Cherry Blossom

DC has a special place in my heart since I sort of grew up there. Here are a few pictures of the Cherry Blossom in DC taken this spring. So beautiful, it's like walking under pink clouds...

A single blossom fluttering in the wind...

Peekaboo! Jefferson Memorial -- the most beautifully situated memorial in DC

A cluster of blossoms -- thanks Japan for giving the trees to us...

Pictures courtesy of L

Who is Sun Nakayama?

Answer: He is the founding father of modern China, aka Dr. Sun Yat-sen, aka Sun Chong Shan! But Sun Nakayama is how the Japanese pronounce his name!

And as for our Dear Leader Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, he is called Mo Takuto! Imagine, dear Comrade Mo Takuto, let's go on the Long March! Haha!

Apparently the Japanese think the way their names (which mostly use Chinese characters) are pronounced in Chinese is equally funny.

To Pee or not to Pee...

...that is the question! Here is a timeline of events:

I received a frantic call from a friend who had observed a little Asian boy and his mom/nanny? standing next to a tree with a little stream coming out him... The little boy's location exposed his private parts to basically all passerbys. So the question is -- is it right to allow a young child to relieve himself in public.

I'd say, yes, but please find a more discreet location for goodness sakes. America is not a little village in Asia where villagers know each other and the creeps are banished elsewhere. There are lots of sickos in America, so although peeing is perhaps one of the most natural human acts, please keep your child near a more secluded tree. On the other hand, Americans need to ween their kids off of diapers asap. IMO, diapers are barbaric and it's shocking that kids as old as three or four could still be seen wearing diapers in America. Yuck!

Hillary, I want my money back!

I do believe now that Hillary will do anything to get elected, including but not limited to lying, making irresponsible statements, promising things that sound good but are bad for America... they've learned well from the likes of Mao, Stalin and the NeoCons, the secret to winning is to treat the public like idiots (well maybe we are)...

I read this statement by Hillary. She takes a poem on inaction during the Holocaust to describe our losing jobs to India and China -- “They came for the steel companies and nobody said anything. They came for the auto companies and nobody said anything. They came for the office companies, people who did white-collar service jobs, and no one said anything. And they came for the professional jobs that could be outsourced, and nobody said anything.” How despicable.

The truth is, we Americans need to get off of our lazy butts and study hard and be more competitive globally. If we'd only do that, we can totally out compete the rest because we have awesome political institutional foundation, higher education institutions (we attract the best and brightest the world over), natural resources and lots of good land... But no, Hillary decides to appeal to our worst instincts.

I donated $100 to Hillary's campaign a few months ago and now I want my money back on the grounds of fraud, breach of express and implied warranty... cuz she is a liar! There are things worth losing an election over for -- things such as dignity.

Fireflies!

I really enjoyed this past trip to DC. It was fun catching up with friends and see their kids, gasp! Eeek, getting old. Anyhoo, here is a picture I took on my friend's deck looking back into her house. There are some faux fireflies in the jar. So cute!

Scenes from Childhood

The farm across the street from our old neighborhood. I often saw moo moo cows grazing on the grass there...

To my fellow Angelenos: these green things are called trees, and this is not a picture taken from another planet, just another state. I probably drove on this road to school hundreds of times.

There it is, my high school... sniff sniff... Go Patriots!

Amish in Maryland

I've always been curious about the Amish ever since I saw the movie Witness. They seem like living fossils. Anyhoo, most Amish people do not use electricity but there are some hip Amish people as well who take full advantage of Edison's invention. Here are a few photos from an Amish market in Maryland. It's only open 3 days a week and the Amish live in a rented place for those days and then they take their buggy and go home to Lancaster!

White Caps

Hmmm, if I dress like her maybe I can pass off as Amish too!