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I can not believe how much icecream I had eaten during the 40 day trip. I am used to never eat any icecream or sweet until I met Janice 10 years ago. And gradually she has convert me into a icecream eating machine. So who says guys will never change?

May God's love be as sweet as icecream in Janice and my life every single day ! : )


( ICECREAM SHOTS ).

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Venice, Italy -— the most romantic place I ever been in my entire life. I have read and hear from people that how nice Venice is, but I have my doubt until I was there myself. The entry to the Venice train station is quite dramatic too, it was 2 hours train ride from Florence. For 2 hours it was just ordinary ride with ordinary country scene outside the window until 5 minutes before arrive Venice. The horizon just seems to disappear all the sudden, and there is nothing else but the sea outside the window. The train was riding in the middle of the sea as it was floating on top of water. I once heard that you will fall in love with any person you went to Venice with, and it was noexaggerationn (for the brothers and sisters who is praying for their second half, praying and bring the person to Venice will be your best bet, trust me!!!). The water way instead of street, the boat instead of cars, and the moon light above all the ancient buildings. It was just perfect environment for love, and I am so glad that Janice was right next to me when we were there. We also saw a newly-wed couple on the gondola as we are crossing the bridge, and it was sooooooo lovely and romantic that made me want to get marry in Venice again (to the same girl of course).

Amazing Race 2

Remembering wathing the TV series Amazing Race, and see the couples argue and fight during the race appear silly to me. I always thought to myself how can a small mistake like making a wrong turn in the parking lot could ever become a vicious fight between any couple. Guess what! I totally understand it now after spending every single 40 days with Janice on the trip, and now I understand why it is called the Amazing Race. I think it is more about relationships between teammates more than any of the amazing place or game ever shown on the TV.
I had known Janice for over 10 years now, and I thought I know Janice pretty well up til the middle of the trip. I was amazed how different our opinions are on things, and our though process are totally opposite. Like trying to find the way to get to the museum on our metro map. It usually takes couple turns of arguing on how come our way of transferring metro lines are better than each others (but it is what make the trip interesting.....I guess........). So we end up taking turns of looking at the map, and decide how to go where, it kind of work better since only one chief is in the kitchen.....hehehe. But we still got lost all the time since the Europe map does not reflect the exact Europe street, and not all the street have names.......or we could not find the sign of the street name. Man, I have no idea how European find their way to any places.
I also find out Janice and I are noticing different things even when we are looking at the same thing. Janice would notice all the weird sculpture sticking out on the facade of the church, but I would notice the dog shit laying all over the sidewalk and telling Janice to watch out, I ended up the one who step into one after giving warning to Janice : ( and it stinks........However, noticing different things is a good thing since there were couple times I was so lost with the map, and Janice would notice the small sign off the street that direct us to the right place, and I would be like " where is the sign you saw ?" because I still could not see the sign.
One of the valuable thing I gain is that I understand Janice more, and her thought process. Our communication skills are getting better.....I think. I also appreciate Janice more as a companion and travel partner. Maybe one day we can do the Amazing Race on TV, or not, hahahahaha.


Pont du Gard, Roussillon. One of the place we did not get lost : ), thanks to our tour bus driver!!!hahahaha

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Oh mine, can not belive i am actually back in San Francisco tonite. On the way back to the apartment realizing i can actually understand what people next to Janice and I are talking about again (we are not foreigner anymore), it put me back to reality.......my 40 day amazing race has ended. Praise the Lord for all our health and safty during the 40 days, also thank you for all the prayers from all the love ones and friends which has kept janice and I safe and sound. I am also very thankful for Heike and Eric whom are so generous to invite us to be part of their beauitful wedding. Without their kindly invitation, this trip can never be realized so soon. I am also very greatful for the generous couple in Barcelona whom took Janice and me in to their apartment for 4 days, even though we don't know each other for very long (2 weeks to be exact). Pablo and Petra has shown us so much hospitality for those few days in Spain (mucha grazias). Janice and I are really blessed for every single things, events and people we met along each steps we made on this trip. 40 days seems so long yet, went by really fast, and amount of information and ideas i had aquired are so rich and beautiful. Special thanks for Pastor Hsiao and Sydney for their financial contribution to make all this possible ( Syd, i will pay it back one day........)

Euro Trip

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFinallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, BIG WILL is going to Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can not believe it is really happening tomorrow. I know Janice and I have been planning the trip for few month now, but the idea of going to Europe has never feel real in my mind until this Friday, when I went over all the projects I was working on (notice "WAS") with boss at work. It was a great feeling and much of relief. After 7 years of working, it is a great idea that knowing when I wake up on Monday, I DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO WORK!! Plus, I am going to Europe. hohohohohohoh, God is good.....All the time.....Especially this time!!!!
On Saturday, Janice and I are doing the last minute shopping. We got our REI backpack, lock for the backpack, secret security belt for our $ and visa and CF card reader for the camera. Since I will be shooting for Heike & Eric's wedding and I am incharge of all the photo transffering and storing during the trip. I have invest a lot time and money doing research on the best way to store the digital photos and how to transferring the images from the camera to storage. For storage, I choose the Apple Ipod video 30GB with the Apple camera connector. For the convenience of transferring files while still be able to shoot, I got the USB CF card reader from XtraDrive. This way, I can shoot the wedding continuously with my 2 CF cards. For the camera gear, I got a traveler tri-pod from Amazon.com for $8, yeah yeah, I know, it is not the best tri-pod but I do not have to worry about it get stolen or break it during the trip. I am really excited about this trip because I want to go Europe since college, but there is always something got in the way, and it never happened. I am also a bit worried since Europe is a new world and new language and new culture, but more excited than worried. For all the brother and sisters, please pray for our safety and health during the trip and do not miss me too much (or janice's blogging)!!!

peace out, God bless!!!

( 祝福滿滿的歐洲之旅 ).

Sup Snoop!!!

每次見到 LIVE SIZE ㄉ卡通人物都忍不住要去抱一下, 因為感覺自己好像進入ㄌ卡通世界. 記得 MONSTER INC. 剛上映ㄉ時後, 電影院也有 LIVE SIZE ㄉ SULLEY & MIKE. 我看到ㄉ時候超想把他們帶回家, 可惜太大車子裝不下.........