Friday, April 24, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
The weather was beautiful during CNY break so we took advantage and went outside. We wanted to bike around Tai Mei Tuk, but couldn't find parking near where we wanted to rent bikes so we kept driving and decided to go on a hike instead. We drove to Nam Chung and went up from the end of the Wilson Trail to a pavilion with a view of China after walking by old villages and birds enjoying the muddy marshy area. After, we walked back down the way we came and drove back to have an alfresco lunch, lucky to find a spot right in front of the restaurant!
This village looked pretty empty...
Trying to be the letter H on the helicopter landing pad.
Which way to go?
The island in Starling Inlet behind Paul and Alex is a spoonbill habitat and you can see a bit of Sha Tau Kok, China behind that. There's a retired aircraft carrier that has been turned into a museum there. Look for the photos of the view from the pavilion in the slideshow below or check out the photos on their own in the album on Picasa click here
More photos here: Part of Wilson Trail Stage 10
This village looked pretty empty...
Trying to be the letter H on the helicopter landing pad.
Which way to go?
The island in Starling Inlet behind Paul and Alex is a spoonbill habitat and you can see a bit of Sha Tau Kok, China behind that. There's a retired aircraft carrier that has been turned into a museum there. Look for the photos of the view from the pavilion in the slideshow below or check out the photos on their own in the album on Picasa click here
More photos here: Part of Wilson Trail Stage 10
Cadence doesn't look excited by the flowers on display!
Didn't want anything too "perfumy" so got some red begonias and berry-stalk something (propped up near the sofa) or other and bamboo (on the coffee table in the background) and you can still see the poinsettia in the window, too!
Alex and Jeremy don't look too thrilled about shopping for flowers...
Chinese New Year flower market, home décor, and Alex the lion dancer?!
After we got back from Taipei we still had vacation time left and got together with friends for hotpot dinners and biking... Here are photos of the Thompsons, Siews, Williams, Cheungs, Mary and the boys, and Ryan...
It was a few short weeks until Chinese New Year break when we got to see the Gibsons and went walking around Chinese University with Alessandra and kids (some photos swiped from Wai's SmugMug - link on the right side of the blog)
It was a few short weeks until Chinese New Year break when we got to see the Gibsons and went walking around Chinese University with Alessandra and kids (some photos swiped from Wai's SmugMug - link on the right side of the blog)
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Happy New Year - A whole month went by in a flash! The first two weeks of December was a whirlwind with school concerts, parties and decorating the school (Parent Association duty). I didn't even put up our own tree until the third week of December.
The last week of school was tests, tests, and tests for the kids. I baked loads of cookies, made tarts and fudge for the teachers, friends and entertaining and now that the cookie containers are about empty, Alex is requesting more cookies for his school snack box!
We opened presents Christmas eve then flew to Taipei to attend midnight mass at Paul's old family church.
We only stayed for a short three-night getaway, but among all the other foods, we ate beef stew noodles 5 times at 4 different places! We also had 3 types of ice cream: I-Mei soft serve, Xiao Mei cups from 7-11 (a childhood favorite of Paul's) and Swensen's.
I took mostly food pictures! Paul also hit a night market for noodles, so that made the total 6 for him. We found lemon ai-yu, usually a summer treat and even brought home the seeds to try it ourselves. Maggie restocked her boba supply to make milk tea and we got some Taiwan made 3-in-1 milk tea powder, too!
After we got back we managed to take a family photo and got together with various friends for playdates, bike riding, lunch and dinners. Starting with New Year's eve we had friends over three nights in a row! So the two weeks off for the holidays are finished and school has started again. Whew!
A variety of noodles and other yummy food
The last week of school was tests, tests, and tests for the kids. I baked loads of cookies, made tarts and fudge for the teachers, friends and entertaining and now that the cookie containers are about empty, Alex is requesting more cookies for his school snack box!
We opened presents Christmas eve then flew to Taipei to attend midnight mass at Paul's old family church.
We only stayed for a short three-night getaway, but among all the other foods, we ate beef stew noodles 5 times at 4 different places! We also had 3 types of ice cream: I-Mei soft serve, Xiao Mei cups from 7-11 (a childhood favorite of Paul's) and Swensen's.
I took mostly food pictures! Paul also hit a night market for noodles, so that made the total 6 for him. We found lemon ai-yu, usually a summer treat and even brought home the seeds to try it ourselves. Maggie restocked her boba supply to make milk tea and we got some Taiwan made 3-in-1 milk tea powder, too!
After we got back we managed to take a family photo and got together with various friends for playdates, bike riding, lunch and dinners. Starting with New Year's eve we had friends over three nights in a row! So the two weeks off for the holidays are finished and school has started again. Whew!
A variety of noodles and other yummy food
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