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12/05/07 Eight Month

7 month!

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女士們先生們, 讓我們歡迎海協會副會長,張明清先生.

大家好,我是張明清.首先發佈一則有關於部落格和言論發表方面的消息: 紐約, 有一位小馬麻, 平常喜歡在個人部落格發表生活點滴, 比鼻照片, 和遊記趣事. 據情報顯示, 這位小馬麻的政治傾向可能偏藍. 今天, 這小小的部落格, 慘遭匿名人士的攻擊, 霹靂啪啦的連續寫了許多帶有人身攻擊的留言. 小馬麻受寵若驚, 沒想到部落格會受到如此激烈鄉民的青睞. 為避免無謂的煩惱, 今後所有的留言將經過管制, 有所不便, 請多包含.

我們為這位愛罵人, 愛台灣, 但不敢留名的人士, 掌聲鼓勵鼓勵!

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "歹誌大條了": Can't believe the degree of ignorance until I came across your blog...wow... glad you are out of Taiwan, did you bring a lot of people like you when you left? Taiwan will be much better off with people with wisdom, you know? Please do not ever visit Taiwan or claim you are part of Taiwan in any way... that will be a disgrace!!

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "He lied, but won't step down.": He lied? Wow... and how do you know about that for sure? Be careful, sending aweful messages out can get you some interesting karma in return. Next time, don't assume the world out of your limited zone! Perhaps it's time to look inside instead of looking out and pointing fingers all the time! If not because of him, you might have the freedom of speech - but then, according to the stuff you are saying.... I wonder if you should have such freedom...

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "阿扁都不知 大陸的競爭力有多驚人...": I suppose it would be hard to ask the monkey or Chinese to be responsible for all the competitive lead toys and killer products! Don't let money drawn your head or you might find it hard to scream out "help"!!

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "心痛": If Taiwan belongs to China just because China once had some "people" over in Taiwan... well, I suppose nearly the entire Europe should be part of China... Use your head sometimes, it does not seem to work too well. Seems to have lots of "knowledge" but definitely extremely low wisdom came out of it....Want to practice Buddhism? Well, why not start looking at yourself! If you aren't a perfect being, don't ask others to be one. That will make you look sooo bad........

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "倒扁?挺扁?": Well, don't ever say you are an American because your ancestors came from China... what kind of logic is that? If you really love Taiwan - then have some common sense and put yourself in his position.

Nana 坐坐和把拔玩

露點寫真

坐坐

nani最近開始會坐坐, 但三不五時還是會小小的短路, 突然往前或往後傾. 大意的馬咪讓nani跌了兩次, 被奶奶知道的話, 會被罵死. nani坐坐時喜歡玩圈圈, 邊玩, 還會邊高興的尖叫. 對顏色好像也有喜好, 偏愛綠色, 老抓著綠色圈圈不放. 呃....... 是泛綠的嗎??

快樂的小魚

昨天帶nana去游泳, 下水後, 兩隻肥胖的小腳拼命踢啊踢, 好可愛. 還被教練抱去當示範寶寶. nana, 好勇!

註: JCC 的設備好屌, 小朋友游泳池的水位可隨時調整, 猶太人太海了.

More Nana Pics

Took this picture using grandma rice's mac computer. Just uploaded a bunch of pictures to Adorama. http://www.adoramapix.com/rice

6 months

I can't believe Nana is turning 6 month today. Another milestone. Yesterday, we were marveling at her old photos. Baby changes so fast that I can hardly remember how she looks like when she was a newborn. Brought Nana to do yoga yesterday, she was tumbling all over the place on my yoga mat. Next week, we will be going to her first bubbling baby swimming class at JCC. Kind of excited. I bought her a swimming suit for 18 mo baby, hope that it will still fit.

坐地鐵, 去聽Eu姨唱歌

恩恩啊啊

Nana and her 1st friend

This weekend, The Rice family went to picnic in Central Park with the usual suspects. Nana finanally met up with Little Apple for the first time.

接奶奶，吃西瓜，上山和下海

"The two most precious gifts we can give our children are roots and wings." - A Jewish saying

「機器女孩珊珊」紀實片

一個好勇敢, 好努力的小女孩.
See her documentary video.

Nana看書書

好快, 胖小姐三個月了

Nana, Nana, and more Nana

納納吐吐


Anjojo姨拍拍


把拔唱歌，納納好用心聽


Eueu姨抱抱

久違了

這兩個月在家孵蛋, 忙的不可開交,
到了晚上筋疲力盡, 倒頭就睡,
所以久違了, 部落格!
我們家的米nana已經有兩個月半,
是個愛吃, 愛笑, 愛放屁的健康北鼻,
在短短的兩個月半, 衝,衝,衝,
從6.5磅衝到13磅,
體重是同年齡的 96 percentile
連醫生阿姨都說要少吃點,

秀氣一點啊.....

