PERSONAL INFO.

I was born on October 22nd, 1977 about 5:30 in the morning. For those familiar with the Zodiac, it's the year of the snake and the date is actually September 10th. My father told me he saw the sky that morning, half day and half night, and decided on calling me 'Min', written as the Chinese symbols of the sun and the moon combined. My father is such a romantic. That's what I love about him and I am pretty sure, it's one of the reason why my mom loves him so much.

I have three sisters and two brothers. There's Tammy, my oldest sister who just had the most adorable baby I have ever seen, Ethan, in June. There's Theresa, Robert, Daisy and Joe. I'll introduce you to all of them soon. Here's a couple pictures of me. I have to get my family's permission to post their pictures, so give me sometimes on that.

My first picture:

I think I was about one year old when my parents took this picture of me. One of the supersitions in my culture is that babies should never have their pictures taken before they reach the age of one. It is believed that evil spirits will know that the child exists once the pictures have been taken. If the child is not strong enough to fight back against these spirits, the child might get sick or worst. So, as a preventive measure, the children never have their pictures taken before the age of one.

A recent picture:

This picture was taken sometimes in September of this year (1997). This is how I look now. Can you see the similarity between this and my baby picture? =] This was actually taken with one of those computerized camera, where the image is saved as jpeg on a disk instead of on a piece of film. Pretty good quality, eh? Robert, can I credit you for the work? He's kinda shy. He won't admit it. =]

A friend's dog:

THIS is Jesi. Adorable thing, she is. She is so obedient and so good. Well, actually sometimes she is kinda bad, because hey, every dog has his/her mischievous trait. You can't blame her for following her natural instinct. She is so cute though. I think when I get my own apartment, I am going to get a puppy. My parents won't allow any dog now. For one thing, no one would be home to take care of them. My mom is the last person to volunteer for that job. She doesn't like dogs that much. We do have cats, but cats can take care of themselves. We have fishes,too. My dad loves taking care of them, even though he complains about it now and then. Sometimes he says that it is only for good luck that's why he has fishes in the house. I'd rather think that it's his hobby.

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