
◆ Frankly, I'd Rather Spin Myself a New Name!
◆ Little Red Riding Hood Stories Around the World
◆ Rapunzel Stories Around the World
◆ Hansel and Gretel Stories Around the World
◆ Beauty and the Beast Stories Around the World
◆ Little Red Riding Duck
◆ Goldiclucks and the Three Bears
◆ Kitten Who Cried Dog
◆ Princess Harper Gets Happy
◆ Pandarella
◆ How Do We Stay on Earth?
◆ Scary Night
◆ Aliens and Energy
◆ The Big Mistake
◆ The Black Hole Report
◆ Ack's New Pet
◆ Ooze Slingers from Outer Space
◆ Eek Discovers Earth
◆ Tap Dance Troubles
◆ First Base Blues
◆ Soccer Switch
◆ Snow Dance
◆ Jack and the Beanstalk
◆ Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker
◆ Crabby Pants
◆ Eleanore Won't Share
◆ Clara's Crazy Curls
◆ The Perfect Birthday Recipe
◆ The Little Bully
◆ You Get What You Get
◆ Zombies and Meatballs
◆ Boy Under the Bed
◆ Welcome to Third Grade, Gus!
◆ Going on a Field Trip
◆ Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!
◆ No Lie, Pigs (and Their Houses) Can Fly!
◆ Seriously, Snow White Was SO Forgetful!
◆ Really, Rapunzel Needed a Haircut!
◆ Ninja-rella: A Graphic Novel
◆ Farms
◆ A Nature Walk on the Farm
◆ Bree's Bike Jump
◆ The Lion and the Mouse and the Invaders from Zurg: A Graphic Novel
◆ Lucille Gets Jealous
◆ Terrible, Awful, Horrible Manners!
◆ First Day of Unicorn School
◆ Trust Me, Hansel and Gretel Are Sweet!
◆ Clara's Crazy Curls
◆ Cat That Disappeared
◆ Super Billy Goats Gruff: A Graphic Novel
◆ Day of the Field Trip Zombies
◆ Shark in the Library!
◆ Sleeping Beauty
◆ Robin Hood, Time Traveler
◆ Red Riding Hood
◆ Rapunzel
◆ Puss in Boots
◆ Medusa Tells All: Beauty Missing, Hair Hissing
◆ Freestyle Fun
◆ Pandora Tells All: Not the Curious Kind
◆ Punk Rock Mouse and Country Mouse: A Graphic Novel
◆ Hansel and Gretel
◆ Chicken Little Saves the Moon Base: A Graphic Novel
◆ Johnny Slimeseed and the Freaky Forest
◆ The Goose that Laid the Rotten Egg: A Graphic Novel
◆ Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!
◆ No Lie, I Acted Like a Beast!
◆ Morning Mystery
◆ Johnny Slimeseed and the Freaky Forest
◆ Curse of the Red Scorpion
◆ Rapunzel
◆ Jak and the Magic Nano-beans: A Graphic Novel
◆ Goldilocks and the Three Vampires
◆ The Silver Spurs of Oz
◆ Peter Pan in Mummy Land
◆ Hansel and Gretel
◆ Rapunzel vs. Frankenstein
◆ Private Eye Princess and the Emerald Pea
◆ First Day, No Way!
◆ Beauty and the Dreaded Sea Beast
◆ Cinderella Stories Around the World
◆ Frog Prince
◆ Do Not Bring Your Dragon to Recess
◆ For Real, I Paraded in My Underpants!
◆ Olivia Bitter, Spooked-Out Sitter!
◆ Willy the Worm
◆ My Home
◆ Three Princesses
◆ The Frog Prince Saves Sleeping Beauty
◆ Sleeping Beauty
◆ Princess Bella's Birthday Cake
◆ Princess Addison Gets Angry
◆ The Tortoise and the Hare
◆ The Voice in the Boys' Room
◆ Servant and the Water Princess
◆ Because I Stubbed My Toe
◆ Yasmin the Builder
◆ New Kid from Planet Glorf
◆ Monster of Lake Lobo
◆ Golden Goose
◆ Dozer Strikes!
◆ Incredible Rockhead vs Papercut!
◆ Super-Powered Sneeze
