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Alib

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 07:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Congrats Oregonfire on your new job and the exam. I did well in my classes too. I think that being an older student helps. Seem more focused. I am still working on my French so I can stay in the new job. My oral interaction exam is next Thursday, June 20th. It is just a 30 to 45 minute interview speaking about work - responsibilities, projects, etc. - with a couple of role plays thrown in - all in French. Sounds easy but it is really hard!! I am motivated to pass but it is very subjective. University courses seem easier because your hard work pays off.

Egbok

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 08:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Can you take one more Long Beach story? Here it goes:

When I was a little girl, I remember my parents taking me to The Pike (an amusement park) in downtown Long Beach. I rode on the most awesome wooden rollercoaster! Downtown Long Beach then was not the downtown of today - the transformation has been incredible! The area formerly known as The Pike now is the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. This is where I've taken my family to see The Nutcracker at Christmastime and every now and then I remember that good old wooden rollercoaster ride!!

Oregonfire

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 08:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know what you mean, Alib. My other art class was like that. I'll probably get a "B," but worked much harder in that one.

I want a vacation! Mexico sounds nice.

Weinermr

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 09:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
At that very same Long Beach Performing Arts Center I went to a performance of Mahler's 1st Symphony in late 1980 with my sister, to see the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.

In the audience at that very same performance was my future wife's brother. I hadn't met him or her yet - that would happen about 6 months later.

Nor did I know at the time that I would eventually live in Long Beach. Nor did I know that a year or so later I would get a job at a bank in Long Beach that would start me on the path to my present career.

Theowl

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 09:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mr. W, that reminds me of when my "someone I used to know"(X and deceased now) and I went to see "Three Dog Night" in concert at Wings Stadium in Kazoo. We sat 4 rows in front of my now hubby and his "someone he used to know" (X, but alive). It wasn't until 4 years later that we met and realized we were so close, yet so far away!!

Weinermr

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 09:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow Owl, isn't that amazing? You never know when some seemingly insignificant moment or event in your life will become more important or meaningful than you could ever imagine.

Theowl

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 09:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was really funny cause the way we found out was we went to a Waylon Jennings concert together a year after we started dating. We were going to our seats which were right across the aisle from where we sat years before with our X's. I don't know who mentioned it first, but we couldn't believe it. If I had only turned around and saw those blue eyes, I could have be whipped Years earlier!!

Urgrace

Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 10:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Destiny, Weiner and Owl. My story is similar.

Oh, and I rode on that wooden rollercoaster, too! I still have a small ceramic white kitten that I won in one of the coin operated machines, too!

Congrats on the great grades all of you working so hard in school! Alib, I'll be thinking about you on the 20th sending good vibes.

Buttercup

Friday, June 14, 2002 - 07:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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Wargod

Sunday, June 16, 2002 - 09:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thought I'd share something that happened today. I spent about four hours in the emergency room with my three year old daughter this afternoon. She stepped on a pencil and broke it off in her foot. She's ok, and probably didn't need to go to the emergency room, but it seems as if we do not have an urgent care doctor anymore, so we had no choice.

Anyways, I literally left the house with nothing but my kid and my keys.....no money, no atm card and no one but the two of us. It was several hours after an early brunch, so Kota was starving and I was kind of freaking out because I didn't even have money to get her a bag of chips out of the vending machine.

There was a lady behind us who was there with her son, and her sister brought in some fast food. Well, poor Kota couldn't keep her eyes off their food and the sister was kind enough to offer my daughter her fries. I thanked her profusely and we sat and chatted a few minutes before we were called back to see the doctor.

Sometimes I am suprised by the generosity of strangers and their kindness. There are very nice people out there in the world and I guess in the hustle of daily life I forget that people are like that.

OK, I just wanted to share that little story. At a time when I was worried about my kid someone came along and helped me out and eased my mind a little. I thought it was very nice and friendly, and it really did lift my spirits up some!

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, June 16, 2002 - 09:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
War, fisrt sorry to hear about your daughter hurting herself like that--ouch!

Second, it is really great that she got an offer of the fries. I think you make a wonderful point that there people who are still wiling to do something nice--and that sometimes it doesn't even have to be a very big offer. What a great thing to have happen. Thanks for sharing the story.:)

Buttercup

Thursday, June 20, 2002 - 10:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Like War, I would like to add my gratitude to the nice and generous people out there! More specifically to one of my friends and professors at the university :)

He came over without notice and mowed my lawn while I was sick! I had been in bed for a few days, and evidently he had driven by and seen the state my lawn was in

Considering my lawn takes at least an hour to mow, the temperatures are in the 90's here with plenty of humidity to boot, I thought it was a huge gesture!

Good to know there are still plenty of nice and considerate people in this world :)

Buttercup

Egbok

Friday, June 21, 2002 - 09:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I love this thread because it refreshes my faith in humanity! Thanks for sharing your stories!

War, I hope the little egg thrower is doing better today!

Wargod

Friday, June 21, 2002 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Butter, that is so nice of your friend! Gestures like that open your eyes to the fact that there are still plenty of people who don't mind doing something nice for someone else without expecting something in return.

Eg, the egg thrower is doing very well! The antibiotics she got for her foot have helped to clear of the nasty little chest infection that was going on. We had a great day today. We went out to lunch (after the kids got out of school) with my sister and niece, and for a change, Kota was the most well behaved child in the restaurant. She set with her hands folded in her lap, chewed with her mouth closed, was polite and remained in her seat, and best of all, when she let out this huge burp that was too big for her little body, she said "excuse me!" I was so very proud.

Egbok

Friday, June 21, 2002 - 09:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
War, glad to hear Kota is feeling better! Is that what that BOOM-BOOM sound was - a Kota burp? And all along I thought it was the Space Shuttle landing at Edwards!! LOL

Buttercup

Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 01:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP