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Japan Strawberries
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
Spring is here…and the strawberries season is here too!
Yeah, now is the strawberries season in Japan. Price of strawberries getting cheaper and cheaper, the pack below is around JPY300, which is around RM10. Pretty cheap and during other season, it can be around RM15 to RM20.
We plan to visit strawberries farm in May, when my in law family visit us later. It is a buffet style and each person costs JPY1000 to JPY1500 (around RM30-45), but the good thing about strawberries buffet is that you can eat and pick those very very big strawberries yourself, unlike the small/medium one above.
For strawberries, the bigger the sweeter! Yes, trust me. 
Easter Eggs = 3
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Church, Family.
This year we got 3 easter eggs from our church (Megumi Church, Japan). It was last week, till now only I have time to process the photos.
Teeth Exercise
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
A very safe and good teeth exercise toy.
Megumi:”Hey…”
“Ooi…”
“Wai…”
“I am pretty girl hoh…don’t take my photos like that hoh…”
“Ok…”
Wordpress 2.5 Official Release!
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Blog.
Yes, after some RC versions…finally Wordpress 2.5 full official version has been release 16 hours ago.
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/03/wordpress-25-brecker/
I have blogged about my problem with RC1 previously…so I am in no hurry of upgrading this time…especially since I am quite busy recently and have no mood of upgrading and doing the major backup or restore if something bad happened. My blog (WP 2.3) is still serving me fine, and I am happy with what I have now. Of course there are some new features in WP2.5 that are worth having, but I am just not in the mood right now especially after the failure just a week ago.
Good luck to those who are upgrading and do share your experience with us.
Wordpress 2.5 RC2
Posted on March 27th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Blog.
Wordpress has just announced the RC2 version of their upcoming Wordpress 2.5.
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/03/wordpress-25-rc2/
In the link above, there is a video demo of how Wordpress 2.5 works. The gallery feature looks nice, and the multi upload feature looks cool. However, after trying RC1 and faces some problems with FireFox, I think I will not waste my time for RC2 again this round. Better wait till their full release and then think again if I really want to upgrade or not. 
Related posts:
I love ball…
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
I love ball…
Too BIG for my mouth… 
Can only roll roll…
I love ball…no…
New duckies…
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
Mummy bought new duckies for Megumi…
Safe bath from now on… 
Don’t know what are they use for? Anti-slip for the pat pat lah…
Wolf Comes?
Posted on March 24th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
Yeah…I called this the little wolf hat…
Megumi:”Mummy preparing the hat for me…”
“Daddy taking photo… ”
(more…)
Professional Ballhead Comparison
Posted on March 24th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.
For those who are interested…
Markins - the Winner!
Markins are now available at:
Wordpress 2.5 RC1 - Bad Experience
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Blog.
I tried Wordpress 2.5 RC1 today. Spent some time to upload and backup my original files.
Again, my main concern and attraction is the multi-upload as told by Wordpress in their latest release. I was hoping to get good and easy way of uploading photos to my blog, as I share a lot of photo at my blog, which makes file uploading an important feature for me.
After installing WP2.5RC1, I have to spent some time to get use to the new interface. I think the orange dashboard is ugly, but nevermind…just personal preference.
I reactivated back all my plugins (I deactivated them before installing the new version), all works without problem except for WP-STATS software I have to re-keyin the API key. No problem, easy job since I have ASKIMET that uses the same key. Just copy and paste and done.
Lightbox plugin works without problem.
Now…I tried with my first post with WP2.5RC1.
- Typing is easy, posting is no problem.
- I want to upload some photos…how? Yeah…found the new insert picture button. There is an insert video feature too…I wonder how it works…but nevermind for the time-being as I have no video to share.
Easter 2008 - Sunday Service
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Church.
We went to Easter Sunday service today (Megumi Kyokai, Saijyo, Hiroshima, Japan) on 23rd March 2008.
(My church in Japan - I took this photo a on 16th February 2008)
Kato sensei preached about Jesus’s tomb being guarded after he was died. Chief Priests and the Pharisees uses many methods to make sure that nobody was able to steal away the body…as they remember that wen Jesus was alive, the preached about resurrected from death after three days. They do not want to Jesus body to be stolen away by his disciples and created more deception. They still do not believe in man resurrected from death.
Bible verse that we study in church today was:
Matthew 27:62-66
62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
65“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” 66So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
The guards have used many method to ensure that Jesus body will not be stolen away.
