tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69882945789362290222024-03-05T02:54:52.548-08:00Asia-Faith ~*~ Our StoryTonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-50179741813701257662009-02-25T06:34:00.000-08:002009-02-26T07:11:40.207-08:00HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAYAsia-Faith is now 4 years old!<br /><br />We had a lovely afternoon...Jason got off school early (he worked on Saturday, so they got Wednesday half day)...<br /><br />We took a drive to a little harbor nearby and then stopped off at a park where we had a birthday party for Asia-Faith...then on the way home we stopped off at the beach...it was so great watch the kids having such fun in the sand!<br /><br />We didn't have a traditional birthday cake...so we bought some donuts and stacked those with a candle on the top...although the matches I took with were too wet (from the humidity)...so we couldn't light the candle...but Asia-Faith just pretended to blow the candle out...too cute!<br /><br />Enjoy the pics...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChxesZpVrRiIL8XCwoREL07mV15IiVpll2z1YP2NIXV_6xzfN6kTC3t5jBt1Q3CDfFlWwLuzg9SyCglSpqsA3f4TGpjmxDGCL5Rk7eKGZkCG1DLeozPNOESqKdmc-NNVmS8XyqV_hQV0/s1600-h/25+February+2009+031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4zld54g4WmMwigMlEziCll01bXITTgd7ThWWlXSNgaNrjG2aHTmOfdz970jXy2eAipyi_z919P1A2bTDOGm20p4gCjAKQAR9NqS5M-xqgbtUV1ymTxrcIGulLVnU6oSkwl9DgY_g-w4/s320/25+February+2009+201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307123287708936514" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-59267086624961558442009-02-17T05:42:00.000-08:002009-02-17T06:22:47.344-08:002 years ago....Today we are celebrating Asia-Faith being in our family for 2 years!<br /><br />2 years ago today, we boarded a train, headed for Taitung to go and meet our precious little girl for the first time...<br /><br />It is amazing to watch her grow and become the little person she is...although we have come to realise that she has quite a tiger in her tank...Even the boys have commented that she is going to be a toughie when she gets older - no-one will want to mess with her! And she is quite the performance artist too....I think those little performances may get her an Oscar or 2 one day.<br /><br />Then she has her gentile, loving side, where she wants to hug everyone, and calls her brothers "my boys"...and herself "mommy's baby, and daddy's baby"... she is such a sweet little girl...and I am so blessed to be her mommy.<br /><br />Lately she has been talking a lot about where she was born and knows she was born in Taiwan, and her boys were born in South Africa, that the boys grew in my belly, and she grew in her birthmom's belly...She loves to look at the album I made for her with photo's of our forever family day, and listen to me telling the story about the day we brought her home...<br /><br />Often these talks will lead to her talking about our little foster baby Doodlebug her friends Jade and Ben and their new little brother Daniel, all of whom she knows have also been adopted...I have a feeling there will be plenty more questions and little talks in time to come...<br /><br />Enjoy the pics of our little fairy~princes....