The Wedding Pantry

This is Eva's store in Tustin. I love the window displays. Each month a vendor will display her products or designs. Often, people passing by will stop to look at the displays. The month of May has the best display I dare say. Some people even told me how much they love them.
I hope that someday, I will be professional enough to put up some display as well.
Like the displays, Eva's products and stations (rearranged )move every so often too. She has lots of ideas and plans for this shop. And we are excited about the progress. When you do come around Tustin, please drop in to visit her. Check online for her website and see what she has in store. That's how a lot of people find her too.

Another Birthday

Time really flies... and it has been 32 years since I gave birth to my oldest child. As his birthday is drawing nearer, my thoughts brought me back to those days when he was a little babe. He was a healthy 7 lbs 12 ozs little baby. Today, he weighs heavier than when he first came into the world, and he is taller than both of us.
Just cannot imagine where time has gone, and how he grows to be so big and so fast! He was a wonderful baby and now a wonderful adult. Our prayers for him now is to have him complete his life by having a family of his own, and serving God together with his family.
We want to wish him a preHappy Birthday now.
When you make a wish, please make my wish come true....hahahaaaa....
Pre Happy Birthday !

Happy New Year, 2009 !

Happy New Year every body ! We want to take this opportunity to wish all a very Prosperous and Healthy New Year !
We pray that the old ugly depressing 2008 's situations will never be back. And that this new 2009 will be better and prosperous for all.
But most important thing we should do is to get closer to the One who died for us and redeemed us from this sinful world. As Christ's coming is nearing, we should all be prepared so that when He comes, He will be able to gather all His priced jewels home.
This is our prayer. Have the best New Year !

Drunk driver

A very sad news to announce: A friend from Norwalk church whose life was taken away suddenly by a drunk driver.
They have 3 very young children and a beautiful big house that they bought in Texas a year ago..
Linda and Lance Shetler are a loving couple and they are also people who will not hesitate to help when the church needs helpers.
The day before while Lance was driving, he was hit by a drunk driver and was killed.
Our hearts go out to them especially the little children who will not see their dad again until Jesus comes.
We are very sad but we know that we will all meet again in heaven when Jesus comes. As Jesus has promised that when He comes, He will awaken all those who had rested in Him.
We don't know the reason why Lance was taken away, but we know that there is a very good reason, and we look forward to see him again when Christ returns.
So let us keep faithful to God so that when He comes, we will be able to go home with Him.
We want to offer our prayers and extend our love to Linda and her 3 little ones.
Don't forget God's promises and He will reveal all the mysteries that are so puzzling to us today.( Of course this is a war that Satan is fighting with God..thus all these unfortunate things happen becuz Satan is trying to say that God is not a loving God)
But we will understand everything and will praise God and give glory to Him for everything that happened.

Year end summary

This year 2008 has been a great year. So far, there is nothing to complain about.
Roland has retired from his handyman's job sometime in November. And is now working full time at home. We are glad to say that we have a brand new looking kitchen, a wood floor in our bedroom, and a rock climbing equipment in the garage for us all.
As for me, the short one year of baby sitting Clara has changed my life tremendously. We had enjoyed each other as long as she was here. Now i am just staying home and doing some arts and crafts hoping to sell them sometime soon.
Derek has his own new development with his job and his website plans. He has now added another person to his life which is a delight to us. Charmaine is a very nice girl that we all love like we love our children, and she has been just very pleasant to have around. Hope that they will tie their knots soon.
Eva's business in the wedding industry has taken off and she has been busy all year long. Now she and Craig have gone overseas to enjoy a vacation that is much needed. We are looking forward to their return soon.
Sebastian has been staying with us in the absence of his master and mistress. So far he has been good except this past Friday. He ate a whole loaf of the bread that i have baked. He was not hungry after that for the rest of the day. Guess he had filled his tummy with the yummy bread.
We have all been in pretty good health, thank the LORD. Only on occasions, my back hurts from the accident i had in 2005. And one time when I had eaten some very unclean vegetarian foods....what a oxymoron.
Other than that, the LORD has been blessing us and there is nothing we can complain about.
We hope that next year will be a more blessed year to come....meaning that the world's economy will improve.
We want to wish all those who read our blogs a very Happy New Year ! And may God bless you too.

Snow or ice?

Woke up this morning to find the front lawn covered with snow or ice.
The roofs of our home and the neighbor's were also covered with a thin layer of snow.
It must be pretty cold to have snow on these places.
I love this winter season and just so happy that we have this little bit of snow right at our doorstep.

On their honeymoon

The Chious as seen here are on their way to their honeymoon in Asia.
This will be her first time after many years to travel back to her home town. She is totally elated and had just written that she is suffering from airsick. (transit in Taiwan)
Poor girl, what a start !
We want to wish her a better 2nd part of her journey.......

Countdown

2 announcements to share with everyone. First off, I want to share with everyone the joy of inheriting my son's apple computer. It is the best computer for me as far as I am concern.
It can do a lot of things that I don't even know and will be learning more about it as time goes by.
Here I want to thank my son for sharing this blessing with me. Oh, one thing that I cannot get though...my iphoto. Erego, no picture here to go with my thoughts. It seems to be gone. Help.... cuz i need my iphoto.
Second thing to announce is that Craig and Eva are going for a vacation in Malaysia, Spore and Taiwan. It is the first long distant vacation for Eva after more than 10 years of not visiting her birthplace. She is elated about this trip. And they will be leaving on Wednesday of this week.
So we want to wish them a safe trip and great enjoyment. Don't go crazy eating all the foods in Spore or you will come back a chunky girl....hahahaa !

