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July 4, 2008July 5, 2008

Concerts & Tang

It’s been a nice start to the summer. Ashley and I seem to have gone concert crazy in the past months.

Just recently we went to two concerts, Lifehouse and Colbie Caillat. We played Lifehouse’s You and Me song at our wedding so it was nice seeing them live. We didn’t get there early enough and were stuck at the back so the view was not as good but we bumped into my co-workers from Sapient Suyog and Anu.

Ashley likes Colbie Caillat’s songs a lot and although I thought it was going to be horrible with teeny boppers all over the place it turned out ok. There was teeny boppers all over but we got up close to the stage, I got some really great shots of her and the music was really nice and soothing.

Earlier this summar, we saw Stephen Marley at the Center Stage in Midtown thanks to Kirk who told me about it. Stephen was awesome, sounded just like Bob Marley. Then Arang visited earlier in June and we went to the Masquerade to see a few Punk Rock bands, one called the Bastard Suns. The venue was awesome a old factory. The crowd was definitely rowdy, I got punched in the back as I was right in front of the mosh pit. We had a great time though and it was very nice chilling with Tang.

March 30, 2008June 1, 2008

We’ve got a runner!

About a year and half ago, I tried convincing Ash to run with me.Â She groaned and told me how much she disliked running.Â Â Despite it all, she stuck with it and even after I stopped she continued.Â On March 30th, Ash ran the Atlanta half marathon, 13.1 miles through midtown, downtown and the Georgia Tech campus.Â She ran it in 2 hour and 12 minutes.Â Awesome job huney!!!

January 1, 2008January 5, 2008

Bean Knows Travel

Well it was a great time having Bean visit and on New Years eve, Bean left to go back to Boston. The trip back however was not an easy one. He faced TWO canceled flights along the way (that’s what you get flying through the mid-west during winter) but, we got through it with some joint family teamwork and the help of Kumar, a co-worker of mine from Sapient. In the end, Bean arrived home safely in Boston. Thanks Kumar for helping us out!

All in all, Bean’s trip from Atlanta to Boston took 24 hours! We dropped him off at the airport on Dec 31st at 4 pm and he finally arrived in Boston on Jan 1st 4 pm. Bean said his 24 hour trip from Atlanta to Boston was enjoyable though stressful at times. He said he felt kind of like the Home Alone kid staying in a hotel with a jacuzzi all by himself and traveling all along on a Holiday. Bean’s trip to Atlanta was also not pain-free he nearly had two disasters (almost losing his passport, forgetting his stuff at home). He also had the airline lose his baggage for a day when he got here. For a young boy I think he can now consider himself an experienced air traveler.

Here’s Bean walking to the terminals after we parted at the Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson Airport. Ashley and I miss you already!

December 28, 2007December 28, 2007

Atlanta Tour

For our third day of Bean’s stay he started out with the traditional morning XBOX therapy. Sounds of machine guns and virtual people dying filled the air as usual when Bean stays with us. Mom and Dad, here’s why Bean loves coming over oh so much. 🙂 Notice the zombie look…

Today we stayed in Atlanta, taking the urban tour. We took a stroll through the Atlanta Underground, a shopping mall underneath the downtown area of Atlanta. The concept is very cool but unfortunately the area needs some revitalization. The walk there was quite sketchy and the whole underground mall wasn’t any better. We snapped a few pics and Ash bought a small trinket.

Ash also had to buy some books at the local Nerd erh…Engineer’s Bookstore near Georgia Tech. Man are those books expensive!

Our next stop was Martin Luther King’s birthplace on Auburn street in the Edgewood district near downtown Atlanta. The whole street was very well preserved. Here’s Bean and I outside the house where Martin Luther King Jr. was born. I look really sleepy in this photo and does Bean know how to smile?

Before we went to Buckhead, we stopped by the famous Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Bean had been looking forward to eating there ever since Ash and I raved about it.

Here’s some juicy pics! Ash had the BBQ Chicken below!

Bean and I had the ribs whoohoo!

And now Bean’s happy and can smile for the camera.

December 27, 2007December 28, 2007

Water World

Today Ashley and I took Bean to the World of Coca Cola museum and the Georgia Aquarium.Â Ash and I have gone to the Coke museum before but the aquarium was one I have been personally waiting to see ever since coming to Atlanta.

We had a great water themed day from carbonated water to giant fish swimming in large tanks of water.Â Bean had a great time as well and really enjoyed the Coke museum.Â I warned him to be thirsty before he got there and he only half listened…yup now he knows why…

Here are some pictures from our day.

Of course the best part of the Coke museum is the tasting room.Â This time I was able to take down our favorites.Â Here they are!

Ash loved the bitter sour taste of Kinley.Â Bean loved the sugary sweet bubbley drink from South Africa called Bibo.Â I really like the sweet sour apple soda from China-back to my roots!Â Interestingly, when we mixed our favorite drinks together it produced something even tastier.Â Here’s a pic of us inside the tasting room.Â The floor was so sticky!

Our next stop after coke was the aquarium.Â Ash and Bean love verbally abusing each other and I had a great time insitgating and laughing at their smack talk.Â Here’s a great pic of Ashley being cheeky with Bean outside the aquarium.

The Georgia Aquarium is the newest aquarium in the country and is home to the 6.5 billion gallon tank which houses the whale shark.Â The sharks were brought over from Taiwan at the age of 15 and can grow to the size of a school bus.Â There are four of them in this huge tank and the sight is simply amazing.

I think my favorite type of museum are aquariums.Â So far I’ve only been to three, New England, Monterey and now the Georgia Aqauarium.Â Bean says the new aquarium in Da Liang or Ching Dao is spectacular too!

Here’s a picture of Ash and Bean looking at Jellyfish.Â I like this photo a lot, the blue glow and the reflection of Ashley’s face in the glass is especially cool.

No visit to an Aquarium would be complete without a petting zoo.Â Here’s Ash and Bean daring each other to touch sting rays and baby hammerhead sharks.Â I had to call them chicken before they got the courage to do it!Â Meanwhile 5 year olds are trying to jump into the pool.

What a great time we all had!