tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59268943394044882162024-03-06T15:03:37.298+08:00Slices of lifeI made this blog to share some shots that I took here and there and to share some thoughts about what happens around us. If you happen to take some time to read, I pray that you enjoy its every last bits.Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-5085544347915530312014-09-10T22:23:00.000+08:002014-09-10T22:23:31.909+08:00Thanks for your prayers!Dear All,
First, I need to give thanks to everyone, anyone who took some time to pray for us during that challenging year and a half, anyone who took the time to give us a call, leave us an encouraging word, stayed with us as we went through this year. I also want to thank all of Living Love Fellowship for their support for having prayed for us weekly during our pre-study worship. I want to alsoValutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0Tai Wai, Hong Kong22.3697293 114.173660822.3403623 114.1333203 22.3990963 114.21400129999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-84254492914503225082014-07-22T18:27:00.002+08:002014-07-28T11:50:50.928+08:00Growing out of allergies?Dear Reader,
Nearly half year I haven't posted anything. A lot has changed. Myrtille is growing, her relationship with me has not changed, I am always expecting too much of her, it's like the lack of care from my own parents has turned myself into a freak. I don't really know how to work on myself, but when I see her, and hear her... especially when she complains and she does complain a lot, I Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-73026714624488540562014-01-27T07:46:00.001+08:002014-02-13T23:55:22.804+08:00Photogear review: Nikon focusing screen H2
Dear Reader,
Today I'll talk about another focusing screen, last time I told you about the eBay big eye focusing screen here, it worked well but not well enough so that I can really recommend a purchase, especially for the split screen area. I said at that time that I would give Nikon H2 focusing screen a go and I did...
Went on eBay, wait a huge amount of time to have a h2 pop up at a Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-44882790469947964372014-01-16T12:33:00.000+08:002014-01-16T12:33:19.474+08:00Still strugglingDear Reader,
Time is flying, we are 2014 now, Happy New Year by the way.
2014 and Lémuel is still sick. He is ONE now, he did not get birthday party, no cake, no toys, no friends, no outing. I think we used to being spoiled. He is sick and everyday is the same headache.
Beginning of October, as the doctor was not seeing a drastic improvement of his condition, he advised us to go have a look atValutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-77346879054608996172013-10-09T14:14:00.000+08:002013-10-09T14:14:10.240+08:00Getting betterDear Reader,
Yup, he is getting better!
Last time we put steroid was yesterday but it was after 8 nights without!
Please continue to pray for him.
Now they can start to interact a lot more:
It's not perfect though, he still got reddish after a few days and it does not seem to reduce, but he has been sick the last few days and we know that it affects his rashes. Myrtille on her side has Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-55301885494886423902013-10-09T13:27:00.000+08:002013-10-09T13:27:05.761+08:00Geek post: Data back up
Dear Reader,
People who knows me a bit more knows that I am It savvy and knows quite a lot about computer stuff and general electronic stuff. Lately, our computer has been showing red alarm on storage space. I bought my current computer in 2009, it's an old i5-750 with 2x1TB of storage, the system is running off an SSD which is fast and responsive. Our usage is simple, I do photography Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-3893565266735912512013-09-18T14:14:00.000+08:002013-09-18T14:14:30.926+08:00Seeing LightDear Reader,
Here is our family last update, Lémuel has been under detox medication for around 9 weeks now, at his last doctor visit, the doctor decided to switch his medication from IV injection to oral intake, it allows the treatment to be given in a more stable way. We received Lémuel's food allergy test and Yukyin took the loving decision to live on rice, potatoes and sweet potatoes so that Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-30377540894048692852013-07-31T15:34:00.002+08:002013-07-31T15:38:29.016+08:00Living on steroids
Dear Reader,
From my last post, Lémuel went through the worse weeks of his short life. Mid May, just before his 6month check-up, we realised that he lost 1kg which is life threatening for his age, as he was supposed to get 1kg from his 4 month check-up. His rashes got worse and his skin was turned into a humid yellow flaky and bloody swamp. He had very very bad rashes with an severe diaper Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-66595468781910218842013-04-12T12:54:00.000+08:002013-04-12T12:57:25.236+08:00Rashes, 2nd runDear Reader,
Today, I need to pour out my sorrow into this blog... Lémuel is suffering from rashes that covers approximately 95% of his body. It started maybe in January, at first, we did not care as we thought it would slowly disappear, but as time flies, rashes started to spread, more and more. Around Chinese New Year, his skin was rough, like sandpaper, completely opposite from what we shouldValutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-14800366627773661512013-03-06T12:40:00.001+08:002013-03-06T12:40:57.350+08:00100 Days in!Dear Reader,
We are 100 days in. Lemuel is still growing at a relative high pace, and so is Myrtille, she definitively got accustomed to her brother, exception when he is crying a lot, she is there, talking to him, trying to calm things down but she sadly realize that nothing is working... while he keeps on yelling.
