Humor 3/29/99: Lips & The Art Collector

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a great weekend. I had an awesome weekend. Since we
finished our exams for the quarter, I'm currently on spring break. On
Satuday, I went to see "Life Is Beautiful" with some classmates.
Excellent movie. You gotta see this if you haven't already. Then we
made dumplings for dinner at my place. Yum. Today I hosted a potluck
for my Boston friends (Steve Lee, Frank & Christine Chau) and friends
from church. It was a good time of catching up. We also saw Charles &
Genevieve's wedding video, which was really touching.

If you're in the LA area, and want to go see the special Van Gogh
exhibit at the LA County Museum of Art, sometime during the week (like
Thursday or Friday), let me know. I'm thinking of going to see this
exhibit, which is located only a few blocks from where I live.

This coming Sunday is Easter. Easter and Christmas are the two of the
most important events for Christians. If you don't know who Jesus
Christ is, or do not yet have a personal relationship with Him, I
strongly encourage you to visit a church this coming Sunday. Many
churches I know have a special service this coming Sunday geared to
people who want to learn more about Jesus, why he came to Earth as a
human and died for our sins on the cross. If you ever wanted to visit a
church service, this coming Sunday is the best week to visit. Let me
know if you're interested in visiting a church in your city, and I'll
try to connect you to a good church to visit.

In line with the Easter theme, the thought provoking question this week
is: "If you could make a gift of one thing to any single person alive
today, who would it be, what would you give them, and how would you
present it to them?"

This week's humor was forwarded by Elaine Wong. The touching story
after that is also related to Easter, and it was forwarded by John
Chao. This story actually ties in the thought provoking question, Van
Gogh's paintings and Easter. Enjoy!

-Josh.
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Lips

According to a radio report, a middle school in Oregon was faced with a
unique problem. A number of girls were beginning to use lipstick and
would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on
their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror, leaving dozens
of little lip prints.

Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called
all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the custodian.
She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for
the custodian, who had to clean the mirrors every day. To demonstrate
how difficult it was to clean the mirrors, she asked the custodian to
clean one of the mirrors. He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped
it into the toilet and then cleaned the mirror.

Since then there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
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The Art Collector

Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son,
shared a passion for art collecting. Together they traveled around the
world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection.
Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the
walls of the family estate. The widowed elder man looked on with
satisfaction as his only child became an experienced art collector. The
son's trained eye and sharp business mind caused his father to beam with
pride as they dealt with art collectors round the world.

As winter approached, war engulfed the nation and the young man left to
serve his country. After only a few short weeks, his father received a
telegram. His beloved son was missing in action. The art collector
anxiously awaited more news, fearing he would never see his son again.
Within days, his fears were confirmed. The young man had died while
rushing a fellow soldier to a medic.

Distraught and lonely, the old man faced the upcoming Christmas holidays
with anguish and sadness. The joy of the season - a season that he and
his son had so looked forward to - would visit his house no longer.

On Christmas morning, a knock on the door awakened the depressed old
man. As he walked to the door, the masterpieces of art on the walls
only reminded him that his son was not coming home. As he opened the
door, he was greeted by a soldier with a large package in his hand. He
introduced himself to the man by saying, "I was a friend of your son. I
was the one he was rescuing when he died. May I come in for a few
moments? I have something to show you."

As the two began to talk, the soldier told of how the man's son had told
everyone of his - not to mention his father's - love of fine art. "I'm
an artist," said the soldier, "and I want to give you this." As the old
man unwrapped the package, the paper gave way to reveal a portrait of
the man's son. Though the world would never consider it the work of a
genius, the painting featured the young man's face in striking detail.

Overcome with emotion, the man thanked the soldier, promising to hang
the picture above the fireplace.

A few hours later, after the soldier had departed, the old man set about
his task. True to his word, the painting went above the fireplace,
pushing aside thousands of dollars of paintings. And then the man sat in
his chair and spent Christmas gazing at the gift he had been given.

During the days and weeks that followed, the man realized that even
though his son was no longer with him, the boy's life would live on
because of those he had touched.

He would soon learn that his son had rescued dozens of wounded soldiers
before a bullet stilled his caring heart. As the stories of his son's
gallantry continued to reach him, fatherly pride and satisfaction began
to ease the grief.

The painting of his son soon became his most prized possession, far
eclipsing any interest in the pieces for which museums around the world
clamored. He told his neighbors it was the greatest gift he had ever
received.

The following spring, the old man became ill and passed away. The art
world was in anticipation. With the collector's passing, and his only
son dead, those paintings would be sold at an auction. According to the
will of the old man, all of the art works would be auctioned on
Christmas day, the day he had received his greatest gift. The day soon
arrived and art collectors from around the world gathered to bid on some
of the world's most spectacular paintings.

Dreams would be fulfilled this day; greatness would be achieved as many
would claim "I have the greatest collection." The auction began with a
painting that was not on any museum's list. It was the painting of the
man's son. The auctioneer asked for an opening bid. The room was silent.

"Who will open the bidding with $100?" he asked.

Minutes passed. No one spoke. From the back of the room came, "Who cares
about that painting? It's just a picture of his son. Let's forget it and
go on to the good stuff." More voices echoed in agreement.

"No, we have to sell this one first," replied the auctioneer. "Now, who
will take the son?"

Finally, a friend of the old man spoke. "Will you take ten dollars for
the painting? That's all I have. I knew the boy, so I'd like to have
it."

"I have ten dollars. Will anyone go higher?" called the auctioneer.
After more silence, the auctioneer said, "Going once, going twice.
Gone." The gavel fell.

Cheers filled the room and someone exclaimed, "Now we can get on with it
and we can bid on these treasures!"

The auctioneer looked at the audience and announced the auction was
over. Stunned disbelief quieted the room. Someone spoke up and asked,
"What do you mean it's over? We didn't come here for a picture of some
old guy's son. What about all of these paintings? There are millions
of dollars of art here! I demand that you explain what's going on here!"


The auctioneer replied, "It's very simple. According to the will of the
father, whoever takes the son...gets it all."

Puts things into perspective, doesn't it? Just as those art collectors
discovered on that Christmas day, the message is still the same - the
love of a Father - a Father whose greatest joy came from his son who
went away and gave his life rescuing others. And because of that
Father's love...whoever takes the Son, gets it all.
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Joshua Li
431 S. Burnside Ave. #12 B
Los Angeles CA 90036
(323)936-8476
Permanent Email: joshli@post.harvard.edu
http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/joshua.li/

Humor 3/21/99: Men & Women Speak, Lesson #5

Hi everyone,

Tomorrow is our finance exam, so good luck to all my first year
classmates!

This week's thought provoking question is: "If you could possess one
supernatural ability, what would it be?"

This week's humor email was forwarded by Dave Shim, followed by Life
Lesson # 5, forwarded by Susan Hasegawa. Enjoy!

-Josh.
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WOMEN SPEAK IN ESTROGEN AND MEN LISTEN IN TESTOSTERONE
by Matt Groening (the creator of "The Simpsons")


HANDWRITING:

To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just
chicken-scratch. Women use scented, colored stationary and they dot
their "i's" with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops
in their "p's" and "g's". It is a royal pain to read a note from a
woman. Even when she's dumping you, she'll put a smiley face at the end
of the note...


NICKNAMES:

If Gloria, Suzanne, Debra and Michelle go out for lunch, they will call
each other Gloria, Suzanne, Debra and Michelle. But if Mike, Phil, Rob
and Jack go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each
other as Bullet-Head, Godzilla, Peanut-Head and Useless...


EATING OUT:

and when the check comes, Mike, Phil, Rob and Jack will each throw in
$20 bills, even though it's only for $22.50. None of them will have
anything smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back...
When the girls get their check, out come the pocket calculators...


