Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

A little ancient dairy farm in Centreville, Virginia ..

     When I spotted the dorsal just a few feet away, my first thought was oumygawd, shark .. then whale .. there were few of them.  The beach or water is extremely shallow.  I walked closer, they were leisurely swimming in the knee high ocean without a care in the world.  Probably dolphins,

We played on da center court at the Sea Pines! The only bummmer was there wasn’t a single spectator or linesmen, :). For whatever the reason, the girl (who’s from Kings Park, LI) at the club house decided to give us the center court to play. Cool. We played with a couple from Atlanta, the [...]

 his Shipyard courts

Pumpkin’s mini session with Walker Sahag and Andy Sklarin at the VDM was pretty good, claiming that they got her serve on track.  Ok cool. The intensity is pretty heavy, Walker with a weathered face yelled loud and clear at the beginning and at the end.  Pumpkin grouped with a little girl, they both worked [...]

The bike rides on the beach in the Sea Pines are great.  I like this no frill bike, simple.  The one I have, has so many features that ‘overwhelms’ me .. I have no need for it, :).  .

I wanted a latte. My favored combo is a cup of hot milk with a drop or two coffee. No StarBucks within walking distance. So I walked into a fine coffee shop. Either I looked like a Martian or terrorist, few customers there became very quiet. I placed my order. The waiter told me to [...]

X’mas day at the Hilton Head, played exhilarating tennis with Pumpkin, biked, early morning walk on the beach .. .. in the afternoon, I wanted to take kids for a hot chocolate while waiting for Golfer finishing up his golf. Turned out, nothing opened. How could the caddies work but not a single coffee or [...]

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At least once a year, a former colleague would call Golfer to catch up.  He got fired few years ago after an imprudence that cost the group a little over 1m.  Golfer likes him, put in a good word with the current employer.  He’s very good looking, thoughtful, 35, with a house but without a [...]

Raising kids are simple, but it’s not an easy job.  Here is a story I just heard: a Chinese family with three children on the west coast, the oldest is a girl who has gone to college.  She falls in love with a boy not meeting her parents’ approval.  During a visit home, mother got [...]

Animal Kingdom has a huge Tree of Lifeas center piece .. this one at the entrance of the Sea Pines tennis club in Hilton Head isn’t in the same league, size-wise, but equally attractive.  Next door is the PGA golf course Harbour Town.

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We didn’t trim a tree this year..  ..  but the wish is the same ..  

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

As year goes on, the size of the gifts are getting smaller and smaller.  From kitchen, playhouse, wash machine .. down to nibble stuff .. kids are growing

Atlantic Ocean @ Hilton Head ..  A dig/ruin abandoned by my kids ..
A walk on the beach is very refreshing, but not sure it’s enjoyable if you do it day in and day out,

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Does the imperfection make life more interesting?  Here is this good looking girl with a nice body and agile steps dancing the night away.  When she came to greet someone at my table, oh lord, those black teeth .. I just wished that she’ll be the mute dancer I had known.  People might like some one more once [...]

     
I love everything qi pao, spotted her at the dinner party, couldn’t help but to ask where did she find this set, very pretty.  .. She had it made in Shanghai.  :(( ..  - the lady is very neat too, but I promised her not to show her face ..  She must knew what I was thinking, so [...]

Firm comfy beds and hot water for 4 cost only $26.95a night.  I’d never thought this is possible in the US.  Econo Lodge off I-95.  It didn’t even have to advertise for the cleanest bathroom, as there are few on the I-95.  It was just perfect for us for a quick in and out on our way down [...]

SSsigh .. sign .. Lee was giving lesson and said that before I knew it, King’ll be off to college. .. ..  King replied, “don’t worry, my mom will get a job at that college .. .. teaching something ..” paused, looked thoughtful, “but only certain jobs .. not teaching English .. ” then turned to me, “Mom, [...]

Ending the year with a winning night.  Not too bad, lol.  Li suddenly shows up for work since this Tue, because of his kids’ holiday schedules.  Shishe, I must be the most unfit mother on the both continents, asserting my pleasure ahead of my kids’.  He takes his kids for painting, dancing, piano, tennis, go over their homeworks .. [...]

When W was first running for pres, one MBA yelled out loud that ‘pls give us a break’ ..  b/c it used to be career politicians or lawyers to occupy the White House.  Now South Koreans had just sent their entrepreneur into presidency ..  Hmmmmm ..