Thursday, February 09, 2006

stade


stade
Originally uploaded by architect.
Gearing up for Olympic mood- took and myself to the Stade for the first time

spicy


spicy
Originally uploaded by architect.
Guo tie with la jiao

penguin


penguin
Originally uploaded by architect.
Suprisingly uninterested in the penguins

sunshine


sunshine
Originally uploaded by architect.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Alligator or Croc?

Went to the Biodome last week while LL was quarantined from daycare with a bout of diahrea

Monday, February 06, 2006

Thursday, February 02, 2006

face


face
Originally uploaded by architect.
Gan ma?

goofin around


goofin around
Originally uploaded by architect.
Kid has ticklish kidneys

Can't fit the food in the frame


can't fit the food in the frame
Originally uploaded by architect.
Ann prepared another great Chinese New Year's feast with the help of the usual suspects (extra thanks to Ali, Sarah, Mark, Sara... of course I'm probably leaving someone out...grrr). In the foreground is Ann's white chicken dish with green sauce, Sarah's ribs jsut behind that.... Ali's noodles are on the kitchen table ....

part of Chinese New Year's dinner

L-R: Beef stew (in pot), chicken with shrimp chips, gai lan, eggplant, shrimp and snap peas, fish and green onions (made by Mark)

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Hockey Song

Heard this on CBC the other day- it's pretty funny.

http://www.jughead.tv/

click on the "Hockey Song"

Thursday, January 26, 2006

jess and the foot massage


jess and the foot massage
Originally uploaded by architect.
No wonder Matthew didn't want to be in the picture.

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Look who's 2

Happy Birthday LL!

Love, Mom and Dad


LL HAVING CAKE AND EATING IT


LL HAVING CAKE AND EATING IT
Originally uploaded by architect.
Before the carnage

LL + YI YI


LL + YI YI
Originally uploaded by architect.
LL playing around with YiYi after cake

LL2


LL2
Originally uploaded by architect.
Mom's homemade cake- delicious!

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

anma and grandpa


anma and grandpa
Originally uploaded by architect.
Gone but not forgotten

Yu Sun Tsai
August 19, 1910- January 14, 2006

why do you do this to me


why do you do this to me
Originally uploaded by architect.
Funny thing is we really don't get tired of dressing LL up

Endless ways to entertain yourself

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

lounging


lounging
Originally uploaded by architect.
Lounging around before bedtime at my brother's place

Spot the Chow

Went back to Winnipeg to visit my grandmother and family. Saturday night we went to North Garden and tested out the Tsai-cam. On the flight home we flew WestJet and each had a video screen in the seatback in front of us with various cable channels. Partway through the flight I started to doze off, then Ann taps me on the shoulder and points to the screen.... sure enough, "Spot the Chow" is back. There sitting next to me is Ann and on the screen is Ann (and the rest of the OSM gang) playing 'the Planets' on CBC. I'm surrounded by Chows.

Monday, January 09, 2006

Play it again Sam

Idol audition....take one

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

arrival


arrival
Originally uploaded by architect.
We escaped Montreal just as a brief cold snap was approaching. We arrived in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) at 4 am and got to our all-inclusive at around 5am. This is us getting off the plane- what you don't see in this picture is the hundreds of Quebecers on their knees kissing the tarmac. Thanks GongGong and PoPo for the wonderful vacation!

familytime


familytime
Originally uploaded by architect.
The only shot we have as a family. This is us in our typical afternoon spot- under a shady palapa.

popoandboys


popoandboys
Originally uploaded by architect.
Daycare

twins


twins
Originally uploaded by architect.
Morning spot in the sun with H

momandJ


momandJ
Originally uploaded by architect.
Uncle J in the waning hours of our trip

LLsplash2


LLsplash2
Originally uploaded by architect.
LL had a great time running up and down the beach with grandma and grandpa chasing him

LLandmom2


LLandmom2
Originally uploaded by architect.
Post-faceplant

LLandmom


LLandmom
Originally uploaded by architect.
One of the rare times we could keep a hat on LL

boys1


boys1
Originally uploaded by architect.
Late afternoon shot with the boys

cousins4


cousins4
Originally uploaded by architect.
Christmas morning

cousins3


cousins3
Originally uploaded by architect.
Master LL teaching the fundamentals of "keepaway"

kainap


kainap
Originally uploaded by architect.
Kai's afternoon sieste spot

cousins5


cousins5
Originally uploaded by architect.
The blind leading the blind.