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Meeting our little angel....2 years ago<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vMvBj65Om5p98RFLSkuatv3kOJVoOSvH5Hapuz_gpKH82jfcKAP2J17s97uZkocEwIiZn0W80EEo05F8zs-0BWSKyIcrYA0CqsbPjLKdv6FI_la7Tpp39pCtTDr2zbbGnXcjfAOkqng/s1600-h/17+February+2007+Chinese+New+Year%27s+Eve+020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vMvBj65Om5p98RFLSkuatv3kOJVoOSvH5Hapuz_gpKH82jfcKAP2J17s97uZkocEwIiZn0W80EEo05F8zs-0BWSKyIcrYA0CqsbPjLKdv6FI_la7Tpp39pCtTDr2zbbGnXcjfAOkqng/s320/17+February+2007+Chinese+New+Year%27s+Eve+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303770023704396978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLTh7qBWdz3RboKSGIPDuFQ45_DglBfabF8WFyh8D4IpzBlfz3-Hgfjf_9e65ddmoJMAmk_qSHRwUqqGv57JC3hDrgAM-B6HnuxijtFTHmbA0CHBZYrno-uRHb9R26dunVRbBmGKxojc/s1600-h/17+February+2007+Chinese+New+Year%27s+Eve+037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLTh7qBWdz3RboKSGIPDuFQ45_DglBfabF8WFyh8D4IpzBlfz3-Hgfjf_9e65ddmoJMAmk_qSHRwUqqGv57JC3hDrgAM-B6HnuxijtFTHmbA0CHBZYrno-uRHb9R26dunVRbBmGKxojc/s320/17+February+2007+Chinese+New+Year%27s+Eve+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303770020755778114" border="0" /></a><br />Our train ride home...full of smiles and laughter<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCq5ciojaeA_TsNy9G75gGWpvvNXMNfRASpn2Nu_5RNOvHfWQql3HtgVZqL48i4roc9IWtUtpRJGWfpVZV5a6fuh2s5DLRrSJT18Xmz6hA4wRUFr-T7rH_MerdHXHfOVnKTY03DhEk50/s1600-h/Our+happy+princess.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCq5ciojaeA_TsNy9G75gGWpvvNXMNfRASpn2Nu_5RNOvHfWQql3HtgVZqL48i4roc9IWtUtpRJGWfpVZV5a6fuh2s5DLRrSJT18Xmz6hA4wRUFr-T7rH_MerdHXHfOVnKTY03DhEk50/s320/Our+happy+princess.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303770022600851762" border="0" /></a>Out little angel...today, 2 years later<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8umda0rjQPEsoAoRKflwoN5dG9LlGjbLKKrsVhC6lGFUitsj2g_7zaZXByjowKqc3K3_KylqTACMEQDjSIlB7YlY0Al0Vm3w9vtxCTuwLVgiRut0sN4NyEZ7dtFhVFbSaT9YcGnjF4Rs/s1600-h/17+February+2009+088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8umda0rjQPEsoAoRKflwoN5dG9LlGjbLKKrsVhC6lGFUitsj2g_7zaZXByjowKqc3K3_KylqTACMEQDjSIlB7YlY0Al0Vm3w9vtxCTuwLVgiRut0sN4NyEZ7dtFhVFbSaT9YcGnjF4Rs/s320/17+February+2009+088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303767729281304882" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi-lyqQ37ISx5txmRXEaYj9_0i1KNWSMQ9-CxtpmqEK4PGwgXCkhwKyF-O_sBFrz7ymoVdVJ2nvMNgUKTy6yVwgoAVRCPjKwToGpqa6WJZnaiu9SxmnguObewTRyJIDZYIcfNG0qBqlY/s1600-h/17+February+2009+094.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi-lyqQ37ISx5txmRXEaYj9_0i1KNWSMQ9-CxtpmqEK4PGwgXCkhwKyF-O_sBFrz7ymoVdVJ2nvMNgUKTy6yVwgoAVRCPjKwToGpqa6WJZnaiu9SxmnguObewTRyJIDZYIcfNG0qBqlY/s320/17+February+2009+094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303767731609560658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWikPPgXhf1zOX0mUJRAhku410CsPuwbII67bW-sklvLYFbmLatzzfWzRbA6oGdQnn4YsKXgzip_FtFbJV4JQZaxlmvpvllqfF_sqRjtvuHdGFcwWKV_4yQG868BkBq0l8_U7R1upEHA/s1600-h/17+February+2009+101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWikPPgXhf1zOX0mUJRAhku410CsPuwbII67bW-sklvLYFbmLatzzfWzRbA6oGdQnn4YsKXgzip_FtFbJV4JQZaxlmvpvllqfF_sqRjtvuHdGFcwWKV_4yQG868BkBq0l8_U7R1upEHA/s320/17+February+2009+101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303767736240126786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRaZBHSzuH0wlVeuEp2LQ3an-sudMBZbpIPs5jqj23ocS1ggEQCm1se5lSfl51EafN5a2NqMhtdi3c4Fq-ADnCYPXjNF8AOf16yVVQJW4tTh-zEe5HqewJNn_0569sVFGkhoY3xo3y5vA/s1600-h/17+February+2009+089.