Let the Photos Begin!

MON, 090112 @ 1:31AM

Hi Zach! As promised, I started uploading blocks of albums for your viewing pleasure. I'm going to zip and encrypt groups of folders according to their relevance. Today's grouping only has one picture of you. It's the one of you on the ladder. I was working in the garage one day and when I turned around, you were practically at the very top! At first I was shocked, but when I realized what you did, I was amazed. So much so that I ran for the camera and snapped this awesome picture of you. I can't remember what it was you're pointing down to. It's a favorite of mine, so I added it to the slide show. That's what I'll do from here on out. Whenever I come across a picture I like, I'll add it to my Picasa album so that it'll show up on your slide show. The two other folders are titled:

020101 Mommy's Tummy

020108 Pre-Birth

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XLJCBNM0

Feel free to ask about any photo if you like. I'll try to keep up as best as I can and post links to other groups of folders. I know you'll like these photos as much as I do. We'll go through them together some day, but until then, enjoy. I haven't even touched these photos of you because I was too sad to go through any of them, but now that I need to do it for you, I can deal with my sadness. Anyways, enjoy! Again, you'll have to make contact with me for the passwords. Find me Zachary Ryan Chun!

MON, 090112 @ 1:46AM

MON, 090112 @ 7:23PM
Hello Zach! This posting is different from the others in that I had to go through a bunch of pictures before I started writing. From this set, I added:
DSCN3905 - Me holding you on my birthday.
DSC00136 - Our first Dodger game.
to your slide show. I turned 31 a week after you were born and as you can tell from my face, I'm as happy as I could be. I was never happier and I don't think I'll ever be as happy as when I held you in my arms right after you were born. There were some other good pictures from this set that I like, but didn't add them to the slide show.
DSC00130 - Zach trying to stand. Tippy toed and posing for the camera.
JTC S105 - Smiling because you were almost walking.
JTC Sc16 - Me pushing you in your very first car.
DSC00147 - Bathroom fun. You loved that doorstop and just kept batting it and batting it.
The rest of the folders from this set are:
020109, The FIRST Day
020110, The Second Day
020115, Zach as I turned 31
020827, trying to stand
020908, FIRST Dodger Game
021101, FIRST Car, with Grandma Esther
021125, Bathroom fun
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IEGFFL06
For some reason, there's like a six month gap. I'm sure I took pictures and I have them somewhere. Be patient, I'll post them as soon as I find them. Now that I think about it, I shouldn't have posted your birthday video earlier. It's chronologically wrong, but oh wells. Don't forget, you have to contact me for the password for these sets. I'm using the same password for all the encryption's. My purpose in writing this blog is simple. You and your sister mean everything to me and your mother's evil has taken you guys away from me. I want you to know how important you guys are to me and I'm trying to show you the truth. Your mother is lying to you and I am doing everything I can to be in your lives. I hope to convince you both of the truth by me doing this. Anyways, enjoy this set and I will talk with you tomorrow. Have a nice day, son!
MON, 090112 @ 7:54PM

MON, 090112 @ 10:50PM
Hello, hello little fellow. I was preparing for tomorrow's posting by organizing another set, but it occurred to me that I need to save the names of photos somewhere, so...here I am again! I just realized that the zipped encryption's don't save folders?!? I'm guessing I have to encrypt individual folders and put them all into a grouped set. BRB...Ta dah! I have my photos of you according to date followed by a description. This set consists of the folders:
030109, Second Day as TWO
030117, Camera in Car, poor photos IGIA4 CD
030908, FIRST FPCT Picnic, eating watermelons
030926, FIRST pics with Minolta, Mom & Grandma
030927, Song's Church Concert
030928, A Day with the Rhim's
From these sets, I added the following to your slide show. They are:
JTC Sca6 - You're sitting on me as I lay on a couch under a blanket. I can't tell who's happier, you or me. Regardless, it is a good picture.
IMG27 - This is classic Zachary Ryan Chun. You loved taking pictures when you were younger just as much I liked taking them. I love how you genuinely smile in pure joy.
PICT0013 - This was just a shot in the car. Again, classic Zach. Happy, happy, happy!
PICT0042 - We were at some stupid church concert with a bunch of fake, lying, two-faced, sons of bitches. You and I sneaked off into the kids room and played, played, played. There was this huge stuffed puppy. For some reason, you wanted it and I capture this shot.
PICT0062 - We went over to your aunts house and you cried for some reason. When you stopped, you hugged your cousin Thomas and I took this wonderful shot. This is so exciting for me. I haven't gone through these photos in years, so I don't remember what's in 'em. Thanks for letting me see em again, Zachary Ryan Chun. I remembered why there's this gap. Your dohr! I have tons of pictures from your first birthday elsewhere. There are dozens of great pictures from it, so expect it next! Anyways, it's getting late and I have to be up early tomorrow to renew my driver's license. We'll meet again manana!
MON, 090112 @ 11:16PM