◆ Up the President's Nose
◆ Blastoff to the Secret Side of the Moon!
◆ Hercules and the Pooper-Scooper Peril
◆ Witch's Brew
◆ Princess and Her Pony
◆ Day Mom Finally Snapped
◆ Boy Who Burped Too Much
◆ Secret of the Summer School Zombies
◆ Peek-a-Boo Dinosaurs
◆ My Little Bro-Bot
◆ Night of the Homework Zombies
◆ Max and Buddy Go to the Vet
◆ Invasion of the Gym Class Zombies
◆ Buzz Beaker and the Putt-Putt Contest
◆ Buzz Beaker and the Cave Creatures
◆ Lost Lunch
◆ Good, the Bad, and the Monkeys
◆ Frank 'n' Beans
◆ Little Lizard's New Baby
◆ Missing Monster Card
◆ Bus Ride Bully
◆ Buzz Beaker and the Cool Caps
◆ Eek and Ack vs the Wolfman
◆ Buzz Beaker and the Outer Space Trip
◆ Buzz Beaker and the Super Fast Car
◆ Snorkeling with Sea-Bots
◆ Buzz Beaker and the Race to School
◆ Jimmy Sniffles vs the Mummy
◆ Wright Brothers
◆ Double Trouble
◆ Dognapped!
◆ Fuchsia Fierce
◆ Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library
◆ My First Guide to Paper Airplanes
◆ Nose for Danger
◆ Helen Keller
◆ Thomas Edison: Physicist and Inventor
◆ People of the World
◆ Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong
◆ When Neil Armstrong Built a Wind Tunnel
◆ Jane Goodall
◆ Malala Yousafzai's Story
◆ Going to School: Comparing Past and Present
◆ Dinosaurs for Breakfast
◆ What Do You Think, Katie?
◆ Too Much RainRain
◆ A Is for Albatross
◆ Tricky Tooth
◆ The Best Baker
◆ Big Lie
◆ Jay-Z
◆ You Can Work in Music
◆ Spiders
◆ The Best Club
◆ I Can Reuse and Recycle
◆ How Effective Is Recycling?
◆ No Valentines for Katie
◆ Pony Party
◆ Piggy Bank Problems
◆ No More Teasing
◆ Moving Day
◆ Katie's Vet Loves Pets
◆ Drawing and Learning About Cats
◆ Moo, Katie Woo!
◆ Keep Dancing, Katie
◆ Katie's Spooky Sleepover
◆ Katie's Noisy Music
◆ Katie's New Shoes
◆ Katie Woo, Super Scout
◆ Katie Woo's Crazy Critter Jokes
◆ Katie Woo Has the Flu
◆ Katie Saves the Earth
◆ Katie Saves Thanksgiving
◆ Katie in the Kitchen
◆ Katie Goes Camping
◆ Mystery Coins
◆ Missing Trumpet
◆ Slime Attack
◆ Beach Bandit
◆ Crazy Clues
◆ Surprise Prize
◆ Ghost Sounds
◆ Katie Finds a Job
◆ Katie Blows Her Top
◆ Haunted House
◆ Alice in Wonderland
◆ Katie and the Haunted Museum
◆ Katie and the Fancy Substitute
◆ The Story of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor: A Roman Constellation Myth
◆ Katie and the Class Pet
◆ It Doesn't Need to Rhyme, Katie
◆ Helping Mayor Patty
◆ Goodbye to Goldie
◆ Nervous Night
◆ Good Morning, Farmer Carmen!
◆ Friends in the Mail
◆ Fly High, Katie
◆ Flower Girl Katie
◆ Daddy Can't Dance
◆ Cowgirl Katie
◆ Cartwheel Katie
◆ Boss of the World
◆ Boo, Katie Woo!
◆ Best Season Ever
◆ Happy Day
◆ Underworld Clash
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It's such a privilege to be able to breastfeed Layla until now. It's been almost 11 months, and I'm still loving every second of it. Every now and then, we still chill in bed together for some skin-to-skin TLC. I love that natural, pure, powerful bond that we share together in that short time.

