David Quach

I thought I'd take a moment to blog about my dad because he's pretty awesome. This past Friday, he and my brother Mike, who I'm also grateful for, helped me move out of yet another apartment. Since I was a freshman in college, my dad has broke his back to help me move all my furniture. For the two years at Davis, he has driven 6 hours to and from to move me in and move me out. Then two more years at UCLA, and he thought we were done. Little did he know, I would go to business school and have to move AGAIN! And moving me out hasn't been easy. We have to rent or borrow a van, carry heavy beds, unscrewing and reassembling furniture, etc. At times, I don't do a great job packing and he'll have to repack my things. Then of course, he does most of the unpacking and cleaning afterward.

My sister can attest to how great and helpful my dad is. He's been retired and has come over to my sister's house in Encino every week day to help her watch Alexis since the day she was born. That's a 30 mile drive, in traffic, to and from Monterey Park.


He is an awesome grandpa to Alexis and she LOVES him! They play together, he gives her baths, changes her poopy diapers and they talk in this weird language that only the two of them can understand.

It's funny, my dad and I do bump heads sometimes, probably because we are a lot a like. My sister says we are twins (we even have the same hands and feet, which he is very proud of). We sometimes get into fights because we're both so stubborn (but my dad is way more stubborn than I am). I also get my sense of urgency from him. We both do things really quickly and are always in a hurry. It's funny because my mom and brother are SUPER slow and SUPER careful. Candace is somewhere in the middle. We also mumble a lot and sometimes let our tempers get the best of us. But I think I have also inherited a lot of his good qualities.

Here's a list of some of the many reasons I love my dad:

• He's thoughtful and considerate
• He's very selfless - he will only eat the leftovers and won't have the "new" food until everyone has had enough
• He cooks and cleans and takes awesome care of me and my family - he cooks dinner for my mom every night and waits for her to get home so they can eat together
• He's such a dorky big kid, especially when he's playing with Alexis

Here's a video of us singing to Alexis where you can see how funny my dad is: