SQJ Taipei

Last month… 2 powerful earthquakes hit southern Taiwan. As a result, some deep sea fiber optic telecommunications cables were damaged causing phone and internet outages and slowdowns throughout East Asia.
Surprisingly… I was never affected that I could tell.
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve found myself thinking about how they would go about fixing those cables… [...]

[Read more →]

What do you call it? What did you call it growing up?
In my house it was “pop”. In Angie’s it was “soda”. I think that for most people, the notice this issue when they go to college and they meet people who call it something different than you do.
Here’s a cool county-by-county map showing the [...]

[Read more →]

Chinese history is long….. over 5,000 years old for sure… which would mean it most likely (and most logically) started back at the Tower of Babel, as you can read about in Genesis 11:1-9.
During my time in Taiwan and as I’ve had a better opportunity to investigate Chinese history and culture and tradition, etc… I’ve [...]

[Read more →]

I thought it might be fun to look back at some of the posts made during 2006. Maybe you missed some of these the first time around… maybe you’ll want to see them again.
It is fun to have posted enough to be able to have a post like this!
Joyful Day for the Xie [...]

[Read more →]

Hard to find a good picture of Angie and/or Scott… we’re always TAKING the pictures I guess… but I’ve tried to find one of each of us.
The one of the 4 kids is Christmas AM.
The one of Angie and the kids is Christmas Eve where she has just opened an origami replica of the custom [...]

[Read more →]

A friend sent me the following news this week:
Statement from Kevin Richardson

“After 13 years of what can only be described as a dream come true I have decided that it is time to leave the Backstreet Boys. The decision for me was a very tough decision but necessary in order for me to move [...]

[Read more →]

During the 2006 North American Christian Convention, I linked to The Christian Chronicle a couple times.
Here is a link to Bobby Ross, Jr’s top 10 stories of 2006. Well… the ones that The Christian Chronicle covered anyway.
The Christian Chronicle - The stories that made news in 2006
In the list you’ll find stories about the DaVinci [...]

[Read more →]

Just wanted to draw your attention to the sweet “missioblogs” I added to the sidebar.
These are all friends of ours from SPLICE at MTI during August 2006.
I’ve got ‘em set apart for now… but will mix them into the big list in a few days.
Check them out and let them know who sent you! [...]

[Read more →]

I’ve been meaning to start linking to these for a long time… about a year I guess.
The Cate Family, blogging at Why Homeschool, started these weekly posts a year ago.
Carnival of Homeschooling - Week 53
The “carnival” is a weekly gathering of bloggers posting about homeschooling issues in the same place on the net.
This week is [...]

[Read more →]

Here’s a story about a village in the Italian Alps that has a visionary mayor.
The village lies in a valley that is so steep that in the winter… direct sunlight can’t reach the village.
So… he put a mirror up on the top of a mountain and it reflects the sun down into the streets.
I love [...]

[Read more →]