December 1994

 December 7 1994

Wrote an email to HR

Family leave Act

I'm taking a leave 2 weeks before planned leave per doctor's orders

I have a heart condition that worsens due to pregnancy

Maternity leave starts 12/12/94

I have braxton hicks contractions

12/12/94

Charlene and Christina's house

give them persimmons

dumplings for dinner

Child prep class

12/18/94

Bought camcorder

12/21/94

Baby shower

12/23/94

Jeannie and Nelson

Carolyn and Mike

12/26/94

Pack hospital bag

Bible study with Charlene

12/29/94

Liping's due date- call her

Call Jeannie

12/31/94

November 1994

 11/1/94

Inventory at Safeway Pharmacy

6am.

Liping

Jeannie and Nelson dinner- hot pot

Goal- buy home within 2 years

11/12/94

Dinner with Jeannie and Nelson

11/16/94

Had PSVT today for about 5 hours

Went to El Camino Emergency room

Saw Dr. Master

11/18/94

Dinner with Ann and Ed (Thank you dinner)

11/19/94

Hike at Villa Montalvo with Liping and Jack and Liping's mom

11/23/94

Saw Dr Master and Dr Liu regarding PSVT

11/26/94

Jeannie and Nelson at Pacific Fresh 6:30pm

Paul helps Ann and Ed move?

11/29/94

Kirsten (from work) will bring persimmons to me

October 1994

 October 8, 1994

Ann's wedding

Looking for Monica's crib

October 12, 1994

8:15am Drink Glucose water

Glucose tolerance test- normal

BP100/60

Weight 134

Fetal heart rate 159

October 17

Leave for NY

Oct 23

Arrive home 4pm

Call Liping

Ann called

For baby time off

Family Leave Act + 6 weeks disability pay

20 weeks= 5 months

September 1994

 September 5, 1994

Shop for cribs $299

with mattress and changing table

BBQ with Choi's

9/13/94

Dr's appt

Everything is normal! Thank you God.

9/17/94

6:30pm Ann's bridal shower

9/19/94

Heard the baby kick tonight for the first time

August 1994

 8/6/94

Paul took me to Monterey today 

Stopped by Fisherman's Wharf 

and Gilroy outlet for shopping afterwards

8/12/94

Left for Fresno today

Sequoia national park

8.13.94

Left early in the morning

Bought ticket to crystal cave

winding road.....

1pm tour at Crystal cave

Pretty amazing!

Cave look so pretty, there's different rooms (domes)

We experience pitch dark and silence

hear the water running... so peaceful

We also saw marble, which is from limestone

I want to have marble at home now!

After the tour, we had a strenuous hike from the cave to entrance and then visited village cafe

lunch, back to Fresno

8.14.94

Visit downtown Fresno

Woke up late (8:30am)

last person to get up

Louis and Evelyn took us to downtown Fresno and a place that sells chinese grocery

Temperature is hot 100F

Back to San Jose

Brought Brand new Treadmill today!

I need the exercise, so does Paul!

8/15/94

Dr. Liu's appt

spotting... 

la maze class

empoyer  benefits

Dr appt was exciting today

We got to see more of baby this time

Dr Liu took 4 ultrasounds

One of them, the baby is starring at me... so cute!

He said, it's not clear, but it might be a GIRL!

8.16.94

Paul brought the rocker glider today

8.20.94

After work, I drove straight to Kirin for dinner with Paul's family

Afterwards, we came home

Evelyn brought us ice maker!

Show them the ultrasounds

Afterwards, we had cake at Ann's house

with Ed, Julie, Dan,  Kathy

Doug is no longer with us

so Kathy went out for dancing while the rest of us stayed and watched "Terminator II" on TV

8.21.94

Mom's Ice cream with parents and Gary for dinner

8.23.94

Ask Dr Liu if I can travel to NY in October... he says okay

8/25/94

Charlene cooked for me today egg and pork

8/26/94

We got a new car!!!

