I made a little change to my blog today. I made the template a little wider to allow bigger photos.
Bigger is better.
I hope you all like the change.

Dipped Chocolate Strawberry in White Chocolate Favor by Imut Design

It’s very seldom that I have my own picture taken. This one was a mistake, but I like the composition. So, I tweak the pictures for my own pleasure.

Here’s the picture SOOTC (Straight out of the camera)

After post processing

Here’s what I did in fixing my own picture:
- Bump up the brightness
- Change to sepia
- Apply noise filter
- Add an overlay
- Finally apply sharpen

What do you think of the final result? Thumbs up? Thumbs down?

This makes me smile when I read it. The title is “Your initial may spell success” [source MSNBC]. Apparently, there’s a study that show the relationship between a person’s initial name and the person’s performance at school. Person with “A” or “B” initials performs better than those with “C” or “D” initials. By the way, my name starts with a “B”.

What do you think of the topic? Do you think there’s a correlation between your name initials and the way you perform? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

Early last month, we celebrated Niki’s 3rd birthday. My wife organized a costume party. Every kids that came wore cute costumes.

Here’re some of the pictures from that day. Enjoy!

Birthday pumpkin girl

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Wow. After moving to Seattle years ago, IFGF GISI finally came back to Bellevue, the place where it started originally. IFGF GISI Seattle gave birth to IFGF GISI Bellevue. The grand initial service was held last month (Nov 11). Congratulations!

Below are the pictures taken at its grand opening. Enjoy!

Getting ready. Preparing …

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What a weekend. First, it came the snow. Then the snow/rain. Finally it ended with lots of rain and wind. And the result, flooding at many area and falling trees in some areas. Some areas are without power too because their electricity lines were broken by the fallen trees.

No more dancing with the stars. No problem. Still have lots of stuff to do this Christmas seasons. 2 of our friends just delivered their first born. We went to visit them tonight. They’re so cute. 1 boy and 1 girl.

Custom handmade wedding card by Imut Design.

Thanksgiving weekend has just passed. I am so refreshed. How about you? I hope you all had a nice holiday too. Now, it’s time to go back to work.

It’s Dancing with the stars finale. What a huge disappointment. This season was supposed to be the best DWTS season to date. Most competitive, many stars can dance. Yet, thanks to those judges, we’re treated with the worst finale of them all. I sure hope that ABC producers will fix their hoopla and make my favorite tv show better. Those judges need to judge accordingly, stop inflating the score of that who can’t dance and stop deflating the score of those who can dance and stop favoring any stars from British. Marie has become the Sanjaya of American Idol. Carrie gave Marie an 8 for her first dance and 8 for her last dance. She gave Helio an 8 and 9. She gave Mel 9 and 9. She must’ve been giving Marie special scores because Marie’s dances can’t be either the same or 1 point lower than Mel and Helio.

Well, enough with the rants. Good thing that the show will end tomorrow night. Celine Dion will be the guest singer.

Here’s a custom handmade bridal shower card made by Imut Design. If you like to order custom handmade cards, just drop us a message.

I am thankful for Jesus, my family and friends. Also thankful for all of those who supported us. Plus, thankful for all of my clients.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Did you watch Dancing with the Stars, tonight? The judges were very generous tonight. It seems that they probably lost their 7 and 8 score paddles. Only 9s and 10s are available. If this is not semifinal, the judges probably would’ve given a 7s or 8s. And if this is the beginning of the shows, they’d given some of the dances 5s. I was expecting a much better and cleaner dance from all the stars. If I were to use Marie as the standard for scoring, I would’ve given all of the other stars 10s too.

My wife loves to make cards. She’s the owner of Imut Design. Here’s a sample of a card that she made a few months ago.

I just love the details and her creativity

If you like her design and would like to have her make you a custom handmade card, just drop us a message.

Did you ever stop for a moment and wonder about how great our God is? As I see this picture, I am simply amazed at His greatness. He’s God of wonders.

Eagle Nebula - NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale

What can I say. I am very blessed with a very talented wife who can do so many things. She’s a very good cook. Just take a look at this homemade fried stuffed tofu. It’s very yummy and tasty.

Does the picture tempt you? The picture really makes me hungry. I want more of it.