Growing with Lemuel and Myrtille as a father is a lot different. Usually, Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-89203772347088150032013-02-07T14:13:00.000+08:002013-02-07T14:56:00.982+08:00Two Months in.Dear Reader,
We are two months in and we are slowly getting used to our pace. We went to the birth registry and we are pleased to announce that our little guy's name is Lémuel, which means "devoted to God", because that's the way our Lord taught us to live our life. In Chinese, his name is 讚熙, "Praise Splendor" reminding us to always praise our Lord.
As I said earlier, we are slowly Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-5692807917744270372012-12-13T15:23:00.001+08:002012-12-13T15:23:33.130+08:00Sick sick and sickDear Reader,
This fall, flu has taken down some of our family members... It started with me, a while ago, then, our helper, Myrtille and went back at me again. Myrtille is the one who suffered the most. Her fever got very high, she had some hallucinations and her appetite is near ground level, she does not eat, does not drink...
But since she started an antibiotic treatment, she has felt a bit Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-73626061762599932592012-12-03T13:25:00.000+08:002012-12-03T13:25:37.876+08:0010 days into a 4 Pax familyDear Reader,
It's been 10 days since God gave us the joy of having a new baby home and what a gift! :)
Lil'bro does not have a name yet, but he is growing. The first half of his life was spent between hospital and home. He was born on the 22nd of November and they spent 2 nights at the hospital, as Yukyin wanted as best as possible to breastfeed, Lil'bro was not allowed any formula supplement, Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-41817301562440255402012-11-23T01:01:00.001+08:002012-11-23T14:03:29.808+08:00God listens... and gives.Dear Reader,
God listened to our prayers. After Myrtille's delivery experience here, Yukyin was so marked that she did not want to have another baby, but after several years of thinking, she tried to put her fear aside, but no matter how you try, you can't definitively put it aside. So we prayed, we prayed with friends around us, we prayed with brothers and sisters in our cell group, we prayed Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-12128891627002112902012-11-19T14:32:00.000+08:002012-11-19T14:32:12.017+08:00Are we there yet?? and some mixed feelings about SchoolDear Reader,
Yukyin is at week 39 and baby is still not in the mood to show its face... We really start to feel the weight of all those seconds, minutes, hours or days passing one after the other. Everything is ready, we just need to get baby out of Yukyin's tummy. We keep praying for Yukyin's delivery. That's for my first piece of non so happy news, here is the second one...
Last week, we got Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-29381987954164243542012-11-12T22:18:00.002+08:002012-11-12T22:18:59.885+08:00Still Waiting.. :)Dear Reader,
It's maybe the fourth time I use the word "Wait" in a post title, but yes, we have been waiting for a long time now. We are week 38 and baby does not seems to show any sign that it wants to get out of Mama's belly. So, meanwhile, we are still preparing ourselves.
