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It’s a rare treat to have my parents in town so today Alex babysat the kids for me at home while I took my parents out for an excursion at Santana Row. My dad used to take us for high tea at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Hong Kong, so I decided to take […]

It’s been almost 3 years since my parents visited the bay area so they finally came up for a couple days mostly to check out my sister’s new diggs.
My mom spent a good deal of time cooking for my sister on this trip because she hasn’t been eating very much or very well for a […]

This weekend I made another trip down south along with my sister to visit our parents, and on this trip, my sister upgraded both our tickets to First Class! A first for me. We got in/out of the plane faster and had bigger, more comfortable seats. I couldn’t ask for wine or beer though […]

I’ve been really enjoying this season’s Amazing Race. The Chinese Father/Daughter pair has been entertaining to watch, and the toxic Nate/Jen couple as well.  The Goth couple I was disappointed to see drop out because they were really nice and real despite their clothing and makeup. TK and Rachel are just a little too “peace […]

2007 marked VTG’s first $2B run-rate quarter! So our company held an around the world celebration with our local venue at City Beach. The party started at 1pm with a BBQ buffet, followed by brief video monologues from our CEO and department leads, and there were plenty of activities to explore around the […]

Although I enjoy a cup of tea every now and then (with cream and sugar), I’m certainly not a connoisseur of fine teas. My sister on the other hand is an avid tea drinker who likes to savor the good stuff. She told me about a new tea shop that opened up recently […]

I don’t get to watch too many reality shows despite the abundance out there today, but the one reality show I never miss is Ghost Hunters on the SciFi channel. At one point last year, Alex canceled our extended cable (half-way through the run of new Ghost Hunters episodes I might add) to save […]

Julia and I were both down in Southern California to visit with my parents so we met up with Lisa and my nieces at Disneyland in the afternoon. Since we had season passes, we went over to the California Adventure side for a bit before Lisa’s husband dropped her and the kids off at Downtown […]

Our entire work department was treated to a Friday afternoon showing of Spiderman 3. i think at least 6 of the 20 theater cineplex was showing this movie, and our auditorium was completely packed at 1:30pm. There were a lot of young kids in the audience too… I guess this is one of those […]

My Uncle Pei dropped by our house briefly to have dinner with us this week.  He was attending a conference on nano technology at the Santa Clara Convention Center and paid us a visit to see the kids.  You see, he’s never seen them till now because he and my Aunt Rosa lives in Maryland […]

Sunday evening, I arrived at the American Airlines ticket counter at 5pm to checkin my bags for our 6:10pm flight. Even before getting to the checkstand, we saw that our flight had been delayed till 8:40pm. I was a little disappointed that I wouldn’t be able to see the boys before going to bed, but […]

Well, I took another trip down south again this past weekend and on my way home from LA, dragged Julia and my parents along again to my favorite hangout: Disneyland. My parents were well prepared this time (on our last detour, my mom didn’t have the right clothing with her so she was walking around […]

Yesterday was a sad day for us all because Julia had to put our family cat to sleep. Puddy, our black-n-white colored Tuxedo cat, lived a long 19 years under our family’s care from the time Lisa got him at 1-year of age in Berkeley (where he kept her in good company while away from […]

This is what I hear back from Alex usually when our conversations about work goes over the ~5 minute time limit each day. Amazingly, Alex never talks about his work (at least to me) and is willing to discuss anything under the sun, except work. So what’s my remedy? I talk my family’s […]