Yes, work load has been quite heavy lately and amazing enough that all of a sudden, due to some political reasons, we've been asked to stop working for a while...
Yeah, it'll impact our schedule if they don't figure out what to do soon, but oh well. At least it's a good chance for me to take it easy for a while...
I've been meaning to spend some more time to figure out what the heck is wrong with my robo-project. I also want to make some more pillow cases... that are not just rectagular in shape! ;)
Anyway, hopefully weather will be good tomorrow for whale watching... fingers crossed.
We had a good bible study with parents last nite, but I have to confess that I've been slipping on my devotional time lately... just rushing thru the scripture passages and not really reflecting on it much. Reading songs of solomon only made me think of sex more. ;) Wife also doesn't like that book because she thinks Solomon isn't really qualified to talk about love because he has had some many wives...
Whatever, what's more important is that we learn how to really really love! :)
(Song of Solomon 1-8, 175.2 lbs, $2.379)
Friday, February 27, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Getting busy at work lately...
In a way that's good I suppose, considering the current state of our economy, stock market at a 12 year low, 50% off the peak of this year... At least company still pays overtime... so the extra money can't hurt!
We're suppose to go whale watching over the weekend, but the weather was not ideal... for sure the pictures won't turn out well... so we re-scheduled... hopefully weather would be better... the rain and the clouds are really getting annoying now... This is suppose to be LA... not Taipei! ;)
So I took the time over the weekend to try to fix dad's car with the 'magical' steel seal! Not sure if that really fixed dad's car, but at least dad's car appears to be running fine for now! So at least there'd be no more need for us to buy a new car! I'm also afraid of dad driving my old Civic... because I worry that he might break my Civic as well! ;) Poor old dad, always driving my old cars... ;)
We also went to uncle Frank's 70th birthday banquet on sunday... I was stuffed, but luckily I didn't gain too much weight! I've been trying to maintain an exercise routine... just a simple 20 pushups and 20 sit ups everyday. I think so far it's working. Sitting on my office chair all day without exercise for sure isn't healthy... and speaking of health, our cat Hades seems to have caught a bad case of eye infection Sunday evening... hope things will turn better soon...
Anyway, this sunday pastor Jim talked about 'justice for all'. One thing that caught my attention was that he talked about being conservative or a liberal... Those who are theologically conservative are the ones who believe bible is fundamentally true... that Jesus is truly the Son of God and died and risen again in 3 days... those who are liberals theologically tend to believe bible taught us great things..., but they wouldn't take the 'miracles' that seriously or literally.
Of course there are also political conservatives and liberals...
Personally, I think I'm a theological conservative, but a liberal politically. I personally think that's how Jesus would be too... anyway, I'm not sure what pastor Jim is trying to get at so far, but I think this new series of sermons should in interesting...
(Ecc 10-12, 174.8 lbs, $2.419)
We're suppose to go whale watching over the weekend, but the weather was not ideal... for sure the pictures won't turn out well... so we re-scheduled... hopefully weather would be better... the rain and the clouds are really getting annoying now... This is suppose to be LA... not Taipei! ;)
So I took the time over the weekend to try to fix dad's car with the 'magical' steel seal! Not sure if that really fixed dad's car, but at least dad's car appears to be running fine for now! So at least there'd be no more need for us to buy a new car! I'm also afraid of dad driving my old Civic... because I worry that he might break my Civic as well! ;) Poor old dad, always driving my old cars... ;)
We also went to uncle Frank's 70th birthday banquet on sunday... I was stuffed, but luckily I didn't gain too much weight! I've been trying to maintain an exercise routine... just a simple 20 pushups and 20 sit ups everyday. I think so far it's working. Sitting on my office chair all day without exercise for sure isn't healthy... and speaking of health, our cat Hades seems to have caught a bad case of eye infection Sunday evening... hope things will turn better soon...
Anyway, this sunday pastor Jim talked about 'justice for all'. One thing that caught my attention was that he talked about being conservative or a liberal... Those who are theologically conservative are the ones who believe bible is fundamentally true... that Jesus is truly the Son of God and died and risen again in 3 days... those who are liberals theologically tend to believe bible taught us great things..., but they wouldn't take the 'miracles' that seriously or literally.
Of course there are also political conservatives and liberals...
