Little Anekah and I were playing Hangman early Sunday morning. She's this intelligent, witty and precocious little girl that got a bit of me. I feel like an angel' over this seven-year old bundle of blonde energy. Anakah's smaller than her peers but her personality and intelligence MORE than make up for her size.
She endeared me with her Hangman puzzle: "Anakah loves Mr. Wong." Man, how could you not melt?
That's why kids are such a gift. Michele and I have been trying for kids. It's been 10 months. A part of me wants a daughter of my own badly. I want to be a daddy.
Which brings to me the preciousness of marriage. Marriage as in it's beauty. A covenant of commitment that you promise to stand by the person you have pledged your heart too. I found it more astounding as to how more and more young men view Hugh Hefner as a 'dude's-dream-role' lavishing honor on a 'Green-haven retirement' candidate. What about the soldiers running across the battlefield carrying their buddies to safety? Or that virologist trying to find the next deadly virus before it breaks out in a world-wide epidemic?
Sorry, Hugh is not a hero to me. To me he's a man who didn't grow up. It takes a real man to stick to his job, love his wife, provide for his children, and raise his family to be the next great generation.
I don't think you'll find any single mother struggling to support her children calling Hugh a 'role model'.
I find today, the love between my wife and I is a by-product of something that crosses the realm of what we see, but something that produces something wonderful: a union towards new life. Also, I look at my wife with a growing measure of greater worth than the first day I met her.
Which all brings me to this point I will tell my future daughter or any young woman: don't listen to what he's saying, but watch what he is doing. Girls should never let the smooth talk of some man seduce them, actions always speak louder.
Great men quick spur into action. What woman wouldn't want some man dashing to her rescue with a sense of determination and will? Men without action are usually called 'liars', 'conceited' or 'self-absorbed'.
Man, will I be hard on my boys?
Feb 23, 2009
Affording the cruise
Been awhile since I posted.
Working on a lot of projects, but the biggest event I can blog about is this:
The cruise was alot of fun and everyone should do it.
However, some people might be surprised that someone as conservative financially as me would go 'cruising'?
It's a myth: I'm neither rich, nor a 'spender'. We got a great deal. We have money saved from our investments and our car payments and using a 0% loan to work in our favor. Most people don't realize that all the little 'stuff' adds up quickly. Think of not forking over 20k immediately but leveraging that for a 4% investment account or leveraging that in a volatile stock that clearly hits a 'sweet spot' at $87 per share and in one week turn around 3k with your 15k? Not bad eh?
Off my soapbox: we had a great time and the food was $100.00 dinner meals anywhere in the USA. The food was THAT good.
I gorged on sushi: 28 pieces and 6 sashimi. Port Wine reduction sauce on chocolate molten lava cake. Lamb leg so rich and tender it was like melted butter in your mouth. The entertainment was first rate and the crew was always friendly. Money well spent for less than $1300.00 per person WITH roundtrip airfare.
Jealous yet?
However, I did want to come back to reality. It's true what they say: it's good to be king - for a day.
Working on a lot of projects, but the biggest event I can blog about is this:
The cruise was alot of fun and everyone should do it.
However, some people might be surprised that someone as conservative financially as me would go 'cruising'?
It's a myth: I'm neither rich, nor a 'spender'. We got a great deal. We have money saved from our investments and our car payments and using a 0% loan to work in our favor. Most people don't realize that all the little 'stuff' adds up quickly. Think of not forking over 20k immediately but leveraging that for a 4% investment account or leveraging that in a volatile stock that clearly hits a 'sweet spot' at $87 per share and in one week turn around 3k with your 15k? Not bad eh?
Off my soapbox: we had a great time and the food was $100.00 dinner meals anywhere in the USA. The food was THAT good.
I gorged on sushi: 28 pieces and 6 sashimi. Port Wine reduction sauce on chocolate molten lava cake. Lamb leg so rich and tender it was like melted butter in your mouth. The entertainment was first rate and the crew was always friendly. Money well spent for less than $1300.00 per person WITH roundtrip airfare.
Jealous yet?
However, I did want to come back to reality. It's true what they say: it's good to be king - for a day.
Feb 14, 2009
Cruise 2009
With the economy dragging Michele and i thought it was great idea to take a cruise since the deals were so good.
A good friend of mine, Corey and his wife accompanied us on our trip. That was a great idea: nothing like the added element of having another couple and good friend travel with you. It was a seven day cruise and the perfect number of days. By the tail end of the trip I was ready to come back and work.
Part 1 of 2.