4 Things ...

I was tagged by Pooch:


4 Jobs I Have Had 
- I worked as a dog washer at Pet Spa in Los Gatos
- I worked at The Knitting Room in San Jose during the years when I played stay-at-home-mom
- My first job in the US was office clerk at Hoover Institution. My husband and I met under the Hoover tower for our first date.
- I transcribed my mom's manualscripts when I was twelve. She was a research scholor and the publishers needed the manualscripts submitted in neatly printed format. Chinese typewriters were hard to find. I worked all summer and she paid me for my work, something like $2 per thousand characters.


4 Movies Watched Over and Over
- Sound of Music
- Chicago
- Phantom of the Opera
- Dream of Red Mansion (TV Show from China)


4 Books Read Over and Over 
- Dream of Red Mansion
- Poetry from Tang and Song dynasties
- John Grisham books, when I'm stressed
- Novels by Chinese author Qiong Yao (琼瑶), when I'm in a really down mood and just have to hide and cry all day; any of the books will do since they are all very similar (think Danielle Steele)

4 Places I Have Lived
- Beijing
- Guangzhou
- Palo Alto
- San Jose

4 Shows I Watch
- Desperate Housewives
- ER
- Saturday Night Live
- Nightline

4 Places I Have Been
- Big Sur
- Yellow Stone
- Possum Kingdom, South Carolina
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma

4 People Who E-mail Me 
- Sarah
- Lesley
- Zelda
- Jocelyn

4 Favorite Things To Eat 
- Belgium Chocolate
- Potstickers
- Watermelon
- Asian pears


4 Places I Would Rather Be 
- Carmel
- in bed
- in front of a nice warm fire (with someone else minding the fire and bringing me hot tea)
- in a mountain cabin listening to the rain, knowing I'm perfectly safe


4 Things I Look Forward To This year 
- Trinket's birthday next week
- Henry's birthday in three weeks
- Trip to Lake Tahoe
- More than 330 more peaceful days

4 People To Tag
- Sarah
- Lesley
- Zelda
- Jocelyn