Like father like daughter?

Happy birthday to us!

Yes! I can't believe I've just turned 40! Also can't believe I'm now a proud papa! What a wonderful birthday gift! :D

It's too bad that we couldn't make Misha share the same birthday as us, but it's funny that Misha was born on 11:28am. Same street number as our house... which we believe was also a gift from God...

So after some digging, I only found Matthew 11:28 that seems to make some sense... so I guess God is telling us:

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

Over the past months, things had been kinda hectic lately... whether it's from work or at home preparing for the coming of the baby...

Anyway, thank You Lord! :)

Thanksgiving...

For this Thanksgiving, I'd like to thank God for giving me Misha! :D

Boeing 787 Dreamliner's maiden flight from Tokyo

Finally!!! :)

Finished with new bed!

Our bed doesn't quite look exactly like the original Prealpi bed, but at least I saved a lot of money! ;)

Anyway, besides finishing up our bed... today's sermon by Pastor Jim was interesting. He used a battery's positive and negative charge to demonstrate 'potential'... saying that positive alone or negative alone won't do any good. Only when both are combined than you can unlock a battery's 'potential' to light up something. Just like life. God uses both good things and the bad things in order to unlock the potential in all of us in order to be better human beings. A life that's all good or all bad would probably be pretty worthless and boring... so yeah, may God uses both positive and negative things to unlock my full potential as well! To build something more than just a bed! ;)

Oh, also one more interesting milestone is that Boeing 787 is finally delivered to its very first customer! Yeah!!! :D

Princess?

Princess Picture

Mom kept on referring our new baby as a 'princess' upon finding out that we're having a baby girl...

Hmm..., just wondering which princess does she look like! Ariel? Belle? Cinderella? Sleeping Beauty? Jasmine?

I think she kinda looks like the Sleeping Beauty? ;)

Oh, and coming up with a name for her isn't very easy also...

So far we've narrowed down to Mabel(meaning love) or Misha(Meaning Who is like God?) Mom seems to like Mabel, but baby seems to prefer Misha because she'd actually kick around more whenever we call her that. Or perhaps she simply was agreeing with us that there's none like God? ;)

We've also recently purchased pretty much most of the baby stuffs that we need... and our house is really too small to fit all that stuff! Good thing we're only having one baby! ;)

Besides all the baby stuffs happening..., I've also been trying to build a bed for wife... we've been sleeping only on mattress before, figure that's good enough..., but now that she's pregnant, it's getting harder and harder for her to get up. So yeah, a bed is necessary now! So I've been trying to build a bed that looks like this:





Of course the finishing product probably won't end up looking exactly like that! ;) I'll post some pics of the actual DIY bed when I'm totally done. So far, at least I have something that can help wife get up to pee more easily at night! :D

Oh, and last but not least, I've recently discovered some books by a Jewish scientist/theologian who was actually able to reconcile the creation story with modern science. Yes, using biblical principles and modern scientific discoveries, he has discovered that our universe could very well be created in six (24hr) days AND being around 15billion years old at the same time depending on how you look at the universe... Another interesting paradoxical duality that's fascinating to me. Haven't finished reading all his books yet, but will also post some thoughts afterward.

Anyway, things just have been super busy for the past couple of months. Busy with work... and then over the weekend, it felt like one social event after another with friends or family members... and all the baby stuffs... Oh well. Better just get used to it because things probably won't get easier once baby princess arrives! ;)

I suppose one thing we need to be careful of is that we better not end up too much like Martha..., being too busy with many of the chores in life and forgetting what's really important? Also was recently talking with wife about having a good marriage on earth is difficult just like the narrow gate into heaven. Where as failed marriages have a wide gate! Most people do want to have a good marriage or enter heaven..., but often times most folks end up divorced or do not have a happy marriage... This happens most often because people have lost sight of what's really important and begin to see self as more and more important.

May God help us to not to get too drown out by things of this world and lose sight of what is truly important(Himself)..., and may God help us to not get too fat!!! ;) Yeah, for some reason I've been gaining weight as if I am pregnant.

(Mat 7, 178 lbs, $4.049)

Whoa! 4 years!!!

Wow... 4 years.

Can't believe Boeing 787 has been late for 4 years... ;)
Can't believe space shuttle is also flying it's final mission today... Shuttle seems to always have a special memory... I still remember Challenge blew up on my birthday in 1986...

Anyway, but today is the most memorable because it actually is my 4th year wedding anniversary.


4 years is actually no big deal... and hard at the same time. How paradoxical! ;)

Yeah, the reason why it's no big deal is because plenty of folks had longer marriages than us..., but to maintain a loving marriage continuously is definitely not an easy task. I was reading Jonah recently and I commented to wife that Jonah reminds me of her... they're both actually quite obedient... it's just that sometimes when things don't go their way, they can get very upset over it... even at God! So I think that's probably the only part of my marriage that I'm afraid of... the 'fire' which sometimes burn within my wife! ;) So may God help me like He helped Daniel's friends: Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. When they're thrown into a big fire... nothing can happen to them! Regardless of how big the fire is, it cannot harm my marriage! Yeah!

Hmm, I wonder what wife thinks of me... which bible character reminds her of me the most? I'm not even sure...

Anyway, this year, wife got a nice neckless (shown) in the pic above...
I got a new steering wheel. Now, this is no ordinary steering wheel... but it used to belong to a Gran Turismo Champion!!!

GT Academy US National Finals(video)

Interview with the Champion!(Video)

Yes, after I saw the video above... I asked my friend if I can buy his steering wheel since he'll now be racing in Europe! So here am I enjoy this virtual racing chassis!!!





Over the weekend, we also had our 20yr reunion with bunch of old solar car racing friends...



what a weekend full of memories... :) Looking forward to making so great memories of the future when this thing(80% chance a girl) grows up!!! ;)





(Micah7, 175 lbs, $3.999)