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RACHAEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN

 

It’s not so hard to explain what I feel about San Francisco. But its going to be a long post. ^__^ coz there are so many things I love about San Francisco. So many things! When I first arrived it was like she was smiling at me and I enjoyed her warmth welcome very much.

I came to the U.S because of work. But I came to San Francisco because I wanted to find a place I can stop by and relax before I have to bear with the 20 hrs flight back home, and guess what I pick the right place. =)

 

We were crazy about this city. The first day we arrive. We walked the street all day, all over town and people smiled, friendly. The city was beautiful. And Most of the time people are the most things in San Francisco I enjoyed about. They are so many cultures ad ethnicities there. That makes me feel no difference being Asian anymore. I can see people cycling and jogging. They smile at each other more often. I then slowly realizing that I love San Francisco.

 

Some said San Francisco is young. You never get bore and always find some place to go something to do there. I think that is because there are so many cool places there including bas and restaurants.
But to me San Francisco is a little bit of everything… whatever East or West.

 

I also love coffee there. I begin the day with coffee and I often ordered cappuccino and espresso. There are many coffee shops around the city. The city is not that big and there are huge hills, but you can never get lost. I have a problem after one day I spent walked like crazy there. So we decided to take a train to explore the city. You can buy one day ticket and you can tour around by cable car, train or bus. I enjoyed cable car so then I can easily see all of San Francisco.

  

Pier39, San Francisco

 

We also visited Pier39. It was fun walked around. It’s a great place to shop and eat at and they got arcade too which is also great. I think my favorite part of being at Pier39 is just being able to spent time in a nice environment and friendly atmosphere and when I look around I see the joy and happiness around. And its not everyday that you get a chance to see sea lions… right? =) There were totally cute.

we enjoyed our dinner in Bangkok. I meant it. The resto called "Bangkok". They served Phadthai there and it was amazing and also Kuayteaw Kua Kai another kind of Thai noodle as well. Both are not expensive but yummy!

 

 

Sunday morning, we had breakfast at Irish resto near Pier39. It was raining and we can’t go outside so we decided to spend morning having a nice breakfast there. The foods were amazing and I really enjoyed it there. I like to see they make iris coffee which I’m not allowed to try—as I don’t drink alcohol.  

 

 

 

We walked around again in the evening and also we decided to have a dinner at "Bangkok" again-- the same Thai resto I ordered Crab Fried Rice. It was delicious but I enjoyed Phad thai the most.

 

We were exhausted but I still want to buy something before I could fall asleep in the cozy bed and say good bye to the city tomorrow as my colleague needs to catch the early morning flight...

 

At work, we've had a few issues this past month. In my capacity as a supervisor, I oversee a small limb of a giant being, and I was told that there were reasons some of these issues arose, that I couldn't understand them. I was given explanations for my concerns, and I understood. It didn't make the past month's issues any easier, but I could see that there were greater machinations in place.

One thing I've learned in the past few years--as I had my little bouts with mortality--is that job issues aren't truly important. I love my job, but it's just a job--it doesn't identify me.

I like to think that when we die, we get answers to truly important questions. I like to think there's some sort of greater machination in place, that life's ugly little knots truly are part of a beautiful tapestry.

A couple months ago, I wrote about my friend Sara's daughter Eliza, who was to undergo a heart-lung transplant. I requested that you pray for her, or send good thoughts, or healing light--whatever you do. There was a spot of infection on the lungs, so ultimately the transplant wasn't possible. So they went back to waiting. In the Universe's greater machinations, another child got the heart transplant, and a shot at a healthy life.

I guess I want Somebody to explain why. Why Eliza didn't get that shot. Why she lived 17 years, sick the entire time, and she came thisfreakingclose. Hell, I'd love to know why she was born sick in the first place. Sara and Bubba were two of my best friends when I was at FSU, and they were both awesome people, so why?? And why did Eliza have to die on Christmas Day?

Sara sent a beautiful e-mail, and I'll be presumptuous enough to reprint part of it:

Recently someone wrote to me and told me the angels were pulling Eliza toward heaven but she keeps defying them. Well, early this morning the angels won. But, as Aunt Mindy said, it was a heck of a tug of war. God gave her to us and He wanted her back. She is in His arms this morning.

Christmas is the day where Christendom celebrates Jesus' birth, and that God was given human form to live among us and save us and bring us peace. I guess I'd wonder why kids like Eliza are born to suffer. But while her body suffered, her mind and spirit were amazing. She uplifted everyone around her, and--as Sara said--"Eliza lived the fullest of lives; there was no child on the planet more loved and who KNEW IT!"

Maybe in the greater machinations, Eliza wasn't afflicted with a curse, but blessed with a gift. Maybe her death on Christmas Day wasn't a tragedy. Maybe the fact that a grieving mother can be so positive and grateful…maybe that's the beautiful, miraclulous tapestry made up of seemingly cruel knots.

Now that Christmas is past, I can honestly say that 2009 sucked.  Big time.  Between DH and I, 6 surgeries.  7 deaths of either family or close friends, the loss of a pet as well.  The last death was yesterday.  Our dear neighbor died after suffering a stroke a week ago. 

2010 has got to be better.  Please, please, please, let it be better

This was done by an artist named Pogo from Australia: "Video for my track 'Upular', composed using chords, bass notes and vocal samples from the Disney Pixar film 'Up'. Enjoy!"

I love how this composition turned out and yes, now, I want to watch a Disney movie.
More of these songs are here.

they say a massive ice age killed the dinosaurs...

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I'm schlepping along on my roommate's pet sitting runs, in case she gets stuck in the snow. It beats another day lying around watching bad tv. I was starting to get bed sores.

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I was on a motorcycle trip in 1973; Los Angeles to Bass Lake, CA to Yosemite Na Park then on HWY 395 to I 90 to Spokane, WA. I visited WSU campus in Pullman, WA and rode through Moscow, ID. On the return trip I hit a deer (or another animal) on HWY 395 near Wagontire, OR. I saw the reflection from the animal's eyes prior to the crash and swerved and slowed. I didn't endo as it was only a glancing blow. I fractured my right thumb, it cracked the fiberglass gas tank and bent my bike's center stand. What happend was similar to the video below: