Looking through the Eyes of Love...

Ever since I was a girl, I love this song from Ice Castles 1978, "Looking Through the Eyes of Love"

I love the simplicity of the song and how love makes a difference in how we see everything...

That is the reason why I wanted to be a figure skater as well and enrolled little Kimi to learn the basics... My frustrations passed on to my little girl :)

* Avery, Kimi and Caitlyn (2011)

Then, I came across the remake of the movie and got the chance to watch it. I cried buckets as I watched and heard the song played over and over throughout the movies. 

every now and then, we stumble, 

it takes love and courage to get up and see who are really there for us when we did fall.

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Now, I need to get back and see the original one.

I left my copy of the original one in the Philippines :( It was a VCD back then he he!

Looking Through the eyes of Love

Britt Nicole

Please, don't let this feeling end

It's everything I am

Everything I wanna be

I can see what's mine now

Finding out what's true

Since I've found you 

Looking through the eyes of love 

Now I can take the time

I can see my life 

As it comes on shining now

Reachin' out to touch you

I can feel so much

Since I've found you 

Looking through the eyes of love

And now I do believe

That even in a storm, we'll find some light

Knowing you're beside me

I'm alright

Please, don't let this feeling end

It might not come again

And I want to remember 

How it feels to touch you

How I feel so much

Since I've found you 

Looking through the eyes of love

And now I do believe

That even in a storm, we'll find some light

Knowing you're beside me

I'm alright

Now I can take the time

I can see my life 

As it comes on shining now

Reaching out to touch you

I can feel so much

Since I've found you 

Looking through the eyes of love

Chinese New Year Dinner @ Dai Tung

For Chinese New Year, we were able to reserve for an early spot at Dai Tung's, Kingsway.

It was way too early for dinner at 5 pm but we wanted to celebrate it nonetheless and every other restaurant only had 8pm onward which means that it will be a late dinner....and with kids on tow, early is way better than dealing with cranky and hungry kids.

I was not able to take note of our orders so I have labelled them based on a copy of a menu I found on the net and some I tried to label as best as I could... :)

First off, we had Kenzo sat on his diner's chair and equipped him with an iphone with data to keep him quiet. 

Before the dishes arrived, Kenzo should have finished his food so that he won't get distracted with the grownup food which we were sure he'd love to try.

* Full concentration

* Picture Menu- More enticing!

This dish was so so. I like the jelly fish which is a given but the others were just okay. I love the presentation of their dishes though. 

* Cold Platter

* Crab Meat and Fish Maw Soup

Everyone agreed that the Peking duck was really good...

* Peking Duck 2 Way

I love seafood with hard shells- mussels, bamboo shells, but crabs and lobster are my absolute favorites. I put this dish on my finale. I ate all the dishes then got myself ready to have my hands ready as I dived into this dish until everything was gone- almost. I left 2 for my lunch next day :)

* Lobster and Crab Combination

Perfect combination, dried scallop add a bit of saltiness to the tofu. Something healthy to start the year?

* Braised Egg Tofu with Dried Scallop

The eel was really tasty, I just don't like the fish bones that goes with this dish.

* Sizzling Eel Hotpot 

...this dish was as expected. Tasty but nothing special...

..and to end the meal... Something sweet :)

* Red Bean Dessert

...we had a couple of friends that doesn't have any family here in Vancouver to join us and celebrate the start of the Water Dragon :)

* Friends: Eron, Stone and Twinny

...and Kimi tried to demonstrate her version of the Dragon Dance... Kenzo doesn't care at all.

* Initial Pose...

...and the Finale

* Bottoms Up.. Cheers! "干杯"

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HAPPY NEW BEGINNINGS

FOR THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON

* LOVE* HEALTH* FORTUNE*

*FAMILY*FRIENDS*

Tastes like Figaro's...

The best compliment I could give...

... a great job, Wilbert. Till the next batch ;)

Chinese New Year

Being in a Multi-cultural countries, I have learned about different cultures and events with Kimi. 

Chinese New Year, on the other hand, is a familiar event that we celebrate back home...and with 3 Chinese teachers managing Kimi's class, I expected something to celebrate this important event that signifies the beginning of a new year.

I was not disappointed.

Kimi came home from school today with her art works...

* Chinese Lantern

* Chinese Sign

I didn't know what 吉利 means, this was the first time I encountered this words together with this event so I looked it up. It actually meant "auspicious", "lucky".

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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Fortune for the Year of the Water Dragon

We started this tradition (sort of) last Chinese New Year.

This year, it was just a casual meet up that turned into another lunch date, which end up as a full table lunch date for the mommies...and kids for this year's Chinese New Year...

With the Winter storm warning for Friday, we decided to reserve anyways and keep our fingers crossed that the roads are clear from Surrey, Vancouver and Richmond to Fortune House's Burnaby...

* Fortune House Facade

With Kimi off to school, I had to bring Kenzo as my plus one :)

* Kenzo eating his chinese  cookies made by Ninang Sarah

* The kids had their happy meals and 

were seated on one side to keep each other entertain

The dimsums were piled high on our table and we realized we ordered more than what we could handle...

Mommy G had to go earlier to fetch Kalen, so we decided to do a group picture...

* Mommies... well fed :)

* Kenzo trying to get his hands on some more

* Kiddos ranger

* My Kimi for the day... Thanks Sam :)

* Last Group picture from the entrance

*... and another one