Month of November

Announcements and more announcements.... this seems to be a month for births and weddings...
Here is Katie Hohertz. She was born to Erna and Jeff on the 10th of November. Very healthy and a beautiful little girl.
Sister Lana wide eyes showed her surprise that her Christmas wish came early. She had been asking for a sister and she got it in November !
We want to wish the Hohertz a very happy and healthy family.
And congratulations too for having such a beautiful baby girl !

Xiao Wen

This is our friend Xiao Wen from church. She left us to go to Chicago to be a professor in a University.
This is her whirlwind wedding. She met this husband of hers for only a month and got married within that month.
We are happy for her but we are also worried as this thing happened too fast.
Well, I should not say too much becuz this is very individual. Some people have it quick while others take years to walk down the aisle. Just hope that those who are taking so long will hurry up a little. ha hahaa...
We want to wish them happiness and love.

Baby Cyrus

This is baby Cyrus. He is Clara's little baby brother who came into the world at the time when California's homes were on fire. He was born Nov.12 2008. He weighs 8 lbs and 13ozs with length of 21 inches. A big baby ! Yesterday, 11/16/08, their home was in the midst of the fire.
We took 40 mins to try to get to their home as there were blockage everywhere.
But we were glad that they are all safe and we managed to go to the hospital to visit this little one. We want to wish the parents God's blessings as they learn to raise this little one.

Someone has a Birthday !

A Birthday, a birthday, oh who has had a birthday....
Our handyman/chef/father/husband celebrated his Birthday last night at Coconut Bay.
We won't tell how old he is, but he is pretty happy to be at that age becuz he now will be able to enjoy discounts in certain places.
We are glad that he is graciously aging...... not everyone can age with grace.
Happy Birthday !

Here is my friend

Here is my friend, Ai Hoon and her husband, Kum Meng.
They must be so proud and happy for their little girl....They look so happy and she does look good in brown. Hopefully she will make trips to Canada to see their daughter, so they can detour here to see me as well....
ha ha haaa....

My best friend's daughter's wedding

On Sept 7, 2008, Yuin Yee and Richard tied the knot. It must be a very happy occasion for my best friend, Ai Hoon. Yuin Yee is the baby of the family. Looks like Richard is going to be a wonderful husband to her. They all look so happy...
They are both now residing in Canada where he and his family live. We want to wish Yuin Yee and Richard a very happy and long married life.

Beautiful sky

It makes me happy to hear that my niece, Kimberly, has done well in her studies. It is difficult to do well at school for children in Singapore. Parents are very competitive, and everyone steps on each other to have their children go to the best schools. When i say "step on each other" I really mean, they will do all in their means to have their children work hard to achieve.
To be able to be at the 8th position in the whole school, is not an easy task. So we want to celebrate this happy occasion. Yay, hurray for Kimberly ! Keep up your good work !
Another happy announcement is that my brother in law is recovering very well from his injuries.
He is able to talk and eat now. He has come to term with himself... being humbled by this accident, he has asked for forgiveness from everyone whom he thinks he has wronged.
It takes a real man to realize his shortcomings and able to apologize for them. Yay, hurray for my brother in law. We are proud of him. I am sure now that his heart is freed from any hard feelings he had harbored for so long.. A good thing to celebrate.

An accident

This is not the car that my brother in law was driving, but I believe it was as totaled as this can be.
He is a taxi driver in Singapore.( correction: he was driving a 10ft truck that day) A speeding trailer hit him on Monday. He sustained serious injuries and is very much in pain. He has flesh ripped off from his body and a big ripped on his mouth to his ear. So glad to know that he is much better today and will be going in for plastic surgery. We are praying for him and we are just thankful that he is still alive. We cannot feel his pain which must be really intense, but we can imagine how painful that must be. His bones are all crushed and out of places. The doctors are working to align them in place.
Reminds me of the accident I had in this car. My angels were with me then. I cannot imagine escaping from serious injuries after being hit by a 80,000 lbs vehicle ! Look at my brother in law. It is a miracle that I escaped with only a minor scratch. My guardian angels were working over time that day! I thank God everyday that I am alive. We should not take our being alive for granted. We don't know what is ahead of us. Only God can protect us. And we pray everyday for our love ones.

Vacation

Looks like my vacation comes early this year.
I have just been told that Clara's mom will stay home for maternity leave now.
Her original plan was to work till end of the month, but the heaviness of her unborn child is too much to bear. Therefore she will have her maternity leave earlier than she had planned.
Oh well, that means I get to enjoy my vacation till another child comes in.
Better take this opportunity to clean up the house and do whatever I wanted to do.....
I am glad in a way, but on the other hand, that means no income.
I am not going to worry about it... que sera sera.

Hope to get this one

Guess I have to settle with this one since the others from Walmart are not ideal enough.
Found this at Ebay. It is called the PE 700
Have been bidding for the whole day now and it is going very slowly.
Help....those who knows how to do this thing.

Wedding Expo 08

Sunday 09/14/08. This wedding show was held in Costa Mesa. This was my first experience being involved in a wedding expo. The last time I went to a wedding show was as a visitor with my daughter. To be a participant in the expo is a different feeling altogether. It was interesting to see all sorts of couples. It was just exciting to meet so many people. All races, creeds and religions. Most of them were very friendly and we had fun joking with each other.
By the way, this was our booth. It was very well decorated and many were interested in the designs that were exhibited there. Some even talk about using our designs for their wedding. Some thought that we were a candy bar for weddings. Suppose that this is a new trend now. We have liquor bars, fondue bars, salad bars, and now candy bars.
We had very good results at the end of the day, and we were both pooped.

Lost and found !

We thought we will never see this wooden ladder again. Miraculously yesterday afternoon, while going to see another apartment with the customer, I saw it sitting at someone's garage.
The neighbor of this customer must have taken our ladder. So happy to see it again and now it is in our possession.