Old Dogs can Teach New Tricks - Part III

The most amazing trick was the one taught by Dadu. He has been showing Joaquin how to fly an airplane since we bought this toy for him four months ago. Little did we know that he was secretly learning to fly it himself. We got really surprised when he started doing it himself (with the sound effect too!)

Old Dogs can Teach New Tricks - Part II

The second trick he learned (from our helper) was to stick his tongue out on command. Not quite as useful as the Gongxi Gongxi skill but it's something we can show off.

Old Dogs can Teach New Tricks - Part I

For Chinese New Year, being able to say Gongxi Gongxi is like holding the key that unlocks the treasure box so this is the first skill that Joaquin needed to master but he learned the trick one week too late...(Last day to get red pockets was February 9 -- January 15 on the Lunar calendar)

Joaquin Flour Power

Poopoo Milestone

Today for the first time Joaquin used the training seat successfully! It's probably more about training us than training him at this point :)

Back in HK!

Second Life

When I saw the news about the plane went down the Hudson River one week ago, my heart sank along with it. I prayed that miracle would happen and no one would get hurt. Miracle did happen in this case as we all learned afterwards. While I cheered on the news, I started thinking something more philosophical along the way, that one of the passengers must have seen her life flash in front of her while the plane took the dive and the captain called for the brace position, not knowing if she would ever get the chance to see her loved ones again. And when she stepped out of that plane, half way sunken in the Hudson River, and saw the sky (albeit gray) again, what decisions will she now make differently from the ones that she were making before? Will she now take every chance to tell her loved ones how much she loves them? Will she now be less affected by all the gloomy news about the economy? She certainly puts family first now because when she saw her life flash in front of her, she realized that her regret in life was the fact she hadn't spent enough time with her family but not the fact she missed the promotion she thinks she deserves. Having been granted your second life must help you put your priorities straight. In this new year and years to come, shouldn't we all live our lives like we were on that US Airways plane? So what if your net worth is now less than 50% than it was six months ago? So what if your bonus is meager and your workload has doubled? I'm just grateful that every day I get to wake up and live my second life and you should be too.