{"id":62,"date":"2007-06-28T17:20:37","date_gmt":"2007-06-28T22:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/2007\/06\/28\/hi-daddy-wave\/"},"modified":"2007-06-30T02:24:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-30T07:24:00","slug":"hi-daddy-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/28\/hi-daddy-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi Daddy! (wave)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was very confused by a sudden small spike in traffic this morning as this blog, in its normal course of events (i.e. no external high-volume links), has a few dozen readers a day at best<\/em> (mostly friends, and a few refers on my Wakiya post from Japan). But there wasn’t a likewise traffic spike from refer links (as of this morning), so these people were typing the site in blind. Not only that the spike was on the Imprint <\/a>page about Twelve without a spike anywhere else. There was no spike in search engine requests, and I am no where near the top of Google hits for Twelve anyway. My best guess that it went over some mailing list, but I was perplexed what list that would be. And why the Imprint<\/a> page?<\/p>\n

Now I finally found the answer: My dad.<\/p>\n

According to my mom’s email today.<\/p>\n

Daddy is the one who stalk you all the time. He suggested that I shall translate your website into Chinese to go with yours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She also added in a later e-mail.<\/p>\n

He searches your articles and gets on your website all the time. He admires those who can write.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(My dad, by the way, is a computer programmer, works with numbers and code. Math guy. Probably the main reason I majored in applied math actually. Though on different ends of the subect spectrum we both spend a remarkable amount of time sitting in front of a computer typing).<\/p>\n

My mom, by the way, instant messages — both AIM and Googletalk. — which is pretty good for a Chinese woman in her late 50s who never learned to drive. She is also on Gmail. I remember a few years ago when she surprised me by asking me (whenGmail was still early rollout), “Jingjing, will you invite me to Gmail?” (Jingjing is my Chinese nickname). I was like, “My mom knows Gmail?”<\/p>\n

Any so I sent mom an e-mail about the blog yesterday. What be the fate of the email?<\/p>\n

I forwarded your message to Daddy this morning. He forwarded to the whole company.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh goodness. But at least mystery solved.<\/p>\n

But while we are on the subject of my parents. My book, while on Chinese food, touches a lot on themes of immigration and the American dream. So I decided long ago to dedicate my book to<\/p>\n

Mom and Dad, for moving across oceans so their children could pursue our dreams. And for all the other moms and dads out there who have done the same.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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