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Click on any image to enlarge, then right click to save.Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-63656894920434109912012-01-29T12:38:00.011+09:002012-01-29T13:30:04.100+09:00Hakuba, Japan - January 2012Despite Lunar New Year falling so close to the Christmas break, Ailey had a week off from school so we made the most of it and headed to Japan for a week of skiing. Plenty of snow, particularly at the tail end of the week where nearby Cortina got 80 and 70cm on consecutive nights. Happo One, where we were staying got a more moderate 30 and 20cm which was fine with us Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-23419725356041971652012-01-07T19:14:00.065+09:002012-01-08T19:17:21.126+09:00Tanzania - December 2011. Hatari!I'm beginning to loathe the programming behind blogger - it's just too cumbersome and quirky to align commentary to pictures so I'm not even going to try. We flew to Kilimanjaro airport via Bangkok and Nairobi. We arrived safely the following morning and successfully dodged the yellow fever vaccination in Tanzanian customs. If the last leg is full, they dont load Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-64077910840645768492011-09-25T20:40:00.003+09:002011-09-25T20:42:52.690+09:00Tumalot Ranch, Oregon - July 2011 Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-62405322315561102552011-09-25T20:32:00.005+09:002011-09-25T20:40:15.833+09:00Pensacola, Florida - June 2011Loads of fun on the panhandle, Florabama.Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-78284021008757866652011-09-25T18:45:00.004+09:002011-09-25T18:56:49.574+09:00Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan - April 2011Daddy really wanted a family ski vacation in celebration of his 50th birthday and everything was tracking perfectly until the Fukushima nuclear accident. After weeks of hemming and hawing and watching the events unfold, we finally decided it was safe enough to spend the week upwind of the plant and twice as far from the site as Tokyo.Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-26616499924777209782011-09-25T16:10:00.008+09:002011-09-25T17:15:29.565+09:00Rome, Italy - February 2011Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-71479809339104586142011-09-25T15:52:00.010+09:002011-10-08T19:05:11.972+09:00Venice, Italy - February 2011Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-48230884842852824712011-09-25T13:40:00.013+09:002011-09-25T15:51:26.390+09:00Sils, Switzerland - January 2011. We took the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and stay at the hotel they are managing in a small town near St. Moritz. Sandra and Pascal's impact on the hotel was palpable, creating a very homey and welcome environment for all the guests, many who have been returning for decades. We were treated like royalty and had an incredible stay in ski paradise.The Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-13678404205917750032011-09-25T12:33:00.010+09:002011-09-25T12:48:07.285+09:00Zurich, Switzerland - January 2011Spaetzle und Schnitzel, mmmmmm.Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-89930662961595628622011-09-25T11:48:00.013+09:002011-09-25T12:33:17.464+09:00Visitors from home. Cousins Renae and Jeff, and Grauntie Bev come to Taiwan - November 2010.Taipei 101, formerly the tallest building in the world.Near the top of the building, multiple floors are dedicated to housing a 600 metric ton steel ball, computer controlled to offset high winds and earthquakes. Supposedly shifts over a meter in compensation. Optimally not when I'm in the Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-16817512431759978522010-10-04T22:14:00.010+09:002010-10-04T22:35:24.221+09:00Climbing with the Stockegans (or Reegwells) - Sept '10Family outing to the climbing club in Hsinchu with Vesper and Patrick. Ailey got to show off the skills she picked up in climbing camp at Nike last summer.Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-66261277498565735312010-08-21T23:07:00.041+09:002010-08-22T10:17:50.404+09:00Tibet - August 2010 Cousin Alex graduated from UO this year so we celebrated with a trip anywhere he wanted to go in Asia. Since its summer and hotter than bejesus bells, I steered him toward altitude and, if youre going to get high, it doesnt get any higher than Tibet.After a miserable overnight in Chengdu, Sichuan, we landed early in Lhasa, checked into the hotel and suffered through an Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-5785076232180519232010-08-21T22:39:00.011+09:002010-08-21T23:06:44.651+09:00Oregon Summer - July 2010Ailey spent July with family in Oregon, jumping from Eugene to Portland to Tumalo with excursions in between.Uncle Josh and Auntie Kara attempt to teach Ailey the dangers of spicy cookin'.Grandpaul kickin' it at the campsite. Grandma Beverly and cousin Joey. Angka.A cake to celebrate Auntie Tracy and cousin Taylors participation in Ailey's birthday party. Ailey teaches Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-5115939707581002732010-08-21T21:37:00.014+09:002010-08-21T22:38:49.176+09:00A wedding in paradise - June 2010We pulled Ailey out of school to attend the wedding of our friends Patrick and Vesper in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. During