Presentation given as Flash Talk at Automattic Meetup in Seaside on September 2010 Presentation is supposed to be Pecha Kucha style. But due to preparation constraints, it's given as a short form. Automattic is the company I work for. The company is distributed worldwide and once a year we gather at a remote location and meet face-to-face. This year, all the employees are taking a little time during the meetup to compose and give at least one presentation for each other, talking about any subject we are passionate about. I started writing this talk a couple years back, and I have never found a venue to actually deliver it. Matt, claims that, “You will not find a friendlier group of people to present to in the world” and that “Everybody has a story.” This is mine. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Broken Jewel
Pecha Kucha ( )
Sepember 12, 2010
Automattic Meetup, Seaside, Florida

2. It begins with a phone call…

3. My brother and I are very close
Video/Audio:
Photos of me and my brother.
Broken Jewel terry chay,

4. The Eulogy

5. My brother’s
story…
“Teresa Chay is a biophysicist who
suffers from arrhythmia. She developed
the condition as a child after rheumatic
fever damaged two heart valves. Surgery
seven years ago replaced the valves, but
she still takes daily medication and
occasionally needs to rush to the
hospital for electrical pulse treatment.”

6. “The Heart of the Matter.”

7. inspire to work harder
Mom and Ken at the USAir terminal
Video/Audio:
My brother says he inherited laziness from our father and guilt
from our mother. Those two sides are at war.
Mom laughing
Video/Audio:
Every time he thinks, “This is too tough,” he looks up and sees
that article about my mom.
Broken Jewel terry chay,

8. Mom and Ken
Video/Audio:
My brother became a professor of economics because of my mother.
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9. The Civil Rights act and the
Medicare Act
Blacks White
Number of Post-Neonatal Infant Deaths due to Diarrhea and Pneumonia by Race
400
300
200
100
1955 1957 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1974

11. My mom the professor
Mom as a Post-Doc
My mom did her high school in three years, her undergraduate in three, and
her Ph.D. in two years. (They put a residency requirement at Utah after she
left.)
Mom as a professor
My earliest memories of mom were her working in front of the computer,
dialing a phone, and connecting it to a 150 baud acoustic coupled modem
connected to a teletype, as I parked my matchbox cars on the upright
piano.
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12. My story…
Me at Singer Learning Center
I used to tell everyone, “My Mommy works there.” every time I saw a building
at the University of Pittsburgh. (Or any building that reminded me of one.)
Me with Mom
My mom’s favorite story she used to tell her students.
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13. My worst enemy

14. Dreams of Death

15. Who is on the other side of the camera?
Video/Audio:
So far the story has only mentioned three members of the family…
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16. My Dad’s Story
Sometimes he remembers to set
up the tripod and the timer.

17. So about that surgery…
Mom and Dad
During the second open-heart surgery, her heart didn’t restart. My mom was
under the knife for 18 hours. They thought she might be a vegetable.
Mom and Dad
My dad spent the days at my mom’s bed in the ICU recounting the day.
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18. You forgot something…

19. My Jewel

20. The Broken Jewel

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