Now that Layla is successfully sleep trained. Frankly, i miss a bit of those late night huggies with her. Haha, say only la... when she was waking up 6-7 times a night, it was really no fun for both of us.
She would cry the min she wake up until someone goes rescue her. Sometimes it's 1 min, sometimes it's 10. Basically, she is constantly waiting at our disposal which is really disruptive for her sleep. After she got older and more aware, it got worse, she would want to be carried in a certain way, a very specific way, and when i can't achieve that for her, she would wail with such intense anger!

I love my baby to the core. But those night wakings were tough and draining. I felt like i wasn't giving her the best of me in the day because i really just didn't have the energy.

I was constantly living in fear. I would tiptoe around the house so i wouldn't wake her up. I'll make Deon go hide in the yard, close the yard door just to open his can of coke cos i didnt want her to wake up while I'm in a middle of a meal. So stressful seriously!

11 months later, i decided to sleep train Layla. I must admit, the first 3 nights were really hard. Thoughts of giving up crossed my mind so many times! But I'm really thankful @deon.woo and Angela @upchild.sg stood by me and held my hand through it all, encouraging me to keep preservering. Finally on Day 5, she slept through both naps and through the night all on her own! I cried. It was tears of joy. I was so proud of Layla. It wasnt easy, but she did it!

I know many moms have a lot of questions re sleep training (like i did)! So I've decided to go on iglive with Angela on Thursday, 19th Aug, 1030am. You guys can ask us everything then! I'll share abt my experience and Angela will provide you with professional advice. She usually charge for consultation. So you guys had better make good use of this opportunity! Haha!

C u then!

#Updates #Robynnblogs

The world really has evolved several stages since 2020, and also since the beginning of my career- and that’s the beauty of it all. Nothings permanent, everything changes and newer, more exciting things keep coming into the mix.

Tomorrow my baby will turn 6 months. What a massive milestone, for her and for myself. As I am learning everyday to be a better mother, I am also learning to become a stronger me. I have been wanting to update fans and friends on how I am doing - and yet every time I try, I just feel like “oh gosh. Where do I even start?” And before that thought process is over, I would be busy either feeding my baby, changing a diaper, soothing her, or putting her to sleep.

The first few months of my baby’s life felt like it flew by so quickly yet at the same time pre-baby feels like a lifetime ago - everything in my world has shifted. My whole focus was her - I was breastfeeding, (which, by the way, is HEAPS harder than giving birth), making sure she’s eating well, sleeping well, and pooping well. And, understandably, paranoid about any kind of germs in the house. There was no difference between day and night, it’s just wake time and sleep time. It made no difference for me what day of the week it was, what weather it was, what’s happening with my industry, or with the world other than the daily Covid news, because I just needed to stay home make sure that my little newborn is far far far away from covid. I barely saw friends, and hadn’t eaten in a restaurant for north of half a year. As I took care of her, I barely had time to wash my own face, go to the bathroom, or sleep for a long stretch of time. I also didn’t have enough breastmilk, so I would sit there and try to pump the life out of me, just so I could provide half of a meal for my baby. I tried everything - but I do know that low supply isn’t uncommon. So- as glamorous as mom life can appear to be on social media, don’t be fooled. It’s humbling, but it’s also life-altering and the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.

Emotionally, I’ve been so over the moon and happy. I enjoy spending time with my newborn baby, she makes me giggle and smile - even though I wish my mother was here to share old baby stories of me, and experience all of this together. But having a daughter really makes you feel more connected to your mother on a completely different level - I just know she’s happy and proud of me from up above. I’ve taught her how to semi-feed herself, how to fall asleep by herself, teaching her still how to roll, sit, and semi-stand (crazy!!), and I’ve played her tunes on my guitar like she’s the only fan in my fan club.

I also consider myself blessed that I never had issues with postpartum depression, despite suffering from mommy’s wrist. I had an amazing relationship with my 陪月/月嫂 who helped me immensely more than words can say. I have not been able to see my side of the family for over a year, but I’m blessed to have amazing in-laws and fellow mommy friends to share experiences with.

Nothing has been easy, but I am the most grateful for my husband - he was always by my side when I needed him. We change diapers together, we bathe our daughter, we sing to her together, and read bedtime stories to her together. I can safely say, that I’m MUCH happier than when I was towards the end of my music label contract. There have been some dark years there.

Hitting 6 months is a big deal for me. I can safely pat myself on my back and reminisce on THE single most biggest achievement of my life, my daughter. Obviously, 6 months is not long in the grand scheme of things, ie. her entire life ahead, but it is a big milestone for me mentally, and finally I feel it’s time to really focus on my own personally healing. I completely lost myself in taking care of her, and yet I felt the most alive and the most needed - and I found a new me in the process. It’s a beautiful kind of chaos and I embraced all of it. But yes, now it’s time for me again. finally.

