Ham Fried Rice

from the Wii.

I am imposing some rules regarding the Wii and they are not for my son… they’re for me. The last few weeks I’ve been staying up far past my bedtime to play the Wii. What ever happened to the sense of self-discipline instilled in me by my parents? Too much of a good thing has turned my brain to mush. I feel a brain cavity coming on. There have been several posts forgotten, housework neglected, maybe even husband neglected. (No, don’t worry. The children have not been neglected.)

And so, I’ve turned off the Wii… for now.

New photo stills from the upcoming film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince are out! Eeeeeeeeeee!!!! I’m sure they’re on all the fan sites but I found them on yahoo.

I was just reminiscing this morning about the eight hour all-nighter I pulled to read The Deathly Hallows last year, after it’s release. I literally read from 12:45 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. the next morning. Matt has always been so good to go out at midnight and purchase the books for me. When HBP came out I was eight months pregnant with baby #2. When DH came out, I was almost eight months pregnant with baby #3. It has been immensely enjoyable to read (ok, devour) the Harry Potter series and I look forward to sharing them with my children some day. But first, the films!!!

and I’m still blogging. This is undoubtedly a sickness.

Tonight I witnessed “evil” to a whole new level. Matt and I were watching some program about China titled, “Getting Rich.” During a discussion about the crackdown on the counterfeit culture, the commentator mentioned infants dying because they were fed “counterfeited” formula. There was no nutrition in the powders and they died. Their poor mothers thought they were feeding their babies milk. It made me want to VOMIT. I considered for a second to ban products “Made in China,” which is ironic since I am Chinese. However, it’d be impossible to do since everything is made in China. Even the stuff made in Mexico, those “Made in Mexico” stickers are made in China.

If you want a Chinese wife, here’s what you’d probably have to put up with:

• Incessant worrying
• Really great cooking
• Lots of smiles
• Sometimes frowns
• Respectful/deferential
• Courteous and dutiful
• Hopefully wise.

Matt can attest to this… and my type A personality. I should’ve been a lawyer…

Thanks to my friend “Chester,” my cover is blown. (Well, in this neighborhood, anyway.) Contact me if you want access to the family blog.

Many are familiar with Randy Pausch’s video on Youtube. However, I highly recommend reading his book, The Last Lecture. It’s a quick and easy read. Yet, there is so much truth and poignancy to be found within its pages. (It’s also more comprehensive than the Carnegie Mellon video.)

His story is life altering, giving us perspective on what’s actually important in this life. At times it’s quite difficult to get through, knowing that this is a man who will die within a few months, still attempting to leave a legacy for his children, to find a way to teach them, to be with them and love them, when he’s no longer with them. He’s defied death so far, but according to his blog, his cancer has metastasized.

He is a complete stranger, and yet I feel such compassion, sorrow, joy, hope and love for him and his family. What a courageous example to us all. Tomorrow I am going to paint one of his mottoes on my wall: Don’t complain; just work harder.

As we approach presidential elections, I question the honesty, integrity and moral compass of both candidates. In fact, in this day and age, I question the moral compass of all politicians. It saddens me that we’ve deteriorated as a society. Our children are no longer taught to discern right from wrong, good from bad. We are consumed by things that are irrelevant in this life. It no longer matters if we work hard to live a good life, try to be a good person or hope to help others. We’ve been sold on an idea that there is no God or Higher Power and therefore there are no repercussions to our actions or consequences to carry over when we die. We’ve been sold that there is no such thing as evil; there is no right or wrong. We’ve been sold that it only matters in this life if we are rich, cool or famous, or PC. (No thanks to Al Gore, whom I personally believe is evil, selling his “green” wares to make himself millions at our expense.)

Yesterday we celebrated Independence Day. As I thought about our founding forefathers, I knew, without a doubt, the greatness of these men and their strong moral compass. It is incredibly apparent to me when I read the preamble to the Declaration of Indepence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

It is my hope and prayer that we will strive as a nation to be worthy of the work and sacrifice these great men endured, to provide our freedoms and give us rights as a people and a nation. Let us not forget their greatness, nor their goodness.