English finals week no less. When Ailey heard that meant a 20% penalty on her finals scores, she was adamant against attending. So we did what any caring parent would do...we lied.Ailey prepared a beautiful wedding card that we unfortunately Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-33036516856699693582010-08-21T19:33:00.007+09:002010-08-21T21:37:05.855+09:00Future Heir Bilingual Elementary - June 2010Ailey took her camera to school at the end of the school year to get pictures of her classmates and teachers.Teacher Ivy - Ailey's Chinese teacher for the latter half of the year (2nd grade) Andie - not in Ailey's class but one of Ailey's best friends in Taiwan. Her father is Hakka, a Chinese ethnic minority. Teacher Amy - Ailey's Chinese teacher for Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-63080531207534073412010-08-21T19:12:00.004+09:002010-08-21T19:33:24.154+09:00Shaolai and Yuanzuei hike - June '10Mihwa and I took a day to hike Yuanzuei (birds beak) from the backside, first "conquering" Shaolaishan which is a little higher but monumentally more mundane...with the exception of the gaunlet of snakes, wasps and bears you have to run. It was a foggy day that brought both cool and beauty.a monstrous tree that required multiple images and some post production Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-57021620509779691902010-05-22T15:42:00.005+09:002010-05-22T16:02:11.144+09:00A new family member - May 2010A friend from work asked if we were ready for a cat. Ailey has been all about the dogs these days but put that on hold until we repatriate.Introducing #84, Billy Whiteshoes Johnson, born ~April 1, 2010. Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-26515028523090108152010-04-13T20:59:00.002+09:002010-04-13T21:04:40.611+09:00Ailey's school activity - March 2010Ailey's class presented this little song and dance to an apparently empty auditorium. Ailey makes a cameo, behind another kid, about halfway through.Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-14203559367187306422010-04-03T12:32:00.011+09:002010-04-03T14:20:44.346+09:00Ailey knocks out some homework - March 2010Very impressed with Ailey's progress with Chinese characters. She's still a little shy about speaking but her comprehension is solid, her pronunciation perfect and her reading and writing coming along quite wellAiley copying characters - stroke order is very important.Ailey writes her diary. She had been doing this during the tutoring session after Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-7788981053715285012010-04-03T11:58:00.009+09:002010-04-03T14:24:57.616+09:00Yuanzuei (Birdsbeak) hike - April 2010With a Nike holiday but no school day off, Mihwa and I took the opportunity to do this crazy hike about an hour and a half outside of Taichung. Mihwa had done the hike before but I had no idea what I was getting into. Pretty hairy! Sore as hell the day after.The one way tunnel leading to the trailheadI think the sign says "dont fall off the cliff." 2180m = Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-37580738346978805712010-04-03T10:57:00.018+09:002010-04-03T11:58:39.213+09:00Lugang, Taiwan - March 2010An old college buddy swung through town with his family for a quick visit so we scrambled down to Lugang, home to the oldest temple in Taiwan. Kurt's been living in Singapore the last 15+ years running his biz which he sold a couple years ago. He'll be repatriating to the Portland area in about 6 months. Clyde (I think)......and Drake (I think)Clyde and Drake (Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-36682058422259075912010-04-03T10:49:00.002+09:002010-04-03T10:56:36.382+09:00Busan - lunar new year vacation, February 2010A stop in Busan to connect with family for this important holiday. The beautiful night view from our hotel. New totems at the trailhead of our favorite hike.Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-895462462986261312010-04-03T10:23:00.008+09:002010-04-03T10:48:20.815+09:00Tokyo - February 2010Daddy makes a 3 day swing through Tokyo to gather his wits and get inspired. Spent all three days roaming endlessly around Shibuya, Roppongi, Harajuku and Shinjuku without taking any public transport. Needed that exercise to work off the previous weeks' indulgences.Roppongi Hills panoramaA crazy Gundam inspired building I just happened across roaming around Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-52332265026964284862010-04-03T09:42:00.008+09:002010-04-03T13:14:57.348+09:00Timberline Lodge - lunar new year vacation, January 2010Ailey is really enjoying skiing and making rapid progress so we snuck up to Timberline to enjoy the incredible historic landmark and get Ailey some more lessons. Her first instructor labeled her "a little ripper". The incredible Timberline Lodge. Monstrous ice cycles from outside the hotel window. Hot tubbing in the snow. Dr. Kara goes old Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759487.post-24145160331990425322010-04-03T08:57:00.005+09:002010-04-03T09:27:53.614+09:00A visit to Tumalo - lunar new year vacation, January 2010The ranch dubbed "Tumalot"Fresh tracks heading toward the barn.Ailey helping with the grooming.Ailey Hongsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889702369976099430noreply@blogger.com