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Events for next two Saturdays

Hi everyone… just wanted to encourage all to come out for…

1. Saturday October 13th, 9:00 am
Come out and support your softball team!  Bring food for the team, signs, banners!!!
Here’s a great way for folks to get to know and
Encourage those who are not in your connection groups, or those you don’t really talk to a lot…
Get to know them! Be a community!

2. Joint worship service Oct 20th (see and use attached rave card)
        “Come as You Are”
        Saturday October 20th, 5pm
 
        Founder’s Chapel
        Grace Presbyterian Church
        10221 Ella Lee Lane
        Houston, Texas 77042

Hope to see you all there!! 

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Boycott Myanmar’s Natural Gas (Thiland & S. Korea, among many)

NY Times Article

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, may become the new “Tiananmen Square”.  The merciless ruling junta refuses to let go of its selfish grip on the country.  As more and more people are killed by this junta’s military, if something doesn’t change soon, things will just become worse.  The countries that have the power to influence Myanmar’s junta are giving in because of their need for energy source, mainly Myanmar’s natural gas.  South Korea is among the bidders… I can only pray that other countries are smarter than that and remember their own dark pasts.

People of Myanmar are becoming wary and beyond being tired of the ruthless murders.  But before things could get better, I am afraid that it will have to get worse first.  Tiananmen Square incident shocked and brought much needed change to China.  People must rise together, or they will fall together.

I pray for a peaceful change, but just like in any other countries (including South Korea), sacrifices were made before changes were made.  Let us pray for a peaceful (as peaceful as it can get) and successful change for the better of the country and the people of Myanmar.

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Perks of working for large company as an underpaid engineer

Though I b*tch and complain about being underpaid and under-appreciated at work, there are some good perks that I cannot ignore or forget.  First is the health benefits.  That alone has saved us a load of money… just having our kids saved us easily $40K! 

But the 2nd (and bigger) perk is the flexibility in the work schedule.  As most of you know by now, Soojin’s ankle has made me take more time out of work to do things that are necessary.  For example, today’s schedule went like this…

7:45 Take Anna to school
8:15 Come back home
8:45 Take Soojin and JJ to UBC for mothers’ Bible study
9:15 Get into work
10:15 Leave for my doctor’s appointment
11:45 Come back to work
2:45 Leave to pick up Anna from school
3:30 Stop by court to pickup application for Soojin’s temporary disabled parking permit
3:45 Drop off my prescription
4:15 Back at work
5:45 Leave for home

Tomorrow, I have to pick up JJ from pre-school at noon, drop him off at home, come back to work, and go pick up Anna again at 3 pm.  These kind of flexibility work schedule could not be possible if I worked at smaller companies or bigger responsibilities with more pay.  I thanked God today for my job.    I don’t want to leave transporting my precious kids to someone I hardly know!

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Soojin’s Ankle Update

So we went into see Dr. Holt for the MRI follow up… the good news is that there’s no surgery required though some of the ligaments are torn.  The key tendon wasn’t torn so it’s good.

The bad news is that it will take roughly couple of months to heal.   Thanks for the prayers.

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Sweet moment…

Well, Anna loves sleeping with mommy…  I’m a “backup” as in “I’m ok if you put us to sleep when mommy isn’t here”.  I normally take Anna to school and Soojin picks her up after.  However, with Soojin’s right ankle out of commission, I’ve had to drop her off AND pick her up after school.

The kicker is this.  Anna looooves it when I drop her off and pick her up!!  How do I know?  She tells me so!!    She gleams on the way to school… and while I hold her hand to school (I park the car) and drop her off… and when I pick her up, she yells “Daddy!”  Gotta love those moments… gotta enjoy these moments until she grows up to be a teen and asks me to drop her off… a mile off from school so her friends can’t see her daddy!!    Oh well…

Sweet moment indeed… to the max.