Life is Beautiful

A good friend C is starting a new life in another country. He just finished a grand tour after years of working, and now he's ready to begin a new journey to unknown frontiers. Wish everything goes well and he will find happiness at the end of the road.

This photo is irrelevant, just want to show my beautiful girl. :D

Vegas

Had a biz trip to Vegas last week. No a penny spent on slot machine. Not watched a single show.

First time driving in USA. Driving was not a problem, but without a GPS was. I got too dependent on a GPS so suddenly I can't drive without one. It was especially hard at nights when it's hard to see the signs, and I often drove onto wrong lane so had to turn or could not turn, and thus needed to find another way.

New Year Trip

This Chinese New Year holidays we had a family trip to my home town Kaohsiung. It is strange to call it a trip because we need to go there every year on the Chinese New Year to see my father and grandparents. However, since my two brother-in-laws all need to go to southern Taiwan because they both married Southern Taiwanese girls, my mother-in-law will be left in Tamshui alone so we need to hurry back on the second day of the new year in the past. This year we managed to make some changes. My brother-in-law drove his mom to meet us in Kaohsiung on his way to Ping Dong, and then we can spend a few more days in Kaohsiung. My son and daughter finally have a chance to know my home town. Sully went with us the whole time.

Happy New Year

Today I received a hand-written greeting card from Rex. It's been years I don't see real paper cards since e-cards replaced them. Thank you, Rex!

Before and After

The screen saver of my notebook showed the photo above and then the bottom one accidentally. It was a great combination of "before and after" scenario. The first photo was taken when Allie was 37-week pregnant, and the second one was taken when Summer was 3 months old.

Merry Christmas

DSC01541, originally uploaded by rwcutter.

(Yoshi taken under the Christmas tree in our community)

This Christmas must be the busiest one I ever had. Beside work and two kids to take care, this year I'm also responsible for events in the community we live. Photos check my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwcutter

Being Boss is Lonely

Yesterday I was called into CEO Office with some colleagues. I wondered what the meeting was for because the combination of attendees did not fit any on-going project. Then the answer was revealed. My boss was very upset and angry about the resignation of a key engineer, because he thought it was still under negotiation but the engineer believed it was accepted so he left. He was so frustrated and needed to give vent to his anger, but as a CEO, he can't just complaint to his colleagues like we do. He can't bring it home to his wife and children, either. So, he called a fake meeting to invite a few people he think he can talk about it. I almost felt sorry for him. As an old Chinese poem goes, it's freezing at high positions.