Personally, I think I'm a theological conservative, but a liberal politically. I personally think that's how Jesus would be too... anyway, I'm not sure what pastor Jim is trying to get at so far, but I think this new series of sermons should in interesting...
(Ecc 10-12, 174.8 lbs, $2.419)
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Eggs-20
X planes has traditionally been air force's experimental vehicles... for example X-1 was the first plane Chuck Yeager flew to go break the sound barrier...
Anyway, so this week, a few colleagues of mine have taken on a challenge of building a brand new X-vehicle... or Eggs-Vehicle... for engineering week's egg drop competition! We ambitiously aimed to carry 2 dozen eggs, but later on found out we miscalculated and can only legally carry 20 eggs.
So Eggs-20 was born.
On Wednesday, Eggs-20 could've easily won the competition by being the most accurate, the most eggs survived and the most creative... we ended up breaking 5 out of 20 eggs... the 75% survival rate wouldn't be able to win in that category...
Anyway, to make long short... our dream and hope was dashed when our broken eggs leaked... so we were disqualified on the spot... :(
Oh well, perhaps next year, we'll be more successful with Eggs-36. ;)
We really didn't have a whole lot of free time, I think we're all pretty busy with work... and 2 of our teammate actually bailed on us... so it's really a miracle that we were able to finish at all. It was fun at least... eventhough we didn't win..., but technically we didn't lose either. We were just practicing and giving folks a preview of what's to come next year! HAHA! :D
Anyway, now it's time to catch up on real work and my daily devotion too!
Although everything is meaningless, I still need to prioritize better which meaningless thing is more important! ;)
(Ecc 7-9, 175.2 lbs, $2.459)
Anyway, so this week, a few colleagues of mine have taken on a challenge of building a brand new X-vehicle... or Eggs-Vehicle... for engineering week's egg drop competition! We ambitiously aimed to carry 2 dozen eggs, but later on found out we miscalculated and can only legally carry 20 eggs.
So Eggs-20 was born.
On Wednesday, Eggs-20 could've easily won the competition by being the most accurate, the most eggs survived and the most creative... we ended up breaking 5 out of 20 eggs... the 75% survival rate wouldn't be able to win in that category...
Anyway, to make long short... our dream and hope was dashed when our broken eggs leaked... so we were disqualified on the spot... :(
Oh well, perhaps next year, we'll be more successful with Eggs-36. ;)
We really didn't have a whole lot of free time, I think we're all pretty busy with work... and 2 of our teammate actually bailed on us... so it's really a miracle that we were able to finish at all. It was fun at least... eventhough we didn't win..., but technically we didn't lose either. We were just practicing and giving folks a preview of what's to come next year! HAHA! :D
Anyway, now it's time to catch up on real work and my daily devotion too!
Although everything is meaningless, I still need to prioritize better which meaningless thing is more important! ;)
(Ecc 7-9, 175.2 lbs, $2.459)
Monday, February 16, 2009
TibetanGenerator... ;)
Saw this from uncle's forwarded email and thought it's kinda cool. To bad it isn't really Christian related...
http://w3..mecolor.com.tw/find.html
Apparently these are my colors:
。自 覺 橙 色：正 向
。潛 質 藍 色：行動力
。原 生 紅 色：浪 漫
What's yours? ;)
Anyway, pastor Jim actually didn't prepare a sermon for this month... and decided to just pray over us... and have us pray and praise God too. It was actually pretty moving...
I also finally got wife an iphone over the weekend. It is pretty cool... hopefully soon apple will offer a $99 version so I can get one for myself... heck, perhaps I'll wait til it's free. ;)
(Ecce 4-6, 176.0 lbs, $2.479)
http://w3..mecolor.com.tw/find.html
Apparently these are my colors:
。自 覺 橙 色：正 向
。潛 質 藍 色：行動力
。原 生 紅 色：浪 漫
What's yours? ;)
Anyway, pastor Jim actually didn't prepare a sermon for this month... and decided to just pray over us... and have us pray and praise God too. It was actually pretty moving...
I also finally got wife an iphone over the weekend. It is pretty cool... hopefully soon apple will offer a $99 version so I can get one for myself... heck, perhaps I'll wait til it's free. ;)
(Ecce 4-6, 176.0 lbs, $2.479)
Friday, February 13, 2009
Friday the 13th...
