The Ridiculous Sign in NYC

While in NYC, we saw this sign.  Read it!!  “Don’t Honk” and “$350 Penalty”?!!!  What the heck?!  How can you NOT honk in NYC?!!    If and when they drive like civilized people w/o cutting and such, then I won’t honk… That had to be THE most ridiculous sign I’ve ever seen!

Man down!!

So I got home from work… and after dinner, I played with them for a bit.  As we played, we started to talk about what JJ liked to play with.  I nailed it down.  Cars, trains, planes, and boats and such.  Guess what Anna says… she starts with dolls and then… she shouts out…  “I like new clothes!!” 

And then… they re-discovered the green bucket we got from Wal-Mart while back… so I decided to be the “green bucket monster” by putting it over my head.  So I was chasing them down… not much of a chase really… as I couldn’t see jack for anything!  After chasing, I got to the doorway of my kids’ room.  I felt the hallway ending and slowly felt my way into the room.  Then, BAM!!  Anna shuts the door on me and my two fingers (mid and 4th) get squashed!! 

I was in pain…. bit of swelling and my bones may have been in pain…  man down.  Oh well…  it was all still worth it though… 

Stuff that makes God cry…

CNN news here

What makes me furious is that this has been going on for years and (poor) people have been complaining only to the police’s ignorance.  That is just too sad… may God give all those poor kids rest and peace for their afflicted souls… and peace to the families…

Jin, where the heck are you in these matters?!!    Jin Chung works at International Justice Mission so I hope something can be done to push for some actions to protect the poor and the children. 

I hate driving in NYC

So while we are here in New Jersey, we decided to go to Flushing, NY, the “other” Korean town. 

There are two things I hate about driving in NYC… traffic and tolls!  It costs $6 to cross George Washington Bridge, and then $4.50 each way on Triboro Bridge for grand total of $15! 

Well, my father told me of Queensboro Bridge that has no toll!  But boy, was it a pain!  We had to get on Harlem River Dr., pass the Triboro Bridge exit, and continue on FDR Drive.  Get off at exit 12 to the 59th St. to get on the Queensboro Bridge.  Then fight through more traffic to get onto I-495 and then to I-678 north and then to get off at the Northern Blvd.  Now you are at the Flushing!  Whew!!  After much white hair developing from the torrentuous driving and very confusing roads, we were there!

Still, I don’t know how people do it in NYC… people are so much more rude on the road than in Texas… even compared to Houstonians!!    We went to several Korean bookstores for the kids’ educational purposes… and Korean bakery, and ate late lunch at ??? (Keum Kang Mountain) Restaurant.  So so food…

Driving back wasn’t so hard… just tested more of my patience with more traffic and more rude people!  Maybe I won’t come back from Texas anymore!!