Front yard project

August 31st., 2016

             Starting this week I will be working on my front yard now that the retaining wall in the backyard is completed. Not that I am finish with the backyard just that there is a more urgent to finish the front yard.

Started clearing the garden to showcase the huge rock

and hopefully have time to plant flowers 

on the flower bed that I started to worked 

on.

2016 garden projects

August 22nd. 2016

              Since moving into this house decades ago I build a retaining wall in the backyard garden so as not to obstruct the catch basin at the North-West corner off the house. However, after years the retaining wall start to shift and so this year I started the project at the end of June to fixed all my garden's  neglect.

               So far I had replaced the pond in the garden with annuals as it is getting harder to maintain the pond as I aged. 

Partially completed rock garden and the pond

recovery stage,

Partially corrected retaining wall on the South West side off the 

house. The river rock corridor and the retaining wall

was erected to allow water passages from neighbor

water to flow into the catch basin unobstructed.

Views from North West corner of the house, only about five ft.

of retaining wall to finish.

All good things must come to a final ending

Wednesday March 25th. 2015

             At last the end is near for the final chapter of my career life and the beginning of leisure life with my beloved husband and soul mate who five years ago due to a life changing health problem and was on disability. It was especially difficult and humbling affect for him who has said he will be working till his seventies. He loved his career and the challenge of working with computers and the ever changing software. Unfortunately for him the cardiac arrest six months after his major open heart surgery and the seventeen minutes flat line with only the quick thinking and experience of an ex Hong Kong ER nurse save him and prevent much worst damage to his brain and heart. It was especially hard on him be off work and the social meeting at work. To make matter worst I must keep on working and unable to care for him. He use to love cooking (one of his favourite enjoyment) but I am too worry he might burn down the house due to his short attention I told him the kitchen is off limit to him. 

              However, I am now able to spend time with him and care for him. Sadly, I too, will deeply missed the social office life which is part of my life for thirty six years, One thing I must say I am not going to miss is the last minute request from sale force for their commission to be included in the month end payout or works. I am happy that there is no more late evening work during every month ends, quarterly ends and finally year end. At the same time I will be enjoying all my week end without fear of weekend disaster recovery testing. I is especially hard because I do not drive and very dependant on my poor husband to drive me to the GO station to work every morning and on my return. 

               Last October in 2014 we travelled to Sydney for my niece wedding but have to cut short our travel although there was a second wedding we should be attending but unable due to my last year end processing. It was especially hard on my husband because it was his favourite niece wedding and it was also in Australia on the same October except it was to close to the end of the month.

               That is why this retirement is a bitter sweet but unfortunately I cannot retire earlier without penalty on my pension till March 2015.

                I guess the first thing I am going to enjoy is the sleep in without fear or remorse of getting to work late. I am a retired ex banker. Oh the sound sweet.

2013 new and exciting year for the Ts

Studio wedding photo taken before the wedding day.

On January 1st., 2013 my wife Yeu Tin and daughter Melissa left Toronto for Japan for Melissa preparation in Towada, Amori, Japan for her upcoming wedding to Takehiro Muranaka. The two had been dating for at least three years with all of Melissa's close friends knowledge except the parents. Even her brother Nathan knew about it and had met Mr. Muranaka in Japan on his first to Japan.

Not surprisingly my wife and I were kept in the dark about their relationship because, I left Melissa Tee strict instruction not to have a Japanese boyfriends. Since Melissa share characteristic as me (her dad) I am not at all surprise that she will end up marrying a Japanese in Japan regardless of my wishes.

Her wedding in Japan on Sunday, January 6th. 2013 was amazingly well organized even thought Melissa was at home in Canada for most  of the December and November 2012 period. Well, it paid to employed a wedding planner in Japan to run the whole show because they sure did a excellent job for the wedding.

Wedding procession where the in-law lead
her new daughter-in-law to the head table
during the diner reception

Cake cutting ceremony

Lighting of the candle ceremony ( a Japanese custom where  the couple go
around to every tables and light the center piece and finally the main candle
place near the head table)

I felt like I am swimming upstream against strong current

August 27th. 2010

Since March

Land at last 2012 vacation in Italy

May 7th. 2012

After two years of set back due to my heart condition my wife Yeu Tin and I decided on a week journey on a cruise ship to Rome and France.

Almost two years after my bypass in April of 2009

After the bypass I lost a least 40 pounds and was down 2 inches on the waist line. However in the two years after the bypass I am now back to my size 33 inches waist line and around 180 pounds heavy. Not a good sign for me after buying a lot of pants in the 32 inches waist line. The memory is still a problem because of the 17 minutes cardiac attack I had in September of 2009.

