Thanks

Thanks.  What do we do now?  All these food we ate.  Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

Silly Love Song of the Day

I was tired of my lady, we’ve been together too long.

Like a worn-out recording of a favorite song.

So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed.

And in the personal columns, there was this letter I read.

If you like pina coladas getting caught in the rain,

If you not into yoga, if you have half a brain.

If you like making love at midnight in the dune of a cape.

Then I’m the love that you’ve looked for.

Write to me and escape.

I didn’t think about my lady.

I know that sounds kind of mean.

But me and my old lady had fallen into this same old dull routine.

So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad.

And though I wasn’t no body’s poet,

I thought it wasn’t half bad.

Yes, I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

I’m not much into health food. I am into champagne.

I got to meet you by tomorrow noon and cut through all this red tape.

At the bar called O’mally’s, where we’ll plan our escape.

So I waited with high hope, then she walked in the place.

I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.

It was my own lovely lady, and she said, “Oh, it’s you.”

And we laughed for a moment, and I said, “I never knew,”

That you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain,

And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne.

If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.

You’re the lady I’ve looked for, come with me and escape.

If you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

If you’re not into yoga and you have half a brain.

If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape,

Then I’m the love you’ve looked for, write to me, and escape.

Yes, I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

I’m not much into health food, I am into champagne.

I have got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.

Love the Ocean

I enjoy the peace and quiet at Panama City Beach the pass few days.  I enjoy swimming the ocean.   I saw 3 small sting rays out on the deep.  I swam until I was exhausted.

I had a moment to think about our trouble world.  Million of refugees are fleeing their home as we speak.  Many are dying.   It is a reminder how far we Laotian had come.  Because we are peaceful people, the number of casualties were minimized.  Many of us live a peaceful life now.  At any scale, War is Hell.

Let us pray for those who seek refuge.

The Training

Without conditioning your body, you might as well hang it.  It’s no use to get out there and get hurt.  For the past three Half-Marathon I ran with pain on my knee.   No more!  For training,  I take a 45-50 lbs. backpack with me up and down the mountain.   It’s 1.4 mile each way.  If I have more time, I go around the mountain, that’s 5 miles.   I’ve gained some ground in the past couple of months.   It seems to be working out.  This is what I am doing to strenghten my core.  The goal is to complete the Full-Marathon without any incident.

Happy New Year

As long as there is love in your heart, you will live. This song is so wonderful. I dream of singing this song for a crowd of heart broken people. Someday…

I met the young lady in this video at the International Lao New Year in San Francisco this weekend.  I helped her set up at the evening reception hall.  She told me thank you.