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Saturday, December 15, 2007

My Mom Only Had One Eye

My mom only had one eye.
I hated her... she was such an embarrassment..
my mom ran a small shop at a flea market.
she collected little weeds and such to sell...
anything for the money we needed
she was such an embarrassment.

There was this one day during elementary school..
it was field day, and my mom came.
i was so embarrassed.
how could she do this to me? threw her a hateful look and ran out.
The next day at school... "your mom only has one eye?!?!" ..
and they taunted me.

i wished that my mom would just disappear from this world so i said to my mom,
"mom.. why dont you have the other eye?!
if you're only gonna make me a laughingstock,
why dont you just die?!!!"
my mom did not respond..
i guess i felt a little bad, but at the same time,
it felt good to think that i had said what i'd wanted to say all this time..
maybe it was because my mom hadn’t punished me,
but i didn’t think that i had hurt her feelings very badly.

that night... i woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water.
my mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me.

i took a look at her, then turned away because of the thing i had said to her earlier,
there was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart.

even so, i hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye.
so i told myself that i would grow up and become successful.
cause i hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty..

then i studied real hard.
i left my mother and came to Seoul and studied,
and got accepted in the Seoul University with all the confidence i had.
then, i got married.
i bought a house of my own.
then i had kids, too.. now i'm living happily as a successful man.
i like it here because it's a place that doesnt remind me of my mom.
this happiness was getting bigger and bigger, when..

what?! who's this?! ...it was my mother... ..still with her one eye.
it felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me.
my little girl ran away, scared of my mom's eye.
and i asked her, "who are you?!" "i dont know you!!!" as if trying to make that real.
i screamed at her,"
how dare you come to my house and scare my daughter!"
"GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!"

and to this, my mother quietly answered,
"oh, i'm so sorry. i may have gotten the wrong address,"
and she disappeared out of sight.
thank goodness... she doesn’t recognize me.. i was quite relieved.
i told myself that i wasnt going to care, or think about this for the rest of my life.
then a wave of relief came upon me..

one day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house.
so, lying to my wife that i was going on a business trip, i went.
after the reunion, i went down to the old shack, that i used to call a house...

just out of curiosity there, i found my mother fallen on the cold ground.
but i did not shed a single tear.
she had a piece of paper in her hand....
it was a letter to me.

my son...
i think my life has been long enough now..
and... i wont visit Seoul anymore...
but would it be too much to ask if i wanted you to
come visit me once in a while?
i miss you so much.. and i was so glad when i heard you were coming for the reunion.
but i decided not to go to the school. ...for you... and
i'm sorry that i only have one eye, and i was an embarrassment for you.
you see, when you were very little, you got into an accident,
and lost your eye, as a mom, i couldnt stand watching you having
to grow up with only one eye...
so i gave you mine...
i was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye. i was never upset at you for anything you did..
the couple times that you were angry with me,..
i thought to myself,
'it's because he loves me..' my son... oh, my son...
i dont want you to cry for me, because of my death.
please dont cry... my son, i love you so much

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have a blessed day everyone

Remember:
people will forget what you said ...
people will forget what you did ...
but people will never forget how you made them feel

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Friday, December 14, 2007

Google's New York City headquarters

Take visual tou of Google's New York City headquarters,
complete with employee snack stations, gaming area with air hockey and pool table, and
even--believe it or not--work spaces.





Welcome to Google: the reception area of Google's NYC offices


Now i'm starving: the cafeteria at Google NYC.


More employee perks: writer Elizabeth Gilbert talks about her latest book to Google employees.


One of Google NYC's office spaces.

Google employee relaxes in a massage chair in the gaming area.


Fun with whiteboards: this one features what the Google Engineer of the future would be like


He's got game: an employee bounces an exercise ball around the halls of Google in NYC.


Work spaces in the New York offices of Google.






Princess Diana.... Rare photos......

Why could we not avert our eyes from her? Was it because she beckoned? Or was there something else we longed for?


































































Thursday, December 13, 2007

Flight Delay

Tip: Keep inconveniences in perspective.

This past week I was on a four and a half hour, non-stop flight from Seattle, Washington, to Atlanta, Georgia.
In all my years of traveling, I have learned that each time a plane has the opportunity to stop, there is potential for unexpected challenges.
Flight delays, weather and
airline crews can create unanticipated challenges on any trip.
Therefore, I always try to fly non-stop between my destinations.
About an hour into this particular flight,
the Captain's voice rang over the intercom.
He asked if there was a physician or nurse on the plane.
If so, he asked them to identify themselves by ringing the flight attendant call button beside their seat.
I listened carefully but heard no one ring their bell. I immediately began to wonder what was happening.