I would love to be able to go back to work and feel useful again but at present situation I am more of a burden for my company and frustrating for me because I am totally useless at my job (more or less a handicap in my office).  I am still seeing a psychology to help improve my mental health and on my own I am working very hard and frustrating on the japanese game call Suduku to see if I could improved myself. Before my problem I was alway very easily solving the evil Suduku in a couple of hours and minutes for the medium and hard. The last hard Suduku I tried is still a long way from a solution if I had not cheated by looking into the solution on the back page. So I am still currently on the easy Suduku that I will complete in under 5 minutes but now take anywhere between 30 minutes to an hours or longer. Yes, I am letting out a frustration yell in my room and there is nothing I can do to improved the situation for now.

I still love photography and every chance I had to be invited to a major function in Mississauga I will be there and the Chair of Canada China Bussiness Communication as well as Chair of SafeCity Mississauga Mr. Victor Oh has been kind enough to alway include me in for his organisation's function. At the same token my friend Mr. Stephen Chu of Mississauga Chinese Business Association alway also invited me to volunteer my photographic service on thier function. It is a good thing that technology has come a long way with photoshop helping me to correct any mistake I make with the photos.

Vegas Trip Feb 2012

                     View from our hotel room from Ceasar in Las Vegas

Its been a while since my wife and I travel to the State due to the restriction from my long term disability. Right now it is more like doing house arrest than a holiday to me with the long term disablility insurance. To make matter worst since my last heart attack, I am left with a bad short term momery problem.

However, the short holiday to the Las Vegas with my wife and family friend Gladys Tay was a helpful relieve from pure boredom in the house arrest. We were fortunate to be provided with free hotel by Ceasar and Planet Hoolywood from our players reward membership at Ceasar.

Melissa is 300 km away from the Nuclear Disaster zone

I know there is always danger when it concern nuclear disaster but Melissa Tee is still staying in Japan for now. Although I would love to have her here in Canada at this troubling time but I can comprehend her decision to stay put in Japan. Frankly, speaking I would be disappointed in her to turn her back to all her Japanese students during this crisis to come home.

The only consolation I have for now is that the disaster zone is three hundreds kilometres away. Having said that does not mean to down play the danger if the disaster were to turn worst. Our prayers are with the Japanese and Melissa Tee at this time and especially for those few technicians that sacrifices so much for the safety of the Japanese nation. Our thought and prayer are with them.

I will update this blog as soon as I have new development and news from Melissa.

Click below to read Melissa message:-
Reflections on "the BIG one"

Melissa is going fine in Japan

As most of you have seen the new of disaster is Japan on television and like me have concerned over Melissa Tee's well being. I was worried on Friday as we were not able to reach her via land line but was glad that she uses her cell phone to text us saying she is fine. Melissa is still currently working in Towada which is miles inland on the Norther part of Honshu Island. As most of us know Japan is very advances in  earth quake prepareness therefore there is not much worried when earth quake happen but this time it is the tsunami that create the danger and causes the most dead that worried us. However, my only consolation is that Melissa is living in the interior on the high ground. Our thought and prayers are with the Japanese during this time and our gratitude to so many friends for their concern about Melissa. I like to thank everyone for their though and prayers during this difficult time and our relieve that she is fine.

North Conway 2010

June 5th 2010

In the past few years The Morrison and the Tee together goes up to North Conway for they’re annual shopping pilgrimage. However, if you have been following my blog you will realize that because of my health last year the Morrison went there by themself.

This year the trip became more meaningful as we travel together to North Conway. Although I have not recover fully from my near death experience and externally I may look healthy but I am struggling with my ability mentally.

Needless  to say the trip would not be enjoyable without shopping at the Settle Green outlet mall plus Don and Me taking our North Conway train ride.

In the past I would share the cooking with Kie in the kitchen but this year Kie did all the cooking.

For more photos on this trip see gallery below:-
http://picasaweb.google.com/tee.andrew8/UsShopping#

Back to work slowly

March 14th. 2010
Finally the hour has come for me to return to work. Even though the Neurologist has given me the green light to return to work.  The immediate notification to Great West Insurance but it took them about a month to work out the schedule with my manger Mr. Jaffer Walli for me to return to work. Nonetheless, I am gratefully that the day is finally here and I can return to work.

So tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. I will take my first step to re-intergrate back to work.

Sabrina's Coles post wedding diner at Sun Sun Restaurant

Sabrina And Dan

Saturday, March 6th. 2010.

Last year Yeu Tin and I were invited to joint our good friend Ms. Shirley Ng's daughter Ms. Sabrina Coles wedding in Cancun Mexico. Unfortunately, for us I was diagnosed with four blocked arteries that needed to be bypass as soon as the hospital can schedule me. With that cloud hovering over me, Yeu Tin and I decided the best thing is not to attend the wedding due to the uncertainty of the surgery. Good thing we made the right decision because in September I suffer a heart attack because one of the artery was re-block.

