Tuesday, July 31, 2012

L.A.

Well…first day of our trip, we didn’t make our flight due to weight restrictions. I know what you are thinking….Ray and Clark need to lose some weight. Well overall it was a spiritual flat tire. We were able to kick it with Sarah, Vic and Jackson and have a great day in LA.

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After watching an episode of Man vs Wild, Vic and I decided to use tree bark to light the grill.

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Jackson is such a cutie. He wouldn’t let me inside.

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Dinner was awesome. So awesome that I couldn’t keep trying to find a place to set the self-timer on the camera so I had to just take a photo of the family and then dig in! We had a great stay in LA and hopefully next time we visit it will be more planned and we’ll get to hang out more. I know, I should’ve taken more photos, but to sum up: We had IN-N-OUT for lunch (so good), and we went to the pool. : )

Monday, July 30, 2012

Ray's stay in Taiwan


Taiwan = really fun. visiting relatives. visiting friends. awesome food. 


This is your typical lunch here. It only costs two dollars U.S. plus they change the sides every day! I love it. 



Banqiao station self-service library? Yeah, I'm pretty sure I can see why Lia love Taiwan. 


Tons of people practicing break-dancing for the annual Taipei Metro breakdance competition? Yeah, you can see why I love Taiwan. 


One of my favorite traditions! Eating shave-ice and signing our names on the walls. This place is always packed with people, and the shave-ice is delicious!








There was an awesome Young Single Adult activity: BBQ/pool party! It was awesome. There were tons of really fun people there (over 100) and it was a blast. 







Perfect sunset. The sun was beautiful and there was a tiny strand of cloud creeping in on the side of it. Perfect. 



I got to go surfing at a beach north of Taipei! Can you see me out there surfing in the water? (I'm whichever one you think looks the best out there on the water)



Who's this baby? One of my cousins. My uncle had twins, so even though the photo with my dad and the photo with me both have us holding the same baby, you get the idea. : )



Chinese love to hold hands. 



Free concert on Fulong beach. The best band? The very first one that played. They played some reggae chinese music that was pretty cool. After that the concert went downhill as far as music quality, but it was still fun. : )




Jojo brought us to eat at a really nice japanese restaurant. We ate steak that cost 200 dollars!! It was delicious. 


We attended church both Sundays in Taipei so we could visit the Lee family. We lived next door to them in Taichung. They're still the same! Great people, and fun to be around. Unfortunately I didn't get to see my best friend Dyen Lee because he is too busy nowadays with the band he's in! 


(he's the one I'm pointing at)



Thursday, July 12, 2012

Bangkok – Sunday

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Art inspired me to be a better teacher! His class was so fun to listen to. He put a lot of energy into his class and his students loved it.

Art’s students are the best! Even though he taught in Thai, Art managed to keep us pretty involved in his lesson. At the beginning of the class he had Clark and I go and introduce ourselves. First Clark went up, and the class loved him! They said that he looks like Superman!!

When I got up they said, Wow, he looks like Captain America!!

After I sat down, Art asked them who he looks like, and they responded, Doraemon!! hahaha. I’ll let you compare:

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I still got it mom! Practicing never paid off because I am a natural!

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 Go missionaries!

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(We get really excited about church)

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Somehow we got recruited to practice with the ward choir. First we recorded the parts for them (no, we don’t know how to sing, but Art made us do it anyway), and then we sang for TWO HOURS! I sure am glad we’re not that dedicated with choir practice in the states.

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this was the spiciest food that I have ever eaten! Oh my goodness.

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I’ve eaten some pretty spicy stuff in my life, but this was the most perfect. It kept my stomach warm for hours! : )

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I was worried her fan was going to catch fire as she was fanning my mouth because it was so hot.

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We are going to miss Art! Thanks for everything brotha!

We love you Art! It’s a good thing we’re out of his house now because it sure was a mess while we were there! haha. It was probably quite a shock for his roommate when he first came home.