/blog/aconfusedman/?pid=p2429 This blog is about me. It is an ode to Korean-Americanism. /blog/1716/post_12645.html?pid=p2429&m= I am here in Virginia, just in time greet the great winter storm of 2010 - 30 inches. I am holed up here in the Westin hotel in Tysons Corner, unable to move. It's been a long time since I saw snow. H Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:34:57 -0800 /blog/1716/post_12645.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_12252.html?pid=p2429&m= May must be the traveling month. I start out with a business/pleasure trip to Washington, D.C. and New Jersey in early May, and then only a week after I get back, I am off to Chicago with my mom, elde Fri, 15 May 2009 08:39:23 -0800 /blog/1716/post_12252.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_12238.html?pid=p2429&m= For a long time, we lived in Maryland and Virginia. Although Washington, D.C. has one of the greatest collection of valuable cultural artifacts, we were too busy raising our kids to partake.Couple wee Thu, 07 May 2009 09:44:44 -0800 /blog/1716/post_12238.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_12237.html?pid=p2429&m= I saw something fantastic today.My wife and I, wishing to take a break from life and work, drove down to Detweiler Beach in L.A., just about a half hour from where we live. Just the two of us, strolli Thu, 07 May 2009 09:29:51 -0800 /blog/1716/post_12237.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_12054.html?pid=p2429&m= I went to an awards dinner yesterday in Los Angeles for a non-profit organization that was set up to bridge American and Asian cultures. This year, the award recipient was maestro Lorin Maazel. It was Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:32:13 -0800 /blog/1716/post_12054.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_12053.html?pid=p2429&m= I had lunch with my mentor today that lasted three hours. Why is he my mentor? I don’t think he thinks he is my mentor but I look to him for all sorts of advice. What are his qualities that I a Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:19:56 -0800 /blog/1716/post_12053.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_12038.html?pid=p2429&m= I never had anything. I do not expect anything. I live my life in a mundane place, looking inward and contracting to within myself. I should see life as nothing at all, working everyday and earning mo Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:32:38 -0800 /blog/1716/post_12038.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_11411.html?pid=p2429&m= My dad wanted to buy me lunch. There was a time when my dad always paid for lunch, well into my thirties. But at some point, probably when I got a real job, I began to pay for all of our meals togethe Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:59:54 -0800 /blog/1716/post_11411.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_11394.html?pid=p2429&m= I heard a nifty phrase a few weeks ago.I was at a biotechnology networking conference at a hotel in Maryland, where a typical hotel banquet type lunch is served. We were seated at a round table and di Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:18:21 -0800 /blog/1716/post_11394.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_11391.html?pid=p2429&m= Some time ago, my wife went to Smart and Final and bought a few bottles of wine in the mid-10 dollar range. On the way home, she picked me up in our silver BMW and as we were driving home, I kept hear Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:14:50 -0800 /blog/1716/post_11391.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_11388.html?pid=p2429&m= I just have to tell this story.People tell me I look young for my age. I must say that I agree with them. Once in a while, I look in the mirror with completely objectified mindset, and I do see that I Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:12:27 -0800 /blog/1716/post_11388.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_11352.html?pid=p2429&m= By our standards, he had made it through 9th grade. We talked about how he wasn’t going to be lonely again. He had made it through his freshman year in school, and that he had gotten used to th Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:09:48 -0800 /blog/1716/post_11352.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_11299.html?pid=p2429&m= August 12th was our 25th wedding anniversary. For months, we wracked our brains trying to figure out how to celebrate it. Should we have a big party?Should we simply have a dinner - just the two of us Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:29:05 -0800 /blog/1716/post_11299.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_11293.html?pid=p2429&m= It has been a year since my last post. I started on that cross country trip with my son, and I never finished . . . at least not in the blogs. We traversed Arizona (Sedona), New Mexico (Santa Fe (remi Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:02:33 -0800 /blog/1716/post_11293.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_8551.html?pid=p2429&m= We were supposed to take off early Tuesday morning, but alas, true to form, it was 11 am before we could leave. Last night, I was to help my son pack for this long trip, but I came home a little late, Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:15:12 -0800 /blog/1716/post_8551.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_8522.html?pid=p2429&m= My son came back from Korea last week after a month. As of today, we now have only few more days to spend with him before he packs off to boarding school. He is such a lovely kid. He arrived last Satu Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:02:03 -0800 /blog/1716/post_8522.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_8495.html?pid=p2429&m= In exactly one week, the 27th, my wife, my son and I will be embarking on a cross-country road trip. It will be fun, I think . I have never driven cross country before. I went to AAA today and got a T Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:21:26 -0800 /blog/1716/post_8495.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_8465.html?pid=p2429&m= Today is August 15, 2007. I mark this date. On August 15, 1970, I stepped on the hallowed soils of America in the City of Brotherly Love. I was mailed to U.S. via PanAm, with an address label attached Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:45:57 -0800 /blog/1716/post_8465.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_8464.html?pid=p2429&m= I went to a funeral of an 82 year old Korean woman last night. She married when she was 18, had three children and six grandchildren. Her husband passed away fifteen years prior. End. This is her life Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:36:50 -0800 /blog/1716/post_8464.html?pid=p2429&m= /blog/1716/post_8452.html?pid=p2429&m= Yesterday, August 12, was our 24th wedding anniversary. I think this one was the best of all. Last year, we celebrated it in Laguna Beach. But this year . . . where to ‒ to Madkore’s ho Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:18:54 -0800 /blog/1716/post_8452.html?pid=p2429&m=