Hitting this 6 month mark, I have decided to now wean from breastfeeding, take care of my body better, drink some wine, and write more songs for real. (If my daughter allows, lol). I am choosing to give myself some more me-time, read a book, get my nails done, and eventually get a haircut too. And.. start to think about dieting and training. Moms don’t get enough credit for deciding consciously to not slim down yet because they gotta breastfeed. But- with that said, all moms have their own struggles that no one knows of, so never judge!

A part of the stress that comes with social media sometimes, is actually comments on moms’ sizes, even praises of “wow you slimmed down fast!” As though that’s the most important thing of all. The toxic culture pains me and I just know it’s not the point. For me, it really was a conscious decision, just to be a mother first, above all else, at least for these first six months of her little life. And looking at her, strong, happy and healthy, I am truly so so proud of her for her growth and development.

And finally.. I’m finally ready to think about myself again as a musician. I know I’m lucky to be able to have a choice of being with her for 6 months; I count my blessings everyday. But as songwriting wheels become rustier, and as the industry evolves, I’m quite frankly not sure yet what a singer-songwriter mom looks like. I struggle to name artists in the Chinese speaking world that I could reference from - but I promise I’ll continue to bring music to those ears that still choose to listen.

I still hope that one day - little Naomi can see mama on stage. Looking down at her as she sleeps, I always imagine what she would be like as she grows up - and I hope that one day she will be able to pursue what she loves to do and focus on the truly meaningful things in life.

Thank you for reading through this thinking-out-loud random catch-up session blog thing. I’m just so glad I survived 6 months of motherhood. This stuff ain’t easy! Sending love and thank you all for the support, as always. More updates later!

xRobynn

#updates #robynnblogs

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Hi beautiful ♥️
So today is the day where I finally gathered my courage up and decided to share this ‘GTBWM’ video and a short story about my struggle, or I would prefer to say my journey with acne. Throughout this caption, I will share with you a few things that I wish my past self knew.

If you ask me what is my biggest insecurity ? My skin. If you personally know me, or you’ve watched my youtube video regarding of my skin problems, you should know I’ve been struggling so long even till today.

5 years ago, during my stressful life with work and about to get hitched, I realized a few spots started appearing on my forehead and cheeks. Before that year I never really had to worry about skin problems, I always had super clear skin growing up, so frankly, I didn’t really have any knowledge about skin issues and what they are called. The irony of that was my mom’s skin is genetically flawless, so my naive past self’s mind thought that just because my mom’s skin is beautiful, then it was impossible for me to get any skin issues.

Later on, I had the worst time in my life where’s my face is totally changed 360. My face full with acnes, pimples, blemishes, bumps, you name it ! You can check out my youtube video for full story, there’s some photos too. ?

So cut it short, my skin is getting better after I gave birth to my kids. Still having the same problem till now but not that serious. So back to my insecurity, what’s still makes me felt down is the scars that past skin problems left for me. Trust me, from that moment my self-esteem is no longer with me.

So under my makeup, editing, filters, and flash is really bad skin, I don’t bother to makeup if it’s not necessary, and think I am makeup-less most of the time now.

The reason why I’m ‘exposing’ my skin now is because I’m tired of hiding, I’m tired of people look at me like something is on my face, I’m tired making people think my skin is flawless. No, not at all ! This video shown my skin a week ago while I had my PMS. You can see there’s PMS bumps and redness.

I just want to make myself feel better with my skin now by posting this. And I know, there’s someone out there having this problem too or even worse so I should be grateful for not having the skin I had before.

Please please guys, if you see someone having a hard time with their skin or even body, please don’t make them feel down. I’ve been there and still experience it till today. Don’t make us feel bad about ourselves. ?

I used to use chemical-free products for a year before, so I decided to put on some products with minimal chemical now because you know, I’m getting older, I also want that korean skin. ?

This is totally not a sponsored post, all those products I used is based on my research & study what’s good for my acne-scars skin.
I can see some improvements on my skin, less dull, not dry, less oily and minimizing my pores.

There’s another products I use forgot to include in the video above :
Exfoliator - St. Ives Acne Control Apricot Scrub
Mask - Aztec Indian Healing Clay Mask
Alternate Moisturizer - @SuuBalm_my Cooling Itch Relief Moisturizer.

Please share with me what products you’re currently using if you have similar skin problem. ♥️

MUSIC CREDIT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUBsHCElTd0

I made this video because I started on it for no reason and kinda just continued so HERE IT IS!!:} :D

Actually this was kinda what I had in my head when I first wrote the song... Mainly dissociating from the world because I was depressed and sad and confused… Just usual growing up existential crisis things~ you know what I mean!!