Emerald green mocha accent

Had dinner at country fresh buffet in San Jose with Jeannie and Nelson

8.27.94

Planning trip to NY

July 1994

 July 2, 1994

Hike with Ann, Ed, Kathy, Doug, Julie and Dan at Rancho San Antonio

Visit Ed's sister afterwards

July 3, 1994. Sunday

Had to work today, Paula call in sick

Dinner at Bernie and Randall

Watched "The Piano"

"Waynes World II"

July 4, 1994

Car dealer

looking for a car.. Ford Explorer or Nissan Pathfinder

July 5, 1994

Vomit today for the first time... Yikes!!!

July 6, 1994

Dr Liu's appt

Play golf... okay, but not too hard

Decaf coffee is okay

Don't hike too high

Heard the heart beat today. 2x more than me.

July 9, 1994

Crave for Ringer's Hut

Dinner with Chung

Saw "Forrest Gump" afterwards at Berryessa Century 10

Liping- she's pregnant too!

July 12

Maternity leave

4 weeks before, 8 weeks after vaginal 12 weeks after for C section.. up to 6 months

July 1994

Baby cockatiles are so cute!!!!

July 15, 1994

Marilyn's celebration in SF IL Forniao 1265 Battery , SF Italian food

Emil pick me up at 5pm

21 people attended the dinner

Marilyn, Phil, Susie B, Lorraine etc....

July 17, 1994

Had lunch at Kirin with Paul's family for Evelyn's birthday

(morning sickness)- vomit again

7.18.94

Paul's sick today, we spent all day together

Feed baby cocktails

July 25. 1994

Last year these were my dreams

1. manager at Sunnyvale Safeway pharmacy

2. Got pregnant and have a family

Accomplished 1, on the way to 2

Next year, my goal is 

1. New car... ford explorer for baby

2. New house.... better neighborhood... working on that at the moment

July 28, 1994

Feeling tired working

I'm thinking about cutting my hours.. can't stand 12 hours days anymore.

Hang out with Chois (birds)

Hang out with Ann and Ed

June 1994

 June 1 1994

Pregnancy Test is + this morning!! 2 tests!!!

June 3, 1994

Caught a cold

Rest...

June 4, 1994

Announce pregnancy to Paul's family at dinner

Watched "The Bird"

June 5

cold congestion lingers... please make me feel better God

Watched French Open- Sanchez wins

June 6, 1994

Dr. Liu confirms that I'm pregnant 

Expected date of delivery is 1/26/95

6/7/94

Take car to auto shop 

6/10/94

My taste changed this week. I'm tasting everything salty... don't know if it's cold or pregnancy?

6/11/94

Worked 9-6pm

Maybe it's psychological, maybe it's physical, I didn't feel good today

I have nausea, nasal congestion that never goes away since 1 week ago

Had dinner at Fresh Choice in Milpitas

Talk to Ann about my pregnancy and discuss her wedding plans tonight

6/12/94

This morning, I had alter in my appetite

6/13/94

Fix car? 8am

Slept for hours today

These days are going so slow... can't wait till 5 months pregnant

Everything doesn't taste good

DeAnza college class- real estate

6/14/94

Worked 9-9pm today

I feel better

6/17/94

Paul' birthday! Give him present

Leaves for retreat today

Santa Cruz Mountain

1994 Canaan Taiwanese summer retreat

I learned about God during the retreat

Dr. Hans Wilhelm speaks to us about

Paul's mission in life

love comes from 

pure heart

good conscience

sincere faith

I stayed with Esther, Vicky, Grace, Reni, Jane Wang, and Erica Don

We had meals, devotion, singspiration, message, sports, group discussion, and camp fire.

6/19/94

Dinner with family

Gary came back from NY- he just finished 1st year of medical school

We had dinner at Korean house 

discuss about 

Gary will be gone to Dist columbia for 1 month to learn about medicine

Parents are still working very hard with 2 stores, They may not be able to take care of the baby

We celebrate

Father's Day

Paul's Birthday

My expecting!

6/23/94

Spent the day with Charlene, Angela, and Daniel

Ate at Taiwan porridge

Shop for baby clothe at Emporium

Ate ice cream at Baskin Robbins 31

6/24/94

Leave for LV

Check in Excalibur today

LV is HOT! over 100 degrees

Visit Luxor and MGM

Paul won $100!

