June 28, 2006, 12:35am

My advisor said he had something to give me. I said, "More work?"

He gave me a "2006 World Cup" mug from Germany. :)

He said, he promised to give me a mug after reading my story about my mother throwing away my mug that my kindergarten teacher gave me.

She made me so mad that day. I went home and didn't see my mug. It was with me for at least 20 years. She said it had a crack. I knew but it's not leaking. Even if it was leaking, I might just use it as a pen holder. Yet she threw it away without asking me.

She's just destructive. Doing things that cannot be reversed. No undo.

It's just an ordinary mug if it's not a gift from my kindergarten teacher. I forgot who that was or what year. Probably it's my graduation. It had a white background with a picture of birdview of a brown house in the middle of green. The bottom said it's made in Japan.

That mug can never be replaced but I may not be able to get other things without losing it.