Web usability

After working for about 2 months on Web design, which is my first formal project, I started to think Web design is not that hard. It's only a matter of knowing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and tools such as Dreamweaver and FrontPage. But it wasn't long till I was told to improve the Web application I'm working on, then I started to dig into how the Web can best serve its customers.

The technical jargon is Web Usability. They talk about what people look for when they browse the Web, what people expect from a webpage they open or happen to visit, how various information (and much of it) is best provided for the readers, and the list goes on. For the first time, I feel like actually do not know anything about Web design, and I had just learned the basics of it.

So.. having learned from some of the mistakes people do when they design their webpage, and for the sake of 'practice makes perfect' and 'we learn from our past', I am going to.. change the font I use in this blog to be bigger than what it has always been (hey, do you notice?), and use black for the content color, so that you.. yes, you, can be more comfortable reading it now. I mean, I understand some of you have really good eyes, so don't feel offended, you can still make the font size smaller through your browser settings :).

Romans 1:16-17
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes. ..The righteous will live by faith.

As what has always happened in the past, there are times when I really want to write stories in this blog, but just can't make it.
What have I missed? A LOT!
Since my last post, it's been my sister's birthday, Christmas, New Year, Chinese New Year, Valentine, not mentioning my activities at church and other things, some of which have gone so well.. God has been so good to me, and I really want to share that!
Oh well, 'nasi sudah menjadi bubur', I can't backup, but I can go on with the time I have now.
And I am sorry if any of you are waiting.. and waiting.. and nothing is coming up here. So yah, to make up for all those times, I'll give a brief on each one. But.. where should I start? :)

Christmas!
I had a wonderful christmas. I did. Imelda and her two brothers (Steven and Ivan) came up here!

Though it was pretty tiring, since you know, I'm restless, and got myself stuck in preparing for food, dessert, and cleaning the house. Well ok that's fine. The three built an 'island', per say, in the living room. And since during the holiday, many places were closed (and it was cold, too), we spend most of the day at home :D watching TV..
You know what's interesting? The three siblings are always quarrelling (in friendly ways though) and pointing to one another, but they're also like the best friends in the world, for example when they're watching TV.

My Sister's Birthday
Thanks to Imelda's gracious heart, she went out at 11 PM on Christmas night, believing that a store somewhere was open. Can you believe it?? I couldn't. I kept telling her not to go cause most probably there isn't any store out there that was open at the midnight of Christmas.. no no.. But she came back with an ice cream cake for my sister!

It was not only an ice cream cake, it was a Baskin Robins' ice cream cake, and it tasted great! The picture was the only one (from several) that my sister allowed me to put on the web. Oh well she also bought two big pints of strawberry and cookie n creme ice cream. Mel.. we're not done eating it till now!!

Flock Service
You've heard this before, haven't you? This time my flock helped with the Children's Ministry at church. We were divided into several smaller groups, and my group had Shirley, Jennine (who also works at Motorola), Lillian, and Kim. The first task was to cut four sheets of colorful fabrics into smaller pieces (the size of a bandana), then using fabric paints, we put marks on it: the cross, the devil, mr. yuk (opposite to a smiley face), and something.. I forgot. The second task was to re-arrange children's story books by putting the characters and items back into their respective pages. Woa, that wasn't easy. The book was made out of fabric by the way. It was interesting.
Then... after we're done, we head out to Jeannie's place for a big Korean BBQ. Well, though I have to disagree with most of the group, but I really didn't think it was very great. They had only 5 main items in the bbq: beef, pork (belly), onion, mushroom, and lettuce. I of course raved for the veggie, though I had several slices of the beef, too. Honestly, I wasn't really there for the food, but the gathering. They're really nice people! :)

That's about the major events going on last month. Besides that maybe.. I struggled a lot with a lot of work and trying to keep up with my bible-in-a-year schedule. However the Lord has been really supportive and encouraging. I am still on, on track, and eager for it! Yeah!