Cindy and Sihai's baby shower

Cindy and Sihai's baby shower

Emmy

After about 35 hours of labor, Emmy is finally here. Born on October 28th, just like the doctors predicted. She looks very much like Justin when he was baby. But she has Taky's nose :) not a witch nose... Taky was scared that she would have big nose that look like a witch...
The experience at the Pierre-Boucher Hospital is soooooooo much better than the one I had in Royal Victoria... It's basically four star versus two star... The labor experience is also much more "enjoyable and memorable" this time. From the moment I was admitted to the hospital, it took less than 4 hours for the delivery. The nurses and doctors were really nice and helpful.

Today, we brought Emmy home and we went to pick up Justin early from daycare. Justin just keeps on staring at Emmy. He said hi to her and went on to play with his toys... at least he is not mad about it :)

See Emmy's blog at : http://emmyfung.blogspot.com/

Karen and Nelson's wedding

Karen and Nelson's wedding

Emmy's baby shower at church

Baby shower at church

Thanks to everyone at church for the lovely gifts.

Praise and Worship - Many Voices One Desire

P&W One Desire

It was a wonderful event. The band was fantastic. The songs were inspiring. It was really fun.

Baby Shower At home

Baby shower at home

Thank you all for coming to Emmy's baby shower and share our joy. Thank you Judy and Gillian for organizing the shower and buying the food, the cute cake, making all the favors, etc.

Thank you!!!

MD & Liz's Wedding

MD's wedding

Not much pictures were taken for this wedding, unfortunately, because Justin started a fever at church and by night, he was really not feeling well... high fever 39 degrees... you can imagine how the trip back home was like on the car...

But it was a wonderful wedding. Wishing MD all the best!

Ha & Nam's wedding

Ha's Wedding

Baby girl 3D Ultrasound

Baby Girl

So it's a baby girl!

Elisa and Antony's wedding May 24 2008

Elisa and Anthony's Wedding

Trip to Asia Dec 2007 - Jan 2008

Trip to Asia 2007-2008 (Part 1- Hong Kong)

Hong Kong is the paradise for shopping... that's all I can say!

Part 2 - China

So many lessons learned in China... So many stories and experiences...

1. The taxi drivers don't know where we want to go!!! Either they really don't know because of the fast rate of road changes and growing buildings.... or they simply want to know if the tourists know where they are going!

Lesson learned: always ask for intersection streets and the main streets or buildings near where you are going. If they ask you which "way" you prefer taking... simply say "the fastest one".

2. We went to a club to drink. When we opened the drink menu, there were no prices. We asked the waiters (there were like 4-5 of them). They simply talk loud and hesitate to tell us the prices. We left the place, cuz it doesn't feel right.

Lesson learned: always go to places like this as a group to avoid being intimidated by the waiters gang whenever possible. Always ask for prices before you start to party. We heard a story from one of Edison's uncle: he paid something like $800US a glass of orange juice or something!!! imagine!!! And he said that if you don't pay, then you'll have to fight them! So the uncle actually paid for that juice!

3. Be careful for fake stuff. There are fake eggs, fake Johnny Walker, fake alcohol, fake brand, fake silk... everything! and they charge you for the price of a real one. One day, we went to the famous "silk street" where they manufacture and sell silk. It is supposely cheaper because you buy everything at the manufacture price.

We were told to always bargain at least 1/2 or 2/3 of the price... So Judy and I saw this pyjama that i wanted to buy at y$288 and we bargained for y$100 each. We thought we were pros and were all proud of ourselves for having paid almost 1/3 of the original price. So I bought 3 of them. On our way out, Edison's aunt came to see us to see what we bought. We were all proud to show her the pyjamas. And guess what?! She said it's fake silk! it's worth only y$20 each !!!

So the aunt went to "argue" with the guy who sold me the pyjamas... He refunded her, and she went almost next door to buy the exact same pyjama, but this time, it's real silk. She bought it for y$85...

Lesson learned: Always bargain for less than 1/2... if you feel that the person is giving in too easily, something is wrong. Either you bought a fake, or there is more to bargain.

Part 3 - Judy's Wedding

Part 4 - Back to Hong Kong

Part 5 - Taiwan and Vancouver