In a few minutes the Captain informed us that
there was a medical emergency on board and
asked again if there was a physician or a nurse who could help.
When there was no response, we were told that we were going to make an emergency stop in Denver, Colorado.

He apologized but told us that there would be a medical emergency team waiting to meet us at the gate and
that we would probably only be delayed by about thirty minutes.

Though it was necessary, we knew we would all be inconvenienced by the extra stop. About half an hour later, we landed and the medical crew immediately came on board. However, everything took longer than had previously been\n expected. An elderly gentleman, about 85 years old, had suddenly taken ill. It was not clear
whether he had experienced a stroke or heart attack.
Even after the gentleman was carried off of the plane, we still sat there for quite a while.
The original "short" stop turned into about an hour and a half.
When we finally pushed back from the gate and were in the air, the pilot apologized profusely for the unavoidable delay. He said that since the stop had taken longer than expected, those passengers who needed to make connections in Atlanta would miss their flights but would automatically be booked on the next flight out.
You could almost hear the moans and groans throughout the airplane of everyone who was being inconvenienced by the unexpected stop.

Then the pilot did one of the classiest things I have personally ever seen or heard anyone do. He spoke into the intercom and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I thought you might be interested in one bit of information. The elderly gentleman who was taken off the plane was a Marine in WWII.",


I am holding in my hand a copy of the Congressional Medal of Honor that was awarded to him and signed by President Harry Truman in 1945." The pilot went on to say, "I realize that we have all been inconvenienced today. However, in light of the fact that this gentleman was a war hero and was inconvenienced for four years of his life in order that we might experience the freedoms that we enjoy today, I thought you all should know that."
Immediately the airplane was filled with applause. Everyone was cheering and so pleased to know that the gentleman had been cared for in a way that was fitting and appropriate.

As we continued to fly, I thought to myself, "Isn't that interesting? We were concerned that we were inconvenienced for a couple of hours and yet, this gentleman's entire life was interrupted and inconvenienced for over four years while he went and fought in a war to protect the freedoms and values that we love and hold dear in this country..

I breathed a prayer for the gentleman and asked God to bless him for all he had done to help us understand what freedom is all about.

"History does not entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Three words..Woman's Ultimate Fantasy..


A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying a cocktail after work one night,

When the bar door opened

and the most gorgeous hunk of a man she had ever seen entered.
He was tall, muscular, and handsome, with thick dark hair and beautiful, sparkling green eyes, and his every movement was so masculine and sensuous that the woman could not help but stare.
The man noticed that he was the object of the woman's rapt attention, and with a sly, sexy smile, approached her.
Blushing, she prepared to apologize for staring, but he leaned close and whispered in her ear.
"I'll do anything," he whispered in a deep, soft voice. "Anything, absolutely anything you want, anything you have ever fantasized, for fifty dollars.
There's just one condition...
Trembling with anticipation, the woman asked him the condition.
The man said, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words.

The women gazed into his hypnotic eyes, considering the proposition, then reached into her handbag and took out fifty dollars. She scribbled her address on a napkin, folded it around the cash, and pressed it into his waiting hand. She leaned over and whispered into his ear..."Clean... My... House"

Clean Jokes

One day, a man came home and was
greeted by his wife dressed
in a very Sexy nightie.
'Tie me up,' she purred, 'and you can do anything you want.'
So he tied her up and went golfing.

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A woman came home,
screeching her car into the driveway, and
ran into the house.
She slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs,
'Honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!'
The husband said, 'Oh my God! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?' 'Doesn't matter,' she said. 'Just get out.'

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Marriage is a relationship
in which one person is always right, and
the other is a husband.

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A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license.
First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test The optician
showed him a card with the letters
'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.'
'Can you read this?' the optician asked.
'Read it?' the Polish guy replied, 'I know the guy.'

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must tell you all something.
We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent.'
'Thank God,' said an elderly nun at the back.
'I'm so tired of chardonay.

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A wife was making a breakfast
of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen.
'Careful,' he said,
'CAREFUL! Put in some more butter!
Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many at once.
TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter.
Oh my gosh! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER?
They're going to STICK! Careful. CAREFUL!
I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen
to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up!
Are youCRAZY?
Have you LOST your mind?
Don't forget to salt them.
You know you always forget to salt them.
Use the! salt. USE THE SALT!
THE SALT!' The wife stared at him.

'What in the world is wrong with you?
You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?'

The husband calmly replied,
'I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving.'

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Funny Pics



Her first rollercoaster ride.






Something tells me he won't grow up to become a vet.



  She seems to be enjoying herself.



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  This cop will have trouble meeting his ticket quota this month.



Looks like the family cat is going overboard.

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