OMG, it’s complicated

It is about my Kindle — in fact, Kindles. I have three Kindles at home. One for my son, and a Kindle DX and a Kindle 2 for me. I use Kindle DX for mostly for papers and articles, and Kindle 2 for my pleasure reading.

Although both my son and I really enjoy Kindles, we had defective screen problems with them. My son’s Kindle showed black mark on the screen twice. Each time, Amazon sent a replacement immediately as a warranty service. However, the person who processed the second replacement made a mistake and charged for it. I called Amazon to ask them to cancel the charge. Instead of cancelling the charge, the person that I spoke to process it as a refund. The problem, however, that he refunded a wrong Kindle — my Kindle, not my son’s, which was bought using my school’s account. So, they charged to my personal card and refunded to my school. God knows why he did it, but eventually, we sorted out this mess. Another Amazon person apologized for the inconvenience and I thought all the problems have been resolved.

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Link to May 9 Archive

In my short interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, I mentioned an archive of the e-mail messages that we exchanged on May 9, 2003. I learned that it was not just me who browsed through the archive when the news about Virginia Tech shooting broke out. The messages show solidarity, love and care more than anything … Read more

campus shooting

Yesterday’s shooting at Virginia Tech is just horrible. I just learned that the shooter was a 1.5 generation Korean-American. I feel so sorry for those who suffer from this tragedy. I just hope and pray something good will come out of this incident. It reminds me of the afternoon of May 9, 2003. I just … Read more