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRaZBHSzuH0wlVeuEp2LQ3an-sudMBZbpIPs5jqj23ocS1ggEQCm1se5lSfl51EafN5a2NqMhtdi3c4Fq-ADnCYPXjNF8AOf16yVVQJW4tTh-zEe5HqewJNn_0569sVFGkhoY3xo3y5vA/s320/17+February+2009+089.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303767733270993426" border="0" /></a><br />trying out the red marker on her lips....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg02ZiSyH1hWOHVpZiTr_Wxfg2Of5gLqlEU7NZo3hZMjnVHA-CUnrmaHKP5JniLlsGG1npYp0JqYAsh0CmyLV-o2qzlU1ad8V35bMBEzyp0JzyRS7ahEDHUY04bP_smW_8C01lZImMHg8/s1600-h/17+February+2009+077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg02ZiSyH1hWOHVpZiTr_Wxfg2Of5gLqlEU7NZo3hZMjnVHA-CUnrmaHKP5JniLlsGG1npYp0JqYAsh0CmyLV-o2qzlU1ad8V35bMBEzyp0JzyRS7ahEDHUY04bP_smW_8C01lZImMHg8/s320/17+February+2009+077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303767735647373458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5YyfzWPkNsUdOYkCN1JfBnHQHGQv0mPAdp5nBxeidV21q56EW-GOhs5TNxkwWTRUUjXjPHU_5439tIEn0IOYl21D952_9eOFH1zhrhxmx1iD1USWhkykFkd33nh4hSafRWAvHc0We9s/s1600-h/7+February+2009+043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5YyfzWPkNsUdOYkCN1JfBnHQHGQv0mPAdp5nBxeidV21q56EW-GOhs5TNxkwWTRUUjXjPHU_5439tIEn0IOYl21D952_9eOFH1zhrhxmx1iD1USWhkykFkd33nh4hSafRWAvHc0We9s/s320/7+February+2009+043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303768728888851394" border="0" /></a>Trying out her new rollerblades...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3msgbjFkc8hv3n0NkVTmD_Ysr1lT5tA0PMX_-RsJtOmOYv4pnXv6zy8hoW-LpXkWrISBFkfLl71xYkOC_Fy6IxrwhoJOkA-UKPMfCGLDMBIBb4cJwLp0RJIQdt6VdRe-9LnVHDFXIE8/s1600-h/7+February+2009+085.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3msgbjFkc8hv3n0NkVTmD_Ysr1lT5tA0PMX_-RsJtOmOYv4pnXv6zy8hoW-LpXkWrISBFkfLl71xYkOC_Fy6IxrwhoJOkA-UKPMfCGLDMBIBb4cJwLp0RJIQdt6VdRe-9LnVHDFXIE8/s320/7+February+2009+085.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303768728768248130" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-85822649331735261882008-12-18T00:33:00.000-08:002008-12-18T00:45:23.526-08:00Please follow our Tribe...Well, since our adoption journey has come to an end...(there is only one more step left and that is to get Asia-Faith's South African citizenship...but that could still be a long time coming)....so there won't be all that much to post here with regards to adoption, although I will still update here from time to time...<br /><br />So, please follow along with our regular blog...where you can see what our Tribe is up to in Taiwan...<br /><br />You can find us here:<a href="http://tonkin-tribe.blogspot.com"> http://tonkin-tribe.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />Enjoy the pics...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOYwIYxj5zrcPCmaha2FxZjf6XtTxUwAieEMUChQ9WQEnQcDp0CaHknHjtmFdBUlFdJze_e7bCncn_n7syyNrdULnqJLOgU5JsDwcGAnCg5YNaHrniCxg9hqjqxgIa9F5dQmOiwPqmLI/s1600-h/5+October+2008+067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yckf0FB9Xef4azMbdXBVyXsQN33IF_X09psVufX6p3hJpYvB_l7Qqf0_JaTc59BJNqrff-vVvzRPZufeSpe5D8axHwdYK4r9-uM-kBbG5I5oJb5wjimB-5hS2KFScc5ZSqadN_gSMK8/s320/5+October+2008+156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281047705428051186" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-63871068743596984032008-11-19T21:46:00.000-08:002008-11-19T22:02:38.737-08:00Rag Rolling...So I decided to try rag rolling Asia-Faith's hair (and mine too)...it is quite a nifty little technique that usually is done with rags, I on the other hand found a use for the cotton wool strips that I bought!