MON, 090112 @ 11:41PM
OMG! I googled you and "Zachary Ryan Chun" came up as NUMBER ONE?!?! Overnight?!?! I'm speechless. Maybe it's just this browser?!? How can this be?!?! I'll google you with different browers at different locations. I'm speechless. AND EXCITED, TOO! NO WAY, JOSE! WOW!
MON, 090112 @ 11:43PM

MON, 090112 @ 11:49PM

Yup, tis true. zacharyryanchun.blogspot.com is the first result on google when searching for "Zachary Ryan Chun". I did it Zach. No, we did it. You helped me to get this far and I am extatic. 'Years later' turned into 'maybe next year'. I'm that much more excited. I wish I knew exactly what it was that I did. Do you think it's because I'm speaking to you Zachary Ryan Chun? I mean, do you think it's cuz I say Zachary Ryan Chun over and over again every time I say Zachary Ryan Chun? I didn't see this blog in the first 15 pages of google search results. That means, it was at least 150 different hits. Then all of a sudden, BAM! You are on top! Find me son, FIND ME! WHEEEEE!!!!!

MON, 090112 @ 11:55PM

I think 'BLOG' is short for 'Web Log'...

SUN, 090111 @ 2:43AM
Hello again, little buddy. I've been digging deeper and deeper into this blogging deal so that you can find me better and I've learned some interesting things. I decided to make my profile 'kid friendly' so that you can somehow utilize it. In doing so, I changed most of my descriptions and learned that I can actually click on an 'interest' to find others with the same 'interest'. There are other variables such as movies and books. Any other blogger that has the same items listed are seperately grouped. I thought it was a very interesting feature. At least it was useful to find others who share similar likes. All this may be way over your head, which leads me to the next issue. I've been speaking to you at a different level than you are at now. Meaning, I've been sharing words that a normal seven year old would find uninteresting and boring. Maybe I should be speaking to you at the age you'll be when you are old enough to wonder about me and search for me online? I've caught myself on several occasions wondering if I was going over your head. Hmmm. That's a tuff one. Should I guess the age you'll be when you do find me and speak to you as if you are that age? I'm so confused. This is a very tough dilemma. You know what, I'm going to speak to you like a young adult and if you find me early, you'll revisit this blog when you are old enough to care and understand. Yeah, that would be best. Anyways. I read on Yahoo! today that a blogger from Korea was arrested yesterday. He made some predictions about the world economy which was so accurate that he is considered the 'best internet economist' over there. The government felt he was affecting the free market negatively, so to jail he goes. Such a stunt is unheard of here. Arresting someone for blogging is a clear violation of an American's right to freedom of speech. You can't condem someone here just for writing as he pleases, let alone arrest him. If Korea wants to be like the US in every way, this guy must be released. I think he's looking at 5 years and/or $37,500 in fines. Ouch. For blogging, though? That is so wrong on so many levels. Don't you ever forget that your mother stole you guys away from me and away from the best country on earth. I am a proud American and love the fact that our system is designed to grow and improve at every level. Everyone else, such as Korea, has many, many flaws that prevent them from adopting our system of government. I want you here so that I can teach you about being American and about freedom. The United States of America is the best country on earth, period. No one comes close. Anyways, I've babbled enough fot now. so until next time...
SUN, 090111 @ 3:15AM

SUN, 090111 @ 4:52PM
Hi Zach, I'm back! I added a picture of you onto the header but it's not working too well ATM. It should be corrected by the time you read this, so... I also added a google AdSense feature to the sidebar, but it's kinda dumb since I am speaking with only you and don't expect any outside traffic. I guess I was just playing around with it. I promise to save every last cent and present it to you when the time is right. I am going to need a lot of time uploading photo albums of you because I want to comment on every last picture. Well, maybe not, but there'll be plenty I do want to comment on, so it will be a work in progress. I suppose I should have a topic to discuss whenever I post anything rather than just blabbering on and on about nothing. This blog too, is a work in progress, so give it some time for it to develop into something valuable. I guess I post frequently because it allows me to think openly about you as if we're in conversation. Nevertheless, I do want this and everything else in the future to be worthy, so I'll do my best. Is it snowing there now? You must be so cold. I've got to go see grandpa with grandma, so I'll talk to you later. It will take a very long time for the pictures, so I promise I'll start with the first set starting with the next posting. Have a nice day!
SUN, 090111 @ 5:03PM

Age is just a number...sometimes.

