One month past since I came to Guangzhou, Yang Yang didn't see me for 4 weeks, but he still recognized me with lovely smile for a few minutes. Yang Yang can now stand up by himself. He is almost 11 months old, and around 78cm high and still 11 kg weight.  My mother in law is being in last period chemotreatment, she looks much better and even can carry Yang Yang for a while.

 

Everything is recovering, stand up and going ahead. next step is: walking! my lovely son

 

Baby,

 

In the past 2 weeks, you took train, ship, and even airplane. You are so strong and nothing bad happened. The only problem was that you laughed so much every day to so many relativities and parents' friends. Now you will be in Yinchuan for half an year to bring happiness to grandma-in law. It's hardest time for our family, nobody expected it, but we should face it! Sorry to invovle you when you are so young.

 

In the past 4 months, I can see your lovely face when I open the door, I can be waken two or three times every night to take care of your hungry stomach, I can help you bathing to clean your growing up body. But now, it will be always dark when I opened the door,and  I will still be waken at night but only your empty bed is there ...

 

Missing you ...

 

Hey baby,

 

It's time to go home, you will go back Shanghai Chongming with parents. There is the place where your father grew up, there you will see our apartment and lots of relativities, there you will be introduced to ancestors. You will meet godfather, uncles, aunts, you will also say hello to Duoduo, Jiachen ...

 

Then you will go Yinchuan, where you were born, to accompany with mother and grandma in law. Wish you can take happiness to them. Father will be flyman again to see you every one/two weeks. It's a special experience, a boy under one year will take train/ship over 3000km within 2 weeks. Be strong, baby, you can make it! Parents will protect you wherever and whenever.

My baby, today is the first time  that your mother have to leave you. Fortunatelly, you don't cry and still enjoy your fast growing up. Father and Grandmother will try our best to take care of you.

 

Wish Grandmother in law can be recovered soon, then mother can come back with us. God bless all in good health, health is everything!

2009.1.29 - First time to say "Ba Ba", which means dad in Mandrin.

2009.1.30 - First time to take car more than 100 km, we went to Tianjin, and meet Dong liang, who is godfather of Yang Yang.

2009.1.31 - First time to kiss a girl, who is Dong Dong's daughter - Grape :)

 

When I was a intern in microsoft, I got the idea about Beta, which means a sofware product is in the status before launch and after internal review. In this status, some dedicated fans can try the software and give feedback from customer perspective. 

 

Several years past, we are moving to internet world. New concepts are coming: Software as Service, cloud computing, mobile internet; they also have beta versions to help the internet company improve their product quality and get feedback from users. By trying Google beta, I'm exciting on the new concepts are coming true step by step. I can create EXCEL via my IE, upload PPT and convert it to PDF, can you imagine, office functions are becoming service on web! Even Nokia claimed to transfering to an internet company, to provide world level customer connecting experience. Some researches have done for the co-creation, which is similar with Beta idea.

 

Try Beta, keep exciting on the future :)

 

 

2008, my annual slogan is "Are you ready?"

2008, I can work aboard, where I was invovled in a truly mult-culture huge project. Are you ready for my next career milestone?

2008, My lovely son was born. It's an exciting time to hug my baby. Are you ready to be a father?

2008, Global Finance Crisis, Obama was elected as 44th USA president in black. Are you ready to keep space of the world?

 

2009, my annual slogan is changed to "It's turning point"

2009.1.7. 3G licenses are assigned to China Mobile, Telcom, Unicom. it's turning point for communication industry in China

2009, xx .... I believe there will be some turning points happen

 

Best wishes!

2009-1-5 Yang Yang,

 

 

" Is there any impact on your company? " Even my father in law asked me again and again, he lived in 2nd level city in China, and retired 2 years ago. " Our department will be moved to Beijing", one friend in Shanghai told me, it can be looked as a signal to push her resign. "My schoolmate is kicked off from the lawyer agency, it's only her 3rd month on board". The job could give you 5 times of the social average salary, but now you should do job hunting again.  Global economic crisis is impacting China, especially on international trade & service company.

 

As for me, it may impact my promotion next year, project opportunity, and living budget. But on the other hand, it still a good opportunity for my family, I can spend more time with them, spend more love than money. Perhaps it can be a good chance to take another apartment when the price is dropping down.

 

Life is going on, just keep smiling

After HK channel went live successfully , I took training in KL and then went back Shanghai to visit parents and old friends.

 

In KL , the Shangri-la Hotel is bad, bad, bad. Buffet every day and the hot wet weather almost make me sick. It's not easy for the faculties to make the course fun, except the funny video created by our APM-EWPM-custom track. Nevertheless, Netwoking is still the biggest achievement, I met some new friends, going shopping to KLCC, and searching playing card & drinks in the Putrajaya shopping mall.

 

In Shanghai, time passed so fast. 2 hours for each friend group ( Accenture, Shanghai Mobile, Middle School, High School). I aslo had lunch with family, gave comments on father's driving skills after 3000 km milestone, packaged stuffs in Shanghai Home for movement to Beijing.

