Trouble with this Blogger Site .

This Blog is giving me grey Hairs and I am on the verge of closing it . I sign-in and it gives me the Dashboard and when I go to Post's .. I'm signed out again . The same goes if I write a Comment or a Reply to one .. it will not let me post it as it signs me out everytime I click Post . When I click (on the Blog Page) Sign-in it sends me to the Dashboard again and shows that I'm signed in .. ect. ect.  if it's because of something new from Blogspot.com or whatever they did .. I'm sick of it !!!

Few more Photo's of our Labor , when we suppose to be relaxing .

Saturday & Monday , instead of relaxing .. one does Homework in a sense of the word . Having a House , one is never done working .. as most should know as being true . Anyway , this is what we did for a Fun Weekend  .. WORK ! In the end though , it is all worth it .. I must say with a smile . It's moving alone quite well and should be completed by end of June . On to the next Project then ?

Bring out the Tools .

Why ? Because we are starting on a Project that I was going to do years back already . Digging out my Plans that I made many Moons ago , but never started .. due to Personal or Money issue's at the time . So here I am and decided this would be the Weekend to get it finally going .


" The Patio Cover " in our Back Yard .


After having bought material for the early stages of this Project ( Do it Yourself ) , it was a go this time . My Neighbor offered to Help whenever I needed it . So , as the Hammer and Nails .. the Saw and of course my earlier Know how .. having done Construction work back in New York for four years in the seventies . As the Sun was starting to set , we finished all that we set out to do on Stage 1 . Now it was time to clean/pick up all the Tools and sweep the Deck , sit back and have a few Beers with my Neighbor . Looking at what we accomplished , it felt pretty good . Having done a great Job so far . Having to thank my LaoPo for helping me lift those Header Boards ( 4"x6"x11' ) to the Top of the Post's .. twice .


Now on to the next step , completing the rest of the Rafter's ( 12 more ) and on to put on the Cover and water-proofing the part that will not be open . As for the final touch up , which include Wiring for a over-head Fan .. Lights .. Speaker's for Music and a place for Qing's Buddha .

I will post Picture's as the Project continues to it's completion , which hopefully will be by the end of June .

Life is not easy and we are NOT making it any more easier .

After much struggle with the Computer , disable this and that .. to the point where my Brain was almost disabled and burned up to actually do some damage . Good thing the smoke had a ( two actually ) side openings to let the smoke escape .



A day and a half later and some help from Vince and our Neighbor's Son ( NO .. he was older than 10 yrs. old ) as he finally figured out it was the #@%*#%* Google Toolbar that caused us such un-wanted Pain . Anyway , all this was for Qing to take a Food Handling Course to receive a necessary Certificate .. as everyone who is in the Business of handling any kind of Food .. must have this by no later then July 1st. .

Isn't it nice , how whenever the State needs Money .. they just come up with something that we all of a sudden need to have . I have no idea how we got on all those years without those ? Now these are good for three years ( now that is ) , so that in a couple of years they can make it 2 (two) and then just 1 (one) depending in what money-need they find themselves . What's next , a Cover Charge to enter a Restaurant and eat out ? Oooop's .. don't want to give them any more idea's .

So , all that are handling Food will need this to continue to Work in any Food Serving Business .. here is what it looks like . Took Qing 3 Hours plus to study and answer 40 questions , with a passing score of 75% . She had a score of 92 , so 37 right out of fourthy . Not bad , to think it's in English and I had not to help her in any way . Goes to show , coming here and NOT knowing the Language is getting harder even to find a simple Fast Food Job now .

This Month is going by fast .... but not much ..

After Celebrating our Anniversary and finishing our Garden , not much has happened . It's been kind of slow ( reminds me of Work )at Home . The only thing lately I've been up to .. is making Plans for our Patio Cover in the back of the House . Also contacted a Friend , that is willing to come and help when I'm ready to put up the Ledger Board to the side of the House . The rest is going to be formality . I will definitely post some Photo's when I'm done with that .