蟲蟲飛

慈濟 "tea party"

38 weeks

倒數計時六天。今天又去了醫生ㄚ姨那邊檢查，開了兩指。
米家小姐的頭已經低低空降落，而馬麻的妊娠紋也是加速的變本加厲。

醫生ㄚ姨問：會不會陣痛或不舒服啊？
馬麻：不會ㄚ！應該會痛嗎？
醫生ㄚ姨：頭那麼下來，都快出來了。不過每個人對痛的承受度很不同。應該是會痛，大概你沒察覺吧
馬麻：喔...
醫生ㄚ姨：星期三之前陣痛的厲害要趕快打電話，然後去醫院ㄛ。

哎呦，真糟糕，馬麻神經少半根，真怕....
快生了還沒知沒覺，會很難看耶。

1cm dilated

哇靠，我們家的米小小還真是急性子，媽媽今天看醫生，發現已經開一指了，還有十二天啊，撐著點啊！隨著時間的靠近，很奇怪，心情反而比較不會緊張, 還蠻平靜的。

For self-reference:
醫生阿姨 office 212.319.5535
醫生阿姨 pager 212.774.1456
米把拔 Cell 917.476.6601
米奶奶 Cell 917.476.6120

It Seems the Fertility Clock Ticks for Men, Too

By RONI RABIN / NY TIMES
Published: February 27, 2007
Mounting evidence is suggesting that as men get older, they face an increased risk of fathering children with abnormalities. [continue reading]

36週

禮拜五去醫院照超音波, Rice Nana 已經有六磅半, 是個好動的胖美眉. 怪了, 明明馬麻和把拔都是瘦子, 怎麼女兒會這麼胖? 像舅舅嗎?! 恐怖噢~ Nana麻體重127磅, 共重了25磅, 本來是個好動的馬麻, 但現在肚肚大大, 整天只想睡覺和吃飯. 這個週末, 把拔和馬麻把Nana該要的東西都買好了, 也把Nana的衣櫃清理乾淨. 一切就緒, 準備倒數計時.

老照片

新年期間, 米家族興起了一陣尋找家譜的風潮, Leigo的大舅提供了這張珍貴照片. 照片中的比鼻是Leigo的外公, 抱外公的年輕人是Leigo的阿祖. 好久遠的年代啊! 大概有九十年吧!

在新的一年綻放

今年的農曆年,過的緊湊.

除夕的早上替Chris叔叔帶班Open House, 之後殺到美華吃最後的排骨便當，把拔剪了個頭髮，回家大掃除，晚上到米奶奶家吃團圓飯，打電話給台北的酷公公拜年．和三小朋友玩二十一點，還在米奶奶家住了一晚．

初一早上，到慈濟找師姑，跟大家拜年，還順手牽羊的帶了好多菜．之後到超市買了些零食飲料，坐金馬車回家．晚上和慈濟幫眾姊妹，江南四大痞子，和桃園三結義，在chez rice開了個新春轟趴． 多謝大家提供的美味伙食：有黑加崙的yakisoba，水黎妹的squash casserole，龍眼媽的老婆餅，桑椹妹的年糕跟baked pasta，榴連和情人果的火鍋，MD&PD的鳳梨酥，LL&IC的蘋果派．可惜沒有照像，僅以此文留念．

大年初二，Nana拔麻在家休息孵蛋，Nana麻有感而發，覺得身邊的朋友，包括自己在內，都在轉變，不管是畢業，工作，戀愛，成家，買房，生子，大家都一步步的走下去，平穩自在，感覺很好！

誠心的祝福大家都能在新的一年，順心，綻放．

Bei Wedding Pics

Bei Wedding

很喜歡這張照片, 因為生命中最重要的男士(除了阿弟以外)都在裡面, 真不是我在老王賣瓜, 兩個實在都帥呆了!

三十五週

今天帶Rice Nana到醫生阿姨那邊做例行檢查,
醫生阿姨看了馬麻的肚肚,然後驚訝的說,
"Wow.. the head is really low!"
看樣子Nana是蓄勢以待,已經準備好起跑的動作了,
Nana不要太心急啊..拜託拜託.
把拔和馬麻都還沒有準備好啊!

歷史上的今天

十二年前在紐約東村一個小小的理工學院,
那時馬麻有到肩的長髮,把拔有密密的捲髮(有點像周華健),
馬麻十九歲, 把拔二十歲, 是兩個口袋空到不行的窮學生.
馬麻喜歡把拔很久了, 卻一直難以起口,
把拔是個有名的木頭人, 感覺木訥, 行動遲鈍.
好不容易等到情人節, 馬麻放了張卡片和一顆巧克力在把拔的信箱,
卡片好像說了些無關緊要的屁話...
之後....
把拔和馬麻就常常在一起做功課 (因為太窮沒錢約會),
吃dollar sandwich, day-old-bagel, st. mark pizza.
之後....
把拔和馬麻相繼畢業了
之後....
把拔和馬麻結婚了
之後....
把拔和馬麻有了Rice Nana
之後....
Rice Nana會出生, 會長大, 也會碰到喜歡的人.

說這個故事,馬麻是想要讓Nana知道,
有大大的可能, 幸福是不會從天而降, 尤其是喜歡上木頭人,
有時候幸福是需要積極爭取, 也需要用心維護經營的.

