6 yr old son's regular entree at restaurant

On our way to the airport. For some reasons, the topic of restaurant came up. JJ said from the back " It's not the restaurant that I have my regular puffed fish (fugu) with the spikes". "What!!" said the parents.
JJ - oh, I was just kidding.
But, where did you get that puffed fish thing, man???

Student of the Year

Mum and dad attended the award ceremony on the 2nd last day of school for the year. Everyone got an award and JJ was the last one called. Guess they saved the best for last for it was the "student of the year' award. Wow, what a day!
He had received 2 "student of the quarter" awards and other subject awards. Always got great feedback from all the teachers.

He has really blossomed and became more participative in class discussions. He is an amazing kid. Every where he goes, he does well.

Piano teacher loves him, Taekwondo instructors complements him, Japanese teacher praises and of course his Pinecrest teachers. Man, I truly feel I am the luckiest dad on earth!!!

THANK YOU, JJ!!!

Destiny

JJ woke up last Fri -the first day of his summer vacation and said "I don't like going to school for a long time but it's my destiny".

Where did u learn about destiny? dad asked. "Karate Kid" was the reply. He wasn't dsure about the meaning of destiny but somehow it was used correctly contextually.

sushiya must speak japanese

jj really wanted to eat sushi tonight. Went to Studio city but quite a few sushiyas were closed on sun. Can we go to one that is not run by japanese? to which he replied - >"a japanese restaurant that doesn't speak japanese is kind of weird"
Oh well!

Finding the next school

JJ's Taekwondo school just closed for good due to economic reasons. There's one within walking distance to our house. One of his classmates is transferring over so we'll give it a try. JJ did a great job in his last belt test. Great form, good kicks, lively sparring and strong and confident board breaks with axe kicks. Quite impressive if not entertaining. So much fun watching two five year olds kicking and sparring up a storm.

JJ's Japanese school X'mas show

The small kids did some fun Japanese dances. Very cool. Then, when it came to the "big" kids. One class (probably in their early teens) did "Kanji research" and the oldest group of kids did "Japanese food culture". Formal presentations with slide shows. They were lectures! There's no stopping Japanese education. Even at the X'mas party!

Electricity

JJ has a fascination of electricity. May be it's because his old man is an electronic engineer ...
Anyway, we were heading over to grandma's place in hollywood. JJ noticed that there weren't any overhead electric cables like we do in our neighborhood (i.e. suburb). after some explanation, JJ got to the core question and asked daddy " how do you make electricity?'' Ok, daddy was driving and was trying to sort out how best to explain electricity generation to a 5 yr old. Before I could get to some kind of a explanation, JJ blurted out "do u use water?". Man, how did he jump to hydro electric so quickly.. Anyway, daddy had to explain to him later when we got home.
We got home, daddy forgot to do that and JJ did too. We'll have to revisit this soon. May be a science kit w/a dynamo for xmas ...