FallingLEAVes of Sunshine

It will only have been five months since my camera broke ... Five months without taking a single picture on my own digital camera ... Five months was how long I lasted. Too bad I didn't do this a month ago! If you haven't figured it out yet ... I'm getting a new digital camera! It's a Canon Powershot S3 IS. Here's some of the things about it: 12x optical zoom lens with USM and UD lens element Optical Image Stabilizer 6.0 Megapixel CCD Larger size 2.0” Vari-angle LCD 30fps VGA movies with stereo sound and Photo in Movie feature DIGIC II, iSAPS and Flexizone AF/AE for fast, precise results and 2.3 fps continuous shooting performance 20 shooting modes and My Colors photo effects High ISO Auto and ISO 800 for low light flexibility Widescreen (16:9) recording Photo In Movie feature enables the capture of full resolution digital stills during video recording Offers 20 shooting modes including full Manual mode, Aperture Priority and Shutter Speed Priority My Colors (Of...

Caption: One of the members of the Newsboys takes quite a fall during a recent concert. Okay, so it couldn't have been that recent because Phil is no longer with the Newsboys, as of December 31st. But still.... poor Phil! I hope he didn't hurt his bass or himself. Awww...

For TWOO WEEKS!!! Not for good, for anyone who remembers that debacle. And technically, I'm only going to be there for little over a week. I'm arriving on the 6th and leaving on Russ' birthday. Of course I have to be back in town to celebrate my hubby's birthday. JUST KIDDING!!!! Here's some pictures from when I went three years ago. The first one is of my uncle Sann (dad's younger brother, #4), my aunt letty (dad's youngest sister, #), and my aunt letty's two youngest kids (Kevin and Kelly) Then there's my twin uncles above, Meng and Sann (#5 and 4). The picture with me in it is with my twin uncles and Letty's youngest kids. If that's confusing, try this: 姚明耀 (姚文堅) (b. 1948) -- Uncle Tony 姚明宗 (姚文龍) (b. 1949) -- Uncle Long 姚明哲 (姚文斯) (b. 1955) -- My dad 姚明雙 (姚文彬) (b. 1962) -- Uncle Sann 姚明全 (姚文彪) (b. 1962) -- Uncle Trung 姚慶玲 (b. 1965) -- Aunt Christina 姚慶涼 (b. 1966) -- Aunt Letty Now in case you didn't know, that's seven out...

Okay, so I haven't posted anything of importance in a long time because I didn't think it mattered or anyone paid attention to this thingy probably because I don't post anything of importance anyway. After the first few days of the new year, might as well post something. Even Chris has posted! Though ... it seems the blogging world has died down quite a bit. To start off the new year we have new scratches on my car! Actually more than that. I scratched the passenger side and broke part of the driver side where the mirror is. Pictures down below. How did I do it, you ask? Well, I was backing out of my drive way last night and on the phone. Mind you, I've done this a million times ... though usually in broad daylight. Didn't realize I wasn't backing out straight till I heard the crunch of metal. I looked to my left and saw my rearview mirror had caught the fence! Boy oh boy. I pulled forward to straighten my car and hit something on the side of the house. So now m...

Newsboys Bass Player Leaves Band By Anne Thomas Christian Post Correspondent Tue, Jan. 02 2007 10:09 AM ET Internationally renowned Christian band Newsboys recently announced that their bass player, Phil Joel, has left the band to devote more time to family and personal goals. He parted ways with the band Dec. 31, 2006 . "I'll always be a newsboy, it will remain a strong part of who I am", said Joel. "I've grown up with the guys and they'll always be brothers to me and the past 12 and a half years have been amazing." "We will miss him," said frontman Peter Furler. "We appreciate him, and wish he and his family only the best for the future." The band just completed a successful tour of Singapore and China without Joel as a four-piece with mates Paul Coleman and Jeff Frankenstein taking up additional vocal and bass duties. The boys have decided at this time not to replace Joel, but to perform on their upcoming North Ame...