Living Shanghai, My Perspective!

“Daddy, Julia is my girl friend!”

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:30:17 +0000

The other day I was dropping Tanker to his daycare. In his class Tanker pointed to one of his girl classmates and said to me in a big voice: “Daddy, Julia is my girl friend!” I was in one way a bit embarrassed but did not know what exactly to do with the situation. Instead [...]

Worship and Pray on the Chinese New Year’s Day

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:47:58 +0000

worshipping and praying in the main hall

All of us slept over in my parents’ place last night –well, it should be this morning since we did not go to sleep until probably 3am. We really crowded their 3-bed 2-bath apartment: they slept in the master bedroom; three of us got to pick the second south facing bedroom since we have Tanker; my younger sister and her hubby stayed in the north facing study of Dad’s; and my poor little brother had no choice but to sleep on the couch in the living room –well, his girl friend is on a family vacation in Singapore now, but they chatted on phone for quite long time last night.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:12:55 +0000

The puppy says: now it's finally my turn again after 12 years...

Goodbye Year of Chicken, and good morning Year of Dog! We are celebrating the Lunar New Year in my parent’s apartment. The New Year’s bell is still tolling in the TV, and the fireworks and firecrackers outside are going like crazy –the entire Shanghai is smoking! Happy New Year!

I spent the entire last Year of Dog 12 years ago to build a foundation for where I am today, and coincidentally i’ve planned to spend this Year of Dog to build my next level foundation: to start my own business. I know with my ambitious plan, I am going to need a lot of luck, but this time I have Sue as well as several of my kitchen friends on board, which has truly given me a lot of confidence.