SAT, 090110 @ 9:30AM
Good Morning Zach. I missed yesterday's posting because I fell asleep watching a documentary called A/K/A Tommy Chong. I will make two different postings today so that the count will be correct. I decided to make my timestamp before and after every entry. That way, I can ignore this blog's timestamps. I just have to make sure there is only one per day (except today, of course). So, how does it feel to be 7? Not that much different, eh? You'll only feel a new age when something specific is allowed, such as 16, because you'll be able to get a driver's license, 18 because you will become a legal adult, 21 because you will be of legal age to drink, and I think 25 is special for some people because you can rent a car. Don't think for a minute that I want you to want to be older so that you can go do bad things legally. It was more of a lesson on age. Seven is a big number. I was 7 when I came to the U.S. for the first time way back in 1978. We landed in Los Angeles and stayed here for 2 days before flying over to South Carolina and then to Nashville, Tennessee. After settling into a two bedroom at the Glenview Apartments, I decided to take a walk around this new and different world. As I walked along this long open path, I was amazed at all of the beautiful grass. Korea didn't have any grass back in '78. Anyways, as I continued my walk, I noticed this beautiful, blonde, and blue-eyed southern belle walking towards me. She was so beautiful, I just smiled at her and tilted my head in greeting. She smiles back and yells "GO HOME CHINK!". I was so happy that she said anything to me that I continued smiling and kept repeating "go home chink" over and over in my mind. I wanted to know what it meant. That was my very first English word. "Go home Chink". Chink is a derogatory (a racial word or phrase that has a bad meaning) term used to describe Chinese people. I've forgotten what she looks like, but I will never forget my very first English lesson. Talk to you later!
SAT, 090110 @ 9:48AM

SAT, 090110 @ 3:49PM
Hello again, stranger. I was going to post another entry to make up for yesterdays miss, but wait! What do we have here?!? I posted yesterday's posting an hour past midnight Thursday, so I didn't miss it. Yae! I can still say "one a day forever until Zachary Ryan Chun finally finds it and reads it or until I die". Whew, what a relief. I've been mulling over this all day. Moving on, I started uploading my photos onto Megaupload as zipped and encrypted files. I'll give you the password when you finally make contact with me. My email is jkzchun@yahoo.com BTW. I made it before Rachel was born, so it's missing her name. J is for Jason, K is for Katherine, and Z is for Zachary Ryan Chun followed my our last name, Chun. Every time I say your name, I'm going to write it out fully for possible SEO benefits. Here's the first link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BM8KL08A
This file is entitled: "ZRC's First Birthday Movie_002". This is my proudest video clip because it has on it your very first steps. I have yet to even see anyone's first steps. I managed to capture you on film when it first happened. I am very, very proud of this clip. Check it out.
Next, we have:
My 1st Run http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RFTAGVH5
My 2nd Run http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2QA5S4N5
MY BEST PHOTOS http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M4HTS1ZE
I went through my albums to pick out the best because I printed them out. Hence the 'Run' in the titles. 1st Run of prints? I'll need some time to zip and encrypt the rest of my photos. I want you to have access to every last picture. It'll help you see how much I love you. Just of you, I have over 10,000, believe it or not. Until next time...
SAT, 090110 @ 4:06PM

