is owner of a 525iA - can't believe buying a car is like grocery shopping... that was fast!!

eyeing on a 525iA...

the baby responded to daddy's voice by a kick to his face through mommy's tummy! woohoo!!

today, it marks the date!

today, it marks the date! i'm up high in the sky, filled with joy, which words can't describe. oh i soooo can't keep it shut, soooo wanna spread the words. still, it's afterall the moment, the day to remember!

Congrats to Eunice & Andrew

Hi Wai Lok (Eunice)

On behalf of all your family from HK, we would like to congratulate your marriage with Andrew!

Happy marriages begin when we marry the one we love, and they blossom when we love the one we married.

I also would like to share this passage:
Ephesians 5:22-33

From
Your grandpa
Your uncles and aunties
Your brothers and sisters

Apple Complain thread on Facebook on July 16, 2009

Andrew Wong Apple Macbook power cable melted and burned my arm last nite!! dangerous!! and today no one is willing to respond to my case argh!!!!!

about an hour ago · via Ping.fm · Comment · Like

Sophina Smith at 3:43pm July 16

wtf?!

Lester Lim at 3:44pm July 16

Take photos and post to various Mac sites, like TUAW. They'll notice pretty damn fast.

Eda Chow at 3:46pm July 16

OMG!!! is ur arm ok?

Brando Layon at 3:48pm July 16

it seems a known issue with apple macbook power adapter cable...http://www.appledefects.com/?p=135 ,http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA938LL/A

Andrew Wong at 3:56pm July 16

no offense... i love my mac, it's how they handle my case. i think i really should file a complain. but will they replace a new one for me??

Fei Sophia Tan at 3:58pm July 16

sounds scary... my macbook pro also got some problems. after came back from bali, i was going to turn on the macbook, which had been sitting in the cupboard for a week), i flipped the case over and found out the battery got bloated and popped out!
sent it for repair yesterday and they can't even turn it out with a new battery. so have to wait for 5 days to get it fixed! hope everything else inside is ok...

Lester Lim at 3:58pm July 16

If it's the power cord that melted then yeah, you'll get a new cord. New Mac? Not on your life. Applecare in HK is particularly shit compared to rest of the world.

Eda Chow at 4:01pm July 16

a known issue? i better be careful with my macbook then... >.<

Andrew Wong at 4:05pm July 16

yes bullseye Lester, applecare in HK is shit! i called several times, explained the situation several times, and i'm still in the blackhole... they asked me to go to their store which is either in quarry bay or mongkok... i might just give up and get a new netbook instead...

Nick Licence at 4:22pm July 16

try and tweet this entire thread and see how fast apple are all over it (or not!!)

Keith Chow at 4:27pm July 16

my one was same case few weeks ago.... coz applecare expired, I bought a new adapter. HK$600.

Fei Sophia Tan at 4:34pm July 16

not sure about the adapter issue. but i found out on the applestore product review re the battery and realized the bulging issue of battery is very common for macbook (pro). u can go check out if there's similar complain on this.

Andrew Wong at 4:40pm July 16

apparently a lot of ppl complained on the same issue! -http://store.apple.com/hk/product/MA538B/B?mco=MzI1NzY0Ng

Quality Time

"Don't listen to your spouse and do something else at the same time. Remember, quality time is giving someone your undivided attention. If you are watching, reading, or doing something else in which you are keenly interested and cannot turn from immediately, tell your spouse the truth. A positive approach might be, "I know you are trying to talk to me and I'm interested, but I want to give you my full attention. I can't do that right now, but if you will give me ten minutes to finish this, I'll sit down and listen to you." Most spouses will respect such a request.
-- The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman

Kathy has been reading this book and so happened she needed a lot of attention tonight and she made me read this passage! Yes perfect timing! wahaha.

The Secret

Picked up "The Secret" last night, as recommended by different friends including Sachiko from Japan. This book came at the right time when I was having many thoughts about my future. First chapter of "The Secret" is about the law of attraction. Not attraction among humans, it's attraction among thoughts and reality/life. You think and you can. That sort of meanings. Think negative you'll end up with miseries, and think positive you'll succeed.

Keep reading.

Success

"If you have a good name, if you are right more often than you are wrong, if your children respect you, if your grandchildren are glad to see you, if your friends can count on you and you can count on them in time of trouble, if you can face your God and say 'I have done my best', then you are a success."
-- Ann Landers

Found this passage on iPhone right between breaks at church. Success is not by how high up the career ladder you are at, or how much money you make, it's how respected you are as a person, a friend, a husband, a son, a father, a colleague. To earn respect is often more difficult than earning money, because it takes much more to be a respected one.

Crystal and Brian

When I was asked to write something for Crystal and Brian's marriage, many funny thoughts went through my head and I couldn't stop myself from smiling. But when I opened up my word document and wanted to start typing, I was stuck. I just didn't know where to start. Brian is my cousin, like a brother to me, and Crystal is like a sweet sister to me for many years too. If I was to write about all my encounters with them, I could write a novel!
So instead of writing generic congratulating messages, I'm going to dig deep into Brian's heart, and share with you all what he will be feeling on his wedding day...

Now let me impersonate Brian, my dear cousin:

When it comes to weddings, big or small, tiny even, it all comes down to the two of us.
Me, and the most beautiful girl in the world.
And I can't stop looking at her.
Can't take my eyes off that fabulous face.
Can't get over how wonderful she looks today, with that smile on her.
I feel like I am seeing Crystal for the very first time. Does every man feel this way? Does every man feel that his bride is the most beautiful girl in the world? Probably.
With all my heart, I want the best for her. I want this day to be perfect.
Everybody smiling, happy for us, flowers everywhere, their scent filling the air.
There's no place more sacred than this place.
And if anyone is blessed, then we are blessed.
Wedding. It's what we both wanted. Making official what we have known from very near the start - that we are building a life together.
And to tell the world - the best is yet to come. What could be more hopeful than that? What could be more right? More sacred?
We're here joining together two celebrated lives.
Crystal smiles at me as though we are the last lovers left alive. And I have absolutely no reservations about this girl. She's the one. In sorrow and in joy, from this day forward. She's the one.
I am certain about this girl. I want to spend the rest of my life with her. In sickness and in health. For richer, for poorer. Forsaking all others. I want her face to be the last thing I see at night and the first thing I see in the morning. I want to watch that face as it changes through the years. I want to know every birthmark on her body, to commit every freckle to memory. To have and to hold. Until death do us part.
'I do,' says my wife.
I draw a deeper breath.
And I do, too.
(also a reflection of how I felt as I was marrying to my wife Kathy)

Only once in a lifetime that a special dream comes true. And suddenly your entire world seems beautiful and new.
I wish the happy couple, Crystal and Brian, for a future of dreams comes true. God bless you and yours, and surround you ever with his blessing.
Best wishes always!
Andy