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....

Vote YES on Prop. 8

I believe Marriage is between One Man + One Woman as God intended.

The man said,
"This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man."
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

-Genesis 2:23~24

On my wedding day 3 years ago I had made an beautiful promise to my Wife and in front of God that I the man and my wife the woman has become one for the rest of my life and I intend to keep it.

50,000 MILES

One of my daily routine is drive in L.A. traffic. As I was drive home tonight, I notice my odometer break 50,000 miles. It was a record because I have never put these many mileages within 2 1/2 year of owning the car, and it is the most driving I have ever driven within such of short time. 50,000 miles represent a lot of time spend in the car, and it shows how much money I distributed to the oil company. It also shows how much frustration I have at this moment of my life, but what it does not show is many many many hours I spend with my Lord. Listen to his words, praise him and converse with him. So, many thanksgiving to the 50,000 miles.

GoodBye 2007 & Happy New Year 2008

It has been a long long time since I last update my blog. Life has been really crazy for me ever since Zoya was born, and my priority changes as my blog falls off to the bottom of my To-Do-List. Anyway, 2007 was a real busy and fruitful year for the Hsien family. There are many many things to be thankful, the new addition to the Hsien family; my wife and family's support and love; Joyfruit fellowship; Wednesday prayer meetings; new job at MRA; super long commute that brought me closer to my God.
Now, it is time to say goodbye to 2007 with a grateful heart and welcome 2008 with great expectations. So Happy New Year to everyone !!!

How cute......

Say Hi to My Baby Girl !!!

Praise the Lord my God, Zoya has finally come to this world after 39 weeks of waiting. It was quite an experience for the past two days in the hospital, and few hours of sleep for Janice and I.
It is a strange feeling when I first saw Zoya poping out of Janice, but it is also such an amazing phenomena to see a brand new life come to this world. It again reminded me how great my God is, and He has been good to me.......
Both of my girl did such a wonderful job, and I am really thankful for all the friends and familys' support and prayers.
So, everyone say hi to my brand new baby girl..... : )

O.M.G.

After a long long long wait, DaThrill has finally done it.
He finally poped the question to Syd. From what I understood, Syd did not hesitate to answer the question ( Janice and I had trained her well) , and let me say that she gave a good answer.
Congrad to DaThrill and Syd.
The only question now is deciding who is Will and who is Bigwill in the family...
haha, I am really happy now....

Job Search Ends Today !!!

Tuesday I went interviewed with Marmol Radziner & Associates in Santa Monica. As soon as I walked in into their office I felt right at home. MRA does mostly residential projects and they also have their own construction team as well as interior and landscape, plus they have a great architectural library and it was right in front of the reception area. I met with Chris & Annette for my interview and it went really well. Apparently, they liked me too, because I got a call from Annette this afternoon, and they are offering me a full time position with salary that I never imaged............yeah baby, praised Lord, my job searching ends now, and I am starting Monday......wahahaha
( MRA Website ).

No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame - Psalm 25.3
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him - 1 Corinthians 2.9

Happy Birthday !

Jason is my best friend in high school, and it was the first time in ten years that I was able to go to his birthday party. It was a hard decision when I have to move to North Cali after high school, but finally I am back now....We been through a lot, and there are so many fun memories..........
Happy Happy Birthday Bro!

New Soccer Shoes

Ever since I moved back, the guys at church asked me to joint their soccer team, and they usually practice in the Sunday afternoon. I was a bit hesitate in the beginning since I had bad back, and running usually make it hurts. But the guys keep inviting me, so I went. After the first time playing, my body was sore for a entire week and I can barely walk. It took me two weeks before I can walk straight. It did take me a while before my body was used to all the running and kicking, and after my 4th time playing I decided it is time to invest in a real soccer shoes. I have been wearing my K-swiss and it is not exactly great for grass running and kicking. So here it is, new addition to my limited shoe collection.........
I tried my red hot shoes out this afternoon. Guys are making comments about me running a lot faster, and it felt great. The only drawback of running faster is now my knees are sore.......looks like I am getting old.........

This is my Baby Girl !!

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

Your Eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Psalm 139

Job Searching

It is the end of March, and I have been jobless for almost four month now. It was weird at beginning because I am not used to dayz without having to go to office. Then I get used to it, I learn how to use my free time, and it was great. Now I am a bit worried since everything else has been settled down in L.A., except for my job.
One of a potential job offer did not worked out yesterday, and I was kindda bummed out. I was bummed not because it could be pretty good offer, but because I am not sure what God want me to do. I am not sure why He wants me to wait for so long, and I am getting too much info from above...........
sighhhhhh.....it remind me of Yao's song "等待是多麼的無耐"..........
However, I am really thankful that Janice and everyone around me has been super supportive when I was down, and I have to say, the prayer's meeting every Wednesday is real help too. It kept me in-check weekly, and recharges my battery.

since I'm home a lot, I met my new best friend "Browney"

Getty Museum

Today is the Boyz daytrip & Girls Shopping Trip day. Originally we were all going to the Getty Museum near down town, but the girls in da house decided that shopping is more important than the art appreciations at the last minutes. So it was up to us boyz to finish what was planned.
The day started with a quick stop at the Disney Concert Hall at down town L.A..

After few photos taken and quick glance of the gift shop, we headed towards today's main attraction-the Getty.