In January Sabrina and Dan were happily married in Cancun. Upon their returned Ms Shirley Ng decided to arranged a reception for her close friends that were unable to attend the wedding in Cancun to shared the joy with her, her daughter and her husband Dan at Sun Sun Chinese Restaurant.

去年，宇天，我被邀請到聯合我們的好朋友吳雪莉女士的女兒薩布麗娜女士科爾斯婚禮在墨西哥坎昆。不幸的是，我們我被診斷為 4動脈阻塞，必須加以盡快繞過醫院可以安排我。與該雲籠罩著我，宇天，我決定最好是不參加婚禮，由於不確定性手術。是件好事，我們作出了正確的決定，因為我在9月心髒病發作，因為一對動脈重新塊。


今年1月薩布麗娜和丹是幸福美滿的家庭在坎昆。當他們返回吳雪莉女士決定安排了接待她密友，無法參加婚禮在坎昆共享與她的喜悅，她的女兒和她的丈夫丹在新新中國餐廳。

For more photos for the post wedding reception at Sun Sun Restaurant see gallery below:-
欲了解更多的照片後的婚禮在餐廳看到新新畫廊如下： -

http://picasaweb.google.com/andykimtee/SabrinaDan?authkey=Gv1sRgCKjPzIqqoLXjBg#

Well enought to get back to work but not drive

Only in Canada eh! The MTO has a rule that stated anyone who had a heart failure must be automatically had their driver licence suspended. That was what happen to me and I will have to wait for six months to get the doctor to fax MTO that I do not have any futher attack in order to get my licence back. However, in the mean time the neurology has certifified that I am well enought to go back high demand and stressful job as an IT professional but not well enough to drive.

2010

Now that 2009 is history, I am hoping for a better 2010. After finding that I have 4 arteries blockages in my heart,.I was schedule for quadruple bypass surgery in March 2009. After successful surgery I was re-admitted to the he hospital twice after begin discharged. On the second admission I was admitted to the ER in SunnyBrook health Science after a cardiac arrest.


In January 8th 2010 I had an appointment with my Neurologist and everthing looking good.
My next appointment is in Febuary 2010 with my Cardiologist. If all goes well I am hoping t have my driving license reactivated.

5 weeks after cardiac arrest and survery for ICD

September 24th 2009 was when I had a cardiac arrest on the way to a wedding rehearsal photo shoot. I was discharge from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre on October 2nd 2009 after nine days in hospital. Recovery from my cardiac arrest has been slow and steady but as to how much memory lost I am not able to tell.

After being discharge from the hospital my driver license was suspended by the Cardiologist. That licenses suspension literary means I was grounded and homebound since the discharged except for the occasional visit to my family physician and specialists.

Out in the park

It was a beautiful day after all. Mrs Tee is in the states with her friends doing a bus tour of Boston, New York and Washington. As for me I was out in the park in Mississauga. I was able to catch some of the air show from a distance but most of all enjoying the view.

Like father like daughter

Just took a look at my daughter schedule for September and and felt that I am not much better. Started to work 2 and half days now and will be back full time by mid September. This month's schedule is bad. Weekend schedule for September:-

Sept 12 - Community BBQ with our MP
Sept 13 - Jr. worship speaker and badminton at 4:00 pm
Sept 19 - Crime awaremess at City hall
Sept 20 - Church and Badminton
Sept 26 - Mayor BBQ
Sept 27 - Wedding .

Doing more hours at work

It is more than 5 months since my surgery. There are tightness in my chest where the surgery was perform otherwise I am feeling fine. My short term medical leave is running out soon and will have to go into my long term medical leave. However, I am not planning to enrole into the long term medical leave. I feeling really well and want to consider going back full time at work. My team has been kind to me and reduced my work load so far and I do not see any change when I am back full time.

A monthe ago I start 3 half days work schedule and last week I have extended it to 2 and a half days work. Starting next week I will be doing 3 and a half days work.

Helping my friend M.P.P. Peter Fonseca at this community BBQ

It has been a busy Sunday on August 23th 2009. Yeu-Tin and I both attended church in the morning than came home to change and pick up my camera to help Peter Fonseca the member of parliment for the province of Ontario in Mississauga East for Cooksville. Yeu-Tin help out with serving salad while I was helping Peter with the photos. It was busy at his Annual Free Community BBQ. More than 3000 local residence from his riding were there in force. Definitely the the word free help to bring the crowds regardless of the long line up for food. Hopefully, next year we do not make the same mistake as this year having choosen the same date as Ramadan for the community BBQ. Next year Peter promise to ensure that the date choosen are not during the Ramadan.