Sempi loves Vian. Vian thinks Sempi is the coolest guy ever. When Vian is crying and I’ve tried every trick in my book, I call Sempi for help. Sempi starts doing something funny (sing a song in gibberish or jump up and down on a mattress), immediately Vian starts laughing (not just a smile but a wholehearted laughter). Vian thinks Sempi is hilarious and Sempi loves to entertain Vian. It works out great for me....
My son’s preschool Whole Child Montessori is running it’s annual fundraiser called Little Hands Big Work. It’s an event where the school raises money to provide scholarship to kids who need it. In addition the kids and parents volunteer to restore a natural water shed. So donors get the double benefit of supporting early childhood education as well as making the environment better. It is a worthy cause that deserves your support....
A common advice that is given to people in software is “Surround yourself with programmers better than yourself”. Somehow this advice does NOT work for me. Whenever I’ve worked on a team with programmers who are better than me, I get lazy. I tend to write code that is slightly worse than my average. I reckon it’s because I rely on the better programmers to catch my mistakes. I do learn things from them but it’s not quite at the same pace as when I’m thrown in the deep end with minimal help....
Last Sunday Sempi decided he wanted to setup a lemonade stand. Yoshi and Sempi went to store to pick up a bunch of lemons and spent the morning hand squeezing them. It was made with the finest ingredients (cane sugar and ice cold water). Yoshi said she can help make the signs and Sempi declared that he’s going to give free lemonades. He insisted that he won’t charge for his lemonade....
Nice hot day for driving to the gorge and visiting some of our favorite falls. First stop Bridal Veil falls. Bridal Veil falls: After an awesome hike we have a clear view of the bridal veil falls. Sempi takes in the view and announces, “Appa I’d like to pee now”. Of course, you do. —Zinger between me and Yoshi. Me: Do you think it is named Bridal Wails falls because it sounds like a wailing bride?...