面试

Biajee今天受到移民局的通知，6月1日就要进行绿卡面试了。看来整个过程非常紧凑，一点没有耽误时间。我们现在还没有收到Biajee的工卡和回美证。这两样东西在收到绿卡时是要被销毁的，以免被不必要的人利用。

Biajee上个星期被人追尾。肇事者无驾照，无保险，我们的车昨天已经送修，大概要2500美元。我们自己可能需要付200美元，这一切都取决于保险公司如何向对方索赔。Biajee昨天租了一辆本田雅阁，接送孩子们上下幼儿园。总体来讲，Biajee不认为雅阁是非常好的车车。

我的新工作渐渐进入正轨。新老板不怎么管我，致使我更加战战兢兢。大概是以前被虐待惯了。今天Biajee炒了非常好吃的土豆丝，我做了阿拉斯加白鱼和沙拉，还有很好吃的牛骨汤面，粥，香菇菜心，哈密瓜等等。总之，我们的饭量越来越大了，这么多菜都被一扫而光。减肥计划再次破产。

阿诺自从星期六淋了雨，就开始发烧，今天也没全好。看来以后不能只顾自己参加跑步，还要多为孩子们考虑。阿瑟今天进行了15个月检查，28磅4盎司，90%，身高31.5寸，75%。医生说他之所以还不会走路有两个原因：1）他太胖了；2）他太懒了。反正将来他总会走路的，所以不必着急。阿瑟现在能推着椅子和其他滑行物品走路，非常有趣。他的样子和阿诺小时候很像。Biajee说不能再生了，否则又会出现和他们两个一样的小孩，我们会招架不住的。

Race for the Cure

Our family ran the Race for the Cure in Rogers today. The race was supposed to start at 8 am, but was actually delayed for 30 minutes due to heavy rain.

Biajee and I got up at 4:30 am, showered and made breakfast and then woke up the kids. I even wore the rain pants and the rain-proof jacket, but was still soaked after the race.

We got to Pinnacle Hills Mall and loaded the boys into the jogger stroller in the rain. Then we parked the stroller inside the Food Court. Most people were there just hanging out and getting in line for the restrooms. We later learned that there were temporary restrooms next to the starting point with nobody lining up in front of them.

We started at 8:30. The route cut through some very nice neighborhoods in Rogers and the scene was extremely beautiful. The whole race took me 33 minutes and 4 seconds. I could have done better without the rain and the kids. Biajee was about a minute later than me, because he had to push the stroller.

There were tons of food and beverages after the race. The most impressive thing we ate was the watermelon from Georgia. It was so fresh, crisp and sweet that we kept going back for more. The gentleman who passed it out told us it would be in the local Walmart stores from next week. How exciting!

We also went shopping in the Loft after lunch. I bought a black skirt with the $15 off coupon for my birthday. It looks great on me. I hope I can wear it to work. Biajee thinks it may be too short to wear to work though.

We're going back to the mall tomorrow to get Arnold a set of pajamas with Lightening McQueen on it. He was very excited about it. We're going to use the JC Penny coupon for this pajama. It was sent for Mother's Day and I'll be a good mother and honor it to my son.

The origin of Texas Longhorn

As written in Jared Diamond's book (right, yet another Jewish) Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, originally, native Americans do not farm big mammals except the spitting[1] alpaca (and/or llama, whatever). No doubt these Texas Longhorns are not native at all. So, what are they? They are Hispanic.

No, they don't speak Spanish. But originally, they were brought to Santa Domingo by, by THE Columbus, the Spanish, in 1493. And within the next 2 to 3 centuries their descendents were grazing (living) in Mexico and Texas. With all the battles between humans, these cattles were abandoned and were on their own. (Talking about the only animals that fight each other when there are plenty of foods.) After Civil War, people came to Texas and find those wild cattles, as many as 10 million heads. The ranger said to me, "think about how much beef steak are there..." You would've already seen the dollar sign if you business blood. (Well, at that time, it's silver coin.) Bingo, people translated these cattles North, all the way from places like Ft Worth into Kansas where there was railroad to ship them to the East. And this is where the name "Cowboy" originated.

[1] This is a common knowledge if you read Tintin to your child.

Quiz: Has Tintin been to Cambodia? How about Phileas Fogg in Around the World in Eighty Days?

The cattle in Ft Worth

Quiz, where did this kind long horn come from, originally?