Hello. Hello?
"Anthony have you had breakfast yet?" asks Grandpa Paul over the telephone. "Breakfast", answers Anthony. "Can you say egg?" asks Grandpa. "Egg" answers Anthony
"Can you say water?" asks Grandpa. "Wawa" answers Anthony
Can you say Cheese?" asks Grandpa. "Cheese" answers Anthony.
"Can you say jelly bean?" asks Grandpa. "Jelly bean. Jelly bean Jelly bean" answers Anthony. Uh oh. This is not so good. Better change the subject. Grandma wants no candy and no sweets fed to her grandson. She might walk in any minute.
"Can you say cereal?" asks Grandpa. "Jelly bean. Jelly bean. Jelly bean" answers Anthony. "Bye, bye Anthony"
Wedding Bells
were ringing in Toronto for David Tzau ( eldest son of Rachel's brother Barnabus) and Wendy Kwok on May 27th. About 130 guests attended the ceremony in a Catholic Church in norhtern Toronto. Twin brothers Derek and Jason were ushers, and Alicia Tzau was one of the flower girls.David, who is from Vancouver, is currently working in Chicago as a programmer. Wendy, earlier this year also moved from Toronto to Chicago where she transfered with her employer Case ( the farm and construction equipment company). Following the wedding ceremony, David and Wendy went to his maternal grandmonther's house in Willowdale to have a tea ceremony with members of the families of the bride and the groom. Kneeling, they presented tea to their grandparents, then their parents, then their aunts and uncles, etc. In return for the tea, the couple received "red envelopes" filled with "good luck" money and other gifts.
The wedding banquet was a tradittional Chinese Banquet held at the Pacific Mall on the corner of Steele Ave and Kennedy. Lots of toasts, lots of games and way too much good food. It was a very happy affair and the folks that seemed to have the best time were the newlyweds. Dum, dum, dee, dum...
Omaha Steaks
were ordered by Ron on an introductory offer. He received the steaks and the ground beef patties and several gifts for about half the price of a normal order. Omaha Steaks wanted new customers to try the quality of their products in the hope that the would like it and re-order.Well, Ron wanted Paul or Rachel to cook the steaks so he brought three of them to their house for dinner. Paul prepared baked potato with sour cream with chives. He also cooked some stir fried broccoli. Rachel came home from work and did the honors with the steaks. To be honest, these meats were the most tender and tasty eaten by the Baus in several years. They were significantly more tender than those found in most expensive restaurants. Now when these Omaha Steaks are not on special offer, they are expensive. However, there's no doubt that they are also about as good as you can get... you just can't find this quality of meat in your neighborhood supermarket. We'll probably order about once a year just to treat ourselves. Thanks Ron!
Boing Again!
Just as the Handyman was rushing to plant some flowers, clean the newly openned pool, and trim some hedges... he drove up to the house, openned the garage with the automatice door openner, and was ready to unload a trunk full of cedar mulch. Boing! The spring that balances the heavy wooden garage door popped. This same thing happened about a month ago on the other garage door.De Ja vous? A quick examination of the broken spring told the handyman that it was exactly the problem that he had fixed only a month earlier, but on a different door. Off to Home Depot to purchase a new repair kit... $12.00. In about an hour of struggling with spings and grease and wires, the new springs were installed. Hooray! Another $150 service call avoided.
Kevin Begins His L.A. Story
Kevin arrived in Los Angeles, ready for his summer working at Disney and living with his roommates from Brown. He was immediately reminded of what it was like to live with them in college, and spent his first days washing the bathroom (which had established itself as an ecosystem), buying a lamp for the completely unlit living room, and doing the dishes. Still, living there has already proven fun-- the gang bought a little hibachi and had their first BBQ last night!Work has started off fine, too. Disney supplied Kevin with the car normally reserved for geriatrics, the Buick LeSabre. It drives well, though (although the electric lock doesn't work) so Kevin is happy. Kevin's already working on some financing problems with The Disney Stores in Japan, and his workmates are very friendly.
Kevin gets slightly discounted Disney merchandise (20% off) and $5 off Disneyland or Disney World tickets. Let him know if you need anything!
