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What's New? 2006-02-16
Here Zy and Isaac show what one can do when the drawing is done.
After art we head over to the dojang. Isaac - and I - get stripes today. Pre-test week is going well. Will we have the total number of stripes needed for testing this coming Friday?
Afterwards we head over to Bursa Kabab, in West Portal, for a warm and tasty dinner. Isaac wants to do schoolwork, so - with the staff's permission - he heads over to the gas fireplace.
If I haven't mentioned the ceaseless rain it's because it's become a boring topic in our daily conversation. The kids adapt with a wide range of cheap umbrellas Rose finds at the Chinese import shops near Isaac's school.
Isaac and Fresia: inseperable, month after month. Ahhhh, young love!
Afterwards we head over to the brand new Hawai'ian restaurant at the corner of 19th Avenue and Taraval. The kids love it, but a fellow Hapkidoka characterizes it as "ghetto Hawai'ian". 's okay.
Sometimes a really big hig is exactly what's called for!
The crash pad - a mat used for practicing mid-air falls - is used even when it's propped up against a wall.
...and at other times the color-shifts can be frightening!
We celebrate brother-in-law Neil's 40th birthday at a brunch buffet near SFO airport. A really grand time was had by all, from 4 to 80 years. Good food, good company, good location; airplanes landing overhead is always a good entertainment for kids.
On the ride home Isaac does some parental portraits. Is that how he sees us?
Tuesday 28 February 2006
It's art class after school; today it's still life of vegetables. Isaac shows off his bak choy inspiration: Monday 27 February 2006
Lila gets the first belt stripe of anyone in the family! At Hapkido she gets the brown (spirit) stripe taped to her white belt. Way to go, powerhouse! Lila also has been strolling around the house chanting the Hapkido Creed and, when unexpected, yelling "knifehand" and attacking me. (I feel like Inspector Clouseau, being attacked by his valet, Cato.) Friday 24 February 2006
It's time for our monthly fix of family folk dancing! Here the exuberance that is our kids is integral to the event, rather than a distraction (as it is from the Israeli folk dancing to which we used to take them). Thursday 23 February 2006
Rose takes a photo of me sitting in seiza at Hapkido. Wednesday 22 February 2006
Lila and Brianna at Hapkido. This is turning into quite a social event. Tuesday 21 February 2006
Jefro, a co-worker (up in Mendicino, although he's in Ashland, Oregon, at the moment), says that we technical writers are "typochondriacs". This I'll have to remember.
Monday 20 February 2006 - Presidents Day
With Mindy & Neil & Jessica & Matthew we spend a beautifully sunny day at the Bay Area Children's Museum, under the Golden Gate Bridge. It was tank top weather, with a chill in the shade. Cousins Jessica and Matthew do a lot of walking and exploring around the campus. Chinese lion dancers, complete with drummers and cymbals, complete the day. Sunday 19 February 2006
I experiment with the Palm Treo 600 built-in camera: in some instances things look quite adequate... Sunday 19 February 2006
Our neighbor, Gabriel, has joined our Hapkido dojang! It's great to see another face we already know. Thursday 16 February 2006
Lila insists that we do the second class of the day today, so by the time I get everyone to bed I'm exhausted and sore from repeated high-speed punches (something I don't get to do much in the real world). Owwwww. Just when I thought all my other muscles had adjusted to the baseline Hapkido stresses :-)
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