December, 2013
With heavy hearts, we begin this annual update with a
tribute to Peter’s late-father. Peter’s
Dad, Allan, passed away suddenly on 26 November, in Toronto Canada. Peter who has been traveling regularly to
Toronto to visit his parents was present when it happened. Peter’s Dad was 93 years and 25 days
old. He passed away without illness or
suffered any pain, peacefully at the hospital.
Peter’s Dad lived a glorious, happy and healthy life that
was full of love and joy. There were few
occasions which he partakes, that did not end with screams of laughter and
happy participants. He loved his wife
dearly and always put her needs and desires first. He treated his children with love, kindness
and respect. And he loved all of his
grandchildren from the heart and
unconditionally supported their
interests or endeavors. He treasured the
multiple family gatherings that we have each year, each time fearing that may
be his last. Dad loves his friends and
church as well, making the Sunday service a highlight of each week. He
gets along with everyone, from CEOs of major companies to store clerks and
restaurant waitresses. We love him
dearly, we miss him, and we are grateful that we have been a large part of his
life.
Now here are some highlights of the 2013 FungYehs.
10. Through his initiative and hard work, Nick brought
Online Model United Nation (“O-MUN”) to Taiwan and was selected to represent O-MUN
to participate in the Hague MUN (THIMUN), the biggest MUN conference in the
world. He was the first representative
to THIMUN from the Taipei American School.
9. Matt was selected
to TAS’s varsity tennis for the third year this fall. In addition, he made the JV Softball team for
the second year in a row this spring, playing short-stop
and won the Coach’s Choice Award;
8. Felicia finally
went on her trip to Israel with her Church group this spring. The trip was originally scheduled for
Thanksgiving of 2012, but was postponed due to unsettling events in the Gaza
Strip. Felicia had a wonderful trip and
urges all Christians and non-Christians alike to visit!
7. After years of
going to Sunday services and participating in Youth Worship, both Nick and Matt
were baptized at Taipei International Church this spring. God bless!!
6. We returned to Tokyo
for the first time in nine years!! We
went to all of our old favorite restaurants, parks and hang-outs. We even went back to our “old” house to pay a
visit as well as to Setagaya Koen (Park) to ride the mini steam engine chu-chu
train!!
5. Apart from
receiving an award for Nick’s services to the Taipei American School, Nick
received the Jan McDowell scholarship as an outstanding student in the
Political Science and Forensics. He was
awarded this scholarship for his contribution to the MUN program, including creating a set of
protocols to run the OMUN programs onsite, for bringing Online MUN to Taiwan
and...etc. We are very proud of him!!
4. Peter’s golf game:
Thanks to Matt who has all of a sudden decided that he wanted to play golf. Peter got to play A LOT of golf this
summer: over 30 rounds!! His handicap has dropped to around 25 and he
even shot a round of 89 for the first time in his golfing career!!
3. Nick at Oxy: After some deliberation, Nick decided to
attend Occidental College in Eagle Rock, California. In case you are not familiar with Occidental,
it’s the college that Obama attended, though he later transferred and graduated
from Columbia University. Nick intends
to study “Diplomacy and World’s Affairs,” and maybe economics and/or history. Lastly, it’s true that kids do change when
they go away for college, even if it was just three months. All of a sudden, they have become adults – in
a positive way!!
2. Peter and Felicia
celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary..separately from two
continents. Peter was with Matt and
family in Moraga while Felicia was with Nick in Taipei, packing up for his move
to the U.S. They did celebrate together
with family, a day later, in Moraga.
1. Felicia, Freda and their Dad are the first members of our
family to venture down to South America.
After a year-long planning process, The three of them plus Felicia’s
Godparents went to Rio, Brazil. First, a
3-day tour of the Iguaçu Falls on the Brazil/Argentina border followed by an 11-day
cruise from Rio to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Felicia joined the family in Moraga on 23 December, to celebrate
Christmas with the Yeh-clans.
It has been an eventful year, to say the least. We hope you all had a wonderful 2013 and we
wish you a very happy and healthy holiday season and 2014. If we didn’t get to see you in 2013, we are
certainly looking forward to catching up with you in the coming 12 months!!
Love,
Peter, Felicia, Nicholas and Matthew