更祝各位叔叔阿姨情人節快樂!
要積極爭取自己的幸福, 加油哦!

後記:
十二年後...
馬麻問把拔: 如果當年我沒行動, 你會不會來追我?
把拔堅決的說: 不會.
馬麻: 啊, 好殘忍... 為什麼?
把拔: 你太恰北北了!
馬麻: ^^|||

豬年快樂

大米, 小米, 和小小米,
先在這邊給大家拜個早年,
祝新的一年大家都能
平安, 健康, 發大願, 成大事.

再跟大家分享一句靜思語:
不求身體健康，只求精神充足、智慧明睿；
不求事事如意，只求毅力、勇氣；
不求負擔減輕，只求力量增加. ~證嚴上人

3rd Ave and 14th St

每次經過那個熟悉的街口,
總會抬頭往二樓的窗望了望,
那個叫2K的小窩.
從大學到結婚, 八個年輕飛揚的年頭啊,
停下腳步, 想起那時的好朋友,
大學的日子, 和青澀的過去,
嘴角會不自主的泛起暖暖的微笑.
繼續走下去,
下個街角, 何嘗沒有不同的風景和心情.

期待

久違了, 部落格!
這兩個月工作有點小忙, 有幾個從天而降的新客戶.
挺著小肚肚帶客戶跑東跑西, 保守估計, 大概看了不下一百個房子吧.
一個本來就要談成的生意, 因為某些意外, 付諸於水.
難過了幾天, 不過也看開了, 業務的本質也就是這樣.
前一些日子太順了, 起起伏伏是應該的.
小小米在一個月就要出來和大家見面,
該收收心, 工作放一邊, 在家多休息.
三月十四日早上十點半, 小小米會準時粉墨登場.
很期待, 也很緊張......... 祈禱一切都能順利.

迷失的白雪公主 (轉貼)

迷失的白雪公主一開始，我以為她就跟我以前教過性情安靜的孩子一樣，沒什麼特別，如果不是因為那天她拿到作文簿時的反應，我想我永遠沒有機會進到她心裡。

她那次的作文改寫了白雪公主的故事，說白雪公主因為貪吃，誤吃了巫婆的毒蘋果，從此之後就變成了一個又醜又噁心的巫婆，再也不可能是白雪公主了。我在文章後有這樣一段評語：「白雪公主不是故意的，她的心既不醜也不噁心，她只是不小心。我想，她的心仍一直是個純潔又天真的公主吧！」

她拿到作文簿之後，一直哭一直哭一直哭，哭到說不出任何話，我望著泣不成聲的她，覺得自己的淚也要跟著掉了下來。後來，我沒有再問她任何事，也沒有跟她說任何話，只留了一張字條，寫下我的電話和電子郵件信箱，拍拍她的肩膀就去上下一堂課了。 To continue reading...

The Producers

Went to see the Producers tonight. Thanks for NYTimes, we got 1/2 price tickets online. Liked the humor a lot. Tony Denza is not really a Broadway material, but everyone else has superb performance. Very entertaining and enjoyable. The last time we saw a Broadway show..... was four years ago with Adi... long time ago. When Nana joins us later on, our chance for a night out will be slim slim slim. Two more months to go!

Banana muffins!!

Baking usually does not come natural for me. Today, for the first time, I have baked something good for a change. This is the recipe I used. Nana Ba, and the doormen all liked it. Tears going down my cheeks....

Year 2006 in review

First, we are expecting a little baby girl. The baby kicks around often, and we began to feel her presence in the family. We are excited and look forward to see her in person this coming spring. For sure, life will be different from now on. And, here are the rest….

Early this year, Lei resigned from her eight-year tenure as a construction manager at Bovis. She later started a business, which ended shortly. In fall, she moved into real estate, got a license and joined Corcoran. Since then, she was able to successfully completed three sales transactions, which is a pretty good start.

July marked Jimmy’s tenth year with Credit Suisse. Returning to work after last year’s sabbatical, he managed a new project to completion in May within very aggressive deadlines. Over the course of the year, Jimmy hired two people in New York and Raleigh and relocated one person to Singapore.

In May, Lei and Jimmy participated in the 42-mile NYC Bike Tour for the third year in the row. Lei was brave enough to finish the tour despite a bad fall. We attended a 10-day meditation retreat in Pinebush, New York in June. During the summer months we kept busy with various weekend projects for our favorite non-profit organizations. Exciting news of our baby-girl-to-be was announced in the fall to our family and friends who responded with warm wishes and lots of advice! In December, while Lei was in her second trimester, we traveled to Taiwan and Singapore, which was probably our last grand trip as a twosome for many years to come.

Although 2006 does not seem very eventful, we feel that there is a lot to be thankful for. As we are about to march into a different stage of life, we started to look back our life since graduating from college. We were really blessed in so many different ways, either professionally or personally. Lei is especially grateful to her mother-in-law for being so caring during her pregnancy. We thank you all for the friendship and love, and wish you a very healthy and successful 2007 to come.

Jimmy and Lei