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a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp2.blogger.com/_dHmav2z1o1o/RqIz0ccVxaI/AAAAAAAAAq4/F7KnwD6kfPs/s1600-h/CIMG0147.JPG”img style=”cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp2.blogger.com/_dHmav2z1o1o/RqIz0ccVxaI/AAAAAAAAAq4/F7KnwD6kfPs/s320/CIMG0147.JPG” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089687504963356066″ border=”0″ //abr / There is so much to do in the city it’s overwhelming. We really should have planned on several extra days. Not that we need to try to do everything in one trip, it’s just that we want to do so much more.br /Had fun at the Childrens museum yesterday. More pics coming soon.

There is so much to do in the city it’s overwhelming. We really should have planned on several extra days. Not that we need to try to do everything in one trip, it’s just that we want to do so much more.
Had fun at the Childrens museum yesterday. More pics coming soon.

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Microsoft-Change-World-Entrepreneurs/dp/0061121088/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1818356-0365248?ie=UTF8s=booksamp;qid=1184817904sr=8-1″img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_dHmav2z1o1o/Rp7gxzT6L8I/AAAAAAAAAqw/mqCO6ymn590/s320/bookcover.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088751775167164354″ border=”0″ //abr /Amazing what a little time off work will do for my attention span and time to read. Just finished another book that I really enjoyed. a href=”http://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Microsoft-Change-World-Entrepreneurs/dp/0061121088/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1818356-0365248?ie=UTF8s=booksamp;qid=1184817904amp;sr=8-1″Leaving Microsoft to Change the World/a is a great book by a former (reformed) executive who wanted to give more meaning to his life. Having made a good living from stock and early entry into Microsoft allowed the author, John Wood to leave his job (pre sept 11th crash) and find more meaning in his life. It all started with one soul searching vacation in Nepal where he met a man from a remote village and talked about how the children there were eager to learn but had NO resources. He pledged to this man to come back with books for these kids, which he did.br /John Wood fell so in love with this program that he quit his job at Microsoft and started a href=”http://www.roomtoread.org/”Room to Read. /abr /This book takes you through the journey of starting a non profit, building schools and libraries in Nepal and then taking it to many other countries. He talks of some interesting characters, in particular, Vu, who would work nights in a hotel and was studying several languages at once in Viet Nam so that he could have opportunity. He was also teaching himself computers for a better future. Amazing.br /This book was very uplifting and encouraging about the future of our world. John Wood certainly has a perspective we all could use to build a better world and certainly change the global perception of what Americans are all about.br /As always, I would never ask you to donate to something I didn’t find a good cause and have donated myself. This is a good one and a good read.

Amazing what a little time off work will do for my attention span and time to read. Just finished another book that I really enjoyed. Leaving Microsoft to Change the World is a great book by a former (reformed) executive who wanted to give more meaning to his life. Having made a good living from stock and early entry into Microsoft allowed the author, John Wood to leave his job (pre sept 11th crash) and find more meaning in his life. It all started with one soul searching vacation in Nepal where he met a man from a remote village and talked about how the children there were eager to learn but had NO resources. He pledged to this man to come back with books for these kids, which he did.
John Wood fell so in love with this program that he quit his job at Microsoft and started Room to Read.
This book takes you through the journey of starting a non profit, building schools and libraries in Nepal and then taking it to many other countries. He talks of some interesting characters, in particular, Vu, who would work nights in a hotel and was studying several languages at once in Viet Nam so that he could have opportunity. He was also teaching himself computers for a better future. Amazing.
This book was very uplifting and encouraging about the future of our world. John Wood certainly has a perspective we all could use to build a better world and certainly change the global perception of what Americans are all about.
As always, I would never ask you to donate to something I didn’t find a good cause and have donated myself. This is a good one and a good read.

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