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The Birth of my Second Daughter

The Birth of my Second Daughter It is about one and a half years ago. I was appointed to work overseas for service intervention to one of our customers in Vietnam. The customer’s machine got a problem and I came to the site to repair it. The machine was under warranty. At the same time my wife was pregnant for second time. I estimated that the work would be done maximum one week. But something wrong happened. I could not detect the cause of problem. It was out of my prediction and previous experience. Then, I called head office to send a colleague and special equipment to find a cause of damage. I predicted that I had to stay at site for about two week more till the job finished. One week for waiting my colleague and one week for executing the service. After my colleague come, I resumed the service intervention together with him. In a mid of work, I got a call from my wife that the baby was born. Oh my God. I felt happy, I was felt homesick, I cried and I needed to see my baby soon. But I had to finish my work. Thanks God, all the work could be finished soon. I rushed the hotel and packed the things into my luggage and flied to my country. What a happy time. This is my great experience in my life that I can not imagine before. As a man, as a father, I get a new task to take responsibility in saving my family by any means.

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