BATHROOMS:

A man has six items in his bathroom -- a toothbrush, shaving cream,
razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The
average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 437. A man
would not be able to identify most of these items...


GROCERIES:

A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes out to the store
and buys these things. A man waits till the only items left in his
fridge are half a lime and a beer. Then he goes grocery shopping... He
buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout
counter, his cart is packed tighter than the Clampett's car on Beverly
Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the
10-items-or-less lane...


SHOES:

When preparing for work, a woman will put on a Mondi wool suit, then
slip on Reebok sneakers. She will carry her dress shoes in a plastic
bag from Saks. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress
shoes. Five minutes later, she will kick them off because her feet are
under the desk. A man will wear the same pair of shoes all day...


CATS:

Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking,
men kick cats...


OFFSPRING:

Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about
dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and
favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely
aware of some short people living in the house...


DRESSING UP:

A woman will dress up to: go shopping, water the plants, empty the
garbage, answer the phone, read a book, get the mail. A man will dress
up for: weddings, funerals...


LAUNDRY:

Women do laundry every couple of days. A man will wear every article of
clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight
years ago, before he will do his laundry. When he is finally out of
clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside out, rent a U-Haul and
take his mountain of clothes to the laundromat. Men always expect to
meet beautiful women at the laundromat. This is a myth perpetuated by
re-runs of old episodes of "Love, American Style."


WEDDINGS:

When reminiscing about weddings, women talk about "the ceremony". Men
talk about "the bachelor party"...
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~ 5 ~ Giving Blood

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got
to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and
serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood
transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived
the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the
illness.

The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the
boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him
hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes,
I'll do it if it will save Liz."

As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and
smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheeks. Then
his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor
and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?"
Being young, the boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was
going to have to give her all his blood.
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Joshua Li
431 S. Burnside Ave. #12 B
Los Angeles CA 90036
(323)936-8476
Permanent Email: joshli@post.harvard.edu
http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/joshua.li/

Humor 3/15/99: Criminal Darwin Awards

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a good weekend. I went hiking with some friends from
church at the Malibu Canyon State Park, in Calabasas, CA. It was an
absolutely beautiful day, and the hiking and fellowship was very
enjoyable. This park is the place where they filmed the MASH series.
The park contains these rock formations that you can climb up to get a
good view of the surrounding area. Really fun.

This week is the last week of classes, followed by three days of exams
in a row. I'm excited about next quarter, because I only have classes
from Tuesdays to Thursdays. So I have a four-day weekend every week. I
also like the classes I will be taking: Business Strategy, Managing
Entrepreneurial Operations, Marketing Strategy in the Digital Economy,
and Global Marketing Management.

This week's thought provoking question is: "If you were instantly able
to play one musical instrument perfectly that you never have played
before, what would it be?"

The humor email was forwarded by Anna Man, followed by lessons #3 & 4
from Life's five lessons, forwarded by Susan Hasegawa. Enjoy!

-Josh.
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CRIMINAL DARWIN AWARDS

A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned that
there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking the report called
the phone and told the guy that answered that he had read the ad
in the newspaper and wanted to buy the car. They arranged to meet,
and the thief was arrested.
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A true story out of San Francisco:
A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into
the branch and wrote "this iz a stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag."

While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he
began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call
the
police before he reached the teller window. So he left the Bank of
America and crossed the street to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few
minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She
read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he was not
the brightest light in the harbour, told him that she could not accept
his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit
slip
and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or
go back to Bank of America.

Looking somewhat defeated, the man said "OK" and left. The Wells
Fargo teller then called the police who arrested the man a few minutes
later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.
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A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that
measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later
received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car.
Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40.
Several days later, he received a letter from the police that
contained another picture... of handcuffs.

