My Dad is a Fob

Dad is My Biggest Fan!

Posted on March 4, 2010 at 09:26am

An email exchange between me and my Dad, after I sent him a picture of my newly-shorn hair…

Me:

It’s too short!!!!!!

Dad:

Gagan you look sosoooo cute, it is not short the hair appear perfect!!!

love dad

In Good Hands

Posted on February 27, 2010 at 06:11pm

My parents emailed me to wish me merry christmas, and I replied in reciprocation as well as to ask about my puppy that they are watching over. Here’s his reply:

Hi Kaun,

We are happy to hear that you are happy.  Yesterday, we were all at Doug’s grand parents’ house for a Christmas celebration. Yes, Baily always follows me everywhere I go in the house. He likes to bring his rope for me and Mom to play with him. Whever he sees me put my tennis shoes on, he is getting excited immediately and he knows I will be taking him out. I takes him out 3 or 4 times a day.  We have 16″ snow here and it’s very cold ( freezing). I still take him outside for a long walk, even at 11 pm. Sometimes bc it’s was still raining in the morning, I let him pi and poub on the snow on the deck twice. He is with me and Mom now in the study room. We miss you, Kaun.

Love,
Dad

My Dad is a Fob: Olympic Version!

Posted on February 20, 2010 at 08:36pm

OMG MY DAD IS HILARIOUS. My Dad lives in Vancouver and I live in New York right now. Currently the Olympics are going on. He calls speed skating “ICE RUNNING”, men’s figure skating “MAN ICE DANCE” and skiing “DOWN THE HILL”

From: Dad
Date: Fri, Feb 19, 2010
Subject: Re: alice, how are you today ? have you had dinner yet ?
To: Alice

no hockey , i watch 2000 ice run and man ice dance and down the hill and Canada get an other gold . I meet anner’s mom yesterday she told me that anner work in the hong kong bank in victoria , her possession is account manager.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010, Alice wrote:

I’m good dad how are you? My friend emily cooked me dinner today. Did you watch the hockey game?

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010, Dad wrote:

alice, how are you today ? have you had dinner yet ?
dad

200NT & No Alcohol Please.

Posted on February 20, 2010 at 08:30pm

My dad always sends me these emails that can be described as broken English (although my dad doesn’t actually speak like this…) and he always signs his emails with his name, instead of something like “dad.”

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Subject: Happy Chinese New Year
Joanna,

Where are you going to spend Chinese New Year eve? Home with friend? Out eat with friend? Have a fun and enjoy, no alcohol please.

What do you want me to bring for home?

Jeff
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After this email, we exchanged some information. I told him that I wanted this chapstick that I was only able to find in Taiwan. I told him I wanted 2. In the morning I woke up and saw this email:

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Subject: Re: Happy Chinese New Year

I got it that cost you NT$ 200.00.

Jeff
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Thanks dad. That’s US$6!! This isn’t the first time he’s asked me for money either… for my mother’s birthday I asked him to buy her flowers and we’d split the cost.

I called my mom and asked her if she got flowers. My dad, often being “economical” (or the nice way of saying cheap)… My mom says “he got me carnations.” Then in the background I hear my dad yell “you owe me $2.50!”

Skype for Irish Tattoo Permission

Posted on February 16, 2010 at 07:25pm

When I tried to convince my dad that I should study abroad in Ireland, his response was pretty convincing:

Dear Chichi,

Me and Mama don’t want you to go to Ireland. We know that study in Europe is good choice but we know that Ireland is still bad. Mama told me that you could become bad girl and get tattoo. You know that since Char (older sister) got one, we are much more understanding; however, we do not want you to get one. Please skpe before you get one.

Love,
Baba and Mama

Party in the USA!

Posted on February 9, 2010 at 07:45pm

I work today and will home at 9pm. Please remeber to take care the dogs ….. let them out for party before you go out. secury the back doors. and enougth water.
Tahnks!

Daddy

**party=poddy. lol

Mamma Mia

Posted on January 30, 2010 at 05:53pm

I reserved two tickets to see the Broadway show – Mamma Mia in Ft. Worth, next Sunday. I love Abba songs, I promise Mom that I will not snort during the show.

Vicki’s dog is very cute and well behave. We like it.

Bar B Q Accidents

Posted on January 25, 2010 at 12:03pm

How are you doing? Hope you are all doing well.

I just read an email in Chinese from a friend saying that it is very dangerous wearing contact lenses while doing Bar B Q. It is a true story. A young man wearing contact lenses was doing Bar B Q with friends in a park. Because of the heat, the contact lenses burned and damage his eyes. H eventually became blind. Make sure you don’t wear contact lenses and do Bar B Q at the same time..

Dad

Re: Radiation

Posted on January 22, 2010 at 06:57pm

This was an email to my brother and I from my dad. He titled the subject ”Re: Radiation” even though it wasn’t a reply to anything.

Hey,

Just a note to remind you( while at reproductive age) about reducing radiation exposure as much as possible.  Especially avoid new airport body scan.  Please go to airport early and select manual screen.

Cal, btw, have you invested in a nice bedding matress?

Dad

University Application Filled Out By Fob Dad

Posted on January 19, 2010 at 02:32pm

Part of Stanford’s application involves answering the following essay question:

Virtually all of Stanford’s undergraduates live on campus. What would you want your future roommate to know about you? Tell us something about you that will help your future roommate — and us — know you better.

On his own initiative, my friend’s dad decided to take a crack at it. This is his final draft…

If my future roommate ask my any friend ,is Peter very very like to participate in school’s activities and friend’s party ? Well than he must get the answer that is YES. Certainly, with my friends, I very very like taking about how to approach the world and nature., doing home work, watching movies, shopping and taking dinner at a restaurant With my friends, I feel they do need me ,and that enables me to do something. So that I am sincerely exciting.

Virtually, letting everybody liking you is not easy thing. To remember since grade 10, I am highly interested in Math, Biological Science and Chemistry, and I have taken many additional courses about those. I participated in some Notional Contest and got great achievement. Gradually, some classmates ask me some questions. Sometime I knew how to solve at a glance with a little bit haughty attitude to answer. As a result, my classmates did not recognize me as a excellent person, and then become a “hero” among them. Therefor, I specially stray at a period. I begun to think and tried to do something for changing. At beginning, I corrected my prideful attitude, and lend an attentive ear to their to their ideas, and take a respected, humbly and patiencely with hem to discuss questions, and try hard to let them understand my solving ways. Whether how asperity language that even insulted my self-respect a student made, I still keep my temper with highly complaint when we met impetuosity dispute. On this time, I always talk to myself in my heart to try nicely treat people. Because they ask me questions this case means they have recognized me and respected me. How can I suffer from a small chagrin? Gradually, I have learned to allowance people. I feel more rap off each other is the best way to understand each other. Sometime I try to find out my disadvantage and outperforming myself. I face a mirror and give me a representation, and figure out a nice expression, to figure out a honest eyes that clap eyes on people, to figure out a suitablebility of dumb show and stand pose when I speech to somebody. Finally I have taken those format to affiliate with people. 

By the way, I will tell my future roommate, I would move in the bedcharmber in advance and patiencely wait he will coming. Then we will discuss to arrange how to use the space, then I will open my baggage. Maybe you could hear the welcome music I perform with viloa before you will enter the room.