It's 2:53 am on Friday now. Wow, I can watch numerous BPL, Bundesliga and MLS matches in 24 hours. Ok, don't get me wrong, I still love watching Football and plan to catch Seahawks' 2nd preseason game at Chiefs tonight. Watching the following clip, I just learned that Chase Daniel is a backup quarterback for Kansas City. The reason I paid attention to it was that I watched several games he played years ago for college football especially when Missouri played Illinois but never followed up his NFL career.
Before falling into sleep, I watched two replayed playoff matches of UEFA Champion League, in the first one, Valencia beat Monaco at home. It's glad to watch a Allsvenskan team in the second match, Malmo lost to Celtic in Scotland but the final scores were not bad, they may have chance to win at home and proceed.
Xiaohai, who used to work for my parents' businesses decades ago and eventually his family became our extended family members, called my dad last night. He had told us that Lands Evaluation Company hired by Chinese Administration of National Lands still didn't approve our compensation plan, so we were suggested to write a letter to Beijing Municipal Government and other two local governments to push. As we heard, some governmental organizations had urged that company to approve. However, it might be a game they are playing. My dad worked for State Department in Zhongnaihai before, he had some connections but I don't want him to make too much effort, he is already 83 years old. Eventually, I may need to go through legal processes to get my compensations. Though it has dropped from 2M to current agreed amount, I will still be able to pay off the mortgage for our primary residential house, secure all of my son's college expenses in the next 3 years, buy a new car. I may retire after my son gets a job or is admitted by a PHD program then. If I really can do it, I will travel all over the world for two years, then become a part time consultant. Let's see. Dennis fixed the blocked pipe under the sink in our kitchen. He is super. My dad told me that he used a small tool connected to hot water to jet into the pipeline, then applied sort of acid, the problem was gone in 20 minutes. Wow, it was all because of a smart idea he had.
I love my lifestyle as I always say. However, recently, I kept watching the video clips I took in Sweden every night. I snapped this one after we checked in Radisson Blu Skycity inside Arlanda between Terminal 4 and 5. At that moment, I went out of the terminal to be ready to return our car to Hertz. As soon as I exited the door, very harsh thunderstorm suddenly poured down, there hadn't been any indicator it would come.
I am still wondering what my life would be like if I hadn't left 19 years ago. It's in my plan to live in Stockholm for a year after I retire. I never experienced Winter in Stockholm but will do. I will finish my diary for the final 3 days in Stockholm. As I said, I don't want to wrap it up in hurry but will write more artistically. Before this trip in last month, I only flew out from Arlanda once but never flew in because I normally flew to Copenhagen in 90s. The clip is my last impression of today's Sweden, it is still very harmonious.
It's 4am now, since I didn't go to gym last night, I will be there at 5am as soon as it opens...
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