The motorist promptly sent the money for the fine.
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Drug Possession Defendant Christopher Jansen, on trial in March in
Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched without a warrant.
The prosecutor said the officer didn't need a warrant because a
"bulge" in Christopher's jacket could have been a gun. Nonsense,
said Christopher, who happed to be wearing the same jacket that day in
court. He handed it over so the judge could see it. The judge
discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket and laughed so hard
he required a five minute recess to compose himself.
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Detroit:

R.C. Gaitlan, 21 walked up to two patrol officers who were showing
their squad car computer equipment to children in a Detroit
neighbourhood. When he asked how the system worked, the officer
asked him for identification. Gaitlan gave them his drivers
license, they entered it into the computer, and moments later they
arrested Gaitlan because information on the screen showed Gaitlan
was wanted for a two year old armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Colorado Springs:

A Guy walked into a little corner store with a shot gun and
demanded all the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the
cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of scotch that he wanted behind
the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as
well, but he refused and said "Because I don't believe you are
over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to
give it to him because he didn't believe him. At this point the robber
took his drivers license out of his wallet and gave it to the
clerk . The clerk looked it over, and agreed that the man was in
fact over 21 and he put the scotch in the bag. The robber then ran
from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police
and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license.

They arrested the robber two hours later.
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Another from Detroit:

A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving
revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner
moved, the startled first bandit shot him.
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Cigars and Insurance

A Charlotte, NC, man having purchased a case of very rare, very
expensive cigars insured them against fire among other things.
Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of cigars and
without having made even his first premium payment on the policy,
the man filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim,
the man stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires".
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason
that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The man sued.... and won.

In delivering the ruling the judge agreeing that the claim was
frivolous, stated nevertheless that the man held a policy from the
company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable
and also guaranteed that it would insure against fire, without
defining what it considered to be "unacceptable fire", and was
obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure a lengthy and
costly appeal process the insurance company accepted the ruling
and paid the man $15,000 for the rare cigars he lost in "the fires".

After the man cashed the check, however, the insurance company had
him arrested on 24 counts of arson. With his own insurance claim
and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the
man was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and
sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.
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Life's Lessons

# 3 ~ Always remember those who serve
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year old boy
entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass
of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" "Fifty
cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his
pocket and studied a number of coins in it. "How much is a dish of plain
ice cream?" he inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and
the waitress was a bit impatient. "Thirty-five cents," she said
brusquely. The little boy again counted the coins. "I'll have the plain
ice cream," he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on
the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the
cashier and departed. When the waitress came back, she began wiping
down the table and then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, placed
neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies - her
tip.

# 4 ~ The Obstacle in Our Path
In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid
himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of
the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked
around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear,
but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way. Then
a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the
boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to
the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally
succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a
purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained
many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was
for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant
learned what many others never understand. Every obstacle presents an
opportunity to improve one's condition.
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Joshua Li
431 S. Burnside Ave. #12 B
Los Angeles CA 90036
(323)936-8476
Permanent Email: joshli@post.harvard.edu
http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/joshua.li/

Humor 3/8/99: Bizarre Story & Lesson #2

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a great weekend. As many of you from BCEC know, Steve
Lee moved back to LA from Boston. I went with him and his friend Jeff
Wong to the Asian American Men's Conference. It was a great time of
singing and fellowshipping with about 500 attendees. The speakers were
very good: David Gibbons, Cory Ishida, Kevin Doi, Jeff Louie, and Ken
Fong. One of the conference co-directors is Louis Lee, who works with
Promise Keepers. The worship time at the end was especially powerful.
If you're ever looking for a conference speaker, you can try any of
these guys.

This week's thought provoking question is: "If you could have any
person from any time in history call you for advice, and they were to
listen to what you told them, who would you want to hear from?"

The humor email below was forwarded by Dave Shim. The inspirational
story is lesson #2 from an email forwarded by Susan Hasegawa. Enjoy!

-Josh.
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At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, AAFS
president Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal
complications of a bizarre death.

