For everything from family to computers…
Well, I saw a good deal on a pre-made gingerbread house that just needed the icing and decorating done so I bought one for the family… Today was the day to decorate it and here it is…
Not too shabby for a first time, eh?! 
With JJ in front of it…
And then Anna…
And finally… the icing queen!! 
The million dollar question is… How long will this house survive?!! 
I’ve been trying to cut down on coffee by drinking some green tea and such… and then one day, I discovered…
And all I want to say is WOW!! It’s very soothing… the brown rice definitely adds well to the touch! The Japanese of the day is “Yamamotoyama”!
So it’s the Black Friday… I wanted stay far away from the malls and stores…
But we have to eat still and so with the day off, I suggested that we go to Komart. After having lunch with my good friend, Paul Minifee at Pho Binh, we started to head off in that direction. Half way there, Soojin suggests a sneaky one… “We could stop by IKEA since it’s on the way…” Oh how innocent are those suggestions, eh?
Well, so we get there about 1 pm. Soojin is all lost in the “presence” of IKEA. This is the one store that she said that she could either work at or live at!! 
As much as I do like some of their stuff and how ingenious some of their stuff are, I do hate them for few other reasons…
1. It’s freakin’ huge!! 
It took us nearly 3 hours to get through the store at “relatively fast” pace!!
2. Sure they’ve got some great stuff for real cheap… but when you get 20 to 30 of such things, they still add up HUGE!! 
3. Did I mention that it’s big??!! 
I am not good at shopping… so needless to say, after 3 hours there, I was exhausted! Soojin did notice that I was about to crash so she felt a bit guilty… but still didn’t stop her! 
And after 3 hours with the kids, they also began to get very cranky and irritating and demanding after all that… At least, JJ was well distracted with those blue arrows for him to keep searching for.
Whew… I’m tired… IKEA… How I love to hate you!
A prominent Christian Lebanese politician was assassinated today… Please pray for his family… and the country… and the neighboring countries. This is sad but God is still in control.
In the year of 1988, Korea held its first Olympics. However, to do so, the government had to take down the slum areas of Seoul to try to improve its image. Additionally, there was no concept of “rights” to inmates. This movie captured the disillusionment and the sadness of those times while staying true to its message.
Though I didn’t shed a tear physically, my heart cried inside … Korea, like many countries, have loads of secrets that need to come out in the open. I pray that movies like “Holli-Dei” will awaken the people around us to kick us out of our ignorance.
This is for the victims of injustice… If you feel brave enough to see the movie, let me know…