<br /><br />Asia-Faith sat very still during the whole process, and then went to sleep with them in and I took them out the next morning! She looked too cute! (Nothing new....she is always cute!)...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtaxWyj23mjfEPQOTodWbS9Y3CD28GBFAhmVz4qWgmgrogUITGIGWhSZ2f2HW1s008W4F3Q-gkZ0Z5JZlZTi33tG-9MQ8juF2_Hlm4yX1KHAGGyHhbuUWHdg744DRlSJc0oApuQyw96k/s1600-h/DSC01210.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtaxWyj23mjfEPQOTodWbS9Y3CD28GBFAhmVz4qWgmgrogUITGIGWhSZ2f2HW1s008W4F3Q-gkZ0Z5JZlZTi33tG-9MQ8juF2_Hlm4yX1KHAGGyHhbuUWHdg744DRlSJc0oApuQyw96k/s320/DSC01210.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270613886503628802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yQS-fb97PizUkFIpNMoMC_6PHb7viU4EpPjEFkJxiKMkMFPT6VdQPcSav71sWci-DhtmLG9PxWZlhtIO25oN1g19NtMuPfNv-cRgLpvsGDx8gXQfMGNUEtsUNLakMqZS3SIhtoOYyp8/s1600-h/DSC01226.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yQS-fb97PizUkFIpNMoMC_6PHb7viU4EpPjEFkJxiKMkMFPT6VdQPcSav71sWci-DhtmLG9PxWZlhtIO25oN1g19NtMuPfNv-cRgLpvsGDx8gXQfMGNUEtsUNLakMqZS3SIhtoOYyp8/s320/DSC01226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270613887761041106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXtOhV2jssJMsC7Uf2T2DpNYWIG0_rISfReXbSbppqGzQg-ycnj675DyY7h_8TrwSXISraBhBEDu2W3lC7tTmxwrHnVQcHyW70eQU_WAlO58ABL7DML3onZpRJ72K-qScXHiIEBxocLs/s1600-h/DSC01225.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXtOhV2jssJMsC7Uf2T2DpNYWIG0_rISfReXbSbppqGzQg-ycnj675DyY7h_8TrwSXISraBhBEDu2W3lC7tTmxwrHnVQcHyW70eQU_WAlO58ABL7DML3onZpRJ72K-qScXHiIEBxocLs/s320/DSC01225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270613889045150370" border="0" /></a>She has this little saying that she says lately to us that is too adorable...she says "I love you so so so so much 10 dollars" (or sometimes it is 20 dollars!)....very precious....<br /><br />Here are some more pics...enjoy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8aqpvQ-N5ikUTodTglevBkzJzlIk-BA_3aNoNwyT28BiFYEkVAxnRcPYl-fGe1vuyYoCQdcFWLu8A6VdEexNDBqkHbn6wK8su6AT_gzFmLKF21mnwlSAB_JX8xtw7OfC_Uhymz0cl3o/s1600-h/DSC00878.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8aqpvQ-N5ikUTodTglevBkzJzlIk-BA_3aNoNwyT28BiFYEkVAxnRcPYl-fGe1vuyYoCQdcFWLu8A6VdEexNDBqkHbn6wK8su6AT_gzFmLKF21mnwlSAB_JX8xtw7OfC_Uhymz0cl3o/s320/DSC00878.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270615922622040706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_hb1is9pdgZu4h0GmCrv3RJrafrf6KLSRCNrmcarD_GGtcjd4j3fIkb24CSxBNJ6hq0L4oNnIV7R2cKVT7pTwRggOQecGovJcqkrUzmdh6Px9T4leFFF8q9ZdOtUTGT8GBFTfz3TqsI/s1600-h/DSC00917.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_hb1is9pdgZu4h0GmCrv3RJrafrf6KLSRCNrmcarD_GGtcjd4j3fIkb24CSxBNJ6hq0L4oNnIV7R2cKVT7pTwRggOQecGovJcqkrUzmdh6Px9T4leFFF8q9ZdOtUTGT8GBFTfz3TqsI/s320/DSC00917.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270615930487335826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk-_8wSi5HPPvdGO3M9VRera-_O-g8P1QDnp9BbHa2TG3DDeNROzigT7We_2VAPgjNnrQZakq7l5Ea6tejubf76XUg8pl1mfVgYWm3n9mFP79VliMs68rD6bF4hPaP0QaLz-syy7pdeM/s1600-h/DSC00927.