Eric's Dreams

My kids and I were playing a game. We call it dream writing. So, they will tell me their dreams and I will write down exactly the words they said.

Here is Eric's dream:

I was at McDonald's and Ronald tried to make a funny face. Then he did. He made a face like Large Marge. And all the waiters joined in to make Large Marge's faces, and then we watched a funny movie about mice and cats. There were a bunch of cats and on the cats it said one billion cats. And a tiny tiny tiny mouse came and ate the whole cats. Then I woke up.

Angela's dream:

I read about a sad story in a magazine where a boy accidentally killed his own brother. Then I ended up in my basement. My friend, Ryan Kennedy, was dead. Suddenly, he rose from the dead and he wouldn't let me go upstairs until I untie the complicated knot on his shoelaces.

When I woke up sweating I ran into my parents' bedroom and had another dream.

There was this guy who appeared to be very nice. He served us dinner and we rode to his house. Then he appeared to be very scary. I ran into his room and hid in his closet. When he was looking for me in his closet, he was typing a secret code on his cell phone. When he found me he had a strange face. And had his face one inch away from my nose.

Then my mom called for me to wake up and go to school.

The Story of My Life

Chapter 1: I’m Born into the South of Vietnam
Chapter 2: Growing up with my Brothers and Sisters
Chapter 3: Dad and Mom start their businesses and Coffee Shop
Chapter 4: Escaped Vietnam
Chapter 5: First Arrive in America
Chapter 6: I went to school in Kansas with my cousins
Chapter 7: Living with my Uncle back in Seattle
Chapter 8: High School, Restaurant Jobs
Chapter 9: College
Chapter 10: The Navy
Chapter 11: Marriage
Chapter 12: Kids
Chapter 13: Back to College and BSEE degree
Chapter 14: Intern in Irvine
Chapter 15: Engineering job in Seattle
Chapter 16: Marshall Islands
Chapter 17: Virginia
Chapter 18: Learn to Write
Chapter 19: My Blog becomes a Success
Chapter 20: Become Financial Independent and Quit my Job
Chapter 21: My Trip Back to Vietnam
Chapter 22: Travel around the World
Chapter 23: Establish a Charity Foundation

Would You Abdicate or Advocate?

abdicate v. to step down from a position of power
abridge v. to shorten, condense, or lessen in length
absolve v. to forgive or free from blame
abysmal adj. extremely wretched, bottomless
acquiesce v. to comply passively, to give in
advocate v. to support, or be in favor of
aesthetic adj. concerned with or appreciative of beauty
affinity n. sympathy, attraction, kinship
agenda n. program, things to be done
aggrandize v. to make great
allusion n. an indirect reference
altruistic adj. unselfish concern with the welfare of others
amnesty n. an official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
animosity n. ill will, active dislike
anomalous adj. irregular, abnormal, unusual

Response from Microchip

This could be the beginning of the blog era for ee.

Look Inside The Brain

Four weeks ago my doctor recommended me for an MRI on my brain. The whole process took me only 10 minutes, however, the waiting took a lot longer. The lab technician pushed me through the machine, head first, my legs propped up by a pillow. I didn't look at the picture after I'm finished. I was in a rush to get going to work. In the video clip you can see how it's done.