MaslowProjects New Logo

Well I’m almost done with the development of the new logo for the MaslowProject.  I made this image using Blender for the modeling and LuxRender for the materials/final render.  The rendering took 25.5 hours with 6 computers running together as a render farm.  Leave a comment, let me know what you think.

Anastasia Dancing

For Anastasia’s first birthday, her Great-Grandma sent her this outfit as some pajamas. She loves them and we had to take some video of her dancing in them.

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Flying my New Kite for the First Time

I finally had a day with good conditions to fly the kite my dad had made for my birthday for the first time.  Check out the video

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Busan Fireworks Festival 2009

Today tanya and I headed over to busa to see the 2009 Fireworks Festival. We went the the festival last year and both of us thought it was the most Amazing show we’ve ever seen.

This years show was just as good and we got to experience some wonderful Korean hospitality on the gwangali beach. When we got to the beach at about 6:40pm it was already very cowded and we were trying to find a seat. A Korean lady with a bunch of little kids near her waved to us and gave us some seats on their blankets. The little girls gave us some cookies and had fun trying to talk with us. It was also really fun to listen to their excitement throughout the show.

After the 45 minute long show (felt like 10 minutes) we then headed back to the subway station. It was a scene reminiscent of the Japanese train stuffers and the streets were like rivers of humanity.

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Birthday Present from my Parents

I don’t write much about my family here, but it’s time for an exception.  I have one of the coolest dads ever!  This year for my birthday, he got me a new kite.  A few years ago at a kite show, I saw a special kite I really liked.  It was a 4 string American Flag flown during the National Anthem.  For my birthday present this year, he had one similar made for me, but it’s much more impressive than the one flown at the show was.

In typical fashion for my dad, it wasn’t enough to get me this amazing kite… He had to go over the top.  At a recent kite show, for the National Anthem my new kite was flown by the same lady who flew the one at the show I first saw a similar kite at 5 years ago.  The announcer also mentioned that this flag was made for me and would be shipped to me right after the kite show.

One of the really cool things about this kite is the colors are all separate cloth sewn together.  Every star was cut out and sewn in separately.  The quality of the workmanship is very impressive.  I’ll post some more pictures of it after I’ve had a chance to fly it (something I haven’t found a good location for in Korea yet)

SOOOO Busy, TOOOO Much to Do, and yet… SOOOO Happy!

Anastasia's Beautiul Eyes

So much going on in our lives right now. Work seems to always have another emergency or a hot situation that needs attending right away, projects keep piling up, more VIPs want to visit, more people keep making dumb decisions or turn it shoddy paperwork that wastes my time… but overall, I don’t think I’ve never been happier than I am now.  The job I have for the navy is the best I’ve ever had and I think I’m doing a pretty good job at it.

My home life with my wife and daughter are better than I ever imagined it could be.  Just look at the picture of Anastasia, every day she does something new that puts a smile on my face.  A couple weeks ago she said Papa for the first time!  While I heard her say, “Mommy!” once when she was 3 months old and we say that was her first word, she has yet to repeat it so her first word she can say repeatedly is Papa or Abba!

I’ve also been working a lot on the setup of what I hope will be our future.  I don’t know how much longer I’ll be staying in the Navy but next, I’m getting out and instead of going to work for someone else, we’re trying to start our own business.  So much to learn though, so much to setup, but I know that God has blessed us and it seems that at every step along the way, He provides exactly what we need for the next step along the way.  There have just been TOO MANY COOINCIDENCES along the way to think that this doesn’t have a divine blessing.

iPod Touch Firmware 3.0

Just updated my iPod Touch to the new Firmware 3.0.  Started testing it out but not sure yet if it will make a big difference.  The main thing I’m interested in is knowing if I can now keep skype logged in as long as I’m on a wireless network?

Back in Chinhae

Well I’m back in Chinhae, I had a great time in Hawaii, but I was really missing Tanya and Anastasia. People keep asking me why I want to get out of the navy, my answer always has to so with how I want to be close to my family and how serving in the military just doesn’t fit anymore in my life. I have really enjoyed the last 12 years, but if my one week trip is any indication of what it would be like to be deployed for a year, then I don’t think I could handle it.

It’s really hard to believe how much Anastasis has changed in the time I was gone. She learned how to crawl, she started making a new face that is hillarious, lots of new sounds and even just her appearance. She’s getting more and more beautiful every day.

What is required to start a business?

While going through this TAP class I have also had a few classes on what it takes to start your own business. This is what I am the most interested in learning about before I get put of the navy. I’m not sure when that will happen yet but I’m hoping to be able to roll directly from the navy into working for myself instead of having to go find a new job working for someone else.

The basic steps u have so far for starting a business are:
1. Figure out the business idea, name, etc. The basics of what the plan is.
2. Start working on a business plan. A business plan is required to get a loan, find investors, hire employees, and really helps in laying down a path to being successful.
3. Setup a task list of all he things needed in order to get from the idea stage to making a profit.
4. Setup a financial plan including taxes, payroll, manufacturing, distribution,

Azalea Festival

Last Saturday I took Tanya and Anastasia to the Bisulsan Azalea Festival just south of Daegu. While the festival was vey beautiful, we were not prepared for what to expect.
For starters, allhe Koreans there were wearing hiking boots but I was wearing Birkenstocks and Tanya was wearing high heels. Next was the temperature. It was really nice in Chinhae when we left, but climbing the mountain was a different story. We luckily we did have a blanket for Nastya, but both Tanya and I got quite cold after the sun disapeared behind some clouds and the wind picked up.
However, we did get these pictures with my ladies wearing their new hats.