12/19/2014

to^n ddi.nh tru+.c all day and night yesterday
he returned in the afternoon today ..
we went to j c penney in pleasanton stoneridge mall to get ye^’n and dao home warming gift of a set of pots and pans … [on the way in to^nan noted sign “play it again sport” which at first brought about the old negative thought “oh no not another negative” but then this becomes positive thought “oh wait the heart is always good what comes around the second time always bring joy one must think positive like the heart things happens again and again only if they bring about ‘muo^n loa`i ddu+o+.c bi`nh thu+o+`ng so^’ng la^u; everyone live well and long’ …” … then …

we went to san jose to saigon kitchen in grand century mall to deliver it but dao and ye^’n has prior committment [there was a woman in the restaurant who was at the table then went behind the counter as though she worked there as hostess but then she was served by the young men there as though she’s the godfather or something or at least godmother … which was a negative thought because the image of godfather from the italian movies brought negative associations of ‘protection’ racket etc. …maybe the young men served her so humbly because she has some handle on them or their badness … but then this becomes a positive thought … and then maybe she really had helped them and/or their significant others becoming well and healthy in some way or somehow she helps bring about ‘muo^n loa`i ddu+o+.c bi`nh thu+o+`ng so^’ng la^u; everyone live well and long’ and they are thankful or grateful to her for that and therefore they serve her so humbly …”] anyway to^nan went to get tam quo^’c chi’ dvd thinking that maybe the official dvd copies we had at home that to^nan gave chu’ ha^n who declined to watch it commenting “o+` thi` ne^’u mi`nh la` nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i vie^.t ve^` hu+u kha’c mi`nh o+? nha` coi ca’i na`y cu~ng ddu+o+.c cu~ng thu’ vi. …[nhu+ng mi`nh “a(n dde^? ma` so^’ng kho^ng pha?i so^’ng dde^? ma` a(n mi`nh so^’ng gia?n di. kho^ng muo^’n hu+o+?ng gi`] …” weren’t enough to cover father and to^nan’s watching it together on bootlegged vhs copies while ba` ngoa.i was staying with us … earlier father had telephoned us on the car … also to^nan went to get three blouses for the huy`nh sisters for christmas …

flip flops: the flips from negative to positive described above: when we left to^nan had a bite of brittle brownie while ambulance came to plaza in front of us … cu+’u t-hu+o+ng … cu+’u tra` hu+o+ng … to^nan had a bite of hershey chocolate when we came … brown earth and blue sky …