The World Health Organization announced the Corona Virus, identified in Wuhan, China, in the month of December 2019, to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. It then recognised it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Details of the disease, cases death etc and more about the measures taken to solve the problem can be found here.
Malaysia followed up with MCO Movement Control Order that involved a lockdown of families and individuals to stay home that started on March 18 to last to March 31. It was further extended on March 25 to to April 14. At this point in writing, the MCO was announced on April 10 to be extended to April 28 with details and more updates found here.
This post will be short and compact using links, photos and videos as explained in my First 2020 Spiritlane post. I hesitated to start any new post until my book is completed. The pandemic experience and promptings just before the Church general conference in April got me fired up to write the first Spiritlane post. What got me started here?
I've always shared my favorite quote online that "Families and Friends are Forever." I was doing fine with simple responses to family and friends on Facebook until I got this photo and news on Messenger!
Malaysia followed up with MCO Movement Control Order that involved a lockdown of families and individuals to stay home that started on March 18 to last to March 31. It was further extended on March 25 to to April 14. At this point in writing, the MCO was announced on April 10 to be extended to April 28 with details and more updates found here.
This post will be short and compact using links, photos and videos as explained in my First 2020 Spiritlane post. I hesitated to start any new post until my book is completed. The pandemic experience and promptings just before the Church general conference in April got me fired up to write the first Spiritlane post. What got me started here?
I've always shared my favorite quote online that "Families and Friends are Forever." I was doing fine with simple responses to family and friends on Facebook until I got this photo and news on Messenger!
21 April 2020. Born at 9:16am.
No name yet.
7lbs 8oz; 21 inches long
In our Dec 2019 Google Hangout with all the family members, we were informed by Su of her forthcoming 2nd baby daughter as per this timed video.
My comment, after my congratulations, was to say that the new baby had longer hair than Leah when she was born as per the photo I had sent above. Click here to see the birth story of Leah continuing till today maintained by Grandpa as he maintains a journal specifically for his two youngest birdlings of the millennial generation as well found here.
Then I sent Su's baby pic to say that the new baby has even more hair than her Mom had when she was born!
Well, our family members are slowly but surely increasing in numbers over time. In the same google hangout video last Christmas, Han talked about plans for his marriage event in Toronto Canada as per this timed video. His bride will be Helen Jin who is usually camera shy all the time when I knew her at college with Han but on their graduation day, I was given a great privilege to shoot whatever I wanted as per the video below in the year 2018. What a great joy it was for me!!!
1 May 2020
Well, our family members are slowly but surely increasing in numbers over time. In the same google hangout video last Christmas, Han talked about plans for his marriage event in Toronto Canada as per this timed video. His bride will be Helen Jin who is usually camera shy all the time when I knew her at college with Han but on their graduation day, I was given a great privilege to shoot whatever I wanted as per the video below in the year 2018. What a great joy it was for me!!!
Last year in 2019, we had good practice for a wedding reception when Han was asked to be the MC for a friend's wedding and I was assigned to be the photographer/videographer to be able to share this video.
We have been having our family reunion since the Mom of our family passed away in 2012, every 2 years since then as in 2014, 2016 & 2018. So 2020 seems perfect to have a new baby join us and a wedding as well. Hopefully all MCOs would be a thing of the past by August when Han and Helen plan to have their marriage registration and reception in Toronto Canada. (Postdated news: On 1 May 2020 the family had a google hangout with a video brief below. Not included in the video, I asked Han about his wedding plans. He confirmed that it would definitely be postponed to the following year. The pandemic with the continuing extension of the MCOs would not be conducive for any travel plans.
I got another photo from Su of the baby with an English name confirmed:
Anya Liu Yu An is my name! I whispered to Grandpa that my name given to me sounds in line or rhythm with the Lion King music he used for the wedding video mentioned above before I was born!
1 May 2020
Anya's older sister Leah is seen playing her dolls with Grandpa. She turned four on Jan 18th earlier in the year. How time flies as one can review her progresss in life since her birth by scrolling up her journal post after viewing her birthday video here.
19 June 2020
Anya Liu face to face with the camera
Leah Liu entertained by the guys or is she entertaining them?
10 July 2020
Anya's baby blessing via an online Zoom meeting
12 July 2020
Talk assignment on Sunday Church via an online Zoom meeting, "Choose the Right."
Sep 2020
Anya's early videos at home:
Leah playing with baby Anya to make her laugh. Leah's own first early laughter can be viewed here.
Anya crawling
Anya sitting up
Anya sucking her toes
4 Oct 2020 in US & 5 Oct in Malaysia
Happy Birthday to Mommy & Grandpa from Anya!
A new skill mommy says Anya learned just a couple of days earlier!
Leah did a recorded wish for Grandpa as she had to go to bed by 8pm each night.
19 Oct 2020
Uncle Han's 30th Birthday family celebration
Uncle Han's 30th Birthday family celebration
Anya seen crawling in the video
Shuan, Ern and Ray's 2020 birthdays are found in this journal.
2020 Christmas Eve
Han singing in a musical number with the Barbershop Association of Singapore Singers, "All I Want For Christmas Is You."
2020 Christmas day Zoom meeting together
Tears flowed from my eyes as I heard the younger boys share their aspirations to work harder on their future education and everyone expressing how the COVID-19 created more positivity in their lives! It's been almost a year since I last met them in Kuala Lumpur at Blue Boy Mansion except for Su who was expecting her second baby and remained in Boston US.
21 Apr 2021
Anya turns one year old!
Today is Saturday, 1st May 2021 and I received the following two photos through FaceBook messenger from Su with the following note, "Our former neighbors in Malden saw the package you sent with Leah's name and they went ahead and forwarded the package to us!"
In the video that I recorded Anya receiving my symbolic gift from Grandpa on her first birthday celebration, I started by asking Su about her experience on how time passes for her during the pandemic. I replied after her response with my deep thinking thoughts about space-time measurement made by Man from my research! Every science word now that I come across triggers my mind off like deep thinking Haha!
Allow me to share why the marvel heroes from comic books in my day were passed to first my boys and today to my grandchildren! The two older sisters of the boys might have been left out as in the 80s the Supergirl series was ended in 1985 according to Wiki and was revived in 2004 only!/
Click here for Supergirl info.
Post-dated post from FaceBook
Coincidentally, this 2016 photo of Leah popped up showing she was born with superpower too!
To the future when Anya turns 2 years old!
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