My dental coverage sucks!

today is the day that cherie and haley went back to taiwan. i can't blame anyone except for the dental coverages we have here in US. it really sucks big time.

last year, i had two dental insurance coverages and had to do 2 root canal + 1.5 crown. guess how much it cost me? that's right... try $700+. that's on top of the max. allowance possible from 2 dental insurance coverage. can you believe that?

well, maybe it's not only the dental coverage sucks, but the dentist here charges an arm and a leg just for the dental service. they always bill above the max and guess who have to pay for it... that's right.. me! sigh...

i'm starting to feel like there's no dentist i can trust... it seems they are all like an used car salesman. i've changed 5-6 different dentist in the past 5 yrs. the best of all, i trust those dentist farther than i can throw them, which isn't very far at all!

so back to the reason why cherie and haley went back.. cherie needed to get her root canal + crown done plus other dental works. it's cheaper to send her home with haley than to pay the dentist here and use the weaksauce coverage we have.

although that idea sounded good at first.. it sure didn't feel good when i have to wave goodbye to my daughter and wife. haley was giving me a kiss bye and just before they were about to enter into the custom's door, haley started walking towards me. i burst into tears and couldn't hold back from then on.

now... i miss both of my babies...

Chloe's 5th Birthday...

today is chloe's 5th birthday. it seems only yesterday that chloe was a little puppy resting in my arms. now already, she's 5yrs old.

happy birthday girl. thank you for being here for us every day, every second of the day. thank you for keeping us safe at home and protecting us and your baby sister, haley. thank you for being such a good girl.

even though mommy and your baby sister haley can't be here with us, but at least daddy's here to make you a special dinner... just for you!

chloe's special birthday dinner...


- 1 BBQ chicken drumstick, 2 boiled egg, handcrafted carrots by her daddy, and 5 celery sticks as her candle; all from whole foods.


here's chloe waiting for food while i take her photo. i told her to wait, wait, wait...


chloe trying to take a quick sniff... still trying to resist the temptation...


can't help the urge... must eat...


look at chloe attacking the boiled egg first. that's her favorite thing to eat... or maybe she's just saving the best for last..

needless to say, chloe had a wonderful dinner and was a very happy doggie...

happy birthday girl... we love you dearly...

My First Halloween...

today is halloween, a day that i personally don't celebrate. but now as a daddy to haley, cherie encourages me to take haley out to explore. so today before daylight disappears, we took haley out for the first time in her halloween costume given by one of her uncle, uncle ted and auntie june.

haley is sooo adorable in this bumble bee costume.

here's haley doing her "Oh-Nooooo" gesture.


haley bee is trying to take off flying..... see how concentrated and focused she is?


she's such a happy baby... and a silly one too!


love this pose... look at that bumble bee... she just might sting you! hehe


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Quick Shots of Haley

here are some quick photos of haley that was shot by me using our Canon Powershot SD750 point and shoot camera. who would've thought with a bit of editing, the photos would come out that great.

here are some photos of haley playing in the sunflower field next to some pumpkins...



isn't haley growing up sooo tall?


up close photos of haley picking the sunflower leaf..

Haley's First Pumpkin Patch

it's been a while since i last posted. i've been lazy.. and i can totally see my blog starting to collect cob webs, which i suppose is ok, since it's nearing halloween.

here are some photos of haley's first visit to a pumpkin patch. in case if ya'll don't know what a pumpkin patch is... well, it's basically a pumpkin farm. every year before halloween comes around, the farm will open up to the public for everyone to come and enjoy. it's kind of like thanksgiving, where the tradition is, after the thanksgiving lunch, the whole family will go out afterwards to pick up a christmas tree.

similar to that, you can bring kids to the pumpkin patch to pick out different types, colors and sizes of pumpkin to take home and carve into a jack-o-lantern. we had a lot of fun that day, because it was also the first time for cherie to visit the pumpkin patch as well. it was a very fun day with the family and my canon 30D. the only complaint was that we didn't bring enough cash to bring home a pumpkin and the weather was just too hot. at least we brought just enough money for parking, which was $3. thank God! otherwise, it would have been horrible trying to back out of the parking lot, when there's tons of cars waiting behind us.

2nd day after haley turns 14 month old.. her first photo with pumpkins. she's such a happy baby!


it got too hot, so cherie gave haley her hat to wear. see how haley is trying to steal that pumpkin?
doesn't haley look like a pirate!! AUGRRRR~~


ah... more pumpkins to pick and choose from. see that small pumpkin on the right side in the middle of the hay field? well, that's the pumpkin she took from another isle and now leaving it there to take others. haha..


here's the two beautiful ladies in my life... haley and her mommy, cherie.


there's more photos listed here if you want to see more. please click here.
all was taken by me... the master photographer.. LOL...

Tennis runs in the family...

recently, my doctor told me that my cholesterol is too high. more like 235 to be exact. so besides trying to eat more healthy and walking 30mins daily during lunch, i am also trying to do some exercise.

i come from a family that plays tennis, dad is a great tennis player, mom use to play before her knee injury. i use to play tennis a lot like crazy back when i was in high school. but then again, there wasn't much to do in Houston, besides tennis, fishing or watching TV. so i a tennis freak. since then, i rarely picked up a racket or a game or two, just seldom.

starting from last week, i started to play tennis with one of our friends, whom is very much into tennis. this week, we met up for our weekly tennis on sunday and today, cherie and haley came with us to the courts.

while i was playing tennis, haley was having so much fun running into the courts with a tennis ball. she was our offical ball girl.

later on, she went into my bag and start to pick up a racket and swing around. don't forget, this girl is only 13 months and 10 days old.

Ever met a famous person?

recently, i just came back from a business trip in boston, ma.

on my flight back from boston to new york, i took the airline JetBlue. there was this very neatly dressed business man sitting by the window seat next to me. he seemed very anxious and was constantly looking at his iphone and checking his emails, browsing the web, etc. probably because the flight got delayed by 40 mins or so.

i couldn't help but to noticed there's something special about him but in a good way.

during the 55 min flight, i was so bombed from the boston esc show, i decided take a quick nap. just when the flight was about the land, i woke up and turned on my android phone, G2 phone the MyTouch 3G.

that's when our conversation started. he asked how i liked using the android phone and i told him the pros and cons as well as how it compares to the iphone. so our conversation started to take off and i started talking a bit technical. as a sales person, i can always tell when someone was starting to lose interest in the subject, so i quickly change the topic. he then got curious and asked what i do for a living, so i replied "semiconductor related or more specifically SSD for industrial and embedded application".

he then said "no wonder you seem technical when you talk, kinda have to for your line of work." i admit, i'm a total nerd when it comes to techie stuff.

so then i asked what kind of industry he's in, and he simply replied "software" or more specifically something to do with downloading music from the web.

right then and there my gut feeling shot out of my mouth and said "NAPSTER"? needless to say, John was very shocked and surprised to hear that. Immediately, he asked for my business card and gave me his.

the famous person that sat next to me on the plane whom i had the pleasure of speaking to about technologies in cell phones is John Fanning, the original Founder and CEO of NAPSTER! HOLY COW!!

what's awesome was right afterward we exited the plane, John took off running to get to his next meeting as I wished him good luck on a great meeting, he turned around and said thanks.

after that, a couple ppl walked up to me and asked me did that guy just said he's the founder/ CEO of Napster? i proudly said yup and showed them his business card. after which, the only words coming out of their mouths was "HOLY SHIT"!

never thought what it would be like to meet a famous person and yet all this time, i thought he was just a regular joe like me. even as a millionaire, John is a very down to earth guy and very humble. i wish him the very best of luck...