Secret Weapon


cousins1
Originally uploaded by architect.
What you can't see in this picture is Holden's portable DVD player playing Baby Einstein so that we could enjoy our dinner sitting in one place. This became the strategy towards the end of the trip.

sickboy1


sickboy1
Originally uploaded by architect.
LL came down with a cold and fever on the last day of our vacation. On our last day J, Ann, LL and I just relaxed on the beach

sickboy2


sickboy2
Originally uploaded by architect.
Mom listening o the greatest unsigned band in the world, while LL recovers from a hard week's play

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Monday, December 19, 2005

LBD


LBD
Originally uploaded by architect.
Ali threw a Christmas 'Little Black Dress' party at a restaurant across the street from her place. Lots of fun and a chance to see everyone before the holidays. Thanks Ali!

nice job danny ocean


nice job danny ocean
Originally uploaded by architect.
Love the Plateau- Ann went to get our bike and store it indoors. Someone tried to steal our back tire and ended up just leaving our bike in a state of dis(re)pair.

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Formwork proudly presents....

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos.php?user=architect

get on up


get on up
Originally uploaded by architect.
We had a 40cm+ dump of snow in less than 24 hours- first time in a long time for us ex-winnipegers. This is the sidewalk in front of our house.

get me down


get me down
Originally uploaded by architect.
OK let's get busy

union break


union break
Originally uploaded by architect.
Mom showing off her 3$ jacket.

why i hate being 2 feet tall


why i hate being 2 feet tall
Originally uploaded by architect.
The more you fidget the longer this is going to take so just be a good boy and get your blog on.

take this job and shovel it


take this job and shovel it
Originally uploaded by architect.
Shovelling off the hood of our car

where's our car?


where's our car?
Originally uploaded by architect.
Where do we start

they met in a dark alley


they met in a dark alley
Originally uploaded by architect.
The ruelle beside our place

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

haircut2


haircut2
Originally uploaded by architect.
t-shirt over long sleeve shirt is all the rage these days.

haircut1


haircut1
Originally uploaded by architect.
Day one of new haircut. (Usually takes a few nights to finish)

play DOH!


play DOH!
Originally uploaded by architect.
We had blue and yellow playdoh for about 15 minutes.

flashed model


flashed model
Originally uploaded by architect.
LL modelling a hat made by Walson's company Flashed.

-Choo!


-Choo!
Originally uploaded by architect.
Blinded by the light.

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Revised Link

Mr. Summit su'mitted a new link for his blog- see sidebar.

http://summitretreat.blogspot.com/

A link for J3

I need to see this:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/winnipegjets.html

Monday, December 05, 2005

birthday girl


birthday girl
Originally uploaded by architect.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to po po, ana and nai nai
Happy birthday to you

birthday


birthday
Originally uploaded by architect.
NOW it's a party

Saturday, December 03, 2005

KINDERGARTEN


KINDERGARTEN
Originally uploaded by architect.
Here's a blast from the past. Winnipeg 1976

SMILE DETAIL


KINDERGARTEN DETAIL
Originally uploaded by architect.
This one is for Dave's benefit. Over the past year, I've had a couple of chance bump-ins with Dave over the internet- once while googling "Elvis Costello" and once while Dave was googling "Bumpershine." That's Dave below me one row and to my left.

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

baguette


baguette
Originally uploaded by architect.
Franco-folly