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Misty little tongue

dodo — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:45:37 +0000

The absolutely cutest expression Misty makes with her “little tongue”. She sticks her tongue out just a little bit to show her appreciation.

Pom Backpack

dodo — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:55:33 +0000

Thank you gimmekittens so much for bring this to my attention.

Awwww, isn’t that kee-yoot? That lady’s got one of those novelty backpacks …

… you know, the kind that look just like a … just like a …

a … a …

I’m speechless.

Although I’m afraid neither of my pom would like that. Maybe Bubo wouldn’t mind. I know Misty would hate it to death. Still so freaking adorable!

Olympics Opening Ceremony

dodo — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:12:58 +0000

This is truly pretty impressive! Watch it again on nbcolympics.com.

Got a new HDTV

dodo — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:54:56 +0000

The 27″ in my bedroom broke so we decided to get a new HDTV. Since Andy’s working for BestBuy right now, he gets very decent discount. We got a 42″ Insignia 1080p LCD HDTV with 4 year warranty and a TV stand for $952. It would be $1350 without employee discount.

Old TV in bedroom

New TV in bedroom

TV in living room

Sony 50″ rear projection. We had this one for about 3 years.

The Storm Riders

dodo — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:34:30 +0000

I was positively surprised to find the movie The Storm Riders on youtube decently dubbed. It’s one of the best Kung Fu movies I’ve seen. Real Hong Kong style. Way better than the new Forbidden Kingdom. No dis on Jet Li or Jackie Change but their new movie which I have seen in the theater is way too tuned down for the PG 13 rating and Americanized. I think it failed as a Kung Fu movie.

Plus The Storm Riders has way cuter actors like Ekin Chang and Aaron Kwok. Go watch it if you have nothing to do

Tulip Time

dodo — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:53:39 +0000

I took a day off to go to the annual tulip festival in a local dutch village Pella. Although it was raining, we still had a fun time.

Plane crash is nothing when…

dodo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:56:53 +0000

weirdest photo

dodo — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:55:45 +0000

Misty says “meow” – what is daddy doing?

My new doggie

dodo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:24:59 +0000

Here’s my new doggie wubo:

Just kidding. This is not a new dog. It’s just bubo with his ears pulled down Isn’t he cute?

I got a flickr pro account

dodo — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:18:56 +0000

I purchased a flickr pro account for two years today. I never used flickr much but recently I revisited the falbum plugin for wordpress and was quite impressed not only with the plugin but the flickr API. I then revisited flickr to upload some of the baby photos for bubo and misty and found their interface had yet improved again. Their UI is very web 2.0 and works pretty much like a desktop app. Since I received some donation and advertising money online in my paypal recently, I wanted to use it up. After I uploaded some photos and found that a basic account is only allowed to have 3 sets, I’ve decided to go pro. It’s $47.99 for two years. For their service, I think it’s worth it. I need to spend some time to truly config and style falbum before I can integrate it with wordpress. I look forward to it.

Now let’s visit the sets that may bring a mom to tears. Bubo growing up and misty growing up.