Jacob 的微笑

这相片集是从妈妈的Blog借来的。

Telemarketing Fact Sheet for Canada residents

Not sure if you are a victim of telemarketing? The telemarketers are so annoying that they call you at home, usually in the evening from 6pm to 9pm. I used to have this lawn care company (Weedman) kept calling us every 2 months, even though I specifically asked them every time not to call us again, but they just call back anyway. (The reason they call me back is because I did not follow the rules of the telemarketing games.)

The number of telemarketing calls to our home used to be at a reasonable level in the past, but it jumped to 4-7 times a week in recent months. It was once that we were so afraid to pick up our incoming calls during our dinner time, that most of the calls are telemarketing calls. We further emailed to our friends to ask them to leave a voice mail for us so that we can call them back.

My battle to this telemarketing war has changed after my colleague tips me this telemarketing rules from Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC). Three months after using this technique, the number of telemarketing calls to my home has now dropped to on average one call every 2 weeks. Here are the tips:

• They will be looking for Mr. X, do not identify yourself, instead ask the callers to identify themselves and the company they works for.
• Do not talk to much, promptly ask them to add this phone number onto their DO NOT CALL list.
• The do not call request must be processed without requiring you to do anything further.
• As of October 1st, 2004, the caller must give a unique registration number to you to be added to the do not call list. Most of them do not have the registration number, but ask for it anyway.
• The whole conversation should take less than a minute.
  

Click here to read the full CRTC fact sheet.

Thank you

From Doreen & Kian:

Dear brothers & sisters

Thank you for the dinner yesterday.
My mum felt so touched and happy..

I'm sure that she will never worried about us staying here far away from our family because we have another big family here with lots of lovly brothers and sisters.

Love, Doreen & Kian

床边旋转音乐吊饰 - 照片

Cobcob: 企鹅叔叔，你要去那里？可不可以带我出去玩？

Cobcob: 企鹅叔叔，你好好玩哦！但为什么一直在我的上面转圈圈呢？

Movie: Love Comes Softly

This was the movie we watched together in our cell group last Friday. We initially planned to watch the "Amazing Grace", but were unable to rent the movie in the Blockbuster nor the Rogers video store.

It is a story about a young woman (Marty) on her way to a new life in the West, who suddenly finds herself a widow. With no other options, she accepted the marriage proposal of widower (Clark), who offered her a place to stay for the Winter and provided her with the fare for the wagon train heading back East in the Spring. In exchange, he wanted her to provide a maternal influence for his young daughter Missie.

The love story is really touching, but it is Clark's faith that attracts me. A scene that is memorable is when Clark takes Marty to his "church," a bench that faces a beautiful view, and explains his faith to her:

"Missie (his daughter) could fall down and hurt herself, even if I were right there beside her. That doesn't mean I allowed it to happen. But she knows, with her father's unconditional love, I'll pick her up and carry her. I'll try to heal her. I'll cry when she cries. And I'll rejoice when she is well. In all the moments of my life, God has been right there beside me. The truth of God's love is not that he allows bad thing to happen, it's his promise that he'll be there with us when they do."

Goh's family has grown by two feet

It has been a truly blessing to us that our family has grown from four to six feet.

诗篇127:3 儿女是耶和华所赐的产业．所怀的胎、是他所给的赏赐。

床边旋转音乐吊饰

Cobcob非常喜欢他的床边旋转音乐吊饰。每天早晨喂完奶后，把他放在床上，打开旋转音乐盒，他就会乐得不可开交、一直手舞足蹈。现在，他自己已经可以玩上20-30分钟。

Cobcob: 谢谢Harrison哥哥送给我的床边旋转音乐吊饰。

我的朋友Brendan

这周末我们到Brendan家串门子去了。刚到的时候我是睡着的，后来我醒了Brendan却开始睡了，这样我们就错过了一起同时张开眼睛的合影的机会了。下一次再来过！

你们看，我的朋友Brendan是不是很可爱。妈妈说Brendan的爸爸妈妈也是我爸爸妈妈的产前班的同学。妈妈还说他们不日的将来会举行一个同学会，给我们全部的小朋友们来一个合影。

渥太华的郁金香节 (Tulips Festival)

渥太华的郁金香节是世界闻名的一个节日。每年都吸引成千上万的游客到渥太华来赏花。今年的郁金香节是五月四日到二十一日。

郁金香节的历史更是精彩。荷兰皇族在二战期间逃难到加拿大。当时还是公主的Juliana女皇在渥太华的Civic医院生下了Margriet公主。那一天，这荷兰皇族所住的病房暂时变成了荷兰的属地，而且荷兰的国旗也象征性的在加拿大国会飘扬着。这样的话，Margriet公主就可以正式在荷兰属地出世了。回国后，Juliana送渥太华两万五千个郁金香幼苗，并承诺以后每年都会送渥太华一万个幼苗。这样，郁金香节就诞生了。

