It was a good skating lesson for John this evening. He was having fun with his brother. He didn't even know he was skating.

2017: Eye of the storm

We were so happy when we knew we had a little life coming, meanwhile we were so worried about losing him. Although knowing him coming and losing him happened on the same week, it was tough and emotional.

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Eye Of The Storm

When the solid ground is falling out
From underneath my feet
Between the black skies and my red eyes
I can barely see
When I realize I've been let down by my friends and my family
I can hear the rain reminding me

In the eye of the storm, You remain in control
In the middle of the war, You guard my soul
You alone are the anchor, when my sails are torn
Your love surrounds, me in the eye of the storm

When my hopes and dreams are far from me
And I'm running out of faith
I see the future I pictured slowly fade away
And when the tears of pain and heartache are pouring down my face
I find my peace in Jesus' name

In the eye of the storm, You remain in control
In the middle of the war, You guard my soul
You alone are the anchor, when my sails are torn
Your love surrounds me, in the eye of the storm

When they let me go and I just don't know
How I'm gonna make ends meet
I did my best
Now I'm scared to death
That we might lose everything

And when a sickness takes my child away
And there's nothing I can do
My only hope is to trust You
I trust You LORD

In the eye of the storm, You remain in control
In the middle of the war, You guard my soul
You alone are the anchor, when my sails are torn
Your love surrounds me, in the eye of the storm

In the eye of the storm, You remain in control
In the middle of the war, You guard my soul
You alone are the anchor when my sails are torn
Your love surrounds me in the eye of the storm

2016: The hockey Numbers for Novice Major winter season

14 Jacob's jersey number
7 Months from Aug 29 September to March 29
5 cm taller in height in 7 months
1 Team
2 Goalies
15 Players
134 Ice Times
    63 Practices
    71 Games
        5 Exhibition Games
        22 Tournament Games
        30 Regular Season Games
        14 Playoff Games

约翰福音第三章

一直知道Cobcob四岁时信主。昨晚与他一起看约翰福音第三章谈重生，很感恩知道他清楚知道他是born again。

2015: Jacob's game plan for the big game

We had a big game tonight. There were 2 teams went undefeated after many games in the past 2 months. They finally met tonight. Jacob was very excited about the game. He wrote down his game plan last night, and explained to me how he would execute his plan this morning.

It was so cute to see his plan. It was the leading-up events pairing with his Halloween treats. It made my day to see how an 8-year-old thinks before his big game. It also reminds me to relax and enjoy the game as a parent.
 
Jacob’s game plan: See photo (or text below)
Need to do
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After school: Coffee Crisp
Car(ride to the rink): Nerds
Waiting (before warm up): Snickers
Warm up: Fizz
(Coach) Talking: Aero

Maybe
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three goals: 1 Rocket
dad happy: 1 gummy

It is cute to see “dad happy” has a reward of 1 gummy.

2015: Jacob book review

Ha. It was a good review. Good to read it. I think we have spelling errors to fix. :-) 

Grandma rat Rock got an ich at her back. She said she wanted to go to the long lost land of cheesy-la to be cured. So their family went to the ??? long lost land Cheesy-La. When they found the long lost land Cheesy-La, they were sad because it was just a bunch of water. When they were going out the path they saw a picture on the path wall. It was a picture of a lot of people in a water. So they went back to the land of cheesy-La and jump in the water and it actually was a pool.

2015: John 27 weeks

Hello John,

Daddy has this photo for almost a month. I am happy that I finally find time to write to you.

Our family just can't wait to meet you. When mommy went for the second ultra sound checkup, Jacob went with mommy while daddy stayed at home to take care of the daycare children. Jacob was so excited to see you on the monitor.  I am sure you will like your brother. He is so loving and I am sure you will learn so much from him.


Love,
Daddy.

2015: Cobcob's story: Mike travels to different planet [Gr2]

Mike travels to different planet

Mike was a 16 years old alien and was bored of his planet, Ally Places. So, he decided that when he was 18, he would go to an airport to get a spaceship lesson. Five years later, he went to a high tech space store to buy a high tech spaceship. His high tech spaceship was light green with orange star, the top of the high tech spaceship was a sunroof and at the bottom of the high tech spaceship has two pop up tires. So Mike set off the next day to space and open the sunroof and wave goodbye to his family. Mike's journey begins at Dancurcy. When Mike got off the high tech spaceship, he noticed it was very different from Ally Places. It was warm in the world of Dancurcy, and in Ally Places, it was cold, it was also warm and hot. Then he went to search for creatures to discover, suddenly! The whole world begin to shake. Mike freak out and fainted. When Mike woke up, Mike had a plan. His plan was to dig a hole to find out what was causing the Dancurcyquake. So, he went to a tree and broke a branch as a shovel. Then he started digging. When he dig as deep as a well, two long furry ears poke out of the deep tunnel. Finally ten million long furry ears pop out of the deep tunnel. Finally Mike knew what was causing the Dancurcyquake. After that amazing adventure, he headed back to Ally Places. When he got home, he told his family about the adventure. 