The other thing I like to mention , last Weekend while I was checking my side Patio .. I noticed that something strange is happening to my eleven year old Albizia Tree . On the upper part of about have the Branches , I saw that some of the Bark was missing ? After further inspection , I came to the conclusion .. that it must be either Rat's or Squirrels eating the Bark . I'm sure either one of those Pest's , because I can actually see the Teeth marks going around the Branch in a neat fashion . Asking questions at Nurseries if they ever heard of such incidences , all I received back was a surprised .. NO .


So , I could not just leave it at that and have that beautiful Tree die on me . Going to an Home Improvement Store and I armed myself with a Repellant Spray and for the upper part of the Tree .. a mix of Vinagar and Water . This has so far done the Job quite well , with no further Chewing going on at Night . Hopefully , the Tree will recover from this . I would really hate to see it go and have the need to take it out after such a long time .


A Home-Owner's Job is never DONE ... is it ?

3rd. Anniversary is among us .

How time flies , well yes .. having Fun is a major part .. in having it go passed you so fast .

These Anniversaries are somewhat of a time scale in your Life . Of course you have to pay close attention , or you'll get in trouble with your better half .. forgetting these special Day's of the year . I'm one who has yet to forget or be reminded of such in my Married Life .. ever .

Having a wonderful LaoPo , helps ... never NOT to appreciate your Spouse . Not just on a yearly bases , but day by day . Cherish her always with Unconditional Love and never let her forget .. how you feel - what you feel and what makes this Marriage work so well . That of course is mostly due to her loving ways taking care of me 100% .. not just when she wants something . Same is true coming from my side .

So , People might ask .. what makes " Our " relationship work so flawlessly/smooth .. with seemingly no end in sight ?

Well , it's what we have found and build our relationship on .. TRUE LOVE for each other , despite what comes our way . Honeymoon feeling after three years , now who can proclaim that ?

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY my LAO PO !!!

Great Wife's make Husband's that Care to return equally .

May , is " Special " for Qing and I !

One can hardly believe , it's been almost three years already .. that we are married . Funny , about half of that .. she's been in America . It is not hard to look back for both of us , to Nov. 2007 .. our first Contact through Chnlove.com .

Many People at work or at get-together' , are always asking me .. how we are doing ? Are you getting along ? Does she like it here ? Of course there is always the "One" , thinking she left already and only came for the Green Card to America . Well , the last one to ask that Stupid question .. is a " FOOL " .

I'm not shaken by that , no way ! If these People only were 50% as happy as we are , they would be satisfied and happy themselves .

I will not go into too much details , but I can assure anyone .. Qing and I have something " Very " special . That we cherish to the fullest each day , without a doubt .

Anyway , this Post is to remember our first Face to Face meeting ( May 7th ) and two days later .. our Marriage at the Registry ( May 9th ) to receive our " Red Books " .. Chinese proof of Marriage . Now May 9th , was suppose to be our first meeting .. but thanks to Singapore Airlines .. those plans flew out the window so to speak . At that time , I was very upset of the unexpected Travel changes that I had to re-shuffle . I was to fly into Singapore for two days , go to Kualar Lumpur and back to Singapore . From there to Shanghai on the 9th . It turns out , that this change was all planned by somebody " Above "

See , if the first plans were to come true .. our Marriage would NOT have been on the 9th . Which has a great meaning to Me . After all , the very reason .. I was flying to Shanghai in the first place .. was really for my late Wife and mine Anniversary (30 yrs.) . This would have been on the 6th of May . Now , I could not repeat my LaoPo's and My on that same day . So by pure Coincidence ( which I by the way don't believe in ) or Luck or whatever one wants to believe , it happens that it was on the 9th . Well , isn't the number " 6 " the only number you can turn around and make a " New " number out of it ? Here we have it , May 9th and May 6th will always be very special to Me .

The reason , I don't believe in Coincidences .. is really due to many reasons I've experienced in my Life . One that stands out here the most .. is , my 39 year old Bank Card has the same Pin Code ( given by the Bank no less ) as this Date/Anni combined . So somebody knew well before , that this will be of much significance to ME someday .

So May "Flower's" will always bring a Heart-warming time to Qing/Myself and a time to be thankful to the "One" that really brought us together .

Time and the Age's have shown , Flower's and Bee's live always in Harmony !!!