我今年去的时候没遇见这位画家。这张照片是一位朋友拍的。

郁金香节拍花

这都是家里自己种的郁金香。

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Spiderman 3

有了小孩之后，生活的确变了。时间变少了，生活空间变小了，吃饭要比平时快些，出门也比平时麻烦得多。

虽然生活方式变了，但我们的目标乃是保持生活原则，那就是继续享受我们的生活。上周四乘妈妈还在渥太华，我们让妈妈帮我们看一下CobCob，我们俩去拍拖看电影，看了SpiderMan3。

Cobcob的表情变化越来越多

Cobcob的表情变化越来越多，常常都有新表情。

You Are My Sunshine

最近新学一首儿歌《你是我的阳光》。以前一直都听人家唱过，但从没好好学过。Cobcob很喜欢这首歌。最近发现到如果Cobcob在哭时，唱《你是我的阳光》给他听不管用的话，可把歌唱高八度。Cobcob就会停止哭泣来注意听爸爸用这种"怪"调来唱他喜欢听的歌。

如果你没听过《你是我的阳光》这首歌的话，可按此听Midi。

You Are My Sunshine
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear, how much I miss you
Please don't take my sunshine away.

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried.

John Doe

dd and I are fans of CSI and Cold Case series. From time to time, we came across this John Doe being a victim, and didn't have a clue why the director kept using the same name again and again. It was dd first to discover John Doe is actually a male party whose true identity is unknown. Being grown up in Chinese culture, we only come to know our 无名氏，某某，张三，李四, I guess it is time now to meet Mr. John Doe. Click here for Wikipedia definition.

Grace and Cobcob

爸爸今天请假没上班，因为妈妈中午要去看医生，之后爸爸要带我们去看Tulips(郁金香)。所以我们今天早晨有空到Grace家里玩。注：Grace的父母是爸爸、妈妈产前班同学。Grace比Cobcob大两周，住在我们家附近。

Cobcob: 希望以后可以成为Grace的好朋友。

Good Morning Cobcob

妈妈说Cobcob每天早晨喂完奶的样子就是这样的。。。

母亲节快乐

恭祝全世界的妈妈们母亲节快乐！

Cobcob: 妈妈，母亲节快乐！妈妈，我爱你！

满月的Jacob

这张是Cobcob满月时在家里照的照片。

Cobcob换尿布、洗澡都不哭

帮Cobcob换尿布、洗澡都很简单，因为他换尿布、洗澡都不哭。即使他在哭，换尿布时都会暂停哭泣，完后继续再哭。

Cobcob: 爸爸，你在做什么？
爸爸: 儿子，爸爸在帮你拍照嘛。。不用怕，重要部分已经遮起来啦

Canon PowerShot S230

我们的Canon PowerShot S230已经跟我们五年多了，是一部忠心又能耐的机器。目前，它已经进化成我们的摄像机。用250MB的Compact Flash来摄像实在不过用。希望可以找着一个二手的Compact Flash。

摄影也是一种乐趣

摄影是一种艺术，也是生活中的一种乐趣。我虽然不是很会艺术，不过我很肯定它给我们生活中留下许多美好回忆。

"WE SEE WHAT MOST DON'T"

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Came across one Salvation Army ‘Invisible’ poster campaign ad in one of the magazines while waiting in ER lounge. The poster really stirs up my compassion, and reminds me that how little I pay attention to the needy. When got home, little googling found out another 2 posters. Also found the ‘Invisible’ TV ads in YouTube here.

马太福音 25:35-40
因为我饿了、你们给我吃．渴了、你们给我喝．我作客旅、你们留我住．我赤身露体、你们给我穿．我病了、你们看顾我．我在监里、你们来看我．... 主阿、我们甚么时候见你饿了给你吃、渴了给你喝．甚么时候见你作客旅留你住、或是赤身露体给你穿．又甚么时候见你病了、或是在监里、来看你呢． ... 我实在告诉你们、这些事你们既作在我这弟兄中一个最小的身上、就是作在我身上了．

Cobcob in GIF animation

GIF Animations [multiple picture frames in one file] can be used for creating image slideshows, screencasts, text banners. To create an animated GIF online, all you need is a set of images (in any format like jpg, png, etc) and Gickr.com, a free site that will convert them into an animated GIF movie of predefined sizes that post them on blogs.

恩典牌

我们教会有一个非常不错的妈妈祷告小组。妈妈们除了每周二晚上在网上彼此代祷之外，也在日常生活中彼此关怀。孩子们的衣服、玩具、以及其他用品都是妈妈们一代传一代，一家传一家的传下去。这都是上帝的恩典。故此，这些衣服、玩具、用品等都属一个牌子，那就是恩典牌。

蒙上帝的祝福、和妈妈们的关怀，我们也接收到不少恩典牌用品。相信很多人都喜欢名牌货。原来Cobcob用的牌子就是名牌中的名牌。

Cobcob: 谢谢叔叔阿姨的爱心、谢谢上帝的恩典。