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(Maternal Grandma) Great-Grandma Qian Yang Sheng Born
In Si Chuan, China -
(Maternal Grandma) Great-Grandfather Gong Chuang Lin Born
In Guangzhou, China -
(Maternal Grandpa) Great-Grandpa Ou Shou Gang Born
In Beijing, China -
(Maternal Grandpa) Great-Grandma Chen Pai Xiang Born
In Anhui, China -
Grandpa (M) Born
In Guangzhou, China -
Grandma (M) born
In Nanjing, China -
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Maternal Grandpa Works as an Engineer for the Government
Grandpa spent thirty six years working for the government and the police as an engineer, and to this day, I have never seen a math problem he cannot do. Unless it's in English, of course. Then Google Translate comes in handy. -
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Maternal Grandmother Works as an Engineer for the Government
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Dad (Frank Wang) Born
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Maternal Grandparents Married
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Mom (Heidi Ou) Born
An adorable little chubby ball of blubber, as Grandma used to say. At least, that's the rough translation. -
(Maternal Grandma) Great-Grandfather Gong Chuang Lin Dies
In Shanghai, China -
Uncle Parker Ou Born
In Nanjing, China -
(Maternal Grandma) Great-Grandma Qian Yang Sheng Dies
Of Leukemia -
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Mom Helps Out at the Senior's Center
For School Credit for the first year.
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Maternal Grandparents and Mom Move
From Nanjing to Guangzhou -
(Maternal Grandpa) Great-Grandpa Ou Shou Gang Dies
From Leukemia -
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Mom Immigrates to America
http://www.bahrnoproducts.com/VeteransInfo.htm She came here to study at an American college and worked at a diner in Oklahoma to pay off her bills. However, due to the fact that her family was rather poor and they could barely make ends meet; instead of going to Stanford or UCLA, she decided to go to the University of Oklahoma. -
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Mom Attends Oklahoma University
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Mom's First Trip to Canada
Went to see her brother for the first time in his new home! She had just moved into her own apartment less that a year ago. -
(Maternal Grandpa) Great-Grandmother Chen Pai Xiang Dies
From Breast Cancer -
Mom Begins Working at Cisco
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Mom Works at Cisco
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Dad Begins Working at Cadence
http://logosandbrands.directory/cadence-design-systems-inc/ Dad worked of Cadence for a couple of years, then decided that entrepreneurship was more his style. So he headed off to a China,where the cost was cheaper to start and maintain a company, and created two later companies, which will be mentioned later on. -
Parents Married
In Pasatiempo, Santa Cruz in a quiet, private ceremony with close friends and relatives. -
Mom (Heidi Ou) creates her first out of ten patents
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Cousin Victor Ou Born
In Ontario Canada; he was diagnosed with an intestinal problem at birth, and was fatally allergic to milk. His intestines were missing a good three-inched chunk, and his severe allergy to milk prevented him from growing above five feet two inches (his predicted adult height). -
Mom's 2nd Trip to Canada
Went to see her brother again, right after his first baby and my cousin was born. -
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Mom Creates Ten Patents
https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=pts&hl=en&q=ininventor:"Heidi+H.+Ou"&gws_rd=ssl#hl=en&q="Heidi+Ou"&tbm=pts Hooray! Mom created ten patents!! However, three were made in a group; so, technically, she made seven on her own. -
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Danya Born
I came into the world after a torturous 23 hours.....At 4 o'clock in the morning, weighing 7.8 pounds, the same weight as my mom when she was born. -
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Dad Works At Dewmobile
After his brief stint at Cadence, Dad went to work in China and created his first company, which he later sold. -
Danya Reads Her First Book!
I remember clearly turning the pages of some Harry Potter book (though I didn't understand most of it) and nodding my head repeatedly, as if indicating that I was fully aware of what in the world Harry was doing in the Chamber of Secrets crying about people getting thrown through veils. -
Danya's Alaska Trip Starts
I finally saw my first iceberg, at the ripe old age of three. I went with my maternal grandparents and parents on a trip that I, frankly, cannot remember. -
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Danya's Alaska Trip
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Danya Learns Piano!
