5/31/07

BMV Wedding Blog Back in Service!



My amazing wife has graciously agreed to take time out of her busy schedule to start posting to our wedding blog again (bmv wedding blog). In fact, this whole blogging thing got started because of our wedding web site - I hadn't really wanted to get into the blogging scene before that. But after posting a few to the wedding blog, I realized that many of my thoughts are either completely irrelevant to our union and therefore don't belong on a "wedding blog" or are just plain embarrasing to my wife, so I needed to find somewhere else to "let loose." I'm glad I did because it's pretty fun to blog. It takes the place of talking to myself in the shower.


The thing I'm so excited about is that I've hoped my wife would start blogging along with me. I love her humor and personality, but sometimes she doesn't like to show it. Part of the reason she's motivated to resuscitate the ol' wedding blog is because we would like for our family members in Vietnam to know what's going in our life. Hence, the bilingual approach. And shhhh, don't tell her I said this if you read closely you'll notice hints of the Vietlish (Vietnamese + English) that we speak to each other. I hope our kids have that choice on their "Home Language Survey" at school - "My home language is Vietlish."


2 comments:

Jennie said...

Yay for Vietlish! In fact, I'm fluent in Vietlish, I speak it all the time with my mom =). I'll definitely check out the wedding blog and am looking forward to meeting your wife (virtually). Hey, I guess virtual space ain't so bad =).

Thanks for the comment, I'm actually going to write another article about that virtual article you sent me. Extremely interesting!

xanghe said...

Yeah, this virtual stuff is great in many ways. Nothing like meeting someone in person, though. Actually, my wife has already met you... virtually. I introduced her to your blog a while ago to show her my posts that were longer than your article. She started looking through your flickr pictures as I left the room, and a few minutes later I heard her call, "Hey, how come she's so slim and cute?" lol

travel log
  • 02.13.08 - to the temple with Luan and his mom, good to be back
  • 02.14.08 - Mẫu's alive! and staying for the weekend
  • 02.15.08 - floor hockey and Thái food makes for some strange dreams
  • 02.17.08 - frisbee and swamp monster at the park: fun but I'm pooped!
  • 02.19.08 - just read Triết's response to my last post - game on!
  • 02.20.08 - raining and expected to continue through Sunday - thank goodness!
  • 02.21.08 - 3-hour nap is a bad idea right before bed
  • 02.23.08 - to the beach to watch kites, a baptism @ 5pm, and homemade bulgogi - what a day!
  • 02.25.08 - just gave myself a haircut - woo, cold head!
  • 02.26.08 - 75° and spring cleaning - couldn't feel better
  • 02.27.08 - fed the elders bún đậu tonight - think it's their first time
  • 03.01.08 - working on new background...
  • 03.02.08 - finalized javascript to change background without muffing up my other scripts
  • 03.03.08 - fhe: "In his strength I can do all things" (Alma 26:12)
  • 03.07.08 - some decisions are harder than others, but some are downright excruciating
  • 03.08.08 - there is life after work... i almost forgot
  • 03.11.08 - the distance between good and bad is much shorter than between better and best
  • 03.12.08 - conversion is sometimes a gradual process, so much so that we don't even notice
  • 03.14.08 - for some reason everything was a little harder today, looking forward for bed!
  • 03.15.08 - last night after blog reading, I missed OnlyBlue, today I find she's back
  • 03.16.08 - best day of my life!
  • 03.19.08 - "Pray for the answer that they've been looking for"
release notes v1.0 - FINALLY DONE!
  • 12.07 - first thought of starting a new blog
  • 01.08 - busy with election stuff but blog design still on back burner
  • 01.13.08 - first idea to imitate jk rowling with the "desk" theme
  • 01.28.08 - start sketching current design, breaking down development into phases
  • 02.02.08 - election only days away but still drafting final plans
  • 02.04.08 - v0.6 LAUNCH
    • main components (blog body, sidebar, header, etc) designed and implemented
    • styling for font, links, drop caps, etc. finished
  • 02.07.08 - v0.8 LAUNCH
    • image style to imitate polariod
    • moveability - post-it notes and static clings can be repositioned by drag and drop
    • release notes styled and written
  • 02.16.08 - travel log (beta) added in hopes of catching the mundane
  • 02.22.08 - lightbox 2.03 reinstalled and working fine (hopefully - let me know otherwise)
  • 02.26.08 - v0.9 LAUNCH
    • travel log seems to be working, so I'll keep it
    • lightbox also seems to have passed the test, so it's a keeper
    • some credits/info added to bottom (will expand)
    • keeping old Viet terms in archive for future viewing
  • 03.18.08 - v1.0 LAUNCH
    • installation and testing of time-sensitive background completed (for now)