- They use a big ROCK to seal the tomb
- They sealed the stone
- They posted guards to guard the tomb
With such tight security, nobody will be able to steal way Jesus body, yet when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb, Jesus is not there anymore and there were as violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.
Matthew 28
1After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
Jesus is alive! His resurrection is undeniable.
Our heart is like a grave…sealed with many earthy things…eg. money, luxury, greediness, hatred, internet, lust…etc. Nobody can open up our heart, except Jesus Christ.
We did not seek God, but God comes to us and lead us to Him.
We deserve no mercy, but God comes to us and give mercy on us.
We deserve to die, but God comes to us, die for us and give us eternal life.
How do I know Jesus is alive? I know because He lives within myself today!
Emmanuel…Hallelujah, amen!
Easter on 23rd March 2008…
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Church.
Today is Easter…23rd March 2008…
Easter is to remember the rise of Jesus Christ from death, he sacrifices for us on the cross, died for 3 days and risen from death on the 3rd day. Last Friday is called Good Friday, to remember how Jesus Christ being crucified on the cross for us, and today is called Easter to remember He is the son of God that has risen from death!
A peaceful day…and memorial day…a day where love is shown onto all mankind…a day that shows the power of God that is not restricted by death…a day that gives us hope for eternal life!
Let us all remember this day…remember how Jesus Christ has sacrificed for us and saved us from all sins.
Thank you, God…thank you Father…thank you Jesus. Amen.
Wordpress 2.5 RC1 - Released!
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Blog.
Wordpress has released their latest version of the ever popular blog software - Wordpress 2.5 RC1 on 18th March 2008 (5 days ago)!
It seems to have some new features that make posting and using wordpress more fun, but I have yet to try it…backuping my site at the moment before I upload the new version over my site.
RC1 - what does it means?
With a RC1 at the end of 2.5…it means the software is not a full release yet. RC = Release Candidates, which is very close to full release, and according to Wordpress team, the software is very stable and has been tested by many, and is very close or same as full release. Software cycle normally is beta, alpha, RC then only full release. So, you can see that RC release has actually gone through beta and alpha stage, so it should be relatively stable and safe to use.
Yes, I am going to install it later and post a report on it. My most wanted feature: Multiple upload - is now in the new release! I have wanted this feature for a very long time (currently using an multiple image file upload plugin which got errors after uploading). Standard feature on Wordpress is definitely BETTER than plugin, and I would want to keep the number of plugin to the minimum in my blog.
You can read about Wordpress 2.5 SEAK PEAK at:
Happy blogging!
Kagamiyama Koen (Mirror Mountain Garden) - Sakura!
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
We went to Kagamiyama Koen today, near my university.
(correction from my friend, Alvin, the pinky flowers below should be 梅花)
Recently, I got lots of free print coupons…few hundreds photos…so must take lots of photos to get printed. So…my wife and I decided to bring Megumi out today (we planned few days ago) to take photos of sakura. Yes, some already blossoms!
We are surprised that there are many cars in the garden! Didn’t expect to see so full in the carpark…seems like many are like us…wanna come early to enjoy sakura view while it is not yet that crowded.
My Wife…When first came to Japan…
Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.
One of my wife’s early photo when we first came to Japan…first spring in 2006.
Spring 2008 is here! Will take more photos this year…with Megumi inside.
I am who I am…
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Church.
I saw many people using this phrase nowadays…
“I am who I am”
Do you know where is the origin of this phrase?
Who is the first or only qualified person for this phrase?
English lesson…
“I am who I am”
… are you still who are you like yesterday? Or seconds ago? Or last year?
In English, we see there are past tense, present tense and future tense. Why? Because we human are bounded by time. We are no longer the same we seconds ago. We changed, all the time.
So…can you guess who is the only one that qualified for the above phrase?
Yes, God. The almighty God and created heaven and earth, and created sky and land, that created time and not bounded by time.
Yes, this phrase first appear in the Bible, in Exodus 3:14, when Moses asked God’s name.
Original phrase = “I am that I am”
King James Version
Exodus 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
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Only God has the right to use that phrase, so next time if you want to write who you are again…think about the powerful or true meaning of the phrase.
4th Anniversary Dinner…20th March 2008
Posted on March 20th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family, Foong Can Cook.
My wife cook us nice dinner today…
Our 4th Anniversary wedding dinner…
One…two…three…four…five…dishes!
The main attraction is of course the crabs…
As for Megumi…same as usual…
I ate 3~4 bowls of rice…how to keep fit like that?! Nevermindlah…tummy uses as pillow loh…
Thank you again, dear.