Myrtille is growing and she entered a new phase in her mind, we gave her her first stickers program Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-55232479546352067122012-10-29T22:22:00.002+08:002012-11-12T21:56:44.319+08:00Heart Beat Monitor for Casual Workout: To Keep My Heart In Check!Dear Reader,
As I said previously, I started to go out and workout. During my workout, one thing I could not get feedback on was my body. You often hear that we should listen to our body, but it's hard to really be able to tell myself if I am in a good shape or not. So, last week, I broke my wallet and went off buying a Heart Rate Monitor chest strap. It's a kind of elastic strap that goes Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-90187321163236208152012-10-28T23:55:00.000+08:002012-10-28T23:55:34.103+08:006 years and counting.
Rear reader,
Today we celebrated our marriage anniversary. 6 long years, during which, we have been growing our love to each other. I learnt more about my wife, she learnt more about me, and this year has been marked by our will to be parents again. So after a big amount of prayers, of trying, Yukyin has a huge belly ready to give birth somewhere around next month.
A new Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-62821209624656863752012-10-22T22:55:00.000+08:002012-10-22T22:56:20.060+08:00Start workout!Dear Reader,
Having Myrtille, a pregnant Yukyin and a need to balance family/work/entertainment life is not easy. Lately, I found out that I put up some weight, on last Friday, I had a Mcdonnald's lunch with a KFC diner... Before you throw stones at me, Yukyin had the same... Now, you can throw even more stones at us :( Seriously, we are just two lazy eaters some time... It does not happen Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-31526666491420691212012-10-17T15:18:00.000+08:002012-10-17T15:18:24.779+08:00Half way to First Term!
It's been a while! Actually, every time I look at my browser's bookmarks, I always have something in my mind to write but never had the time to work on it.
As of today, we are mid October and Myrtille has joined K1 since last month. Her life brutally change from being a no-worries laid back / play all day life to a meticulously arranged day. Morning, she wakes up at 7h35, have a wash, eat Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-40811252558623868722012-05-16T22:08:00.000+08:002012-05-16T23:55:31.182+08:00New lens in my kit: Nikkor Ai-s 50mm f1.2
Dear reader,
Today, I'll write a short review of the nikkor Ai-s 50mm 1.2 for Nikon body. I recently got one second hand in very good condition, so I decided to write up my tale with the beast.
Specs,
I won't t go back on historical facts as some other websites do this better than I can do (here for example). So what's so special about that lens? It's simply the widest aperture 50mm Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-38276890725811711032012-05-16T01:16:00.000+08:002012-05-16T09:54:50.824+08:00On the way to Kindergarten
Dear reader,
One full year has passed and I did not write a single thing so I decided to get back to my keyboard and post some news. Time has flown this last year, I have been busy taking care of both Yukyin and Myrtille, learning about myself, about being a husband and about being a dad.. It's not easy at all. This year, Myrtille will be three and she will start going to Kindergarten! A Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-56578770969713329992011-04-27T23:59:00.000+08:002011-04-27T23:59:19.042+08:00Father, help me be a better fatherDear All,
It's been a while as usual, time flies and now that we have a little toddler at home, she is healthy, smiling, crying, creating her own way of communication... She is growing and in the same time, so is our role as parents. We started as care givers as she was a baby and slowly evolve to a mix of teacher/parent/friend as she became a toddler.
Now she is 21 month old, she is starting Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-70500335219677901082011-01-19T23:13:00.000+08:002011-01-19T23:13:31.818+08:004 Months later... 2011 will be Home Cinema projectDear Reader,
Yup... the number of post is going down and that's because I got more work to do, more attention to give my wife and Myrtille, so I can't really give much time to this blog.
But since last time, plenty things changed, I am still seeking for a good way to host pictures, although I found it, but I would like to have a proper way to present them and even though LR is doing a good jobValutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926894339404488216.post-87756120752525569822010-09-05T00:21:00.001+08:002010-09-08T09:45:47.607+08:00Trying Galleries with Lightroom... and new blog template...Dear Reader,
When I was cleaning up my FTP, I accidentally deleted some files that were used by the previous template... and besides, it's not available anymore in the blogger system, so I went for the new ones. They are quite nice actually, so I hope this one looks good. I'll run it through Yukyin to ask for her advice.
Second big thing, I purchased Adobe Lightroom 3.0 and this piece of Valutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753946945143584032noreply@blogger.com0