Post Thanksgiving Updates

Thurs: Dinner with Sandy's Parents and Sis

Had a wonderful four days off from work in which I got to eat dinner with Sandy and her parents, her sis Wendy and Mark. The girlfriend's place was much safer than I expected. haha. jk. It was very Chinese in decor, and came with a mahjong table. Nothing completes a Thanksgiving meal at the Lees without mahjong (and a birthday cake.) I can see now why mj can be addicting. Thanks Mrs. Lee for giving me the quick five-minute mahjong for dummies run-down.

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Away from My Blog Right Now

Just a quick post to let everyone know that I will be away from my blog during the next few days. I am looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with my girlfriend á la Meet The Lees. I am also looking forward to enjoying quality time with my dad, brothers and sister and all the nephews and nieces—this time with Sandy.

To all my TAS friends and GRXers whose families are too far to celebrate tomorrow night you guys will be all right. You know who you are. Knowing your propensity for sports you guys will probably end up watching lots of footballs anyways.

Have a good Thanksgiving everyone!

GRX 2005 All In Retreat

After work last Friday I left my office to pick Sandy up for our church's annual retreat. [*Ahem*Arv*ahem* yes we are "an item" to your question.] After debating whether dinner would be Baja Fresh or New Tung Kee Noodles, we opted for noodles. According to Sandy it has been two years since she's eaten at the venerable NTK. Uh huh. Sure. =)

After dinner we drove towards Watsonville for the Koinonia Conference Grounds. We passed the time during the difficult drive by singing along to the All In Retreat CD. My girlfriend without realizing that she was being scrutinized for her "Navigator's test" handled it fairly well, helping me getting from Cupertino to the campground without getting lost. We got there in forty minutes. Thanks for being patient with my demands request for directions Sandy.

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Congrats Jerusalem Lions

Congrats to the Jerusalem Lions for winning the Fall 2005 Championships!

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Pale Blue Dot

Sometimes we forget how big God is. Or rather we don't want to feel how small we are compared to God. During Chris Tomlin's "Indescribable Tour", a speaker—Louis Giglio— talked about our place in the Universe from God's POV. The thumbnail image on the left inside that ray of light is a speck called the "Pale Blue Dot". That's Earth from four billion miles away taken by Voyager 1.

Carl "Billions and Billions of Stars" Sagan wrote about this on his Reflections on a Mote of Dust.

This, a psalmist's reflection: Psalm 8:3-4.

Images courtesy of Planetary Photojournal.

Jerusalem Lions Walk

You know that scene with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx where they are playing Kayne West's "Jesus Walk" song in the trailer of Jarhead—well that is the sort of song I have in mind for this post. Why? Haha Jerusalem Lions are going to the Championship of GRX Hoops ministry!

Finally after having all of the captains predicted us to go last (10-1 odds) it is even more sweeter to go play this weekend. Well to be fair two of my best players were "Dark Horse"—Darryll Burgess and Kenneth Lee. Please come out to Lynbrook High to watch what will be a good game if not a great game between us Lions and Nick Fan's Jordan Gazelles. Here is the direction if you want to come watch. Game time at 7:50pm Sunday night.

The only downside that night is that Sandy won't be able to witness a great game. Have fun in Hawaii Sands. Will miss you on the court.

Bom bom bom bom BUM bom...

New York City

I've been back from New York since last Saturday and here are some photos taken from my 4 year-old Fuji Finepix. I wished I took more photos but was not able to bring it along with me for most of the tour. Aside from the hustle and bustle, the numerous taxi cabs, the tall buildings nestling next to Central Park, New York is one beautiful place. As Sandy likes to put it, "Doesn't New York [City] feel like the center of the universe?"

With that in mind, I have this humble Flickr set of our trip to New York City. Sandy and myself (along with her friends Julie and Erica) were very blessed by the weather there as well as the chance to visit New York together (my first trip and Sandy's third.) Good times. Good times.

SV Marathon By The Numbers

4:38:53.2

+ 3000 est number of runners + 354 bib # + 336 overall male placement + 213.1 total training mileage + 10:40 pace + 70 entry fee cost + 46 age group placement + 22 miles—you could walk faster than I was running + 20 miles—hitting the "wall"—physically out of energy + 18 miles—mental doubt of finishing + 12 weeks in training + 4 PowerBar energy gels drank + 3 doused water on my head/back + 3 races leading up to SVMara: 2x10Ks and 1x5K + 2 Ben-Gay patches on calves + 1 restroom break + 1 ice pack for right knee + 1 FINISHER's medal. WOOT WOOT!!! Continue reading