Chocolate Milk is Back!

I can't believe it! Yesterday, Jacob told me that there was a big sign posted outside of the cafeteria that said that chocolate milk would be back on Fridays. Woo hoo!!!

Preparing the kids for an emergency

Me: If something happened to me and I was unconscious, what would you do?
Joanna: Call 9-1-1
Me: If I weren't home and there was a fire, what would you do?
Joanna: Do we have a fire extinguisher?
Me: Wrong answer.
Joanna: Stop-drop-and roll to the phone and call 9-1-1
Me:Wrong. Just stop-drop-and-roll out of the house and call 9-1-1 at a neighbor's.... If there were a burglar in the house what would you do?
Joanna: I'd kick him and punch him and tell Jacob to call 9-1-1
Me: Wrong.
Jacob: I'd hit him with a bat and tell Joanna to call 9-1-1
Me: You guys. There are FIVE exits in our house. Just get out of the house and run for help.

Jacob: And let him take all our stuff?

Me: Yes!  And let him take all our stuf.

..... Anyway,at least they got the 9-1-1 part down.

This is the email I sent to my friends when our group was sold to Magnum Semiconductor in 2007 and I hadn't yet decided to join them

I can’t believe today is my last day at LSI.  It’s been 11.5 years, almost a 1/3 of my life!

This is just a short list of all the great things I'm going to remember you guys for:

Dee - for organizing all the wonderful events and activities, the cookies, and for being Dr. Dee
Mark - a great director, showing great strength and wisdom technically and in leadership
Paul - organizing my bridal shower, baby showers, being a great listener and devil's advocate
Kevin - being a great manager , fun and accommodating
Dave - introducing me to sardines, almost buying one of my visors, and writing great specs
Keith - helping me debug waveforms when I'm totally stuck.  being lots of fun
Shinya - bringing zevio to life, my favorite project at LSI
Tim - for your funny comments, nice postcards, and smart answers to all my technical questions
Avinash - great conversationalist,  making the lab a better place to be in and helping me a lot in there,
Ben - being my legal counselor
Chester - $4000, being lots of fun to work with and talk with
Hongjian - pearl milk tea, Chinese lessons
Karen - giving me nice hugs, being a girlfriend
Stefanie - being cool and collected, inspiring me with your marathon training and your style
Marlyn - getting together all the nice cards, organizing some nice parties.
Kerry - getting me up to speed on Maiko validation. splitting that Jamba Juice coupon w/ me.
Sunny - always being so pleasant to be around
Rene - wonderful warm personality, caring and considerate.  stroopwafels, pool parties,
Tzong - being a nice guy underneath that tough exterior!  Never letting me forget to read the manual
Frank - being a reliable source of worldly wisdom and entertaining emails.

Thanks for all the memories!  It was really nice working with you all! 

I will keep in touch w/ you!