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Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
Without a family, one seldom thinks long term
Karen had her big presentation at the Reputation Institute in Beijing, yesterday and she sounded like she was ready to go to sleep when it was all over! Kristin said she did a great job… and I know how much that means to Karen.
Here’s Karen’s Blog on the event complete with paper and power points! She was discussing Yahoo’s public relations relatively recent nightmare.
Have fun, ladies!
Dad
Here is Karen… or should I call her by her Chinese name “Kailin”?
‘Kailin’ is posing at the Great Wall with her Jenny Craig Breakfast. ‘Kailin’ is a mere shadow of herself from the days she held 4 National Powerlifting Records! Now she wants to continue dropping weight until the size 10’s she has on now are ‘baggy’ and she has to get smaller sizes!
Both she and Kristin ( or ‘Ki-li-si-tan’ in Chinese ) are off Jenny a time or two in order to sample the local cuisine which I here is wonderful.
They thought that the most recognizable picture from China would be with the Great Wall which at it’s closest point — they tell me — is only 50 miles or so from the outskirts of Beijing!
By the way, my daughters don’t pack things as well as I do when it comes to shipping things and I tease them a lot if anything comes to me crunched, dented or as mush. I used to think that my packing superiority was due to the fact that I moved so much as a child ( 5 different second grades for example). However, I now know that this completely inherited… because look what I received in the mail from their aunt ( my wife’s sister):
It’s hard to imagine that this was once an exquisite marble clock, ;however, with time and a little patience I’ll get it put together… after all, unbelievably, the mechanism still works! Laura has a nice family… just don’t let them touch anything.
Roger Freberg
Well, my daughters are in Beijing… two of them anyway.
They send me text messages and pictures so it feels like I am there… sort of.
Karen has been blogging on the subject…. so check it out!
Thanks Ladies!
Dad
My daughter Kristin relinquished her Army Engineer Company Command in Hawaii! We’re very proud of Kristin.
Kristin’s Change of Command Ceremony had a wonderful historic flavor … as did the celebrations afterward! Obviously, over the week, we had to dine at all the great places: Ruth Chris, Hatsuhana and Momoyama.
One of the highlights – for me – was receiving a ‘challenge coin’ from Major General “Ray” Mason.
Roger Freberg
Although I am going to Hawaii to ‘catch some rays’… more importantly, I am there to lend my support for my daughter’s change of command ceremony. She is a departing company commander after 25 months.
Nânâ ka maka
Ho`olohe ka pepeiao
Pa`a ka waha
Roger Freberg