In addition to bringing cans of food, my coworkers raised $270 to help feed the hungry. With these funds, my coworker and I spent a couple hours at Costco buying food for others Saturday morning.

God, thank you for allowing me this simple honor.

Following a stressing month, I decided to declutter the house a bit. The result is I'm now able to see 30% more of my wood veneer finish on my desk. Furthermore, my file cabinet is now empty and ready to be given to it's new owner. The contents of a folding bookshelf have been relocated to the various other bookshelves and clears out a space for ( Read more... )

Many in my social circles are surprised to hear that I've started attending Church on Sundays. I've always been spiritual, so that's not the change. The change is I was finally shown (by a higher power) a place where every aspect of my being is welcome. As the Pastors say almost every week, "All are welcome at Christ's table". Everyone I have met ( Read more... )

Things don't just happen in three's. Things just happen. And when they happen unexpectedly with our guard down, they disturb us more than if we anticipated their occurence. Our dishwasher started making strange grinding noises and sipping noises a couple wash cycles ago. The grinding noises were so pronounced during the last wash that I've decided ( Read more... )

( Very long revealing ongoing saga )

Twenty years ago, I watched my mother cry as she watched a tank roll towards the sole human student barricade. She was spent the next days transfixed on Apple TV. She clung to the radio we bought in Chinatown which dutifully received broadcasts in Chinese. I didn't understand why she cried. That was "over there" and we were safely here ( Read more... )

Happen for a reason. Apparently the Audi A6 I saw this weekend was not meant to be.

Decluttering is an unending process for pack rats like me. Last year's purchase of a ScanSnap scanner is quickly helping me declutter yet save those sentimental moments. For instance, on the corner of my desk sat 3 years of Christmas cards. I've kept them since I have been too lazy to toss some, some were photo-integrated cards, some included ( Read more... )

I now diverge from San Francisco postings to bring you an excerpt from a Christian Bale interview regarding life and Heath Ledger. His answer corroborates with my belief that everything in life happens for a reason and one should always prepare for the unexpected ( Read more... )

I was perusing Wikipedia for a non-canonical history and recipes for General Tso's chicken when I came across a link for Zhonghua Minzu and its translation. The term caused a flash back to my interned days at a Chinese school on Mott Street whereby the highest ranked student would always start a speech that roughly translated to "Good morning ( Read more... )