But the song centers around 2 thoughts that I really kinda helped me through.

1) This idea of emotions within water. How they say happy tears and sad tears actually have different make ups and how water charged with different emotions form different kinds of crystals (pretty fantasy science but I like fantasy), and that got me thinking about all the tears that get lost in the rain and how our emotions get mixed into this giant pool of water that then goes back into the sky only to rain back down upon us. What water that has hit my skin was once someone’s tear drop? Yikes. But then also, why do we think we live such separate lives when we’re connected by this thing that also makes up 70% of our body, that has also existed since the beginning of our world. Are we not more similar than we think then? Shouldn’t we care a little more for each other?

I don’t know why that made me less depressed but it did.

And 2) This other random term that I coined “Life Apnea”, like how people with sleep apnea stop breathing when they sleep and then suddenly take this huge gasp - likewise I felt like there are moments in life when I just fall asleep until something amazing comes along and inspires me and suddenly I'm breathing again and I FEEL ALIVEE~ the simple act of realising that I had this problem helped me a lot because then I just had to try to breathe more. Funny how we are that sometimes we don’t even know whats wrong with us. We can go on for a longggg time before noticing that something’s wrong because we’re so distracted with other things like money. But just being a little bit more self aware really helps fix these little things that make life a lot more beautiful and frankly much easier.

Because there rarely is anything simple about Allen Iverson, it took conversations -- maybe even debate -- then an important decision. Next, it will require two votes. Both should go his way. But, again, Allen Iverson? Anything but simple.
He is now eligible to be nominated for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. To say Iverson, should he be elected as expected, will be the headliner for the Class of 2016 is obvious. With his popularity among fans and the anticipation of an epic acceptance speech at the induction ceremony, AI would be the headliner most any year. (In his acceptance speech Friday night, 2015 inductee Dikembe Mutombo acknowledged Iverson's likely spot in the Hall, thanking former 76ers coach Larry Brown for "allowing me to play with Allen Iverson, who will stand here soon in Springfield.")

The calendar distinction is necessary, though, because the finish to his career was as unique as Iverson himself. Had 2009-10 with the 76ers been his final season, the path to enshrinement would have been straight and level. Wait the mandatory five seasons, be nominated in 2015 and be part of the voting cycle that culminates in ascending the steps of Symphony Hall in the summer of '16.
Iverson's decision to play in Turkey in 2010-11 was the complication. That could have pushed induction back until 2017 -- the same year that Shaquille O'Neal is eligible to enter the Hall -- or even longer if Iverson had fulfilled both seasons of the deal with Istanbul-based Besiktas. When Iverson's European career lasted all of 10 games, officials were handed a judgment call.
After years of no decision, it was finally decided that 10 games -- especially 10 games on a different continent -- were nothing more than a brief moonlighting opportunity for a candidate whose nomination would go through the North American committee. Iverson can be nominated in 2015, not 2016, and could be a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2016, not 2017.
It worked out well for Iverson, by many accounts in need of good news in his life, and for the basketball museum in western Massachusetts. AI, assuming he is nominated, will be the only new big name with a strong NBA connection in the election cycle. He would be the star power to draw national attention and sell tickets next summer while Tim Hardaway, Kevin Johnson, Chris Webber and others hope the lack of obvious candidates from the North American committee creates a fresh opportunity for enshrinement. (It worked this year, with Mutombo the lone newcomer elected as Jo Jo White was inducted after retiring in 1981 and Spencer Haywood in 1983.)
"It's not a marketing decision," Hall president John Doleva said. "It is a playing decision. It's a decision by the voting committee. It definitely is not a marketing decision."
It's also not the only decision. The same panel must next decide on the timeline for Rasheed Wallace, whose situation is even more complicated that Iverson's. Wallace retired after 2009-10, which ordinarily would make him eligible for nomination in 2015 and induction in 2016, and stayed retired for two full seasons. Then he came back with the Knicks in 2012-13 -- for 21 games.
Iverson played 10 games, Wallace a quarter of a season. Iverson was in Europe, Wallace the NBA.
"That is a little grayer, for sure, because of the NBA aspect of it, frankly trying to make a comeback," Doleva said. "That is something the group will have to take a look at. ... There's a discretion about such things as just these issues. What's the impact of it? What kind of commitment should a person be held to if they've done something overseas for a short period of time and not made a season of it. Rasheed Wallace is an interesting question that we will be addressing."