The quest for high ranking continues, Zachary Ryan Chun

TH, 090108 @ 9:38PM
I realized two things today. Oh, in case I forgot...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! He he he. The first was that if I want to write multiple entries onto this blog, the time stamp for the latter entry was going to be recorded. I wanted you to see that I was up at the wee hours in the morning to wish you a happy birthday, so I wrote this posting onto a notepad with my own timestamp. I will be publishing additional entries on the following day before I write that days posting so that this blog's timestamps are accurate. Does that make sense to you? I shall begin every entry with my own timestamp to clarify this intention. Speaking of which, allow me to explain my personal timestamp. The day of the week is important and necessary in order to convey the 'mood' or 'situation' of the entry. The days of the week are abbreviated MON, TUE, WED, TH, FRI, SAT, and finally, SUN. A comma follows. The date is the most important piece of information because whereas time of day repeats, dates do not. The only format that is computer friendly is '(year)(month)(day)'. Zeros must be used for single digits. This is the only format that a computer can recognize and sort in an ordinal manner. Next comes the 'at' symbol, followed by the time. Lastly, to clarify which hour the time is referring to, the abbreviations AM or PM is written. Hmm, I wonder what AM and PM stand for? This would be such a good question for you to research and answer for me. Can you remember to do this and tell me so that we can both learn? Whew, what a mouthful. If you don't know, Zachary Ryan Chun, your father is a nerd. A proud nerd, I must say. It wasn't something one could announce proudly when I was young, but times have changed for the better and being a Super Nerd is fashionable. Maybe this is only true to us nerds? Who cares. I'm a nerd and I'm proud! That brings me to my second point. I spend quite a lot of time googling 'Zachary Ryan Chun' during the day hoping for any sort of improvement. Then it occurred to me that search engines refer greatly to the body text. I've been relying solely on the title of this blog for hits. In order to increase my ranking, I am guessing that having 'Zachary Ryan Chun' written many times on postings will increase this blogs ranking. What do you think, Zachary Ryan Chun? Do you, Zachary Ryan Chun, agree? "Chuut. Zachary Ryan Chun, I am your father. Chuut". (That was suppose to sound like Darth Vader.) If you haven't seen Star Wars yet, promise me you'll wait to see it with me. There are so many movies I want to introduce you to. It will mean a lot to me for you to wait, Zachary Ryan Chun. I found out that a guy named Kevin whom I've befriended shares this day with you. It's his birthday too, today. I'll get his last name too so that we can keep track of everyone we meet who has this birthday. The only person I know who shares my birthday is Dr. Martin Luther King. Mine falls exactly one week after yours, I'll be 38 next TH. What do I want for my birthday? A big fat kiss from my seven year old son, Zachary Ryan Chun. Next year, a big fat kiss from my eight year old son, Zachary Ryan Chun. The year after that, a big fat kiss from my nine year old son, Zachary Ryan Chun. You get the picture. I love you Zach, have a nice day.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ZACHARY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!!! Yae! Happy Birthday Zach! I was so excited that I got up very early to wish you a happy, happy birthday. You're seven now so I'm going to start treating you like a young man. I'm so happy for you. Do you remember what you asked me last year? You saw a red sponge circle in that magic box and asked me to turn it into a square! I was shocked that you would ask me that. On your 3rd birthday, we threw a big birthday bash for you at the Windsor house. It was going to rain on the day of the party, so we decided not to get the Spiderman jumper. Instead, I ran over to Hollywood Magic and purchased two boxes of magic tricks. I was the entertainment at your party and I performed this one trick where I magically turned a red circle into a red square. I guess you could call it the highlight of my nerve-wrecking performance. I was very nervous, but it turned out great because you managed to remember something from it. No one can take away our memories. I hope you remember that day forever as I will. We never spoke about my performance so I never even imagined you remembered any of it. When you aked me what you asked me last year, I was frozen from shock and it made that day 10 times more special. Now that you're a young man of seven, I'll have to make a whole house disappear, but oh wait. Esther managed that all by herself already. Greed, for lack of a better term, is good. Only if you don't sell out your family and run away to foreign countries to hide. Ruff ruff. I wish you all the best on this very special day and hope you have the happiest of happy birthdays. In case you've forgotten, this blog is my gift to you and it will go on and on and on until you find me. That's all for now. Happy Birthday Zach!

One last, final day, Zach!

Hello there! Happy, Happy Birthday eve! Turning seven is such an exciting time. I wish I could be with you right now so that I could hug you and hug you until you beg me to let go. Ten times! I really am very, very happy for you. Congratulations, Zach! Yae! Whoo-Hoo! When I finally do get to see you, you can ask me for anything you want. I mean anything. That's a big promise and here are the words to prove it! Rachel! Give your oh-pah a big kiss for me. Not too sloppy. A quick, deep, mu-ah! I know you'll someday know how deeply I'm containing myself so that you can enjoy this wonderful day to the fullest. You'll know me and my heart because I will never, ever let go. Dogs do, but I won't. Dogs can watch the birth of their own flesh and blood and just walk away. No matter what. I will blog my heart out to you and your sister until we are together again. Have faith in me Zach. You too Rachel. I know that these blogs will reach you guys someday and you'll help us be together again because you'll have to believe just how much I deeply love you both, by my actions. Every day until we meet or until I die. I'm doing my best with our SEO (Search Engine Optimization), so we'll see. I don't think I'll be able to go to sleep because I'm way too excited. Congrats, little buddy. Until manana, adieu.

6 years and 363 days old today.