My co-worker's hardrive and cell phone both crashed today! Lucky for him! Perhaps there is some truth to this legend after all! ;)
Last night was kinda interesting... that because there were guests at our house, mom sort of made all of them sit down and do bible study together! ;) Hopefully they all enjoyed the story of Joseph.
Hopefully God can also give me more dreams that can be beneficial to me... kinda like in Joseph's case...
Anyway, starting to read the Book of Ecclesiastes today... it seems even wisdom is meaningless. Of course wisdom is better than no wisdom, but in the end, it really makes no difference..., plus, it'll suck if it'd actually make you feel sad by knowing more things! Given my more positive attitude, perhaps I should have more wisdom and wife should have less... so that she can be happier... instead of always having the ability to see trouble coming even before trouble comes...
This ability certainly is nice to have... of course ideally, we need to pre-emptively deal with problems if we can, but we certainly don't have to pre-emptively feeling depressed before trouble comes, right? ;) Of course what really sucks would be knowing that something bad is going to happen, but have no power to really stop it...
But perhaps that's not all bad..., the bright side to that would be that we can get better prepared and enjoy while we can I suppose. For example if we're diagnosed with cancer... should the patient be informed of this information? I'd think an optimist will be able to better deal with this blow... and we can probably hide that info from a pessimist... cause he might die prematurely because of depression instead of cancer! ;)
Anyway, since I'm an optimist, I guess I shouldn't fear about having too much wisdom. As pointless as it may be, yes Lord, please give me some more!
(Ecc 1-3, 175.6 lbs, $2.419)
Last night was kinda interesting... that because there were guests at our house, mom sort of made all of them sit down and do bible study together! ;) Hopefully they all enjoyed the story of Joseph.
Hopefully God can also give me more dreams that can be beneficial to me... kinda like in Joseph's case...
Anyway, starting to read the Book of Ecclesiastes today... it seems even wisdom is meaningless. Of course wisdom is better than no wisdom, but in the end, it really makes no difference..., plus, it'll suck if it'd actually make you feel sad by knowing more things! Given my more positive attitude, perhaps I should have more wisdom and wife should have less... so that she can be happier... instead of always having the ability to see trouble coming even before trouble comes...
This ability certainly is nice to have... of course ideally, we need to pre-emptively deal with problems if we can, but we certainly don't have to pre-emptively feeling depressed before trouble comes, right? ;) Of course what really sucks would be knowing that something bad is going to happen, but have no power to really stop it...
But perhaps that's not all bad..., the bright side to that would be that we can get better prepared and enjoy while we can I suppose. For example if we're diagnosed with cancer... should the patient be informed of this information? I'd think an optimist will be able to better deal with this blow... and we can probably hide that info from a pessimist... cause he might die prematurely because of depression instead of cancer! ;)
Anyway, since I'm an optimist, I guess I shouldn't fear about having too much wisdom. As pointless as it may be, yes Lord, please give me some more!
(Ecc 1-3, 175.6 lbs, $2.419)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Happy birthday to them!
To who???
Abe Lincoln and Charles Darwin! They are both 200 years old today!
It's interesting that nearly 70% of Americans don't subscribe to Darwin's theory of evolution. I don't think solid evidences can really be found yet... to prove either creationism or evolution..., but I'm glad most Americans still believe that we didn't just evolve out of dirt all by ourselves! ;) And I wonder how Lincoln would've reacted to president Obama...
Anyway, sure enough, had been real busy at work... AND at home lately. It's also interesting that I think God, or somebody, gave me 3 dreams that kinda dealt with my past, present and future all together! I think I was able to understand that 'adultery' dream a little better earlier... It's kind of a mini inner healing session in my dreams I think... helped me deal with the past guilt, shame, and hurts better. Helped me get to know myself better too! Unfortunately it has also effect wife lately..., probably shouldn't have shared too much info... but in the name of being more opened and honest, I think I've done the right thing. What doesn't kill us can only make us stronger... no pain, no gain, right? ;)
Agur in Provers prayed that God won't make him too rich so that he'd forget about God... also not to make him too poor so that he might steal... He wants just his proper daily amount... well, similar things can be applied to "pain" I suppose. For sure if things are going too well, I just might end up becoming too complacent, but too much pain... who wants that? Make God administer just enough pain in my life that I can handle so that I can really grow properly I suppose. Of course, I hope my pains won't be in vain... I pray that my pains can be translated to increased wisdom!!!
