My highlights for 2009: Opportunities to speak and meet nice people -I spoke at the Huntington Beach MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group of about 60 women. How nice to see so many young moms fellowshipping together. I can totally relate to all the questions they asked. For me to give them answers now is easy. […]
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, […]
I found this on the Huffington Post by Donna Estes Antebi to be rather insightful. Here is an excerpt. The post is worth reading in its entirety. What I am finding shocking is the ever-increasing parade of smiling women waving their “I slept with Tiger” emails in search of their 15 minutes of fame. How […]
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? […]
Thanksgiving came too fast this year. I got my autumn decorations up a few days before Thanksgiving. Now only a week and a half later I had to take them down. It’s also easy to let Christmas go by too quickly without taking the time to decorate the house. Is it worth the trouble? Why […]
I can’t think clearly to craft out a post, so here are some of my thoughts I just want to jot down. 1. I don’t know if I am really nice or I just don’t want to bother with conflict. I don’t usually care if I am on the short end because I figure life […]
Much of what we do is dependent on what other people do. I have a real estate transaction scheduled to close next week. But most likely it will not close on the scheduled date because the closing depends on another closing that is being delayed. Delays in closing are no surprise in real estate because […]
In church service today, my pastor said something like, in today’s society, it is really hard for people to be thankful. There is always something more or something better than what we have. It’s hard to be satisfied. The saddest people are the ones who get what they really want, and find it unsatisfying. When […]
On my way to get some blood work done at Kaiser today, I saw a very angry man get out of his car in the middle of the street, stalked to the car behind him, and kicked the guy’s car. The older man in the car looked terrified. I was worried there would be a […]
I’ve been studying the book of Ruth. It’s a beautiful story with a good ending – the only kind of story that I like. But in between, God adds some excitement to this love story between Ruth and Boaz that has us holding our breath anxiously waiting for the final outcome. Well, of course, since […]
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 […]
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 […]
I had the opportunity to present 2 workshops to parents this past Saturday. Talking to other parents to share my experiences as a parent and knowledge that I’ve learned from my studies is something that I’ve been wanting to do. I’ve been looking for more opportunities to do workshops like this. When I had 40 […]
What do you do when you experience personal pain in your life? What if you were going through a personal crisis – depression, deep anger and bitterness, struggle with a sin, hurt, lost of your faith? Do you have friends and family with whom you can be totally honest? Can you tell anyone what 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 […]
“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 […]
I remember having heart palpitations since junior high. As an adult, I asked my doctor about it, wore a 24-hour heart monitor, and was determined to have Premature Ventricular Complex or PVC. Whenever I go see the doctor and my pulse routinely checked, the nurse is often baffled by my irregular heartbeat. The doctor would […]
Before the days of cherry-flavored additives, medicine used to taste bad. My mom used to give us the medicine in one spoon, and quickly with another spoon stick some sweetened condensed milk in our mouth to get that yucky taste out. I actually looked forward to the medicine to get the sweetened condensed milk! To […]
Here’s another thought I had about George Muller. His first desire was to be a missionary. He left Prussia to go to England to receive training to reach the Jews, with the intention of going to Russia after his training. However, while in England, he saw the great needs there and decided he can share […]