Rainbow and Phone Call

I received the first phone call from my son when I was driving home. He pressed the speaker button and then dialed from recent numbers to my cell phone. He's been very fond of phones recently. He likes to use the "Find Handsets" button on the station to make the handsets ring while putting the handsets away on purpose. Besides, he already made long-distance calls to my mom's friend, my wife's colleague, and my wife's families. He also created a playlist on my cell phone which I didn't even know how to edit. When I was not keeping a close eye on him, he sometimes connect to the web with my cell phone - he can't read but I still have to pay.

Besides phones, his new favorites are shadows and rainbow. There is a prism-like coordination on the fences of my balcony. When the sunshine comes through, it produces a rainbow which moves with time on the wall. My son would wait excitingly for the rainbow to appear and try to grab it. He always wonders why it disappears when he unfolds his hand after grabbing the colors.

Failed in IDEAS Show

We were invited to present our product in the IDEAS Show on short notice. I had no idea what it was about when I got the message, and somehow we entered the final stage. Since my understanding was that we are not seeking any funding but to expose our product only, and I've been busy on my daily work already, I didn't have much time to prepare for this presentation. The staff of the III that hosted the event were not well-trained or communicated, so I actually spent more time working out problems which they should have done for us than preparing for my presentation. And, things always went wrong when it must not. When I was on stage, my mic went dead, lights turned on fading my projection, and the video folder I was to demo became empty. I was beaten by these little surprises and lost my tempo for the rest of the six minutes.

Okay, the above were my excuses. The truth is, I was not prepared enough to sell my points clearly enough in the six minutes. The product was a complicated concept, and I haven't figured out how to describe the most of its value in one word. Some people confused it with DMA, some people thought it was a web desktop, and I guest nobody really connect the idea with web 2.0 concept.

Sorry, my dear product. It's me that failed, not you.

Suddenly International

Last Thursday and Friday suddenly became very international for me. My lunch on Thursday was with a Japanese, dinner with an American and three Dutch young men. And, I had a guest from Singapore on Friday afternoon. It's always interesting to talk to people from different places, and I guess it's a good sign to see more foreign visitors coming to Taiwan this year, compared to several years ago.

Challenging Week, More to Follow

It's been turbulent recently. My son seems fully recovered from the flu last week, but the entire island is on red alert for Enterovirus which has caused 7 deaths and over 100 severe cases. Taiwanese fishing ship hit by Japanese Coast Guard near the Diaoyutai islands. Chien-Ming Wang got hurt and is to miss his first possible All-Star Game or even the whole season. I am worried about the first, provoked by the second, and sad about for the third. Peace for everyone!

A Night of Fear

My son had fever last Friday midnight, and was taken to the hospital for examination and treatment. The temperature got higher and higher even with medicine, and the period of rising showed no signed of improvement. Finally, his temperature began to drop on Sunday night, and we were so happy - not knowing what to happen later.

At 2 am Monday morning, he began to cry in a loud and strange voice not similar to his usual voice at all. He refused contact from anyone, even his mother who could always conform him. We measured his temperature, and the reading was below 36 degrees. I thought that the instrument was broken, but we took him to ER anyway because we have no clue what's making him so uncomfortable. Surprisingly, his temperature was really very low. He was suffering from hypothermia. It could be caused by many reasons, including the medicine he was taking. The hospital did blood and urine tests, used lamp to keep him warm, and his mother was holding him all the time. He finally fell asleep around four o'clock in the arms of his mother.

We were kept there for hours. The doctors and nurses changed shift. Many ER cases kept them busy all morning. At 11 am, the pediatric doctor on duty came to us and said that his tests were all normal, and he could not tell what was the real reason for his hypothermia. Since they could not do anything more and my son looked okay, he suggested that we took him home and keep a close eye on him. We should take him to the hospital right away if he shows any sign of hypothermia again.

Now one day passed. His temperature is still not as high as should be, but high enough (around 36) to keep him home. He was not eating as much as usual, but still very energetic. We hope that it will be alright very soon.

Yoshi Sick on His Corrected 1st Birthday

June 6 was the date my son was predicted to be born, so last Friday was his birthday by corrected age. That night, he began to have periodical fever which gradully increased to 39 degrees. We took him to the hospital on Saturday afternoon. The pediatric resident doctor on duty for ER determined that it was caused by some sort of virus, so he reminded us things to note in case of any severe complication. His temperature was still rising periodically, but was not over 39 degrees. However, last night it reached 39.4 around 4 o'clock and the prescription was not showing any effective result for controlling his temperature. We took him to the ER again early in the morning. It was the same resident doctor again. He was so kind to explain the situation to us and then asked the clerk to refund because there was no further treatment. It's a challenge but good to meet good a doctor.