(Pro 25-31, 176.4 lbs, $2.399)
Abe Lincoln and Charles Darwin! They are both 200 years old today!
It's interesting that nearly 70% of Americans don't subscribe to Darwin's theory of evolution. I don't think solid evidences can really be found yet... to prove either creationism or evolution..., but I'm glad most Americans still believe that we didn't just evolve out of dirt all by ourselves! ;) And I wonder how Lincoln would've reacted to president Obama...
Anyway, sure enough, had been real busy at work... AND at home lately. It's also interesting that I think God, or somebody, gave me 3 dreams that kinda dealt with my past, present and future all together! I think I was able to understand that 'adultery' dream a little better earlier... It's kind of a mini inner healing session in my dreams I think... helped me deal with the past guilt, shame, and hurts better. Helped me get to know myself better too! Unfortunately it has also effect wife lately..., probably shouldn't have shared too much info... but in the name of being more opened and honest, I think I've done the right thing. What doesn't kill us can only make us stronger... no pain, no gain, right? ;)
Agur in Provers prayed that God won't make him too rich so that he'd forget about God... also not to make him too poor so that he might steal... He wants just his proper daily amount... well, similar things can be applied to "pain" I suppose. For sure if things are going too well, I just might end up becoming too complacent, but too much pain... who wants that? Make God administer just enough pain in my life that I can handle so that I can really grow properly I suppose. Of course, I hope my pains won't be in vain... I pray that my pains can be translated to increased wisdom!!!
(Pro 25-31, 176.4 lbs, $2.399)
Monday, February 9, 2009
A new week!
Work is going to get super busy in the up and coming months... my robot project also stalled because I couldn't get my PC to talk to my robot!!! I'm also suppose to help design and build something for the egg drop competition... perhaps I'm just biting off more than I can chew again...
Just need to chill and start managing my time more wisely.
Perfect opportunity for me to gain more wisdom I guess! ;) Halleluja!
This week will also mark the week when we'll first begin to track my marriage relationship by using some sort of index... kinda like how government tracks unemployment... gross domestic product... so that they can get an idea of the economic health of the nation... I think I need something to help me make sure I keep on 'growing' my marriage too!
Anyway, it's been raining so hard for so long lately..., I don't remember anything like this in LA for as long as I've been living here... I'm sure everything is going to be super green afterwards... I also hope that other things besides grass and trees will be growing too.
Of course it'd be nice to have a revival for our town, but I need a revival too! Sunday's sermon was actually kinda moving... Pastor Jim talked about how we often times wander, worry and whine when bad things happen to us. But besides just not doing those things... and besides just waiting patiently and even praying... can we really praise Him when times are bad? Of course often times God puts us in this waiting mode to get our attention. To get us off of our fantasies... so that we can really begin to dream dreams... do things we're really meant to do! But besides accomplishments, can we be happy to just be with God? Can joy of the Lord really be our strength?
Well, I'll try! ;) I'll start by saying thank You and I praise You!!! Halleluja!!!! :)
(Pro 22-24, 175.6 lbs, $2.399)
Just need to chill and start managing my time more wisely.
Perfect opportunity for me to gain more wisdom I guess! ;) Halleluja!
This week will also mark the week when we'll first begin to track my marriage relationship by using some sort of index... kinda like how government tracks unemployment... gross domestic product... so that they can get an idea of the economic health of the nation... I think I need something to help me make sure I keep on 'growing' my marriage too!
Anyway, it's been raining so hard for so long lately..., I don't remember anything like this in LA for as long as I've been living here... I'm sure everything is going to be super green afterwards... I also hope that other things besides grass and trees will be growing too.
Of course it'd be nice to have a revival for our town, but I need a revival too! Sunday's sermon was actually kinda moving... Pastor Jim talked about how we often times wander, worry and whine when bad things happen to us. But besides just not doing those things... and besides just waiting patiently and even praying... can we really praise Him when times are bad? Of course often times God puts us in this waiting mode to get our attention. To get us off of our fantasies... so that we can really begin to dream dreams... do things we're really meant to do! But besides accomplishments, can we be happy to just be with God? Can joy of the Lord really be our strength?
Well, I'll try! ;) I'll start by saying thank You and I praise You!!! Halleluja!!!! :)
(Pro 22-24, 175.6 lbs, $2.399)
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