Beautiful day...

Today is such a beautiful day! I saw this wonderful sight on my way to work today and it really made my day. It's soooooo beautiful!! The entire mountain is covered in snow! I really want to visit the snow at least once before they all melt away!!!

New Year's Resolution...

Yesterday, I asked my baby Val what her new year's resolutions were and she had no idea what that means..... I was totally shocked....kids now days don't even have goals for themselves anymore??? However, I can understand why it's less and less common for people to have new year's resolutions anymore. Take me as an example, I almost never accomplish my goals that I set at the beginning of the year. The first month or so I'm usually on track, but as time goes...it just kind of falls apart. No wonder some people don't even make an effort to have new year's resolutions anymore....

Never the less....I would still like to have a list of my new year's resolutions just so at least I have a goal that I'm heading towards. So here's some off of my list for now....if I think of some more, I'll post about it later.....

1. Be closer to God than I ever was.

2. Loose mad weight.

3. Balance time between family, church, and work.

4. Save enough money to buy my old town house so I can live closer to church.

5. Be involve in the College ministry! (I'm so excited!)

6. Work out everyday, if not...at least every other day.

7. Eat right and get at least 8 hours of sleep everyday.

8. Watch USC win National Championship!

9. Have lunch with my parents once a week.

10. Be a better father....

Platonic Friendship....

Today, my friend Aaron and I got into a interesting topic on "Platonic Friendship". I believe that it exists and is possible between friends but Aaron thinks otherwise. So here's a poll to see how many of you out there believe in "Platonic Friendship". Why or Why not? I want to hear your feedback!

Skid Row....

Last week, we went on a very interesting mission to pass out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to our "friends" in downtown LA. (We decided not to use words such as homeless, poor, and etc. so we call them "friend")

The preparation....

The Gals...

The Dudes....



First we took a short walk to the bus stop.....



Then we took the bus to the MetroRail Station....





At the MetroRail Station, we took the Blue Line all the way to downtown LA...

We arrived to a underground MetroRail station in downtown LA...

Once we walked out, it was another world out there....

We took a short walk to our destination, Skid Row....

There, we spited up into groups of 5 or 6 people and head off to our advanture....



Our group came across a friend from India. He claims that he's a med student and just recently moved out here to LA to try to start a new life....we will be praying for him....



During our advanture, we kept running into other teams which were doing a fantastic job but we were kind hoping they weren't in our way....j/k....



During the trip....most of us had to use the restroom pretty bad....and we finally found a public restroom....it was out of order....



After we were done giving out our goodies, it was time to head back home....



I was very proud of everyone of our youth and leaders that was there....they've brighten so many friend's day that day! May God remember your hard work and reward you through his blessings!

Will things ever be the same?

My daughter Evelyn (Chihuahua) Chang text me today. It came so unexpected and really surprised me. I guess I really felt distant between me and my two daughters ever since I've been back from China. Things just aren't the same any more between us.... To me nothing has changed on my end, but I didn't realize how much distant it has grew between me and my daughters.

I now can feel that they don't trust me as much as they used to anymore....there are now secrets and things that they would not tell me about even if I ask or confront them about. Especially now that they are entering the stage of liking guys and perhaps even being with someone already. They failed to realize the fact that they are still young and these puppy loves are insignificant compared to what God will bring along in the future.

Since when did I became such a bad father? It wasn't like we never taught them about these things....but where did everything starting going wrong? Was it the fact that I left for 4 months?I really wish things could go back to how they were when they're both naive, innocent, and down to earth with no secrets to hide.

I miss the old them.....will things ever be the same?

Trip to Mexico!

Last Saturday, a bunch of us from church went down to Mexico for a short mission trip to deliver the goods that was collected amount the rest of our congregation. I can't begin to tell you how bless I was to be able to go on this trip.

Here are some of the awesome moments of our trip!

























Although it didn't go as planned due to some lack of planning and communication, but by the grace of God it all worked out at the end and the mission was still successfully accomplished!Gracias Señor!

p.s. Thanks to everyone that went! It was a honor serving w/ you all!

Thank you....

Thanks to all of you who took me to the happiest place on earth for steak. I had a really great time with all of you! Although Green and Chihuahua couldn't make it, it was still fun....but just different w/o having them around. I really miss the times when we were all able to be there.....I guess the older you get....the less available you are. Gosh....i m so old.....I hate it....