In a previous post I quoted Eric Lidel, the Olympic gold medalist – “God made me fast. When I run, I feel His pleasure.” I like that quote. Lidel says when he does what God gave him the ability to do, God is happy with that. We may be good at something, but it doesn’t […]
Growing up I did not celebrate Christmas with any great meaning. We were not a religious family; Christmas had no significance for us. We merely enjoyed 2 weeks off school and a few presents from relatives. My parents, pragmatic Chinese parents that they were, did not give us presents. (“We give you room and board, […]
My sister asked what my son is going to do after he finishes school this week. He’ll be finished with college. (woohoo!) My dad said, “He’ll work and make money, of course. What else is there?” Is that what life is about? You go to school, work, and make money? What then what after that? […]
Go to my parents website, leave a comment on my review of the Billy Fun Wheels for a chance to win a really cute remote control mini monster truck. We had a lot of fun playing with it. We made an obstacle course and drove Billy around it; we practiced parallel parking Billy; we made […]
Go to my parents website, leave a comment on my review of the Billy Fun Wheels for a chance to win a really cute remote control mini monster truck. We had a lot of fun playing with it. We made an obstacle course and drove Billy around it; we practiced parallel parking Billy; we made […]
My cousin is so cool. Geek of the Week
(UPDATE: Problem solved! Thanks, Elliot, once again.) You will notice that this blog has reverted to a standard theme with no customizations. Something happened a few days ago and I got this dreaded message Error establishing a database connection Then my son moved my content over to another …blah blah blah…some technical jargon…blah blah blah. […]
I woke up at 5:30am this morning to join the commuter traffic to downtown Los Angeles. My appointment was at 8:30am at the County Assessor’s office to appeal my property tax assessed value. I wanted to get there by 8:00 to sign in. Not knowing how long it would take me with unknown amount of […]
When my children ask me to buy them something, I hope they know me well enough to ask me for something that they know I would approve of. I hope they don’t ask me to buy them a video game rated “mature”, or an outrageously risqué outfit. I hope my children understand who I am […]
Back when I was in grad school some 25 years ago, my friends and I began “typing” each other with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. We would all refer to the book “Please Understand Me” to try to understand each other’s personalities, but more often to use it to point out each other’s idiosyncrasies. “Oh, you […]
My mom was a strong person when she was young. She told us she was athletic, liked to swim, and enjoyed going out. She had a lot of friends in Hong Kong. When she immigrated to the US, she raised us four kids in Pasadena without knowing the language here, and without the ability to […]
A few books I read in the past couple of months that I have not recorded here: Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card – Absolutely the last of the series I am going to read. I think I’ve read them all now. Heaven by Randy Alcorn – A hefty book. Some parts were […]
“Hey, what’s that?” My husband suddenly noticed the Pokemon writing decorations on our living room wall…ummm, they’ve been there for the last 5 days. And these are not little decorations. They are about one foot high, stretches about 5 feet across, tacked on the front wall immediately facing you when you enter the room. And […]
About a month ago, my 89-year-old aunt passed away. When I was in about 7th grade, she sewed me a cape, a Sherlock Holmes kind of cape, fully lined, with a zipper in the front, and slits for the hands. With the little bit of fabric left, she made a matching skirt. I kept that […]
I found a box of letters that friends had written to me – when I was in college – 30 years ago! It’s like finding a time capsule. The letters reminded me of things I’ve forgotten about in my own life. I knew that I went to Japan and Hong Kong when I was in […]
On the way back from our trip to Japan, I was pulled aside at airport security at the Narita airport. This happened after I already passed the security system. But apparently they randomly pull people aside for additional check while we were walking down then tunnel into the airplane. The woman security person must have […]
More about our recent trip to Japan: 4. Every morning we had a buffet breakfast at the hotel where we stayed, and each night we stayed in a different hotel. So we experienced a different buffet every morning, but the food offered were very similar. The first impression of every hotel is the large hall […]
I don’t know how many more highlights I can write here, but here are a few more: 2. One of the evenings on the tour we stayed in a Japanese style inn, as our tour guide called it. It’s a modern building equipped with elevators and air conditioning, but the rooms were made to look […]
The last big vacation we took was in 2001 when we went to China and Hong Kong. We’ve been talking about going to Japan for the last 2 years. I really thank God that we were able to go this summer. The best part of any vacation for me is the time spent with my […]
Vacation Bible School is suppose to be for the kids. It’s suppose to help children to know God and to have fun. But more than half of the fun and the learning at VBS is for the helpers. We learn to work together, we learn to be kind and patient, we learn to put aside […]