2008年6月23日 星期一

From 豆子 ─ 久違的稱號







Hello, 豆子歸隊了。可以用中文順暢打字乃拜多年來幫教會傳播中心打牧師講稿,可惜現在英文不行,中文也半調子,請大家多多包含。
剛從Yosemite優勝美地國家公園camping歸來。早上因超速被開了張罰單,這回不但荷包失血還得上網去update我的交通知識了。昨日接到傳貞的電話留言 ─ 先前由家中電話轉接到手機顯示的機號我以為是要我捐$$的,所以沒接,所以以後call我的電話記得要留言。後來欣寶很興奮的留言,我真愧顏,心中惦著大夥兒,卻在這些年間也因疏於聯繫,似乎斷線了。
我一直在矽谷,因父親﹝已逝﹞要同住之故買了房子,三年前成為“敗家女”,將父親留給我的$$把房子加建,以後若路過北加州舊金山灣區,請務必光臨。年近半百,托各屆熱心同學之福,我參加了從幼稚園到高中的同學聚會,還在傷感自己是否將大學同學都「丟棄」了,如今可以歸隊,真是開心。
與強華一樣,我的專業是biostatistical,最先五年半在家藥廠當統計師,後來發現自己寫程式會比較開心,較有成就感,就轉行成SAS programmer,在一家CRO (Contract Research Organization)待了約十年多,結果總部決定要關掉在西岸的分部,我就到一家儀器公司作了10個月,接著被「挖角」到現在這家小生化公司,不幸我參與分析的藥沒成功,今年三月公司宣佈要裁員瘦身,我在名單之內,不過可以待到明年三月,再拿遣散費。如今正在思考尋找可以待到退休的公司,說不定也該好好策劃我的「事業第二春」,人生下半場要如何進行。我也有一隻狗女兒WaWa,是狼狗媽媽和鄰居的拉不拉多爸爸生出的小混血,從牠六週大開始把屎把尿,花了不少$$養到如今已進入老狗,八歲多了。
拉雜閒扯了不少篇幅,不太敢將我的照片登出,變化太多,如今正努力利用Wii Fit運動降膽固醇,瘦身不敢說,只要健康,指標到正常就感謝主了。BTW,誰可以告訴我該如何post放置照片?可以讓你們看我家的狗娃兒,還有牠兄弟Snoopy﹝我鄰居領養﹞的照片。該去梳洗補眠了,再聊。
豆 ─ 真是好久沒用這稱號了,想想已成「老」豆了!

p.s. 傳貞教我如何post照片,發現一次只能load一張,從下往上看:第一張是我的狗娃兒前兩年照的,沒變太多,獸醫囑咐要維持牠的體重,因此溜狗也是我瘦身的一個方式。第二張是WaWa和牠同胎兄弟合影,鄰居媽媽會餵「加料食」,猜猜看那隻是Snoopy?還是給你們看看我的最新近照,請注意後方的Half Dome,不用太注意我的臉型與身材。下回再聊!

9 則留言:

傳貞 提到...

豆子:你要post你女兒的照片,call me or figure out yourself,it's very easy.

傳貞

信恆 提到...

豆子:能看到您的消息真好,但照片卻不清楚
,認不太出來。信恆

豆子 提到...

信恆:我故意用small,好讓你們看到我的「朦朧美」^^。豆

chiang-hua 提到...

Hello little bean! (you are always little bean to me)

So glad to see you again.

I must be old, I can't remember you came to NH??

"回應你多年前在NH的熱情款待照顧"

But I DO remember you and I shared a hotel room in LA in early 90's (we went for the ASA annual meeting) and we went to Disney Land to watch parade at 11pm.

We all walk different paths under God's wing. By His grace we became who we are today.

Next vacation, please think of coming to NH,OK?

Chiang-hua

豆子 提到...

Dear Chiang-hua:

It seems we all remember certain stage of things when our path across in past times. I'm currently at work, so cannot type in Chinese - it's vague memory that we went to Disney Land together.

It's also in early 90's that I and a sister friend, 2 girls drove from Boston to Canada Montreal and on the way back to US, we arrived late night, you ordered pizza for us - I still remembered we parked in the parking lot of a Bank and police car stopped by to give us the direction to your place...

How's your twin sister - have you been back to Taiwan often? Recent 2 years, I visited my 90 years aunt during Double 10's time - must be getting old - more "talktive" in a random way ^^

Take care,
Little Bean

chiang-hua 提到...

Now I know I am really getting old.

That was before 1997 and I was living in the apartment. You only stayed for one night, right?

I went home for 10 days this past January because my mom had a heart attack. She is doing much better now. I would like to go to visit her again but am not sure when. It all depends on my PhD work.

My twin is living with my parents, thanks God for that. She and my elder sister are taking turn in taking of my mom at home.

Next time when we get togher in LA, you have to come!

傳貞 提到...

強華:
你一向有超強的memory,怎麼豆子造訪的事全忘了,哈哈! 傳貞

傳貞 提到...

Half Dome 還在,你遮不住的。
你真厲害,走優勝美地的 Half Dome 需要體力的。

豆子 提到...

嘻嘻!傳貞你以為我會虐待自己嗎 ─ 去爬Half Dome?!是開車到Glacier Point照的。有機會,辦個reunion,我們一塊兒去玩玩吧。可以在我家打地鋪,去國家公園露營,騎腳踏車,泛舟,享受北加州的陽光美景。