By: Derek Wang

Through his stories, Derek shares bits of his life with us as a blogger for FCSN Voices. Check out the Blog Project and Derek’s page & stay tuned as we build his page and add more stories! 💌

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02.26.26 🩸🩺

On Friday morning Dad took me to have a physical check up as an adult for the very first time.
I had blood drawn.

I brought my California ID to the physical check up.

The nurse Tao put the needle on my right arm to draw the blood and put the bandaid on my arm after the four tubes of blood were drawn. 

After the lab Dad took me to the FCSN.

I washed my hands and had breakfast.

02.28.26 🧧🐴🥢

On Saturday Dad made rice balls for the Lantern Festival 

The festival was at my house.

I celebrated with my family.

Then, Mom, Dad, and I hiked Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch Park.

We saw Coyote Lake.

There were green fields on the hills and we saw five people riding horses.

In the evening we invited our neighbor Liguang’s family for the party.

They brought beef and shrimp and toured our orchard and vineyard.

They also brought tangerines from their backyard and a fig tree plant.

Mom made seaweed with tofu curds and bell peppers, roasted vegetables with cheese, and rice noodles with steamed prawns, and steamed sea bass.

Dad roasted potatoes, arranged the beef, pig ears, tofu curds, and pork stomach.

We had rice balls for the Lantern Festival as a dessert.

We were talking to each other happily and we were very happy to see each other.

After dinner, I clean up the dishes.

03.01.26 🧹🍃

On Sunday after church we stopped by our Terrace Drive house before my Sports class at noon.

I pulled the weeds and swept the leaves while Mom took pictures of the new bathrooms.

Then, I saw the branches when it blew away.

I put the remaining food from the party yesterday for Megan.

My favorite activity was inviting Liguang’s family because I was excited to see them.

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03.05.26 🌹🍂

On Thursday morning I worked at Little Seed Grove.

We first planned how to take care of roses in March by using Google AI app.

We need to feed roses, mulching, watering, and pest control.

I sprayed the fungicide on the sick rose leaves and mixed the dried oak leaves with dried grass to make mulch to cover the rose roots.

03.06.26 🦃🐰🌅🦞

On Friday night I helped move stuff from our Terrace house to Guibal house.
I missed Fish and Chips from the restaurant City Fish in our old neighborhood.

So Dad went there to order the fish and chips for our dinner.

On Saturday afternoon we went to the cemetery to pay respect to the Great Aunt.

We brought flowers from our garden.

There were turkeys next to the cemetery.

After that we hiked at Cowell Ranch Beach in Half Moon Bay.

I spotted a hawk, white heron, white calla lily, and a rabbit.

I took pictures of the sunset that was going down over the ocean.

It was a gorgeous view.

After hiking we had dinner at Sam’s Chowder House as usual.

This was our family’s favorite restaurant in Half Moon Bay.

We ordered a big lobster plate and baked oysters.

I used a knife to cut the sausage into pieces.

Then, I used the nutcracker to crack the lobster.

03.08.26 🕰️🚪

On Sunday morning daylight savings started.

Mom and I managed to get up early for Sunday School.

After my Sports class we stopped by our Terrace Drive.

I cleaned the glass sliding door, screen door, and watered the roses.

Dad and I helped lift the train table downstairs and put it in the garage.

My favorite activity was hiking at Cowell Ranch Beach because the view was gorgeous.