amu dan hani
family journal
Getting ready for camping
Oct 13th
Neither of us are veterans in camping. I’ve camped 2 times with the guys from the church. I think Hani has hiked/camped more times than me. So for our first year anniversary (October 27), we’ve decided to hike 3 miles uphill and spend the night at Crystal Cove State Park’s camp ground. I don’t know if it’s a good idea or not to hike 3 miles with our 40 pound backpacks on a first year anniversay; but we are a bit excited preparing for the hike.
Last weekend (October 11, 2008) we went for a say 2 hour hike with our friends Tim and Jennifer at Del Cerro Park, California. This was our second time hiking at this trail and we did a lot better this time compared to the last time. Last time I wasted my energy running on an uphill at the beginning of the trail and I didn’t have strength hike back to the car! But this time we just had a relaxed walk talking with our friends and covered more distance and we weren’t exhausted at all. After the hike last Saturday morning we ended up in Hof’s Hut a great breakfast food place in Torrance. I think we gained more calories that morning eating at Hof’s Hut than the calories that we lost in the 2 hour hike. 
Anyway, back to our camping preparation. Hani and I did some shopping this weekend getting ready for our first camping ever, here are the gears that we have so far:
- North Face Terra 60 and Terra 40 bacpacks
- Coleman queen size air-bed
- Ozark Trail 9′ x 8′ hexagonal tent from Walmart
- Ozark Trail 9′ x 12′ heavy-duty tarp from Walmart
- Coleman Micro Packer Lantern
- Energizer 6 LED Head lights
- Swiss Gear queen size sleeping bag
- Compact Stove + container (to heat-up the soup)
- Campbell’s Chunky! (THE soup)
- First aid kit
- Emergency pancho
We need to pack in water since the campsite does not have any water. We are looking for some kind of a water container that could hold water for an overnight camping for two people, and remember we need to hike 3 + 3 miles with it. Could you please let us know if you have any suggestions on that and if there is anything else that we should pack ?
Harvest 2008 coming to Anaheim
Aug 15th
Hani and I are thinking of going for the Sunday crusade (08/17/2008) at 6pm. Let us know if any of you are thinking of going we could carpool or meet-up there.
Remember the admission is free; but the stadium charges $10 for parking.
Here’s the program:
| Date | Friday, August 15 | Saturday, August 16 | Sunday, August 17 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Open | 5:30 P.M. | 4:30 P.M. | 4:30 P.M. |
| Crusade Begins | 7:00 P.M. | 7:00 P.M. | 6:00 P.M. |
| Musical Artists (Subject to change) |
Randy Travis, Leeland and The Katinas |
Leeland (6 P.M. pre-crusade), P.O.D., Kutless, and Lincoln Brewster |
Michael W. Smith, Leeland, and The Katinas |
3 rescued kittens are now (almost) our family
Aug 1st
It’s been about 3 weeks since we rescued these kittens from under a trash bin. It’s been a joy and a challenge to take care of 3 kittens. Good news is that we don’t have to bottle feed them anymore. That’s a huge transition for us in the last few days when the started to lap the milk from the bowl.
Whenever I tell people about our kittens they always ask this question:
How many cats do you have?
And my answer is 2 + 3 kittens.
Trust me we are not crazy… yet. Over the past three weeks Hani and I have grown to loves these three kittens so much. They each have their own character (already). So, in this post I thought of writing a bit about each of them.
Gender: We are assuming that she’s a girl
Age: She’s the youngest of her clan
From the name that we gave her you could guess that she loves to talk. Yes, she yaps a LOT! She also loves to be cozy and comfy on our laps. She doesn’t play as much as her siblings. I think she’s the “softer” kind.
Hani and Yappy get along very well. Yappy loves to sleep on Hani. They communicate pretty well too. Yappy tends to talk a lot when we come back home from work and when she is hungry.
We love this kid much as well as the other one’s.
Gender: Well we are assuming that she’s a girl as well
Age: We think she should be the oldest one.
Gentle is very active. She loves to run around the house. Gentle likes to play with her brother Fiesty. Man they play together a lot. She often pounces on her own tail! It’s so cute and funny!
We named her Gentle when we got her because she was the one who was cleaning her little sister Yappy.
Gender: Again we are assuming that he’s a boy
Age: He’s in between Gentle and Yappy
Man this guy is naughty! This kid is demanding. He climbs up your legs if he is hungry! His name is very apt for his personality. He is very active. It’s so funny to him play with Gentle. He some time challenges Putty for a duel!
Well now you’ve known a little bit about our three kids. We are still looking for people to adopt them. As much as we would love to have them it’s just to hard on our budget to take care of 5 cats. 
Please feel free to contact us if you would like to know more about them or come pay them a visit.