We are back home in Hong Kong! Trinh and Zoe have been spending a lot of time in the garden, working on the winter crop. Tomatoes, lettuce, herbs, pak choi and spinach are all ready to be eaten.
Posts Tagged 'trinh'
in the garden
Published 12 January 2009 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Pak Kok Old Village 3 CommentsTags: trinh, zoe
and they’re off
Published 2 December 2008 Hong Kong , Sheung Wan Leave a CommentTags: travel, trinh, zoe
It’s time to start plugging in details from our December trip to Vietnam. Zoe was very excited to travel, and insisted on pushing her stroller herself onto the ferry to Macau.
root beer floats
Published 11 October 2008 Hong Kong , Hung Shing Yeh , Lamma Island Leave a CommentTags: friends, trinh, zoe
We came home to Hong Kong to rainy weather and a typhoon warning. The typhoon failed to materialize, but the root beer float party was postponed. Fortunately, Tuesday was a public holiday and sunny – a perfect combination! The party was thrown by Jennifer, who lives on Lamma and whose father runs a soda pop company in Pennsylvania. These were serious root beer floats, with six flavors of root beer to choose from, and complete with whipped cream, sprinkles, a wafer and, of course, a cherry on top.
mummified monk
Published 2 October 2008 Koh Samui , Thailand Leave a CommentTags: noah, travel, trinh, zoe
Our Koh Samui package included a day of sightseeing. We took advantage of the deal and piled into a van on our last day. The first stop was to see the mummified monk at Wat Kunaram. While we were there, we made sure to receive blessings of holy water and string bracelets from the local (non-mummified) monk. Next up, we headed into the jungle so Zoe could feed sugarcane to the elephants. Then a shopping stop in Nathon, where we confounded our hosts by buying vegetables instead of t-shirts. Then around the north of the island to the Big Buddha. Then back down to the monkey theatre. The actor-monkeys were on a road trip, so we had to make do with feeding bananas to the youngsters. Zoe was sensibly wary of the teenage monkey, but got along well with the 1-month old. By this time, we were exhausted, so we skipped the butterfly garden, the aquarium, the crocodile farm, and the snake farm. I was hoping to meet the Centipede King and Scorpion Queen, but I guess that will be next time.
in the bath
Published 1 October 2008 Koh Samui , Lamai , Namuang , Thailand Leave a CommentTags: travel, trinh, zoe
One of the best things about staying at the Banburee was the giant bathtub, big enough for the whole family. After our baths, we headed to Lamai Beach – a much more local scene than at Chaweng. We parked ourself in front of a beach shack restaurant and gorged ourselves on som tam, pad thai, cockles, coconuts, beer and cocktails. After a few hours, our beach spot turned into a volleyball court, so we moved out of the way. A serious tournament between the bar girls and the Muslim boys ensued. The girls kicked the boys’ butts.
mooncake festival
Published 16 September 2008 Hong Kong , Hung Shing Yeh , Lamma Island 2 CommentsTags: friends, trinh, zoe
We met up with Hilda, Colin and Tara last night to celebrate the mid-autumn festival, the second-biggest Chinese Holiday. Originally a harvest festival, now it is a time for friends and families to exchange mooncakes (which, like fruitcake, nobody seems to actually eat) and a chance for children to stay up late at night carrying lanterns. We bought Zoe a beautiful lantern, but she slept through all the festivities.
On Lamma, the action takes place on Hung Shing Yeh beach. The beach is full of families and their lights. Safer light sticks have replaced the traditional lanterns for the most part.
rooftop cocktails
Published 15 September 2008 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Pak Kok Old Village 1 CommentTags: noah, trinh, zoe
This was the final weekend before Eric returned to reclaim his rooftop, so we took advantage of the situation with cocktails, chả giò and hammock on Saturday afternoon.
play group
Published 10 September 2008 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Tai Ping Leave a CommentTags: friends, trinh, zoe
Zoe’s been missing hanging out with her friends since we moved to Pak Kok. There is nobody under the age of three living in the village. Luckily, we all made it to the play group at Loren and her daughter Ellen’s house in Tai Peng. In this picture, Tara and Nathaniel are behind Zoe; Haru is in front on the right.
new camera
Published 7 September 2008 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Pak Kok Old Village 1 CommentTags: trinh, zoe
Yesterday I finally got a new camera. Had my eyes on the Lumix LX3 for a while, waiting for it to finally be released. It’s very similar to my previous defunct camera, but with a fast, wider-angle lens and bigger, more sensitive CCD. Zoe also got a couple of new toys yesterday. She’s had her eyes on a bead maze toy for a while.
broken camera
Published 14 July 2008 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Yung Shue Wan 5 CommentsTags: noah, trinh, zoe
My camera is broken, so I haven’t updated in a while. Luckily, Kraig is back in Hong Kong, and shot some pictures of the family.
