An efficient day

We had a great day yesterday. Austin Children's Museum had quite bit change. They added a lot of DIY projects for kids. Ray and I both made a few interesting things. Then we went to Coco's cafe in Guadalupe street, which was one of Mom's favorite restaurants in college. They had a lot of Taiwan appetizers and cool drinks. Ray ordered a beef noodle we all loved so much that Ray started being bullish. He even offered that he was gonna order for us all of us next time, as he was such a good buyer.

Then we went to UT library. I didn't keep perfect quiet in 6th floor PCL, so we had to cut our time short. Big brother Ray behaved well in library like a college boy. He is the man.

Cool down ourselves in San Antonia Sea world

102 F in San Antonio with full sun in addition to thousands of people on July 4th. Fortunately we survived.

Life's trail

News yesterday reported riots in Urumqi. So far 159 innocent people were killed and thousands were injured. It was a planned massacre.

That is the city I just visited a few months ago with Mom. Ray didn't go with us but went to Chengdu with Dad. Dad was a little concerned when we planned the trip as it was not a stable area by all means. But Mom had to go.

Dad is still scared with the fact that Mom and I were there a few month ago. Mom doesn't know what to say. It is on the way to her hometown, Kramayi.

Life is always accompanied with lucks. Good ones and bad ones. We can only hope in our life trails we have more good ones.

Dad still believes that you can prevent it from happening, or at least minimize the chance of happening. That is DO NOT GO THERE IF YOU KNOW IT IS NOT SAFE.

Things going on lately

Austin was hot last month. Radio said it was a record high in June. We almost went swimming every night. Now a day is so long that it is still bright at nine in the evening. We usually went to our community pool at eight and swam for an hour.

Ray almost made progress every day. He is pretty bullish when talking about swimming. Mom and dad gave him so much encouragement which made he feel he was next Phelps. I also can keep myself afloat in the water with the aid of a life jacket and a noodle. This is a big step-up for me.

I became a master of playing hide and seek with Ray and Dad now. Honestly, I am a great seeker. It is not an easy thing to fool me.

I am taking one nap now. Ray is going to be four so soon he won't need to take a nap in his school.

Ray and I are good buddies most of time. But we did fight occasionally. I hit Ray's head with my mini-golf club and made him cry.

We went to San Antonio sea world on July 4th. Lots of people and lots of heat. The most pleasant part was the escape to lost Lagoon water park. Ray lost his crocs shoes as some lifeguard took them away while we were taking the shower. When mom gave him a pair of Arron used saddle shoes next day, poor Ray was so glad. We all saw lightining in his eyes when he put them on. And he kept his shoes so well when we went swimming next day.

All these things are trivial little things. If they were not written down, they were hard to be remembered, just like many other things we forgot.