 

Now I'm in Beijing's new individual apartment, landlord made it very clean before I moved in. I can enjoy the rocking chair to view the car lights on the 2nd ring highway. Next month, my family will come to join me, go! to be a good father:) 

 

Note:I still belongs to Shanghai office, just want to stay in Beijing for one/two years for a long program.

 

 

 

 

Within one week, two good friends are promoted to be father. One boy and another is girl, sooner or later, another friends will also give birth to their first child. Yang Yang will become big brother 

 

Nov.2 - Duoduo - LI Peng's son

Nov.4 - Putao (Grape) - SHEN Dongdong's daughter

Nov.x - ？？？ - CUI Song's ???

It's Oct 4th, the 30th day after I came back YinChuan - my wife's hometown. I'm very lucky that I can accomany my family in this special moment. Every daytime, I worked for Nokia project from home. It's a long term globalization programe, so I can have opportunity to work offsite at not busy period. In the whole month, conference call, email handling and baby-sitter all my life.

 

Tomorrow, I will fly back to Beijing to continue my on site responsibility. Hopefully, I will fly home every weekends, and wish air ticket has low discount:)  Wish my son getting stronger and stronger, my wife recovering better and better. Then we can get together in Beijing after YangYang's 100 days.

 

 

 

 

It's 2008 Sept. 3, 22:55 GMT+8. My son , YangYang, was born safely in Yinchuan, north-westen of China. 3.1 KG, 3 weeks ahead of schedule:)

 

Yang is many Chinese words' pronunciation.

 

It can be 洋, means ocean, as he was conceived in Australia, which belongs to Oceania.

It can be 扬, means rise, as he was born in Olympic year, wish it can be a good start for China.

It can be 阳, means sunshine, wish my dear son can be happy and health for ever.

 

All you best, my son!

 

Oh, my dear wife, I'm sorry I didn't accompany with you at the special moment. Our son should be very clever as he always want to be born when I plan to go airport. Last time, I stayed and he was calm and stay in your belly; This time, I flied to Beijing for an important meeting, he jumped out and seemed to say: you should be with us:)

 

You know, I'm so loving you, and my son. Fly to you tonight!

 

It's Beijing Olympic opening ceremony day, 2008.08.08. But for me, I prefer to go back Shanghai and accompany with family for watching the big event. On the other hand, it's very meaningful for us that we bought our first family car on this special day.

 

Buick Excelle Travel 2008, enjoy it, my dear father :)

Only 4 days are left for Olympic opening ceremony. It's amazing time for Chinese people, and I believe most of us are blessing it will be successful after storm, Tibet protest, and earthquake. To be a developing country, I thought China government and people have tried their best, despite the bad atmosphere in Beijing.

 

I appreciate foreign media is disclosing the environment problem, which is also known by every Chinese. This can help our country go back on the track of health life. But I'm very shocked that CNN still cannot understand the culture of China.  As a country with thousands of years history, we love our country, and I believe all top athletes are fighting for their homeland without any fear of stress, and hard work. But what CNN said today ( they said it again & again): China forced the children to do intensive training, and even Yao Ming is forced to attend Olympic after several months big injured. Liu Xiang is under big pressure to win the golden medal, and he will loss everything if he loss the game. Oh, how silly CNN! They didn't understand Chinese people, they didn't understand the spirit to fight for the glory of homeland. It looks only fight for the money is reasonable for CNN!

 

It's not easier for a developing country to organize an Olympic game, please give Beijing a chance to prove himself, and give time to China for growing stronger and stronger. If you don't have patient, then you may be only like to judge others by your own standard, or unreasonable.

 

Let's bless for Beijing Olympic, and for the peace of the world.

 

It's her most beautiful time, even her weight has increased 15kg, her leg swelled...

 

Guess, Boy or girl:)

 

 

 

It has been 24 days since I came back China, my homeland. I visited Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yinchuan, Beijing, and now Dalian; I'm carrying my Nikon D80 with two lens, to record things and people around me. Nice to be home, with peaceful people and sweet family.

Koala, kangaroo and platypus are the most famous animals I knew for Australia. One year passed, I saw a lot of unique animals here: Dingo, Tasmania Devil, Wombat, and many many colourful birds. It's a paradise continent for wild animals, and it drove me to buy a big lens without any hesitating.  For the last weekend in Melbourne,  I visited the Melbourne Zoo.  Even though it may be only quarter size of Shanghai Zoo, I still got many good photos for kinds of animals. I was exciting to see Tree - kangaroo,  lovely monkeys ...  Bye, special friends

5.31 Melbourne ->Hong Kong -> 6.1 -> Shanghai -> 6.6 -> YinChuan -> 6.10 -> Beijing

 

Exciting to go home:)

It's time to go home. In Shanghai, my mother will have surgery on her hand, and I will accompany her until her recovery; In Yinchuan, my wife will do the first Type B Ultrasonic, and I can see my child first time; In Beijing, I will start a new role with challenge and opportunity! "See you on June, my family".

 

It's time to say thanks and goodbye to Melbourne. Here I experienced my first oversea big project; here I met so many talents from all around the world; here I learnt to play Golf and even drive on the left. "Thanks, and Welcome to China, my friends"

 

"2008,Are you ready?" I set it as my personal slogan for almost half a year. It will still encourage me to keep going in this special year!