H1N1

Recently a hot topic among the parents is "getting the H1N1 shot". For some reason I am hesitate to get the vaccine for my family. I guess the news and the media really hyped up the situation for the reason of getting people noticed and get their vaccine. In the mist of all the news and lack of vaccine, Psalm 91 came up to my mind and it says:

He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.
You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.
You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,
Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high.
You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

I do have fears in my heart that Zoya and Zech could get the H1N1 but didn't God's word meant something if I really believe in the bible? I guess I struggle between my faith and reality and I hope it is not my ego get in the way of my family's well being and health.........

Reenactment

Last night while I was holding Zech and watching TV, Zoya starts to cry in front of the bathroom door. I ran over and thought her finger was caught by the door since the door was closed by Janice. I try to investigate about what happened but Zoya's tears are non stopping. Then Janice came out with big question mark on her face and she joins the investigation but can not get anything out of Zoya either, and we notice her lips is bleeding. After 5 minutes when Zoya was calmed we asked her of what had happened and she starts to explain:

Zoya: Zoya 嘴巴痛痛$%%$%^^^.....
Janice: Zoya 為什麼痛痛？
Zoya: $%%%%^^^&&^....

we are about to give up then I asked

Will: Zoya 可不可以表演ㄧ次剛剛怎麼弄痛痛?

I didnt expect Zoya will understand what I have just asked her, but to my surprise she ran over next to the TV and reenacted exactly how she tripped and fall on her face.....

Will: ..........................
Janice: 阿 Zoya 就在你面前跌倒你怎麼沒看見？
Will:................................(I was thinking: because I was watching TV)

My Little Girl

Ever since Zech was born, Grandma sleeps with Zoya and typically Grandma is "the one" Zoya seeks when she goes to sleep. Since the "usual" person is not in the house tonight and Janice is busy with Zech, I am the only one who is up for the job. Things went well at first but in the end, Zoya still wants her Grandma so I end up holding her and trying to put her to sleep. While holding Zoya I was surprised how big has she become, I felt like she is almost as tall as me. Sigh....the feeling says two thing; One, it has been a long time since I am holding Zoya; Two, Zoya is becoming a big girl and I am getting old.....but no matter what, daddy loves you XOXO

We will make it

It has been the second day since Janice and I are on our own with the 2 pickles. With the 5:30 am feeding and dealing with throw up and giving 2 showers a night is definitely pushing my limit. Although I miss the Wednesday prayer meeting but praise the Lord I did not fall asleep at work. It was really tiring but it felt good that knowing Janice and I can make it on our own, Plus little Zech felt asleep while strapping on me....hehehe. Life is good and sweeeeeet.

Solar Power International 2009

An eye opener at the SPI09, I did not realize how many solar related company are out there....
Go Solar Power !!!!

Tamashii Nation 2009

Life size Sagittarius gold cloth is my dream, what more can I ask for ?

New Ride

07 Honda Odyssey EX-L = Baby Wagon
thanks to Kevin and his co-worker for the great deal.
praise the Lord for hearing my prayer.
still can not believe i am driving such a big car, i guess it takes some time of getting used to !!!!

Milk Monster

7 Weeks
+10 lbs
Drink milk by the pints

Sleepy Baby

Zoya falls asleep while watching Sesame Street on Youtube.....

Fun Drive @ Little Tujunga Canyon Road

Finally finish the video. iMovie is the bomb, without too much of learning and I am pretty happy how it turned out. All the clips take a lot of spaces on my computer, I am not sure what is the best way to archive the clips and be able to use it again if I ever going to need it again......

Lifesize Gundam, Odaiba Tokyo

From fiction to reality, Amuro Ray's RX-78-2 Gundam from the seminal 1979 anime classic "Mobile Suit Gundam" has been brought to life in massive 1/1 scale as an 18-meter-tall (that’s about 60 feet!) monument!
Part of the Green Tokyo Gundam Project, and currently on display at Shiokaze Park on Japan's man-made island of Odaiba in Tokyo, it's a stunning realization of the First Gundam, sporting new additions to its classic design such as sub-nozzles beneath its backpack and incredible mechanical detail throughout, particularly in the elbow, knee, and ankle joints.
--Joseph Tsai, HobbyLink Japan

The Hsien Family

Janice is on her one month "Bed Rest", so Zoya is my full responsibility for a month and it ain't easy to spend all day with a 2 year old. Thanks for grandma and aunties and uncle around, it made my job a lot easier. One of the favorite thing I love to do with Zoya is drawing, and it seems Zoya enjoys dad's drawings too. It always start as Zoya asking "Zoya wanna draw", and it always end as "Daddy does all the drawings and Zoya is watching while stepping on daddy's lap".