Here is the story:

On March 23, 1994 the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus
and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head. The
decedent had jumped from the top of a ten story building intending to
commit suicide. He left a note to that effect indicating his
despondency. As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted
by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which killed him
instantly. Neither the shooter nor the decedent was aware that a safety
net had been installed just below at the eighth floor level to protect
some building workers, and that Ronald Opus would not have been able to
complete his suicide the way he had planned. Ordinarily, Dr. Mills
continued, "a person who sets out to commit suicide
and ultimately succeeds, even though the mechanism might not be what he
"intended" is still defined as committing suicide. That Mr. Opus was
shot on the way to certain death nine stories below at street level, but
that this suicide attempt probably would not have been successful
because of the safety net, caused the medical examiner to feel that he
had a homicide on his hands.

The room on the ninth floor from whence the shotgun blast emanated, was
occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing vigorously,
and he was threatening her with a shotgun. The man was so upset that
when he pulled the trigger he completely missed his wife and the pellets
went through the window striking Mr. Opus.

When one intends to kill subject A, but kills subject B in the attempt,
one is guilty of the murder of subject B.

When confronted with the murder charge, the old man and his wife were
both adamant. They both said they thought the shotgun was unloaded.
The old man said it was his long standing habit to threaten his wife
with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her.
Therefore the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident, that is,
the gun had been accidentally loaded.

The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old
couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal
accident. It transpired that the old lady had cut off her sons financial
support and
The son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the Shotgun
threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would
shoot his mother. The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the
son for the death of Ronald Opus.

Now comes the exquisite twist. Further investigation revealed that the
son was in fact Ronald Opus. He had become increasingly despondent over
the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led
him to jump off the ten story building on March 23rd, only to be killed
by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window. The son had
actually murdered himself so the medical examiner closed the case as a
suicide.
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2 ~ Pick-up in the Rain

One night, at 11:30 PM, an older African-American woman was standing on
the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rain storm.
Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet,
she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help
her - generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took
her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxi cab.
She seemed to be in a big hurry! She wrote down his address, thanked
him and drove away. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's
door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his
home. A special note was attached. It read: "Thank you so much for
assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only
my clothes but my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was
able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed
away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others."

Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole
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Joshua Li
431 S. Burnside Ave. #12 B
Los Angeles CA 90036
(323)936-8476
Permanent Email: joshli@post.harvard.edu
http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/joshua.li/

Humor 3/2/99: Dangers of Mis-Addressing Email & Life Lesson #1

Hi everyone,

I've been really busy the last few days, so that's why this email is
late. This week, I am in the process of bidding for next quarter's
classes. There are many good classes to take, but the bidding is fairly
competitive. Wish me luck.

This week's thought provoking question is: "If you become famous and a
movie will be made about you, which actor or actress would you want to
play you?".

This week's humor email was forwarded by Monica Quock, followed by part
of an email forwarded by Susan Hasegawa. It contains Five Important
Life lessons, and the first lesson is attached. I'll send the others in
future emails.
Enjoy!

-Josh.
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As you are receiving notes by e-mail, it's wise to remember how easily
this wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally,
with serious consequences. Consider the case of the Illinois man who
left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His
wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next
day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick
e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her
e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory.
Unfortunately, he missed one letter, and his note was directed instead
to an elderly preacher's wife, whose husband had passed away only the
day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one
look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in
a dead faint.

At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the
screen:

Dearest Wife,
Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.

Signed,
Your eternally loving husband.

PS. Sure is hot down here.
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FIVE GREAT LESSONS:
The Important Things Life Teaches You...

1 ~ Most Important Question

During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop
quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the
questions, until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the
woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was some kind of joke. I had
seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in
her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving
the last question blank. Before class ended, one student asked if the
last question would count toward our quiz grade. "Absolutely," said the
professor. "In your careers you will meet many people. All are
significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is
smile and say 'hello'." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also
learned her name was Dorothy.
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Joshua Li
431 S. Burnside Ave. #12 B
Los Angeles CA 90036
(323)936-8476
Permanent Email: joshli@post.harvard.edu
http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/joshua.li/