Fire and Ice

It is a weird day today, dominated by two notable, yet incongruous events.

Fire…

My wife has been published in an on-line scrapbooking magazine! Please check out her beautiful blog, particularly this post. You can clearly see why I admire her works. The family picture was taken at a studio at Mall of Asia.
This layout also reveals what our family’s future plans are. Check out a few posts before and you’ll get the entire picture (will blog about it soon).

Ice…

Heath Ledger, an actor who I thought could be the next Tom Hanks, has just died this afternoon in an apartment in New York. Another great thespian yanked out from existence for unknown circumstances.

28 years young, it came as a shock. He seemed like a nice, professional actor (Geez, I’m even older than him!).

Cold cold days

Here’s a picture of how cold it is way up north in Washington state:

Fire and Ice…

They’re not glass sculptures (as what I first thought they were when we came out of the restaurant last night). It’s morning, about 8:45am. This is the Hearthfire Restaurant near Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Washington (2-hour ride from Seattle).

Ice have formed due to the splashing water from the fountain underneath the cauldron of fire.

The road brings me back here

Another trip back to a familiar transit point.

SFO. Cold windy winter night, staring out into the blackness of the night, wondering how my wife and son are doing back home. Checking my watch, its 7pm, 50 minutes after we touched down from an uneventful flight, and waiting for the shuttle to come pick us up. I’m stuffed, and I’m very appreciative of the food on the plane. (I still remember how Nina still finds it strange that I like plane food, but ours is really yummy.)

It’s Sunday, 11am back home. Wonder if Matt is playing with his cousin Kiana right now and Nina’s up and about…

Then, looking up, I saw this sight:

The moon peeking through the metal lattice of San Francisco International. Just had to capture it, even through my mobile phone (my digital camera was in my luggage). Wish I had better equipment on occasions like this.

Small comfort.

Once again, I’m alone.

The roller-coaster ride begins!

2008.

Thirty years after John Paul II became Pope.

Thirty Years.

Lots of things in store

…a Major Project in March to April (argh! Time away from my family again!)

… payments for a Major Investment begins

… planning for New Company Equipment begins

…. Matt will be in Nursery

… and I’m turniing 3 decades old…

But here’s somethin’ to look forward to in the coming days…

… space for me and my family to grow and play in! Will keep you posted for updates!