It was a good day to visit Getty cause there is not too many people. However, the current galleries are not so exciting. The botanical garden is far more interesting, and I took a lot good photographs with the nice weather out. To enjoy the nice weather, little uncle and I grab an icy-cold beer and seating outside cafe. Uncle shared a lot of his wild story when he was young, and I had great time sharing my thoughts in life.
After the Getty, we headed toward Santa Monica Beach to avoid afternoon traffic. As soon as we pulled near Santa Monica, the fog covered the nice weather. It made me feel like back in S.F., and it felt nice. We walked around Promenade and stopped by the Starbucks then we headed back for Chino Hills.
Before we took off, the girls called after their exhaustion of shopping all day. They asked us if we want a in-n-out burger, but we decided we want fresh burgers, so we went ourselves. With nice and juicy burgers in hand, it ended the boyz trip on a good finish note!!!!

( Getty Trip Photos ).

L.A. Traffic !!!

Praise the Lord, after few weeks of waiting and changing, I finally have the two interviews scheduled for today.
The first interview is with The De Stefano & Partners, Ltd. at down town L.A..I woke up a bit earlier to prepare so I can face the famous L.A. traffic Jam. It was a surprise even though I know it’s coming, the actual traffic experience is quite different shock. What can I say.......it was a lot of cars. It took me one hour and forty minutes to roll thirty-five miles, and it was just one way. Lord please give me the strength if I have to do it everyday.....hahaha.
The interview with Doug at De Stefano went real well and I think Doug would be a real good mentor. However they don't have an immediate full time position, so I am keeping my finger crossed.......
After the interview, I had lunch with Jason in a pasta place near by. Thanks to Jason put in a good word for me so I can get this interview. After lunch, I still have four hours to kill before the next interview, so I decided to check out the L.A. public library right across street from the office.
Before I know it, it was 5:30, so I left the library & heading for my next interview-Marina Del Ray. And guess what, it took me solid one hour to drive seventeen miles from down town. Oh my Goodness............
I met Wolf and Martin at Bau 10, LLC., and I think they really like my works. Wolf and Martin are two young guys from Germany, and they do a lot of contemporary house up in the Hollywood mountains. They are really funny and I really enjoy the interview. The only thing is the salary I am asking for is a bit higher than what they have in mind, but I think my good work and experiences will be worth the extra bucks, whaha. Before I took off, they told me I should check out their local bars and restaurant near by so I won't have to stuck with traffic, but I am not sure I wanna drink by myself in any bars. So I passed the offer and Janice agrees with me. Since it is close to 7:30 when I left Marina Del Ray, it is pretty smooth all the way back to Chino Hills.
I am really thankful that both interview went really well, and I met all the really nice people today. The hard part is to decide which place I should work for, and the L.A. traffic jam when commute hours comes......................

Remember Jeff Ma !

( Remember Jeff Ma website ).

I cannot believe my ears when Janice told me that Jeff Ma had passed away last week. Then all the news on TV confirmed this unfortunate event. Even though I don't know Jeff personally, but I know Yao Yao & his family has getting pretty close with Jeff for the past year. I am not too familiar with Jeff's music but I really respect his devotion to Christian music and spread God's good new through his music. I am really bummed out because we lost a great leader and an artist in the Chinese Christian Music, just when things are taking off. But I also believe God has greater plans in front of us just like when Joshua take over and lead the Israelis when Moses passed away. The sudden death of Jeff also reminded me how little control we have in our life, and how unreliable these worldly things are.

The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
the Lord is enthroned as King forever.
The Lord gives strength to his people;
the Lord blesses his people with peace,
Because the Lord is the answer to our suffer
and he knows our deepest desires and secret.
When we summit ourselves to him completely,
the Lord will reveal the secret of life and release the power from heaven.

In His Time

It has been over a month since Janice and I moved back to L.A., but it felt like three months for me. Especially for the last few days, most of the things on my " To Do" list have been done. Day goes by real fast, yet I felt I done nothing and it is not a good feeling.
One thing I picked up since I moved back is Wednesday's prayer meeting at church. So far I had learned how to 禱讀, how to speak in tongue, and how to receive Holy Spirit. It makes my bible reading and spiritual understanding a lot easier. Tonight, as I was sharing my thoughts I realized that God wants me to take little moment and be quiet in front of him. In the mist of moving, quitting jobs, looking for new job, and baby is coming, he is still working his magic. I have to admit that it is harder for me not to do anything than do a lot of things. I think it is also strange feeling that I know He is speaking to me, but I am not sure if I have received the message right. I guess in time things will be revealed and hopefully my spiritual sense will be more developed.
I am real bummed that my interview was scheduled for tomorrow just got pushed back, the question in my mind is " what are you trying to tell me?". Strange thing is I am not worried about getting a job (even though I should be)............

2001 BMW M3 for Sale ( NEW LOWERED PRICE) !!!!

Dear friends,
here is 2001 BMW M3 for sale, please pass the word out to anyone who might be interested.
thanks in advance.

Price: $30,000
Body Style: Coupe
Mileage: 72,250
Exterior Color: Laguna Seca
Interior Color: Black
Engine: 3.2L 6 Cylinder
Tansmission: Manual
Drive Type: 2 wheel rear drive
VIN: WBSBL93412JR13763

There are also many modifications such as Tein Coilover, exhaust system, Air intake system, Brembo brakes, Navigation system...too many to list. Just come by and take a look.

brush on, brush off!!!

After 5 days of moving, cleaning, and brushing. Janice and I finally move in into our new room. It is a lot of work for just one 10x10 room, but it will be all worth it when my newborn baby comes. Praise the Lord that Janice and I went to the O.B. today in Azuza, and baby are doing good so far. More tests will be needed on the next visit, but things are finally falling into places. It kind of put our entire moving story toward the end, and our lives gradually settles to this new L.A. environment. One thing interesting worth mentioning is painting. It takes a lot patience and careful work for masking and taping the walls, and it takes a lot strength and consistency during painting. It reminds me the lesson in the Karate kid............