I found my old neighborhood on Google Maps.  Even a closeup of the house we used to live in!  Ah, the good old days of sirens and police helicopters lighting up  the night.  Once, the police found a fugitive hiding in the bushes a couple of houses away.  Another time, my mom lost track of me, and I got lost with my friend, Benjy Watson, on Olympic Blvd for a couple of hours.  Luckily, a shop owner pulled us into his store and tracked down my mother.  Still, there were a lot of great times in that house.  I remember riding on the back of Minoru Chan’s bike, sitting on Ransford’s lap and hearing stories, having my mom’s friend feed me noodles like they were worms and I was her little baby bird.  We played endless games of hide-seek-with the next door neighbors in the back yard, because we had the same landlord, and the fence between the properties had broken down.

I think I have posted the last picture before.  It’s a photo of me and my next sister down, with an old friend, Calvin.  I actually attended a couple of conferences in Switzerland given by his uncle, John, many years later.  He spoke in German, and I listened to Spanish translation through headphones, because I had come with a group from Spain. Calvin’s cousin, Sharon is something else.  I have seen her turn her head and speak fluent English, Chinese, then German to people in turn without taking a breath.  Sorry, for the digression. :)

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