I never regretted this decision; to enter into the musical world at such a young age is a truly amazing experience. Considering that I had started on one of the easier instruments (at least, one that didn't have to be tuned as much as some others), I was very lucky to find a teacher who truly cared about piano, and introduced me to the wonderful little details that make up a Rachmaninov prelude or a Mozart sonata. -
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Danya Attends Challenger Preschool
I have hardly any memory of Challenger, other than the fact that we wore something that resembled a kilt to school every day, and we had amazing animal crackers. -
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Danya Attends Argonaut Elementary
Those were the good times. Childhood was at its best at Argonaut, with its lush green fields and dry, crisp tanbark. With its little corners on this slides, where you could easily snuggle up with a book at lunch or recess. And the people. They were there, simply to help you and befriend you. Needless to say, Argonaut was a safe haven for any child. -
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Danya's Trip to Beijing, China
Trip to Beijing, China to watch the Olympics and visit some family. -
I Fracture My Arm
http://www.two-views.com/X-RAY/Why.html
Note to Self: DON'T JUMP OFF A SWING ONTO SOLID CONCRETE..... -
Abigail Born
She was the cutest and most adorable little sister. Of course. I had only ever had one little sister. -
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Danya's Trip to Canada
Went to visit my cousins in Ontario and see Niagara Falls! -
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Danya's Trip to France and Spain
Stayed mostly in Barcelona, with a day trip to France. Got to eat some delicious ice cream and try escargot for the first time there! -
Cousin Winston Ou Born
He was the cutest little baby boy I ever sight eyes on, with a perfect little tuft of black hair sprouting out of the top of his head. -
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Danya's Trip to the East Coast
Went to Boston, some parts of Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York with my parents and sister. -
Dad Starts Zapya
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Dad Works At Zapya
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Little Genius Speech Competition (1st Place)
I went in, expecting that not only would I be embarrassed horribly, I would also get the worst scolding of my life from my mom. On the contrary, I won first place for a speech I had prepared the night before, and got $100 in Barnes and Nobles gift cards from my teacher. So procrastination works, after all! -
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Danya Attends Redwood Middle School
The three years at Redwood are filled with so much fun and so many fond memories. Friends debating whether or not The Great Gatsby is a good read or a great one, enemies finally coming to terms that they are not that different, and a library, where one can simply hide between the shelves and enter the world of Shadowhunters and mythological beasts. Oh, what a great two years (so far).......... -
James Logan HI (4th Place)
This was a speech that I had prepared countless times, constantly repeating the same parts over and over again. I hadn't expected to "break semis," or get into the semi finals, let alone win something. After all, my speech had no flow whatsoever (it was the randomness speech there ever was) and all I could do were some last minute modifications that seemed to do nothing at all to improve the script. Oh, well. -
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USOMC International Piano Competition Finalist
My teacher has never been very concerned with music competitions, and so this was the first of only three tournaments that I ever entered. -
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Mom's Italy Trip
Took a cruise throught the Mediterranean with her parents; visited Athens, Rome, Caserta, Sorrento, Capri, and Istanbul. -
Harker Invitational Speech Hi (1st Place)
Piece: Regina Flector Wins the Science Fair http://idebate.blogspot.com/2009/11/national-junior-forensic-league.html -
CMTANC Piano Competition Finalist
Same case with the teacher-doesn't-like-competitions idea, except this time I prepared a piece that she thought was competition-worthy, and sent me off to compete against people who had come from around the world. Of course, I just had to mess up onstage during the final round. -
Burnett Middle School Invitational Impromptu 5th Place
The same script as last time, and yet I did so much worse. I blamed it on nerves or too much sugar, but the reality was, I hadn't practiced for three weeks. Boy, would my coach be mad! -
Ms. Coleman's Ravenous Reader Award :)
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+lord+of+the+rings+ring&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=uKoGVJ_tGujQiwKom4DADA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=649#facrc=_&imgrc=xrY69nVdUCrYNM%253A%3BLE95KpLxqrtsLM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.zastavki.com%252Fpictures%252Foriginals%252F2013%252FMovies__037523_.jpg%3Bh Didn't seem like that big of a deal to anybody else, but I took satisfaction in the fact that all those books, all those words and phrases crammed into my already-cluttered brain, had been documented. -
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Danya's Trip to Italy
Went to Rome, Florence, Venice, Sorrento, Capri, and Caserta, respectively. -
Cousin Wesley Ou Born
