Jr. came to America for a short visit on Mother's Day.

I have to admit that his visit has brought us a surprise with
unexpected joy and full of happiness. Nowadays, not all
young people has the mentality of Chinese filial piety. He is
particularly rare that remind me of the lyric in the Sound of
Music, we must have done something good.
Not only the distance from Tokyo to SF more than 6,000 miles
flight it was that that even he has been that busy day-in and day-out
flight from Tokyo to Fukuoka Kyushu Osaka he still managed
to have a couple of days with his parents. I know Mari is happy but
would not express it by good mouthing. Well, I am a little bit
Americanized and would not mind expressing it.

Saturday usually our motel must be busy but for the sake our Jr.
we closed office. We went to SF together enjoying family gathering.
He asked what I would like to have for dinner. I preferred Prime-rib
and he did Google checking and found the best resturant "Out Back" 
Steak House in Bay area.
We had to wait in line for 40 minutes for the delicacy.
He did all the driving, my goodness, I almost lost my hobby of
sports car and he was taking after me. He talked about
Nissan GTR and looked on-line about buying a new M car himself.
"Oodosan wa mageita." I was jocking to Jr. that when I was at his
age I could barely make both ends meet. I am glad that he has
surpassed his old man's accomplishment!

Thanks God, what I have been expecting that our second generation
would do better than his predecessor, he proved it.
That is the advancement of the time. He did not disappoint me.

【世界日報╱紐約時報十八日訊】 2008.05.19 09:17 pm

哈佛大學與紐約市立大學做的一項10年研究發現，紐約地區移民的成年子女快速進入主流社會，教育程度和收入都比他們的父母好得多，華裔第二代甚至比土生土長的同年齡美國白人好。 但該報告也指出，多明尼加裔持續面臨的貧窮和學業成績較差，以及對來自加勒比海地區非裔的歧視，阻礙他們向社會上層移動。 研究的主要對象是華裔、多明尼加裔、俄國猶太裔，以及來自南美洲和西印度群島的移民。研究人員訪問該地區土生土長白人、非裔和波多黎各人作比較。研究結果詳述於本月出版的「城市傳承：移民子女時代的來臨」 (Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age)。 該研究指出，華裔和俄裔第二代成人的高中和大學教育程度比例，比在美國出生的同年齡白人高，收入和他們一樣多。研究報告的作者群表示，難以解釋「華裔年輕人的學業成就和收入最高的原因，因為他們父母的社會地位通常較低。」 但該書指出，華裔有相當團結緊密的社群，「富有和貧窮的華裔有高度社會關係網。」