June 1, 2004

• some recent highlights:

  
  

  5/29/2004 I heard Vienna Teng
  in concert. She's a 25 yr old singer/songwriter/pianist who quit her
  full-time SW engineering position at Cisco in the summer of 2002 to
  pursue her musical passions. At the start of the evening, she said
  "Applause sounds better in church. It makes you feel like you're doing
  something very important." If she only knew ...

  

  
   

  5/23/2004 Julie's graduation from UC Berkeley school of architecture.
  I graduated on the same stage many eons ago and noticed many
  similarities, but one difference was that all the graduates (including
  my sis) were on their cell phones during good portions of the ceremony.
  my mom was especially happy today. She had this look of relief that I
  didn't understand till I was reflecting on this later. All the kids
  have now graduated from college!!!

  

  5/21/2004 Helped dubya move a 10 ft palm tree in my prius.
  "Are you sure that's going to fit in my car?" I wanted to use my car to
  serve others, but little did I realize that owning a prius would feel
  so much like owning a pick-up truck. I've helped move awkward glass
  furniture twice, taken the car out for two snowboarding trips (4
  boards, gear and 4 passengers), transported a long board, and have been
  asked to pick up a full size ladder and a full size garbage can ...

  

   

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