PME 2

More from the pointless mom email archive...

These three snapshots are from a powerpoint file my mom sent me. Obviously, it's in Chinese. Her instructions were to enjoy the photos and maybe find some words to "feel for the illustrations". Really, her words exactly. My mom knows I can't really read Chinese, but I guess this is her attempt to pretend like I at least used to. I recognize a lot of basic characters, ones like "he" and "she" and "fly" and "run" and "noodle" and "ma po tofu" and "soup dumpling". Oh, wait, I'm talking about in general, not in this file, but that would be something, wouldn't it? For this powerpoint presentation to be a guy and a girl who ran all over the world to find noodles and ma po tofu? Anyway I can pick out a lot of super simple words, but it's not like I would ever be able to write "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog". Come to think of it, I don't even think I would even be able to say that.

Nevertheless she has never given up on me. What a great mom.  Always, ALWAYS these huge emails in Chinese. Usually they are related to religion or faith. Since she also loves powerpoint, she also likes to send me powerpoint files in Chinese. Which as you all know is my second favorite thing, next to religious Chinese emails.

Hm. I wonder when I'll be getting a powerpoint of the Ten Commandments in Chinese?

Pointless Mom Emails

My mom sends me an average of, oh, 5 emails a day. Maybe 1 of these is a personal/positive/constructive/friendly letter. The remaining 4 are chain emails, random links, tips on how not to get robbed/attacked, emails about Jesus, emails about Jesus in Chinese, and my personal favorite- Power Point presentations with inspirational/cute catch phrases. That's a whole lot of my mom's emails rendered useless, my friends.

Because I think this is partially ridiculous but also partially amazing, I've decided to start sharing some of these. Here's one I got today. She sent me this because she knows I think of the Von Trapp Family day in and day out. (also for the sake of preserving the true essence of these emails, all fonts/colors will not be edited.)

from	Jin Tsao Chien
to		CHIEN Jessie vickie chien CHIEN RingLing WK
date		Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:59 PM
subject		FW: FW： The 7 Children in 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC'... after 40 years

The 7 Children in 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC'... after 40 years

The Sound of Music is a 1965 film. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1965 and is one of the most popular musicals ever produced.

Still remember the 7 children of The Trapp family?

They were having a reunion after 40 years and all were looking healthy and amazingly well.....