Hi Zach! How was your day today? I've been thinking about how much you've grown and how you're developing into a fine young man. I have good news and bad news. Pick one. Okay, the bad news first. I won't be able to start Rachel's blog until her birthday. That's really not bad news for you, I suppose, but since she's your sister and what hurts her, hurts you, consider it bad news. The good news is, this blogging challenge has excited me in ways I cannot compare. I'm determined to make it easy for you to find me so that you and I can share in ways we should be able to. I guess that's really not good news for you either. We're all family, so consider it good and bad. I've been thinking of all the different ways in which to get this blog up high on search engines and am determined to succeed. We'll just have to see. Today, a co-worker printed out a posting on Craigslist for a 1990 Volkswagon Jetta. It was only going for $800 so I was determined to buy it. When I got home, I finally made the call. OH NO! Someone else was purchasing it as we spoke. Pobre mi. Boo hoo. There'll be others, I suppose. But what are the chances that the very car I was calling about was being sold as we spoke! Shrug it off and move on, I say. It never does any good to dwell on something, no matter what. There's too much to life. You'll have your ups, and as much, you'll have your downs. It's your ability to deal with these ups and downs that will get you through it all that counts. You have to learn early that not everything will go your way, so you have to be strong and be able to take the punches as they come. Just some food for thought. We'll discuss this in detail later when you're older. This is a very important lesson that you must learn. I realized today that I can only post once per day. Whatever entry I must add, I'll have to do it using line breaks . That's how come yesterday's posting looks the way it does. When you finally do get to see me, the number of postings will equal the number of days I've been blogging to you because I think about you every day. It's going to be so special for us both when you finally meet this blog. I can't wait. Anyways. I'll speak with you again tomorrow! (2 days and counting) Bye!

Why so many ZRC's ?!?

Hi Zach! I wondered how easy it would be for you to find this blog, so I googled "Zachary Ryan Chun" and...OH NO! Why so many results?!? I don't think you'll have the patients to sort through pages and pages of other ZRC's, so I'm going to have to publicize you. I'll be your special online, PR man. I'll get you accounts on MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, and more. I'm going to have to set up all of these accounts and make sure they all point to this blog! That's going to be a lot of work and require a lot of luck, buy you're worth it, so I will do my best. FYI, I stopped looking after page 3 of google. I don't know where this blog is right this minute, but it'll be my goal to get you to page one. Wish me luck. (3 days and counting!)

Whew, finally I was able to get some stuff done. First of all, your email is zacharyryanchun@yahoo.com. You also have a facebook and a myspace acct. Ooooh. BRB, lemmie google you real quick...back...I got as far as page 14 and gave up for now. I decided to google myself and I ranked high as Jason T. Chun. I'll have to work on this much more and get it done right. I showed up with my HolaMun2 account and tried to get you one, but oh they are so frustrating. I hate them. I have an account with them because Isma Garcia entered some contest and I had to register in order to vote for him. For some reason, my info there is picked up by Google. I'm surprised at how difficult this will all become, but then again, my efforts will translate into my love for you. I hope you realize that. Oh, BTW, I changed this blog from 'hizacharychun.blogger.com' to 'zacharyryanchun.blogger.com' so that you can rank higher on google. I think it will help...Have a nice day son!

Sorry, I couldn't wait any longer.

I was going to wait until your birthday (which is only 4 days away BTW) to begin posting to this blog, but the notion is so exciting to me that I'm starting it now. Happy Birthday to come Zach! You and your sister have been on my mind a lot these days. I've been thinking about all of the different stories I wanted to share with you guys and the ways in which I was going to approach this whole deal. On top of my list was the question, "Should I wait until Rachel's birthday to start her blog?". I can't make up my mind on this dilemma. I certainly don't want her to think I love you more than I do her but then again, to start before her birthday won't make it as special as I want it to be. Oh, poo. I just don't know yet. Another issue has been about the 'negativity' on the subject matters. Should I share with you guys my heart and mind about all that's been done to me and us? Are you guys old enough to understand? I've decided to keep this as positive as I can because I want it to be meaningful and special. Anyways. I have loads and loads of stories I want to share you so that you can know who you are by knowing who you were born to. This isn't entirely something from me to you. I think it will help me deal with all of the issues and problems I've had to deal with lately. I'm going to start posting my entire album of our past for you to download soon. Yeah, yeah. Promises, promises. Anyhow, I hope it's not too cold over where you're at because I hate the cold myself. I can sit calm in 120 degree weather, but anything below 40 and I get uncomfortable as heck. Brrr. I hate the cold! I've always hated it so it's not something old people dislike, even though I am 'old'. I guess. This is nice because I can imagine you listening even though you're not. I know you'll read every last word sooner or later, so I'll just keep thinking positive and believe. I hope you're as excited as I am right now because this is something special to me. I hope it will be for you as well. Bye for now!