La Doll garden

Labor Day weekend to West Lake (杭州西湖遊)

The west lake is really a nice place to visit, but better be there on regular weekends. Traffic is not bad and food in general is good. Since I am having a minor fever, we cancel the one-day tour and enjoy a very relaxing day.

 

LaDoll

 

Giraffe - it's 100% from my hands

At school

 
 

My real school life

Touring the Shanghai Botanic Garden

It was a pretty warm day. We got a chance to visit the Shanghai Botanic Garden. This garden is much smaller in size and less quality than the Chicago Botanic Garden where we had visited quite often on weekends. There are still a lot to be improved in recreation and service sectors of this city.

Touring the Shanghai Zoo

The Panda is eating bamboo leaves. Due to kids shouting nearby, we feel sorry for the background noise.

My froggy backpack

 

Our compound (小區)

Jean Georges French Cuisine

We had a very special lunch at the Jean Georges Shanghai at the Bund No. 3.

Be a professional photographer

Grandma visited my classroom and was very impressed by its facility.

 

In the classroom - Day 3

 

My 2nd day at Wei Hai 威海幼兒園

My first day at school in Shanghai

This was my first day at this Wei Hai kindergarten (威海幼兒園). I only cried for a minute when Mom dropped me off, and I had enjoyed the whole day. Good job!

Center: Ready to go to school in the morning (in the elevator)
Upper left: Outside the school
Lower left: A brief daily checkup procedure before entering the class
Right: Ready to leave school (riding my last ride of the day)

My school

 

Future photographer

I am committed to becoming a skilled photographer.

Tian Zi Fang (田子坊)

Today, we visited Tian Zi Fang (田子坊). It is famous for a variety of small stores (小店) and cuisines, therefore it attracts lots of foreign tourists.

The Bund

It has been a while since my last post. We have pretty much settled down in Shanghai. It was kind of windy this morning, but we still made our first trip around the Bund. Of course, I visited my Dad's office at the Bangkok Bank (the Bund No. 7).



The Royal Standard is embellished with a Phya-Khrut. Phya translates to "king," "ruler," or "lord." Khrut translates to Garuda; i.e. "a mythical bird with a human body and head, wings and talons of an eagle". The Phya Khrut is the national symbol of Thailand, and is such is to be displayed and handled with respect and care. Those few businesses – by definition large and influential ones – that display the Phya Khrut on the front of their buildings are privileged to do so as a consequence of explicit approval by the Thai government. (reference: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/th_royal.html#gar)

Pictures shot in Taiwan

Posted in front of the Japanese garden in SOGO Fuxing store with Auntie Amy.

Back to Taiwan

Great to see my grandma, grandpa and "Boa Bai Ayi" again! It's cool that I got to ride on Panda in 新光三越.

SF bay area visit

Before our move to Shanghai, Mom and I stopped by SF to visit family and friends.

I had a great time with cousin Ella! She is my big sister whom I look up to.


We had a rainy Sunday, so Uncle Yang Hua took us to Google playground.

Last day at school

On my last day at school, we had a Pajama party. All of us watched "Finding Nemo" while eating popcorn in our favorite PJ. It was a great fun!


Thank you so much to my teachers-Ms. Ranjna, Ms. Karen and Ms. Amber! I will miss you!

At school

I have been so comfortable at school, and I really have a good time there.

Goodbye, My Gym!

My last My Gym class. I have enjoyed it very much.

Mardi Gras 2009

I made this mask today to celebrate Mardi Gras.

My buddy-Pika

Pika is the son of Mom's friend, April. He is 6 months older than I am. We have enjoyed playing together.

A nice dinner together

My cousin Sofie is 6 months older than me and Sasha is now 7 months old. We haven't met each other before, but we will meet pretty soon when we move to Shanghai.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Party

We had a frozen yogurt social to celebrate Valentine's Day!


We were working on several love projects this week. The big heart was parents' homework. Look at the upper left corner of the big heart--Mom did the words, and I added stamps!



I no longer cry at school. I am not shy any more and feel very comfortable being with my friends. I enjoy hugging everyone I know.

Winter in the park

Finally, it was a bit warmer today (39F=4C). I wanted to ride on a swing in the park. We were at Independence Park on Central in Evanston.

Purdue visit

Mom took me back to Purdue to visit her old friends. We had a great time catching up with friends and also introducing myself to them. I received a lot of gifts from them.

We left on Friday afternoon, met with Bill and Anju. Had dinner with Yanjun and his family, and stayed at Dr. Tang's house. This picture was taken in the next morning--The Dora balloon and necklace were from Mrs. Tang, the cute sun glasses was from Lou Man. On Saturday, we also visited Jean, and Hui in addition to "city" tour.

That was where Mom used to work between year 2002 and 2004--Krannert School and Management. Mom's visitors took many pictures from this angle.

Mom taught Business Statistics in this classroom of the newly built Rawl's Hall in her last semester here.

Bird's views from the 2nd floor cafe in Rawl's Hall--Union, University Bookstore, Krannert Building.

Blackbird Farm 2421-E was where Mom lived for most of her time here. It looked the same as the first time Mom ever visited here.

This is the only Asian grocery store in town. Mom came here almost every week. It was very small but amazingly they had a lot of things. The size has been doubled.

This 3-hour drive each way, 2 days one night trip was short, and it was long overdue-Mom's first return after she left 4.5 years ago. It was certainly a nice closure to her before we move.

Jolene in class

Jolene was working on the art project with friends and teachers.

Heart art project

We did an art project of "mending a broken heart." We cut a heart in half and put it back together with band-aid.