Feb 27 2008
Dad in uniform, circa 1950s
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Dad said he went to Korea during the War. “Really?” I could feel my eyes were widened. How cool!
“My 团长 regimental commander liked me so much [as a basketballer], he specifically requested me. ..”
Oh, the Americans have Marilyn Moore or Mariah Carey and we Chinese prefer Yao Ming, for entertainment. Pretty cool n masculine.
“I dropped [...]
Feb 27 2008
Pumpkin is going to see the Wicked with her school mates in May and will have lunch at Mars 2112. Sounds so stale. We saw it last year. And Mars 2112? We’ve been going there since they were toddlers and stopped going, since well, they are out grew it. Can’t school come up with something [...]
Feb 27 2008
What’s this fixation with Tianan Men? Living in the same town isn’t enough, we have to take picture with it all the time. More were taken in 2003, but I dropped the camera in the lake, didn’t get the chance to download that lots. Too bad.
Feb 27 2008
A week of Tylenol did make the pain go away, rather quickly - my scenario was that I don’t use drug, so tiny bit would do well for me. But the tenderness remained. I still play badminton with my left hand, no tennis yet. Swimming has increased, 2 or 3 times a week. usually 60 laps: [...]
Feb 27 2008
Liu Yingfang’s my godmother. She and her hubby were Malaysia born Chinese. She’s fm a wealthy rubber baron family and he a working class. They met in London while she was finishing up her piano at the Royal School of Music and he was working for a newspaper. The romance was highly unsymmetrical, so they [...]
Feb 27 2008
1954-11-14 1984-05-01, Fu’s younger daughter Yuan and husband
Aunt Fu was one of my mom’s best friends. I was pretty close with her younger daughter Yuan. The older sis is, well too old for me, :). Whenever our family got together, which was often, Yuan would play with me. Either the sister are older or they lived in the [...]
Feb 27 2008
I’d claim plausibly and at length that I was born in the year of Fish when I was asked about my属, zodiac sign. The problem is, the twelve animals showed up at the gathering were all terrestrials,
Water sport has to be my most beloved activity, a life long pursue. And I much [...]