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Anna and Korean

Wow… I was very pleasantly surprised today…
Anna read an entire Korean story book by herself today!    Soojin has been teaching her how to read Korean for a while now and she’s proven that it’s very easy to read Korean!  I could also sense her sense of achievement and pride at reading it herself as well…

She definitely picks up that language ability from her mom.  Though I also took French and German, Soojin definitely seems to have the more natural knack for picking up languages.  I’m so proud of Anna… 

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No jump ropes?! WTH?!!

Anna must have seen it in Dora the Explorer or something because recently, they have been asking for a jump rope.  So no biggie.  I took them to Walmart last night hoping to be in and out so we can head over to the library.  Well, guess what?!  They didn’t have any! 

So no biggie… we head over to KB Toys.  They only had 7 ft long ones for teenagers and older.    By then, it was nearly 8 pm and library would close soon.  But still, we decided to try one more time… at the Toys ‘R Us.  Surely, if they didn’t have it, no toy store would!  Wel, they didn’t have any! 

It’s like no one sells these classic low-tech toys anymore!!  WTH?!!  We went to the library trying to forget about it and I was trying to divert their attention from it.  I’m going to give sports stores a try next… like Oshman’s, Academy and Sports Authority.  If any of you find a jump rope that is less than 7 ft long, CALL ME!!  Sheesh… what’s the world coming to… 

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Funny Parody on Korean dramas on Mad TV

So I was watching Mad TV over the weekend and didn’t realize that one of the cast members is a Korean guy (Bobby Lee).  Well, he did a parody skit on Korean dramas that I thought was just too hilarious!  And on it, was a Korean actor (I don’t know his name) who also appeared on CSI: Miami episode!    Anyhow, I thought that skit was totally hilarious!!    If you can, watch the past weekend’s episode!

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Boycotting Chavez and Citgo

This “leader” of Venezuela aka. Chavez is truly something. Something that of an idiot.
He has no idea of as a leader. He ticks me off. Not because he insulted President Bush. To me, whatever comes out of his mouth isn’t worth the attention anyway.

The reason I plan to boytcott Citgo, the subsidiary of Venezuelan oil company is because I want Chavez to know that he’s an idiotic ruler. No grace or wisdom whatsoever, shooting off his mouth like that. Someone that ignorant doesn’t deserve to be a ruler in my book. So I plan on hitting him where it hurts: his money pocket. The fact that he thinks he’s some kind of God messenger in comdemning Bush is a true example of hypocrisy at its best. His leadership is a “creative dictatorship” at its best. Give me a break…

Read this article from Washington Post about him…

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Woe #1:Update/Resolution

Well, so I found some time to resolve Woe #1.  I headed down to NTB (National Tire and Battery) and told them of my “story”.  Well, the store manager wasn’t around…  well, pooooop to ya too!    So I came back around 2 pm Saturday…

He was finally in.  After the story being retold, the store manager wanted to re-check the alignment.  So I let him.  He said that nothing has changed since they had a shot at it.  He then thought that Ash really didn’t do an alignment!    The nerve!  He thought that maybe Ash just switched out the tires and only did a rotation.  So I let him do his theory too.  After switching out the tires, I drove him around for a test drive.  To his surprise, the car was still aligned properly!

When we returned, he gave me two choices.  Refund the $50 that I paid Ash for the alignment and keep the three year warranty or get my $140 back and lose the warranty.  Which do you like I chose?  You bet ya! 

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The Brainiest Cities in US

The brainiest cities in the United States

Top 25 cities with more than 250,000 population, ranked by percentage of bachelor’s degrees among residents 25 and older

City                  State      Percent
Seattle               WA         52.7
San Francisco      CA          50.1
Raleigh              NC          50.1
Washington        DC          45.3
Austin                TX          44.1
Minneapolis        MN          43.2
Atlanta               GA          42.4
Boston               MA         40.9
San Diego          CA          40.4
Lexington-Fayette    KY     39.5
Denver     CO     39.0
Charlotte     NC     38.8
Portland     OR     38.8
St. Paul     MN     36.5
San Jose     CA     36.1
Colorado Springs     CO     34.9
Honolulu     HI     34.7
Oakland     CA     33.8
Pittsburgh     PA     32.3
New York     NY     32.2
Albuquerque     NM     32.2
Anchorage     AK     32.2
Omaha     NE     31.9
Nashville-Davidson     TN     31.7
Columbus     OH     31.4
New Orleans     LA     31.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Interesting… and surprised that Houston’s not in it?! Oh well… not surprised that Boston and Austin are in there…
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Two Woes in (less than) Two Days!

Woe #1

NTB is da suck!    My wife’s beloved Lincoln Continental has been worsening in the alignment arena.  With Houston’s roads being one of the worst in the country, it’s no surprise, and as an “investment”, I got the 3-year-warranty version of NTB’s wheel alignment.  I was with kids near church then (two weeks ago or so) and decided to pop in by the NTB at I-610 and Richmond.  After nearly 2 hours of wait, it’s done.

However, on my drive home, I noticed it’s the same!  So I got annoyed and told my wife to take it to NTB near our home (nearHwy 3 and on Bay Area Blvd).  They say they found few more issues so after another freakin’ $124, they STILL couldn’t fix it and said that it’s likely a frame damage!   

My beloved regular mechanic, Ash (of Ash Automotive on Hwy 3 near Pineloch) has been very popular lately so it’s been very hard to get him to see our cars.  Which is why I took it to NTB in the first place!  I tell Ash the story.  He’s very nice and knowledgeable Indian mechanic, by the way, and has never wronged me!  I had to schedule around HIS schedule but no matter, as I was now desperate!  After few hours, I asked him if it was frame or air suspension (Lincolns still use air suspension).  Neither.  He just redid the alignment and it was fixed!     Why am I mad, you ask?!  ‘Cause that meant that my $250+ I spent at the stupid national chain of NTB did squat!  That’s why!  Those people don’t know how to align wheels evidently!   Now, I am going to have to try to get my money back on their worthless service!!

Woe #2

It started again last night as my data HDD started to act up.  It made my CS:S sessions near to crawl!  I left it defragging the HDD last night only to wake up to frozne computer!  So I restart and noticed the same SATA HDD acting up and freezing again!    So I started to back up all the data (incl. the unedited movies of Pathways New Orleans mission trip!!).  After hours of backing up data, I turned the computer off, disconnected the problematic drive and turned it back on but now video is acting up!    Oh, I am mad!  This is not a good week thus far!!

End Result

So what do we learn?  NTB is da suck!  And HDD is da suck!!