The End
By Jacob GOH

Jacob's story: Ryan's science lab

 

  Ryan's science lab

Once upon a time, there was a eight years old robot named Ryan. He loves science at school. But one day he got bullied by grade 6s, and all his friends made fun of him. So Ryan asked his parents for their old science lab. His parents said ok. So at a weekend, he woke up early to go to his own science lab to do experiments. He got to work right away. His goal was to make a good friend robot. It didn't take long before he knew how to make a new good friend robot. When the new robot friend of Ryan was finished. He decided to have fun with his new friend.

The end

By Jacob GOH

2015: Cobcob Chirstmas Recital

Dear Jacob,

Daddy is proud of your willingness to learn piano. Both you and mommy have sense of music, which daddy always wish I would have too. But God made everyone special. You are special, and so does daddy.

I see you are having fun while playing piano. I share your accomplishment every time you learn a new song. Keep working hard and have fun.

I pray that you will keep on learning piano. Maybe one day, you will use it on a special way God wants to you to be.

Love,
Daddy
Feb 3, 2015

2015: Remembering my aunt 2 Gu (我的二姑)

Just a few hours ago, I lost my beloved aunt 二姑. When I heard the news, I was first in shock, then I sobbed and grieved. I really miss her. I was sad and so emotional. Doreen and Jacob were very understanding. Jacob knew that I like candle, he brought me a scented candle and asked me if I would like to light it up so that I could feel better. I think it is a good idea. I lighted it up to remember 2 Gu.

Then a lot of sweet memories of her flashed through my mind.

I spent a big chunk of my childhood in a fishing village (KK) growing up. As far as I could remember, 2 Gu was always there helping out the family business. She was my dad's first lieutenant working in the front line while my mom works in the back line. She was always strong and capable of lifting up 100 of pounds of fish to the scale all by herself. She was tough and fearless when it came to protect the business territory. She always stood solid on her ground on this man-dominated business.

2 Gu once told me in tears. My dad was the only son in the family. Before grandma died, her biggest regret was that my dad does not have brother(s). Grandma was worried about my dad being bullied. 2 Gu said she (along with all the sisters) promised grandma to stand beside my dad and fight if she needed to. And she did fulfilled her promise. In the past 39 years of my life, I witnessed 2 Gu's determination to stand firm on her promise.

Although she was tough as seen by many, she was a very lovely aunt to me. I don't recall her scolding me, not even once. She was an old fashioned aunt and never hug me. She loved me but I never knew that. Until when I was 13 years old, when I had a surgery and was recovering in the hospital ward, she suddenly came to the ward. As soon as she saw me, she held my hands and cried. She was so caring for me. From that moment on, I knew down in my heart, 2 Gu loved me.

In 1997 summer, after completing my 3rd year engineering program, I spent 2 months in the fishing village together with my parents and 2 Gu. It was my best summer ever. I had a great time with them while helping them selling fish. That summer, I came to know 2 Gu's birthday was on Aug 8. On that day, I secretly sneaked out and bought her a birthday cake. She was so happy like a little girl when we sang birthday song to her. Since then, I called her almost every year on her birthday.

One of the most silly thing I've ever done in my life was to bring Doreen to meet my parents, only a few hours after she agreed to be my girlfriend. It was right after we spent our romantic moment in the lighthouse, when my mom asked us to join them for the dinner. When we arrived, we unexpectedly to see all of our relatives from the village were on the big table. Of course, 2 Gu was one of them too. :-)

In the Chinese culture, wedding is considered a joining of two families. When Doreen and I decided to get married, both of our families need to get involved. On the day of the marriage proposal (提亲), it was 2 Gu and my mom represented the groom family to present the "grand gift" to the bride family. That symbolized the two families officially acknowledge the marriage and give their blessing.

When we announced the news to her that Doreen conceived with Jacob, she was so happy. When Jacob was born, she bought Jacob a gold baby ankle as a blessing. She was so delighted and I could feel her emotion when we told her we are expecting baby John last October.

Her passing definitely marked one of the lowest points of my life. However, as I started to recall all the great times I had with her, I am so grateful to have 2 Gu in my life. She was a true blessing to me.

2 Gu, I love you forever. I will miss you. You mean a lot to me. I will miss the moment when I said "I love you" to you in the phone, and you always responded "I love you" back to me. Thank you for loving me.

Jan 27, 2015
Kian Goh
From Ottawa, Canada

2015: You are a boy! You are beautiful in my eyes

Dear baby,

Daddy is so happy to see your ultrasound picture. You look so beautiful in the picture that I keep looking at it over and over again. I shared the picture with so many people this weekends, probably more than 30 people I shared the picture to. Imaging how excited daddy was about you?  :-)

From the ultrasound, we now know that you are a boy. Now, daddy can start an important task to name you.

Daddy loves the name "Abraham".  Abraham was a man of faith in the bible. He trusted God and lived up to God's standard. When the Lord said to Isaac , He said, "I will be with you and will bless you... because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws." (Gen 26:2-5)  I wish you to trust your life in God and may God be in your entire life. Faith is the utmost blessing I could give you.

