Canon again

San Diego Trip

We took the I2 to San Diego for an overnight trip as this was the Veteran's Day weekend. I used 30k Hilton points for one free stay at DoubleTree in the Hotel Circle. Even better we got upgraded to the top floor for a suite with a bunked bed for the kids. They loved it.

Here are some pics of the hotel. We stayed here before in 2003 and was not impressed. They had a facelift recently and it was a great experience with Wolfgang Puck coffee, comfy beds, and nice balcony. The drawback was our room right next to the elevator so it's quite noisy.


















The next morning I found that I left the lights on and had to call AAA to jump the van, wasting an hour and a half (had to keep the car running). When we finally got to the zoo it's about 11 am. We went directly to the Sky Safari tram ride. Up there it was so windy that Peggy and Isaac were sitting on the floor the entire ride - only Iris braved through the gusts.

Right next to the tram terminal was the polar bear house. We watched one bear playing with a red rubber ball in the water. It was amazing - see the video.

It was raining hard for a while and entire day it was chilly. We also went to see panda, hippos, koala, and others. We left at about 3pm and as usual stopped by Carlsbad to suit Peggy's shopping desire - amazingly she just bought several assessories at Le Creuset, a cookware brand she's so into it lately... Then we stopped by a new Asian's shopping center in Irvine (Jamboree and Alton) where for the first time I tasted bread and coffee at 85 C Cafe and Bakery - it's by far the best in LA.

Iris' Painting

This is the first oil painting from me.



My brother is in the drawing class. Look at how happy he was.


Btw, my grandpa's birthday picture.

Charlott's Web Project

This is Iris' school project. Iris and Peggy made the one with a huge black spider to simulate a scene in the book. Isaac almost broke it when it's still sitting at home.

Isaac starting piano

On Saturday,10/25/08,Isaac started his piano lessons. I wasn't there but my mom and dad told me about it. They said that Isaac was swirming in his seat. But he was good after all.

Wonderful Saturday

Yesterday,10\25\08,was the best Saturday I ever had. In the morning I went to Lemon Creek Park for girl scouts. Then, I went to have lunch at this really cool place. After that my mom took my brother and I to art class. I took oil panting and my brother took drawing. We went home after that. When we came home we rested for a while, then my dad took just my brother and I to Harkins Theather to watch HSM3!!! ( It was at night though.) That's how my best Saturday went.The End!!!

I got an award!!!

Dear people,

Today I got an award!!!I was nervous when I was on stage, but it was exciting too. Both of my parents were there.

Diamond Bar

Every Saturday morning after Iris' piano class, Iris and Isaac always go to the Starshine park to play - most of the time, only these two little rascals, or sometime in our backyard.

Isaac hoolahoopping

Pictures of Vickie, Winnie, Iris, and Isaac in Summer 08.

Here are some pictures we took in Balboa in Newport Beach in late Sept '08. It was sunny where we started off in DB but overcast in NB.














He's a pro!

Iris playing Canon in D

This is what Iris plans to recite this fall.




Iris says, I did NOT like the beginning! But it is a beautiful piece! Even Isaac likes it!

2008 Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival

This was a two-day event (10/17-18/08) in the agri-section of Cal Poly's campus (across the main campus). We got there about lunch time on Sunday - had our lunch at the nearby Carl's Jr.





Temperature was about 80 F, a hair higher than perfection. The pumpkin patch was spread out and most of the pumpkins were over the prime due to the exposure the heat last week, probably. As usual, there were food stands, a petting zoo, a slides, etc.

We spent about more than an hour there - persuaded kids to get pumpkins in the grocery stores - Peggy bought two corns, a bag of something, and we stole some hay for Iris' school project - she needed to put those into a shoe box to make a scene for Charlotte's web.


It was a lot of fun.

My plan

Stuff to write about:

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• My politic views
• My new year resolution
• My community
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Night!