6/25/94

Hoover Dam Tour "HOT"

Took taxi to RIO for carnival buffett

Play Keno

I won $50

6/26/94

Moved to Treasure Island

Gambled and ate

We lost what we gained in the past 2 days

Visited neighbor casinos

Caesars palace, sands, harrahs, mirage.. see lions, dolphins

6/27/92

Back from LV

May 1994

 May 19, 1994

My birthday

Hwee got me cookies

Dorothy sne me a card

Mom and mother in law called me

Paul gives me flowers and cook me noodles

5.28.94

Work 9-6pm

Ann's graduation

5.29.94

James wedding

5.30.94 Memorial Day

Hang out with Jeannie and Nelson

April, 1994

 April 1994

Took class at DeAnza

Measure parent's glucose level- normal (one touch strips)

4/8/94

Our new home needs a spa!!

so relaxing. We used the spa at The Elm House

Yountville 

4/9/94

Petrified forest

Check in Inn at Napa Valley

Wine Train

Look for a realtor

4/30/94

Car accident!

March, 1994

 3/1/94

Went to acute care in Milpitas

I had UTI....

Got Macrobid bid x10 days

I hate having UTI

slept 2 hours ...

On top of UTI- I had cold and muslce pain... hope this goes away soon.

3/3/94

Watched "The Fugitive"

3/8/94

Paul left to go to LA

3/12/94

Hang out with Ann and Ed, Doug and Kathy

3/18/94

Punky lays 1st egg!

3/19/94

Punky lays 2nd egg

3/20/94

Punky lays 3rd egg

3/21/94

Punky lays 4th egg

3/25/94

Ate at Sizzler's 

Saw movie at Oak's "Pelican Belief" Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington

3/26/94

Paul's Dad's birthday

Family dinner celebration at some Chinese restaurant. 

February, 1994

 I was the pharmacy manager

So I had to be in charge of Diabetes Day

2/12/94

Hike at Stevens Creek Reservoir

Clean bird cage

Safeway

Buy bird food

2/18/94

Go ski at Bear Valley

Ann, Ed, Kathy, Doug, Paul and I

Ate at Chinese restaurant...

Paul and I hit "black ice" and had 180 degree turn on the truck

An scary experience

Thank God there was no car across the other side of street

Arrived cabin around 12am...

2.19.94

Had full day skiing

Took lesson in the morning (everyone except Doug)

Bear Valley was full of people

Cabin is beautiful! Ed's sister design the place

We had dinner and hit the sack early

2.20.94

Did snow board, sled, build snow man today

Took off early due to snow condition

We saw lots of accidents this weekend :(

Safe driving is important in snow country.

January 1994

 1/1/94

Had dinner with parents at Japanese buffet

Chat about our cruise, their vacation, and work

Once a year tradition now is to have dinner with parents

1/2/94

Watch movie "The Firm"

1/3/94

Today is a busy day at work.

1/4/94

Today is the day I have my last wisdom teeth pulled

Dr. Chung Yen pulled it out easily

He said it's soft tissue impacted

I had bleeding, swelling, and little pain

I ate chicken porridge and green tea

Not bad for the first day

Paul fly to LA for business

He came home around 6:30pm. We had a quiet evening together

P.S. I'm learning Spanish

1/7/94

Off to Harry's wedding in LA

1/9/94

Back from LA

Korean

On yoon ha say yo? How are you?

On yoon knee car say yo Good bye?

Gam sam nida Thank you

Ne (yes)

Aniyo (no)

Harry and Anna's wedding turned out pretty well

I stayed with the family and Paul most of the time

At times, I feel out of place(don't know anyone)

But other times, people made me feel part of the family

1/9/94

We went house hunting today

Saw 2 houses in Mountain View

They are connected to each other. Beautiful, but Paul doesn't like it's looks like a duplex

1/11/94

"Sleepless in Seattle" rent from Blockbuster

1/20/94

Clean bird cage

Dinner with Bernie and Randall

Marilyn Shreve- coordinate diabetes day

1/28/94

Play tennis

Saw Shindler's list- 3 hours!

1/29/94

Visit Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Hiked 2 trails

Valley View

Pfeiffer Falls

Rent 2 movies