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk-_8wSi5HPPvdGO3M9VRera-_O-g8P1QDnp9BbHa2TG3DDeNROzigT7We_2VAPgjNnrQZakq7l5Ea6tejubf76XUg8pl1mfVgYWm3n9mFP79VliMs68rD6bF4hPaP0QaLz-syy7pdeM/s320/DSC00927.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270615931732064306" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-20808523186927317752008-10-05T06:40:00.000-07:002008-10-05T06:55:53.964-07:00Documents done....Well almost!So on Friday our dear sweet landlord took me and the kids back to the Household Registry Department. We had been there a week before to fill in documents and such to get Asia-Faith removed from the Household Registry in Taitung and moved to one here in Hsinchu...<br /><br />Anyway, there were a bunch more forms to fill out, but they were able to change her "birth" name to our family name and her new Chinese name...Mei Ya...and then they even asked if I wanted an English version of the document (for NT$ 150), so I said definitely, and then they said well for an extra NT$20 I can get 2 :) Although the English version will only be available in a weeks time...<br /><br />However I did get the Chinese version so we were able to head straight from the Household Registry Department to a travel agency (I was told by my landlord this is the way it is done, so who am I to question...), anyway, we went to the travel agency to apply for Asia-Faith's Taiwanese passport! That will be ready in about 2 weeks time (because of the Double Ten day coming up it will delay the paperwork a bit), but we will have her Taiwanese passport soon!!! Then after the travel agency...we headed to the Hospital, to the Health Insurance Department and were able to change her Medical card name to her "new" name (took about 10 minutes if that!), and they will send the new card in about a weeks time!!!<br /><br />Wow, I have to say...Taiwan is efficient!!!<br /><br />Our next step, once we have all these documents and passport in hand is to send it off to our South African liaison office and they will then start paperwork for her to become a South African citizen and get her South African passport!!! Although <span style="font-style: italic;">this</span> part of the journey could take a good few months!!!!<br /><br />Enjoy the pics.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is her new helmut...<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjnaH-1Hk8IOzUfRUPrVDadqm8mrDzYlLdAlFsBIun_dGdh-5ItzPZJbg9B6r6-1vUVoD-48cddZkDsATicJl4FqmGrWuesF-yJfBAfwsHz1T2F1kgBGKc4qaxNuZ-g_bxEQLBt0y_4g/s1600-h/September+2008+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjnaH-1Hk8IOzUfRUPrVDadqm8mrDzYlLdAlFsBIun_dGdh-5ItzPZJbg9B6r6-1vUVoD-48cddZkDsATicJl4FqmGrWuesF-yJfBAfwsHz1T2F1kgBGKc4qaxNuZ-g_bxEQLBt0y_4g/s320/September+2008+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253665229980241778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzycq4IdaZ3jhGb0GLIyvgMezj1DXzlkF2y0Kmr2CQPGZAxVCSQ_jdxdpFr9S-YRTVWr5PBx-m1q0jw_ewU9vMgqIW6ac7XZV2O0JzFxMOblePg7Y_uUNj3wp39WUhQmjo4q8v3wYUiFQ/s1600-h/September+2008+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzycq4IdaZ3jhGb0GLIyvgMezj1DXzlkF2y0Kmr2CQPGZAxVCSQ_jdxdpFr9S-YRTVWr5PBx-m1q0jw_ewU9vMgqIW6ac7XZV2O0JzFxMOblePg7Y_uUNj3wp39WUhQmjo4q8v3wYUiFQ/s320/September+2008+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253665237170205522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Our Fairy Princess in all her cuteness...