New iMac 24"

It has been 5 years since I got my iBook and I have been struggling with the speed and the size of screen for this little laptop. With the technology changing so fast and the demand on streaming video & audio, having a 5 year old machine is really like using a stone tool at today's world. I pretty much just been using my iBook to check emails while reading since the internet is really slow. My heart have been wanting to upgrade to a new mac with a bigger screen for a while now, but due to the recent unemployment (9 month) and the pressure of my second kid's coming, budgeting has been tight. So the idea of buying a new computer just fall waaaaaaaaay off to the bottom of my to buy list. However with selling my MR2, I got some extra cash (sorry Chris, I will pay you back someday) and the hope of getting a new mac becomes more feasible. After some research on eBay for how much I can get if I sold my old iBook and Janice's old PowerMac G4, plus the free shipping and free iPod touch, I can somewhat justify getting a new mac (the bottom line is "the man get what he wants")
So here it is, my second personal mac : )
and good job Steve and apple team !!!

LEGO

Lego has been a big part of my childhood and I think it helps find the architect in me since the early age. One of the best toy I get for Zoya is this Lego set and I love playing Lego with Zoya. I am amazed how little the Lego has changed since my childhood, I guess good thing in life do not change........

Jamba Juice

Finally the summer has come to Los Angeles and I almost forget how hot it gets. Thanks to Jamba juice's buy one get one free deal, it helps Zoya and me endure the hot weather a bit longer. Too bad the deal ends today.....

I Shall Want Nothing In Life

I Shall Want Nothing In Life, Because I Have Everything I Want. Thank You Lord.

ohoh!!!

Janice wants to get some pregnancy photo taken by a professional photographer before our son is born, she figures this might be our last child so she wants to have a good documentation of her big stomach. So she found Jeffrey and we know him from our high school cell group back in the dayz. Everything went very well and little pickle is pretty photogenic for the most part. While we are taking the photo with all 3 of us as a family, Janice and I tries to lift pickle up as she is on the swing. On our last shot, I think I pull a bit higher than Janice, so I felt a click in pickle's elbow. Immediately I know it is not good. I put pickle on the floor and saw her grab her right arm and she started to cry. Pickle usually cries for about 30 second when she get hurts and usually she will be calmed by a good shot of honey water or a cracker, but it did not work this time. I was really worried she could dislocate her elbow, so Janice and I prayed for her and after 10 minutes, poor little pickle finally calmed down and fall asleep. As I checked her elbow and praise the Lord there is no signs of swell in her elbow. On the way home, she actually used her arm to rub her nose, and after seeing that I was really relieved.
It is tough to be a parent seeing your kid got hurt (especially you are the cause of it). I guess I will have to be more careful and remind myself that kids are a lot more fragile than adults.

Car Seat

Why do people need a van or SUV when they have kids?
Thanks for the people in Ferfari that demonstrate the concept of family sports car in style....

God is Good

Ever since I got back from FRTC, Wednesday night is the prayer night for me at the church. There are times I felt like praying, and there are also times I felt like staying home and not go to the prayer meeting. But no matter how I feel, I forced myself to the meeting just because this is what God desires, and it is a time to be close with Him. Praise the Lord that I went to tonight's meeting because one of the brother from my cell group showed up. I have asked him many times to come and join us in prayer meeting and today he showed up (I almost cried inside, hahaha).....I was really encouraged and I can see God will do great things.....
Side Note: I have felt very lonely as not having a spiritual partner at my church. Most of the brother at church are either too young or too old. I often prayed that God can give me someone I can share thoughts and pray with.......

Happy Birthday Grandpa & Chris!!!

Today we went visited Grandpa for his 88th birthday (I can not believe Grandpa is almost 90). We brought a fruit basket instead of typical sugar monster cake, and Grandpa was real impressed by it.
Grandpa went through a lot this year and especially with Grandma being sick. I rarely see him stress in life and he is always smiling every time I see him, so I pray that he can enjoy life every single moment and one day he will turn to Christ.
Anyway, happy birthday Grandpa and wish you become sweeter everyday like Zoya and the fruit basket...

and Chris bro, happy birthday to you too...

A Typical Day In The Park

Ever Since I lost my job, I get to spend a lot more time with Zoya. To kill time, we love going to the parks near by. So, it is just another fine day in the park with Mei Mei.....

Grandma Got Baptized!!!

