Recent Ramblings

  • Nashville

    Nashville

    We have finally made it to Nashville! This is one of the few places we would have never gone there on our typical vacations simply because we are not big country music fans. However, since Angelina would be attending her conference there, we decided to take this opportunity to do some sightseeing in Nashville and… Read more…

  • Keith’s One-Year-Old Birthday

    Keith’s One-Year-Old Birthday

    We headed to Jenny and Andy’s place to help out with Keith’s one-year-old birthday party preparation on the weekend. Keith’s actual birthday was on the following Thursday… so, this was more like a pre-one-year-old birthday celebration. The food preparation was A LOT of work. We brought our portable grill to their place, and I spent… Read more…

  • All About Food

    All About Food

    We invited a few of Angelina’s coworkers over to our place for an evening dinner on Saturday. The chicken curry, char siu pork and minced pork steamed bun were the popular dishes among the eight dishes we prepared. Everyone was so focused on eating that we didn’t actually take any group photos. After dinner, we… Read more…

  • Chinese New Year

    Chinese New Year

    We decided to hold a small Chinese New Year celebration with Jenny and Andy at our place in the weekend. Our celebration was simple and low key, but rather eventful. It’s always nice to see them and their two tots. Richard can communicate with us in full sentences now while Keith is an avid crawler.… Read more…

  • Hanging Out in the Winter

    Hanging Out in the Winter

    We decided to host a small get-together with our usual buddies to kill our weekend in the cold winter. We prepared nine “authentic” Chinese dishes for dinner since most folks have only tried the nasty and greasy Americanized Chinese dishes in their lives. By the way, guacamole and broccoli salad are technically not Chinese dishes,… Read more…

  • The Green Dragon and Ricky Bobby

    The Green Dragon and Ricky Bobby

    We were invited over to Andy and Jenny’s place for the weekend to do their yearly family photos. Richard is about two-and-half-year old and Keith is about seven-month old. Keith took about half day to get comfortable with us since he hasn’t really seen us a lot. Richard was way too comfortable with us that… Read more…

  • Hannah Jane Rivard’s Baptism

    Hannah Jane Rivard’s Baptism

    We attended Hannah’s baptism to help Joe and Ann to capture the “moments”. It was definitely a fast moving event and I tried my very best to keep up the pace. Read more…

  • Fall Foliage in New England

    Fall Foliage in New England

    We went to New England and brought Randy Moss back to Minnesota, and he was fired by the Vikings in less than a month… all the work for nothing. This year, we decided to visit New England because it is dubbed the world’s best place for fall foliage, and we are certainly not disappointed. That… Read more…

  • Babysitting Richard

    Babysitting Richard

    We headed up to the cities for a long weekend to babysit Richard while his parents are not at home. No one was exactly sure how Richard would react the following morning. After sending Andy and his mom to the airport on an early Saturday morning, I decided to catch up on my sleep. We… Read more…