<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgas4RIpMfgDGKv6EUaff2naFZ1HnneUkxXhZrwylLpFiCeOjGUf_qRMzLkfnXQ2Ru-w_jL_zbieQ_XJi0aYT9Jb8RmobTrzU_onsFK9dQ9lrVL2HAYNRog2UNLjtM6Jx9pKNMUjJollTs/s1600-h/September+2008+067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgas4RIpMfgDGKv6EUaff2naFZ1HnneUkxXhZrwylLpFiCeOjGUf_qRMzLkfnXQ2Ru-w_jL_zbieQ_XJi0aYT9Jb8RmobTrzU_onsFK9dQ9lrVL2HAYNRog2UNLjtM6Jx9pKNMUjJollTs/s320/September+2008+067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253665236640695490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhm7tOwIL64z_Khv_-yaFMrGl1MDoyM5WB0ZhFdUBb9FH8A_Mr34vyEMyScRyfe4xpYVUuNsqJ9dW7FFuB2-5MeD8-EtUED8FNJdbNxMYb7BFaEIn5gwn9Tc2_JuVF2rCFygDWIh3kQU/s1600-h/September+2008+072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhm7tOwIL64z_Khv_-yaFMrGl1MDoyM5WB0ZhFdUBb9FH8A_Mr34vyEMyScRyfe4xpYVUuNsqJ9dW7FFuB2-5MeD8-EtUED8FNJdbNxMYb7BFaEIn5gwn9Tc2_JuVF2rCFygDWIh3kQU/s320/September+2008+072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253665235171638818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGse_l7xWoOVHJn1jkadZAXMlM69BS13dLcHXp6rgPcDqaLTB0c3PFddFBkEIRMxSy1eHfLi5c5D583EwLSqU65wEC2Pj3R-VFa1y90vaDHjqpbOpFo_SEipQYkx6Z0HQNF1O0lp1qZg/s1600-h/September+2008+069.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGse_l7xWoOVHJn1jkadZAXMlM69BS13dLcHXp6rgPcDqaLTB0c3PFddFBkEIRMxSy1eHfLi5c5D583EwLSqU65wEC2Pj3R-VFa1y90vaDHjqpbOpFo_SEipQYkx6Z0HQNF1O0lp1qZg/s320/September+2008+069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253665240133215170" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-27947508647194233042008-09-03T00:41:00.000-07:002008-09-21T22:11:36.063-07:00WE HAVE OUR FINAL DECREE!!!!Did you hear me?????<br /><br />Asia-Faith is now officially, finally, without a question... OURS!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_i_ojZMEcNgeiTDdr_NbDn6yPUmm4_wlZkNbxWQdVJ6p3q9I_snirvEgTWpASSOY3hagc_aa0nJ1tNS6XqAmC_JMwnb_GJqJ5LGcMmPOnWS5yl_PUOUZELKfS1XeQ88rE9Syzl7CQH8/s1600-h/AsiaFaith+Announcement.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_i_ojZMEcNgeiTDdr_NbDn6yPUmm4_wlZkNbxWQdVJ6p3q9I_snirvEgTWpASSOY3hagc_aa0nJ1tNS6XqAmC_JMwnb_GJqJ5LGcMmPOnWS5yl_PUOUZELKfS1XeQ88rE9Syzl7CQH8/s320/AsiaFaith+Announcement.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248704024084796946" border="0" /></a><br />Jason called me at lunchtime to let me know our landlord in Yilan had called him to say some documents had arrived yesterday and she was forwarding them on to us in Hsinchu.<br /><br />I called Deana (http://mlchome.org) to let her know that I should be receiving them at least by Friday....and then shortly after that our new landlord knocked on my door with some mail for us...I immediately opened it up and since it was in Chinese asked her to read it for me...just to make sure it was the final decree and not a letter saying they need more info...and true enough...IT IS OUR FINAL DECREE!!!<br /><br />So one year, 6 months, 2 weeks and 3 days later...she is ours, although she has always been ours in our hearts and in our minds...but it is just great to know that legally, on paper, she is ours!