Grandma got baptized!!!! I still can not believe it. I once heard that the chance for a 82 years old person to convert is one in few hundred thousand. So I guess it could count as a miracle, and all glories to God!!!!
One of my biggest regret last year is that when my grandma (from my dad's side) passed away, she is not a believer and I have never had a chance to tell her how much Jesus loved her.
On 02/05 my grandma checked into the hospital due to her heart and lung condition, and before anyone realized how serious my grandma's heart problem is, we were told she need another heart surgery. For the next few days her condition is getting worse and worse, and my family and I end up taking shift at the hospital to watch over my grandma. One of the hardest thing for me is to preach to my family about Jesus Christ, and with deep Buddhist influence from our culture and countless lost arguments, I have given up taking my religion with my family. But seeing my grandma laying on the bed and feeling much pain, I really do not know what else can I do for my grandma other than praying. So I ask my grandma if I can pray for her, and surprisedly she said yes without any hesitation. At that moment in time, I knew God is taking her heart over and everything felt easy that afternoon.
Few days later, grandma had angiography to evaluate her condition, and the procedure had pushed her condition over and they had to put her on a life support system. For many times I felt that I will never talk to my grandma again, and I wished I had asked her to be baptized so we can meet again in heaven. I start to pray for my grandma every hour and I had never pray so much in my entire life. It seemed God has heard my prayers, on the 15 my grandma is awake and they took the life support off so she can talk to the family while the doctor is looking for a hospital would take my grandma and do the surgery. After church dad, mom, Janice, little Zoya and me went over to the hospital to check out grandma. Dad & mom and me start to pray for grandma over her bed and I had felt a sensation deep in my heart, and after the prayers, I asked my grandma if she want to be baptized. and again, without a hesitation she said yes. She only wants to check with grandpa and he also said sure. So just like that, God has done the impossible........one other thing my grandma asked is "what should I do with the statues at home?".....I was like "I will take care of it and don't worry about it....

70,000 MILES

Last March Little Booie has driven 50,000 miles. Today on the Chinese New Years Eve, as I am driving to moms house, it reached 70,000 miles. Between those 20,000 miles my life has changed so much, and so is the world around me. With the financial disaster and the stock market goes down to the drain, the world are trying to figure out what to do next and how to save their portfolios. God has also shaken my world and pulled me closer to him. It is as he is saying that Himself is my assurance and way out of this financial mess. With my second one on the way, there are so much peace and thanksgiving in my heart. I pray that I will fix my eyes on Him from today til the day we meet again, and praise Him ever and forever more. Cause He is my savior and my rock and my strength. I want to experience himself more often.

2009 FRTC

Due to God's grace I had lost my job and I gain so much more than just two pay-checks each month.
After college, I thought I would never go back to school ever again, but God has his wonderful ways to change my heart. After three weeks at Forerunner Training Center, I have learned so much about Fathers heart and how much he loves me, and also how a real God's children should live their lives.
With three weeks coming to an end, the real challenge begins as I am heading back to L.A. presume my daily life. With holy spirit's help I hope I can apply what was learned at FRTC and live a fuller life.

oh yes, Janice and I both need a hair cut......

Happy New Year 2009 !!!

It has truly been a dramatic yet blessed year in 2008. After 16 years since I came to the States, I finally went back visited my home town Taiwan. It was a culture shock for me after so many years, but after a week of adjusting, I fell in love with this little island again. The trip was also the hardest thing I ever done in my life traveling with an one year old. Thank God we made it back home in one piece and no one was hurt.
With the down turn of the economy, I was laid off on Oct. 26, exactly 18 month from the day I start at Marmol. I truly loved the people and the work I do at Marmol, but deep down I know God pulled this job away from me. Praise the Lord that I have no work and Janice and I are expecting our second child next July. This pleasant surprise is the best gift from God for the new year and of course there are many things and more responsibilities on the way, but somehow I know everything going to be fine and wonderful because He is on the throne of my life. With all the time of the world on my hand now, I get to re-focus my life. Thanks to the 3 day trip to the mountain and many many brothers and sisters prayers and help, I get to learn what is really important in life. It is God - Family - Church - Work.
With the new year ahead, I am going to the 3 weeks Seminary school at Forerunner to start off. I am really excited about the next 3 weeks. It is funny that I told myself that I would never go back to school after Berkeley since I had enough of school of a life time (not that I hate Berkeley, in fact, I really enjoy my 4 years at Berkeley). But God has his funny way of changing people's heart. God has truly be my provider for the past 2 month without work, I am not sure how can I even get by without scratching my head on my finances with big spender as I am. Again, God has his wonderful way to provide, so Praise the Lord my God....