Another name daddy loves is "John". In the bible, John is called the "Apostle of Love". He was one of Jesus' beloved disciples and had experienced the unconditional love of Jesus firsthand. He preached that love in his gospel and letters. Daddy wish you to be a beloved child in our family, and be imitator of God as a loved child and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us. (Eph 5:1)

To my sadness, both mommy and your brother Jacob do not agree with these 2 names. Mommy said Abraham sounds like "Ibrahim" and John sounds like "Uncle John". I don't really know what is wrong with the names. They just sound great to me. Your brother Jacob says Abraham's name is too long to write. "Jacob" has 5 characters and "Abraham" has 7 characters. I also do not understand why it is too long to write the name. However, Jacob said he is OK with "John". Anyway, you do not need to worry now. All you need to do is keep growing in mommy's tummy. Just let daddy handle this. Hopefully I could convince mommy and Jacob. If not, daddy will have to think of another name for you.

You are 20 weeks old in mommy's tummy this week. Mommy starts to feel you more and more nowadays. This morning, daddy was teaching children Sunday school while mommy was attending the service, mommy told me you were so excited and keep moving around during the service. Daddy loves to hear that.




Love,
Daddy
Jan 11, 2015

2014: You are so near and so precious to me

Dear baby,

This is the first time daddy hears your heart beats. I've played the audio many times, and I am not yet tired of hearing it over and over again.

You are joy in my life. I can feel that you are so near to me. You are so precious to me.

Mommy went to see doctor last Monday, the doctor said we have to wait 4 more weeks to know if you are a boy or a girl. Your brother Cobcob wishes that you are a boy so that he could teach you hockey. Daddy does not have a preference, but if daddy has to make a choice, daddy may choose "boy" as daddy grew up in a all-boys family. Mommy wishes a baby girl. Well, whether you are a "boy" or a "girl", it doesn't really matter. What matter the most is that you are my baby, and you will always be my precious baby.

Love,
Daddy

2014: Learning Full Stride

"There is a significant difference between being a fast skater and being a quick skater. Speed is measured by how fast a player in full stride can skate from point a to point b. A players ability to stride efficiently with good technique creates speed. Quickness, however is the players ability to go from one speed to another in a small amount of time and space, which may also include changing direction. Quick starts have a completely different technique then skating at full stride.  Quickness in a game is considered to be more of an effective tool then speed itself. Hockey is a game of transition and reaction where burst of speed and quickness are valuable assets to possess."

source: http://www.semihockey.ca/skating_progression_with_ihd_part_2

2013: Hardworking Award from his coach - 6yo

Coach Todd awarded Jacob the Hardworking Hat for his effort during 3 practices over the weekends. Coach also praised him for being able to do the full stride skating, which is essential skill for power skating.

He can bring the hat home for a week and write his name on the hat. He is pretty excited about it. Well done, Jacob!

2013: Cobcob with the Music For Young Children - 6yo

Jacob did well in most of his areas of development in his school report, except in the area of music and art where he got "start to develop". I wish he could play piano but he is already playing hockey, we don't want to create a another stress environment for him. After consulting with some parents, Music for Young Children seems to be a fun way for Cobcob to learn music.

We had been asking him a few times in the past 2 years if he wanted to learn music, he said no. This year, he said yes. Here he is... Singing fingers song with his mom.

2013: Jacob's coach in his IP K9 team - 6yo

Hockey season starts again. After 2 busy sort-out weekends, Cobcob will be playing in IP K9 in our Kanata Minor Hockey League. We will have to wake up at 5am for his first 6am practice this coming Saturday. His coach is Coach Todd. We just know that Coach Todd used to play in NHL. He retired in 2011.

Lucky Cob to have great coach this season!

2013 Camping Trip: Watching movie at drive-in theater at Picton

Yes. It is a drive-in theater. It was so popular in 50-60s, but it is not easy to find near home nowadays. We managed to watch the Smurf 2 at Picton. The gate opens at 8pm, and the movie starts at 9pm after sunset. We've got a fairly good spot: 1st row and nearly center. Wu Fei family and Kevin family joined us at the spot too. The temperature was just right, around 18 degree, with almost no mosquitoes. The weather was perfect with clear sky. We spotted a couple meteors flashed across the sky not far from our screen.

2013: I love my neighbors

不在渥太华的这3.5周，多亏有我们邻居们的帮忙：

• 当我们去马来西亚时，我们邻居也是好友Yaqian送我们到火车站。并且帮我们看家。
• 当我们在马来西亚时，我们左边邻居Misa帮我们剪我们家前院的草、并且每周帮我们收拾搁在家门前的广告纸，
• 当我们在马来西亚时，我们右边邻居Paul帮我们剪我们家后院一大片的草及浇水。
• 当我们回渥太华时，我们邻居也是好友Jinkai到火车站来接我们。
• 当我们回渥太华时已是吃晚饭时间了，Yaqian 给我们准备了晚餐（意大利面条、Salad、水果）并且送到我们家。非常感动。
• 回渥太华第二天，我们隔几家的邻居老太太Laura送一张卡片到我们家欢迎我们回来。

我爱我们的邻居！

2013: We've finished the Old Testament Bible - 6 yo

Yeah, we have completed the Old Testament (about 200 pages) in about one year.