On our way back from Phuket, Thailand, we stopped over in Hong Kong for 3 days. I had visited once with my Dad but I was only 10 years old, so I really don’t remember anything from then. My overall impression of Hong Kong is that it’s an awesome little city! Check out some of the pics below from my iPhone with a few descriptions of our trip.

• The first photo is from the top of Victoria Peak, one of the main tourist attractions. It was hazy but you could still see a bit of Kowloon across the harbor. Hong Kong Island is right below us.
• There was free WiFi everywhere! Which was pretty awesome. I think Tey is playing Words with Friends on her phone :)

• The food everywhere in Hong Kong is pretty great but it isn’t that cheap. It’s pretty comparable to food in the states, just a tad bit cheaper. Well, this is coming from Thailand, where we bought a big plate of amazing Pad Thai from this lady in street for $1.50! Notice, the non-english menu…we had to find some places w/ pictures. But we had an amazing Peking Duck. Typhoon shelter style spicy crab, seriously great! And some of the best bbq chinese food I’ve had.

• Some more goodies. That round plate is a fast food place called Pepper Lunch…probably one of the best fast food places ever. I hear there is one in NorCal. And that drink is coconut milk with mango and tiny tapioca balls. I had this everyday! So awesome.

• It was definitely not a large place so getting around was super easy thanks to their awesome subway system. It really didn’t matter where you stayed in and around Hong Kong Island or Kowloon (mainland). Everything seemed like it was 15 minutes away by subway, which by the way was fast, super efficient, clean and non-stinky. Try saying that about your local transit system.

• We went to the night markets every night. There’s the usual fake LV and Rolex. But the clothes were tempting since I’m not the biggest guy and everything there fit me perfectly! Didn’t too too much buying…we even ended up bringing a ton of HK Dollars home.

• And last but not least, my favorite road! Nathan Road is the main avenue that goes North/South in Kowloon. It’s a crazy busy street that always made me think of my little dude.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We had a great weekend of family fun and it was great to just spend time with the kids and other visiting family members. I didn’t even turn on my MacPro! Now, the iPhone…that’s another story. I got hooked on the Words with Friends game over the weekend. But at least, I consider it a brain training game :) But, I did my usual mix of online shopping and Christmas Eve mall madness. Thank god for Amazon and their Prime two day shipping! The kids got a ton of stuff and we’ll be doing our usual store-in-the-closet-until-a-later-time method.

Just wanted to share our Christmas card for this year. Thanks to ProDPI for printing them out so fast! Their smooth matte paper is pretty sweet.

Front:

Back:

Now it’s back to work. Still got lots to do before the new year!

A day late, but never the less, I have a fun clip to share! I had a revelation that I should organize my iPhone photos in a separate library from all of our other family photos. I tried bunching them together with our other family pics, but it got too cluttered and the quality was different, looking at them was giving me a headache. So, I created a new library for iPhone pics only.

While iPhoto, was importing thousands of these photos from my phone, they were all flashing in front of me in a lightning fast manner. And the light bulb above my head lit up. Let’s do a super fast slideshow of all these crazy little pictures. I pretty much take a photo with my phone everyday, no matter what I’m doing. Most of it is of the kiddos, but never the less, it’s pretty cool to look back at all of them. This two and half minute slideshow is what I saw through my phone in 2008. This year should be fun, too! Check it out:

Oops! I guess it’s been a while since the last Family Friday post. Tey’s been bringing the heat on me…hahaha! But since it’s been a while, I figure I can put up a slideshow of our latest trip. I haven’t done that in a while, so that should please a certain someone :) A few weeks back, we went to Sequoia National Park to see some big ‘ol trees. It was a fun getaway with the boys and we made some time to snap some family pics. If you got 2 mins to spare, press the little play button on the bottom left! Happy Weekend to All!

I had daddy daycare duties today, so I had all day with my little boss. Nathan is now 20 months old and is starting to be the boss of everyone. He’s still a sweetheart but always gets his way these days. He’s a hitter, so we’ve had to put him in timeout here and there. Although, he doesn’t really say anything yet, he knows when he’s been bad and will walk to the corner when we tell him to. It’s pretty funny. But his personality is quite different from Lucas. He’s so much more interested in sports toys, like balls and cars where Lucas seems to be more on the artistic side. Hopefully they both get to like a little bit of both.

Today we headed out to lunch with Mommy and spent some time at the mall. Yes, I’m so domesticated!!! Check out my little boss dressed to impress. Happy weekend to all!!!!