First day of school

In response to Bob's request for more posts, I'll share/journal about my first day of student teaching in high school.
Yes, I survived first day of school. I attended a 9th grader general science class as well as chemistry classes. Both were very interesting. Students were more well-behaved than I had imagined. But then I've been told that they are just getting used to the new environment, it will get noisier as the week progresses.
What surprised me about the school is its diversity. I have had to look up people and religious groups in order to learn more about them. Did you know that Sacramento is the most diverse city in the United States? I didn't know that until this summer! And this definitely shows in the school.
My greatest challenge for the week is to memorize the students' names. We'll see how that goes...

Trip to Taiwan

I had two weeks of break before school started, so I visited dad and mom in Taiwan for 10 days (Sam was there too!). Dad took 10 days off from work to play with us, we spent a lot of family time together. Ate a lot - breakfast foods, sticky tofu, shaved ice and LOTS more (YUM!). Shopped, met up with friends and some coworkers from Taiwan office. It was a GOOD trip and 10 days passed by so quickly.

It's good to be back in Sac. Tomio and Oski did well while I was gone :)

Grad school and student teaching are starting next week. Had grad school orientation most of the afternoons this week. Spent all mornings this week in the high school that I will be student teaching at this coming year, and helped to prepare the classrooms and lessons plans. Based on what I have heard and observed so far of the high school, this is going to be an interesting, exciting, and challenging year...

Last day of work

Today's my last day of work... I'm kind of sad to leave... I felt so blessed in the past 4 years to work at Nvidia. It's been amazing how God has prepared the way. God is faithful :)

I'm looking forward to visit mom & dad in Taiwan, Sam's going to be there too!

Play at Alice's work

We spent many weekends at Alice's work. While we waited for Alice to finish with her work, Tomio read his books. Since I can't play fetch in the office, I just slept...

July recap

July was a busy month with full time summer school and work. Couldn't have gone through it without God's grace and Tomio's help. We managed to play on some of the weekends...

First weekend of July -
Canaan folks came over for white water rafting. It was so good to see familiar faces. It reminded me of how much I miss Canaan community and fellowship.

Second weekend of July -
Went to Nvidia to pack up my cube. Yes, it is time. My last day will be 8/6. But I packed up my cube earlier so my replacement would have a clean cube when she came on board. And since I work from home most of the summer, I don't really need my cube. I will definitely miss my neighbors (Karen's sneezes, Caroline's laughs...etc). I can't believe how much junk were accumulated over the past 4 years. But with Karen, Andrea, Bob, Tomio, and Oski's help, I finished packing my cube in a couple of hours! (Thanks to Karen, Andrea, and Bob for coming by!)
We went to on a picnic at Memorial Park later that evening. Here are some photos of the day~




Third weekend July -
Fred (Tomio's med school friend) and Sarah came over for dinner on Friday night. I made Korean food, but didn't realize that not everyone loves spicy food...
Tried to be a nerd for the rest of the weekend

Last weekend of July -
Saturday: Drove down to the southbay and worked most of the Saturday at the office. Went over to Joyce & Han's late afternoon with Karen, Andrea, and Caroline. All of us were hooked on bomberman for the rest of the day :) Andrea's got to be the most entertaining bomberman player to watch. Afterwards we went to Ariake for dinnner and got pearl milk tea!
Sunday: Andrea, Caroline, Tomio, and I got up at 5am and drove to Santa Cruz for the Wharf to Wharf 10K run. The weather was perfect and breezing, and the route was right along the beach. After the run, we rewarded ourselves by getting the "famous" tri-tip sandwiches (YUM)!

Oski...the world's greatest dog!!!

Quick update...
-tomio - knee is getting better, still swollen & stiff, but able to get around ok with crutches. thanks for all your prayers :)
-alice - pretty busy with school, work, and taking care of oski (& tomio) -please keep her in your prayers as well - thanks :)


-Now back to OSKI...THE WORLD'S GREATEST DOG!!!
For those of you who haven't met the furry ball of energy, Oski is the third member of the Miyai household. He is the most adorable yellow labrador retriever. Here's a picture of him when he was a puppy...


For those of you who went to Berkeley (go bears) you already know that Oski was named after the Cal mascot Oski the golden bear.

But do any of you know where Oski the Cal mascot got his name?

Oski, the bear, has been the official mascot of the university since 1941. Prior to then, Cal brought live mascots to the football games but, eventually, ran into some problems. After the 1940 season, it was decided that a costumed mascot would provide a less-troublesome and safer environment. The bear is named after the popular Cal yell “Oski Wow-Wow”, which goes like this: “Oski! Wow-Wow! Whisky! Wee-Wee! Olee Muckie-Eye! Olee Berkeley-Eye! California! Wow!”. Each year, the identity of the costumed bear is concealed and only the Oski Committee, which selects the individual, knows the true identity of the student underneath the costume.

Bonus points to the next person who comes over and performs the "Oski Wow-wow" cheer :)

Fourth of July Party!!!

Woof...woof...it's so hot outside...i'm so excited that people are coming over to visit!!!

Tomio gets a new ACL

Praise the Lord!!!
Yesterday's surgery went well and I now have a new ACL :)
They used my hamstring tendon (gracilus & semitendinosus) to form the new ligament.
(Since I'm stuck in bed with nothing to do - decided to start a blog page.)
A big thank you to all those who called, sent emails & prayed for me --> much appreciated