We picked up our rental car at 8:30am in the morning. It takes only an hour to drive from Heathrow to Oxford. There are a few drops of rain but thankfully we have our rain jackets and umbrellas.
How to Setup Nginx, PHP, MySQL, WordPress on new Ubuntu 22.04 AWS instance
1. Connect to the Linux instance using SSH or the console terminal on Lightsail. Under Networking, under IPv4 Firewall, click ‘add rule’, under the Applications dropdown menu, choose HTTPS. This will open port 443 for secured connection. 2. Setup Nginx 3. Create a config file called fady.conf in /etc/nginx/conf.d then, paste the following server block […]
My Journey to Orthodoxy
In 2022, I took a pilgrimage to some of the most significant places of Christianity – Turkey, Lebanon, Greece, Cyprus, and Rome. And the most transformative experience was my visit to the Stravourouni Monastery in Cyprus. It was an hour-long encounter with an Orthodox monk named Macarios that changed my perspective on the Eastern Church […]
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Taiwan
After our time in Hong Kong, on our way back to the US, we stopped by Taiwan and took the opportunity to tour the Island for a week.
Hong Kong
Upon getting confirmation of my father’s lung cancer diagnosis, we immediately made plans to travel to Hong Kong and aimed to arrive before his surgery. We stopped by Maui to see my 99-year-old grandmother on Dec 11, 2022, and by Dec 14 we have already arrived in Hong Kong.
The Ho’s 2022 Recap
We are sending you our Christmas greetings from Hong Kong. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We are blessed to have many friends who supported us and prayed for us this year. Calvin’s dad was diagnosed with lung cancer in early December. Through the prayers of many friends, we made it back to Hong Kong […]
Rome
Our family passed by the outskirts of Rome in 2018 but didn’t really get to see the city. This time, we are using Rome as a hub to fly back to the US, so we decided to take advantage of it and stayed in Rome for two nights. We spent the first day walking in […]
Naples, Pompei
We took a really early flights from Athens, and arrived in Naples at 9:30am. It gave us enough time to drive around Naples to get a feel of the city and to eat the must-try Neapolitan pizzas. Our real destination was Pompei, which is only half an hour south of Naples. It was an ancient […]
Athens
We have arrived safely in Athens! My first visit of the city in 2020 was filled with fond memories. This time it is really fun to take my family around, visit my FB friend George who cut my hair back in 2020, and see things with a new perspective. I still love the relaxing vibe […]