I’m thankful Jenni indulges in my short-term obsessions with equal or more firepower.
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jQuery Supersized Slideshow
I’ve always found full background web slideshows visually and technically impressive, but didn’t have the right use for them. After finding the jQuery supersized plugin, I was inspired to use one for my Mauritius, Réunion, and Paris slideshow photo set. I think it turned out pretty well as a slide presentation—so well, that I should redesign our photography site with it.
See the 288 hand-picked photos from Mauritius, Réunion, and Paris »
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Game Time
I think one of the sexiest things about Jennilyn is the fact that she’ll play games with me—not just simple games, but fighting games, racing games, first person shooters, and real-time strategy games too.
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Chinese-American
As we were walking through a park on our anniversary, Jenni smiled when she saw another couple that was an Asian male with a Caucasian female. I noticed them too and we were reminded that we’re a mixed race couple.
Our cultural differences don’t come up often except when we gather with our extended families. I’m often the only Asian in the room with Jenni’s family and Jenni is the only Caucasian when we gather with my family. Both of us are loved and accepted—never ostracized.
And, as a bonus, we both inherited more holidays to celebrate.
Just for fun, we looked at our heritage ingredients:
- 1 cup Chinese
- 1/4 cup English
- 1/4 cup Finnish
- 1/4 cup German
- 1/4 cup mixture of Swedish, Dutch, Danish, and possibly Native American
I think the ingredients mixed quite well as our daughters are very cute.
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Mauritius, Réunion, and Paris
It was such a special trip to travel to where my father was born. I had heard about it in my youth, but never thought much about it, nor how my dad started there. It wasn’t until college, when my friends learned that my dad was born in Mauritius, that my family roots became interesting. From then on, my friends teased that I was part black since the island of Mauritius is 500 miles east of Madagascar, a larger island east of Africa.
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Teamwork
One of the pillars of our marriage is teamwork. We have our differences in approaches and styles, but we always work together as a team—for life’s big projects and little tasks.
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Crossing Bridges
I believe one of the best benefits of being married is having your best friend bridge the seasons of life together.
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Happily Six Years After
I mentioned on our last anniversary that we weren’t taking many photos of ourselves since having kids. I’m pleased to report that we have increased the frequency of photos for Jenni and me this year, especially since our a-photo-a-week project is themed around our married life.
I recently came back from a trip where there was a celebration of 60 years of marriage. 60 years! I certainly look forward to and hope that Jennilyn and I will share so many great years together. Even for six years, I cannot begin to count the blessings, grace, and love from God as He orchestrates in our lives.
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Garage Band
We are both blessed with parents who love music. Though our instruments are not what you’d consider complementary, we can love each other in harmony.
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Out Of The Mouths Of Babes
One recent morning when I wasn’t feeling well, Kadie said, “We could go to your room. You should do your exercises.”