The year is Nineteen-Eighty. I had just landed in Orange County via a year-long journey that began on a boat in Vietnam to the Philippines to Orange County, California. The first friend I made was Hieu. We were in the first grade. He lived a few blocks away. We used to cut through a long alley to get to our homes. Over the years we grew up together collecting the first print of Transformers No. 1 to Spiderman, played video games and hung out. There were good times and some bad times. We went to the same junior high and part of high school together. During college, we worked together and learned the ropes. Since then, nine years past by. We lost touch along the way before reuniniting again. This past Saturday Hieu finally got married and I was there to capture some special moments of Elaine and Hieu’s special day.
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Disneyland Trip on Easter
This year we decided to take Paul to Disneyland for his birthday. Only problem is that his birthday was back in early March. With all of the family being pick for most of the winter (I got sick three times) and with scheduling conflicts, our trip got delayed until this past Sunday. Has anyone look at how much it costs to spend a day at Disneyland lately? We purchased 2-Day Park Hopper Tickets for Southern California residents for the four of us plus free admission for the toddler. Face value was a whopping $266 just for admission. Don’t forget about the $12 parking fee. Lucky we saved a couple dollars on the price of admission. We packed a bunch of water bottles in the baby stroller and thus saved ourselves another $2.50 a bottle! None of this includes food and merchandise we purchased!
Looking back at the first three plus months of this year, it’s been a crazy year so far with everyone getting sick and tons of doctor visits for the kids and me. Luckily, we are all in pretty good shape right now. We have a lot of to be thankful for. The state of economy has been pretty dreadful, but we are still marching forward. Every week of the year has gone by so quickly; we are all guilty of not taking the time to enjoy our family and kids. Starting with this visit to Disneyland, we are trying really hard to make more time for ourselves and the kids.
Today, the wife and I visited a friend in the evening. We haven’t seen here for more than six months now. She has gone through a whole lot the past 5 months. In a span of less than two months, she lost her brother, an uncle and then her father. Losing a family member is really tough, but when you start losing them at a rate of one every other week, it just drains on you. How she survived through this ordeal is beyond belief. She is a real strong trooper. It has been rough, but seeing her back to normalcy just makes our day and all our troubles go away.
And now… a picture of our little soon to be a terrible two at Disneyland… You can find more pictures on my facebook page. Click on the “Find us on facebook” icon at the top of this blog and I’ll add you as a friend.
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Smokey, Harmony and One-Month Old Puppies
Last weekend, I met up with my buddy Francis to take pictures of Harmony and her one month old puppies at the time. Harmony’s mate and father of the puppies, Smokey dropped by to see his puppies for the first time.
The first time I saw the puppies they were between almost two weeks. At the time, the puppies were learning to crawl, eyes still closed and very tiny. At one-month old, these puppies are alert, up and about and just as cute as ever.
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Here is the proud papa, Smokey. If you rub under his chin, you better run to the sink and wash your hands.
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Harmony and Smokey, side by side:
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