Six Years and Counting

9/11, Twin Towers, Iraq War – not behind yet. A stupid war, an eye for an eye policy got way more people killed than 9/11 casualty. Leave Iraq to the Iraqis. King George has done enough damage for both Iraq and our great land. If Iraqis are meant to survive, they will find a way on their own, even if it means civil war, even if it means splitting the country three ways. Did it not happen in this very country (north vs. south) to prove or disprove the hypothesis of a union by the founding fathers? Record shows 359528 people died in the civil war between 1861 and 1865, but this nation endured.

History will not forget this uncalled for war imposed on Iraq by a reactionary and ill-advised government of the US. But it’s water under the bridge now. Let us put an end to this war, bring our soldiers home, and let the Iraqis rebuild their lives. If the world wants to help those unfortunate Iraqis, help them in rebuilding their lives, rebuilding their land (that we brutally destroyed), embrace the orphans and wounded, win over with love the ones that despise us to bring them back to senses. Let us remember the victims of 9/11, let their souls rest in peace and not use them as an excuse for more bloodshed. Let the Iraqis have their home back. There has been enough blood spilled on Iraqi soil.

Flood & the poor in Assam

Banana Raft for Rescue










Sweet Home












Taking Grandma to the Shore

News: good & bad

Our older daughter and her fiancé have set a date and reserved places in San Francisco for their wedding next year. I think it is going to be fun planning and preparing for the wedding. No, I don’t quite feel like the “Father of the Bride” of the movie version yet. We also have two weddings to attend next month. The younger daughter in NY starts her 2nd year post baccalaureate classes tomorrow. The older one bid adieu to SFO and moved to Chicago yesterday. Yesterday my wife also left for India for two weeks. So, it’s just Tigger and me again for a few days.

Now for the bad news, cancer took another person away from our little community. Cancer came back for another one. My ex-boss (from the company I left only two weeks ago), who is about my age, had a massive heart attack in Denver on a business trip. He had to be “life flighted” to a Denver hospital. He is still in an ICU hooked up to all sorts of equipment, but making a steady progress.

Yesterday I watched a firework display from our back yard. I suppose it was to celebrate Labor Day. The irony is that the laborers of the world continue to toil (especially in poorer countries) for meager earnings. It’s a Labor Day holiday today. Other than a bike ride this morning, I decided to do practically nothing - no barbeque, no nothing. There was plenty of left over in the refrigerator. I had to just “microwave” it. Personally, I can't complain about a thing.

Tomorrow will be a whole new day.