My Dad is a Fob

Bill Gates on the Move

Posted on October 17, 2009 at 08:56pm

Dad: When migraine geeks
Me: Migraine?
Dad: Sorry, I mean migrating geeks.
Me: Migrating geeks?
Dad: Yeah. Goose. Plural is geeks.
Me: You mean geese.

Some Good Gum…

Posted on October 17, 2009 at 08:54pm

This is for you Viet people out there.

My dad is Japanese and my mom is Vietnamese. Today we went to a Vietnamese restaurant and as we were packing up the leftovers, my dad went so far as to label the containers. The container of rice (com in vietnamese) read “Gum”. Another container containing soup (Canh Chua) read “Gun Jew”. The container of meat (thit kho) read “Tikkaw”. I couldn’t stop laughing even after we got home!

A Purrfectly Wonderful Card!

Posted on October 6, 2009 at 07:27am

This is the birthday card that I got from my father and his wife this year.

A few things:
1) Dad picked out the card. The handwriting is his.
2) I love cats, but I’ve never owned one.
3) I turned 46 this year.

Put Your Mind Into the Book!

Posted on September 29, 2009 at 04:21pm

I just moved to a new city for school. This is part of a recent email from Dad:

Second week already and how is your life now. Still lonely and boring? Hope you will get over it now. I think you will be OK. Put your mind into the book and let it wandering back here. By the way. don’t worry about me. Just concentrate on your study and pratice your French. Maybe two years later, your French is much better than your English. Haha!

Well Done.

Posted on September 27, 2009 at 11:43pm

I don’t talk to my dad often while I’m in school, but I was panicking about my immense amount of work and, seeking reassurance, had the following text conversation with him:

me: So I should just be able to work all night and get it done, right?

(a minute later)
me: Well?
Dad: I hope so!

(7 minutes later)
Dad: A hole in the ground with water in it.
me: What??
Dad: A well.

Your Friend, Cello

Posted on September 25, 2009 at 11:17pm

So I emailed my dad an update about dorm life and all the people I’ve met and this was his response…

For those annoying people, try to stay away. Do not show your dislike them, especially in public. You need to hang on old friends. Do not dump them when you have new friends. Decide not to go to Tucker’s audition? You are dumping your Cello.

We miss you very much
Love
Dad

Dog, The Almighty

Posted on September 24, 2009 at 10:06pm

HI, Gina,
How is the mattress? If it is still hurts, you need to see a Doctor. You need to get used to the new job. If the work load is too much, you can talk to your manager. Does everyone work that long hours? It should be getting better as it goes. The current heavy load may be
cumulated as people are expecting your arriver. The two years working experience is very important to your career. I will talk to you this weekend. Julie got a new god last night, 6 weeks old. it pees everywhere.

Hanging there

Dad’s Answer to Everything

Posted on September 21, 2009 at 09:34pm

“Yale student’s story on newspaper is horrible. So, be careful and have a few friends always. DRESS CONSERVATIVELY!!”

Advice on Boys

Posted on September 21, 2009 at 03:16am

I was not sure what caused you to feel so sad yesterday. If you willing to share it with me, I am listening. If it was because some boy making some unintended comment on you, be strong but also be wise from now. If you were too boyish or too uninhibited in from of male, they may see you as one of them and start behave less respectfully. You want to be a little bit more mysterious and sometimes at an arm length from them. You need to let them feel that you need to be cared for sometimes and they can not see you through at once. Use ar-nian (your maternal grand mom) as example, she always put her best foot forward (well dressed and make ups) when she is with stranger. She is also less chatty when we go out so everyone new thinks of her as a gracious lady. So learn a little from her in that respect. Hope that helps.

DANGER! DO NOT ENTER.

Posted on September 18, 2009 at 01:30pm