hello…from rome! we are here with my side of the family for a two week holiday in italy, which so far has been going well. we did have a rough start though as we witnessed a robbery on the train, so we’ve been extra careful with our pockets and belongings. one of the first things read more
On Wednesday, five of us (my dad, my brother, Priscilla, Jadon, and me) went via speed boat to a restaurant on Lamma Island for seafood dinner. All of us, though, spent some time at the harbor in Tsim Sha Tsui before the boat left: When we got there, the restaurant itself was outdoor (under a read more
Last week I had the chance to be in Hong Kong with my family: my parents, my brother Derek and his family, and my aunt Agnes. Unfortunately Sherwin wasn’t able to make it, but at least she got to experience a genuine American Thanksgiving dinner in Chicago (see earlier post). Anyways, after a long day read more
nope, actually we’re in chicago again. had to wake up at 4:30AM to catch our plane. everything went smoothly, including a quick stopover through the denver airport. thankfully there were no tornadoes today.
we went to frankfort, kentucky for a wedding this weekend. after an early start, we stopped for coffee with our roadtrip mates sanyu and kristi, and then took a short rest in lebanon. frankfort is a quaint and historic town, dating to the late 1800′s. after the wedding rehearsal, we were treated to a dinner read more
we started off the day with a visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which was informative but very sobering. it was difficult to reflect on how horrible human beings can be, as well as how brave we can be under extreme conditions. memorial weekend in DC coincided with the annual Rolling Thunder Motorcycle read more
we spent the long weekend in virginia and washington dc for a friend’s wedding. a bunch of people from vancouver flew out as well, so we all met up in falls church, VA. eager to sight-see, joe and i squeezed in a few sights with kimu in the morning before the ceremony. first on the read more
i know that this blog is technically about what we’re up to…but mommy and daddy ting just came back from jamaica and wanted to share some pics with the world too. i was especially impressed with the “ting” restaurant discovery.
Sherwin found this sign while we were walking along the Stanley beach area of Hong Kong island. It gives an interesting view of the cultural differences… especially the one about “no playing of remote-controlled model car” (click to see larger image).
Jet-lagged but hungry, we made our first stop for food. The restaurant had autographs by various Hong Kong celebrities all over the walls. On our first full day, we started with exploring Kowloon, found jumbo size lemon Vita and hung out with Charlie over coffee and Bruce on the Avenue of Stars at Victoria Harbour. read more