"Don't try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you are good, bad things can still happen. And if you are bad, you can still be lucky."

Anatole, a Congolese man, told Leah, a 15-year-old American missionary daughter, at the night of ant flood disaster, when Leah questioned the existence and protection of God.

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

This is the only blog of mine.

The main purpose is to write on my life in Hawaii for my friends and family. Since most of the audience are Chinese, the bilingual blog grows into monolingual. For English writing, check the earliest entries in 2006.

However, you may get a sense of my areas of interest, writing length and frequency, and format style by looking at the pictures, publishing dates and layout. There is a category "Look" on styles, not particularly Hawaiian, but about general trends. I talked about bubble skirt and color trends. This session does not show much of my fashion sense, though.

I could have written more frequently. But the past year of school and life is especially challenging. I resume writing now and it is great to have a voice online to be heard by infinite number of people. It is so liberating...