Trickling Sand

Amelia’s Surgery at SickKids

Celebrating Amelia’s 7th birthday at SickKids was definitely not on my bingo card for 2025, but that was what happened. I must have verbally told this story a hundred times to family, friends, and coworkers, and now I will share it on this blog for posterity. I would imagine this would be an interesting read…
Glitch in the Matrix: Part 1 – The Shroud of Turin

In The Matrix, there was a scene of a black cat walking across a doorway. Neo then sees the same cat walking across the doorway again. He whispers to himself, “Whoa! Deja vu!” Trinity then explains that a deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix, whereby something is changed in it. In this…
Contemplating Contemplative Prayer

As you may have read previously on my quest to waking up earlier, I’m glad to report that it has gone fairly well. Looking at my Fitbit data, in July, I had about 4 days when I woke up at 6am +/- 20 minutes. In September, that has increased to 18 days. The biggest change…
Happy Birthday, Hei Hei!

My boy, Athan or Hei Hei as we lovingly call him, is now officially a teenager! Wow, how time has flown by! He’s going to be in Grade 8 this September and we’re all very proud of him. God has blessed him with many graces and I’d like to share some of them with you…
Getting Up Earlier in the Morning

Over the years, my sleeping habits have changed as my daily routine changed. Pre-covid, when I was still commuting more than one hour each way to the office (50 km drive from Mississauga to Victoria Park and Eglinton in North York), I would wake up around 6:00 am to 6:30 am, so that I can…
That Gnawing Feeling

Have you ever had a gnawing feeling that something is wrong in this world? I have! Come explore this with me as I reflect on seemingly disconnected things like The Matrix, Laura Story, and St. Augustine.
Date with Kids: An Update

Back in 2018, Renee and I started a family ritual of taking turns to go on 1-on-1 dates with each of the kids. I wrote about this briefly in my 2019 review post. We have continued this family ritual and only wish we have more consistency in it. At times, we would do this a…
Introducing Trickling Sand!

Today, the name of my blog is changing from the very unique and creative “Felix’s Blog” 🤣 to “Trickling Sand”! This change has been in the making for several years. Something There When my firstborn, Adele, was born, I started this personal blog. I didn’t really have a goal for the blog at the time…
Dropping Off the Teenager in the Mornings

Adele is in grade 9 now and takes the Mississauga bus to school. She has to catch the 7:15 am bus in order to get to school on time. Since the bus stop is about 1 km away, I had decided to drop her off in the mornings. It’s a short 3-minute roundtrip and it’s…
My New Project: AI Bible Summary

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has really come into the forefront of tech last year, when OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public. As most of you know, it’s basically a super smart chatbot. It is able to understand the context of your questions and requests and provide very useful, albeit sometimes inaccurate, answers. Since ChatGPT’s release, I have…