<br /><br />The paper chase is not yet over....there are still a few things to be done, such as remove her from her current household registry, apply for her Taiwanese passport, and then apply for South African citizenship and passport....let the fun begin!Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-89382078463969153582008-08-13T19:23:00.000-07:002008-10-05T04:57:34.611-07:00For Doodlebug ~ 3 April 2008 - 8 August 2008Well, on Friday, 8 August...we had to say goodbye to Doodlebug...he is now with his forever family...<br /><br />It was a very sad day, well, actually a sad week, for our family as we had all grown very attached to him.<br /><br />It was the first time I had been a foster mom, and honestly, I don't know if I could do it again.<br /><br />For 4 months I rocked him to sleep, sang to him, tended to him as if he were my own, loved him as if he were my own, and tried to protect my heart...but before long he had crept in and now I know he will always have a special little place.<br /><br />Our family still miss him lots, I miss his warm little body in my bed next to me (where he used to sleep), I finish doing dishes and think to myself I need to get Doodlebug's bottles ready for the night...only to remember he is no longer here...he was such a tiny little boy, but he has left such a big void....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">~* For Doodlebug *~<br /><br />I knew from the start this day would come,<br />And I thought I’d be prepared to send you on<br />I never knew it would be so hard,<br />You see, you have crept into our hearts.<br /><br />Your beautiful smile, your precious grin,<br />The void you are leaving you can’t even imagine<br />I would do it all again, you bet I would,<br />For the memories you have left us are so very good!<br /><br />Now my precious Doodlebug,<br />We need to send you on,<br />But please remember we love you,<br />And forever stay strong!<br /><br />~* Starr *~<br />08/08/08<br /><br /><br /><br />~* Follow Your Path *~<br /><br />As I sit here holding you,<br />Tears streaming down my face<br />You are smiling and gurgling,<br />Oblivious to the changing pace<br /><br />Your are a delight and a joy,<br />And you are one special boy<br />Filled with love and laughter,<br />Your memory will linger long after<br />Your journey with us has come to an end,<br />But your life is just beginning my little friend<br />You have a new path, Follow it well<br />Maybe one day our paths will cross, who can tell?<br /><br />~* Starr *~<br />08/08/08<br /><br /><p style="visibility: visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-d3.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" style="width: 426px; 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CAN YOU HEAR ME SHOUTING FROM TAIWAN???<br /><br />This afternoon a mailman arrived with two envelopes that I had to sign for....<br /><br />I knew it could ONLY be something about the adoption!<br /><br />I opened them up and it was 4 pages long...all in Chinese!!! It did have our names and Asia-Faith's birth date on them, so I knew it had to be something regarding the adoption.<br /><br />I quickly called Deana (mlchome.org), and she told me to scan and email them to her....and then I waited....<br /><br />Finally a little later in the afternoon I got a call back from Deana to say......it is the first part of our Final Decree!!!!<br /><br />I cannot believe it....we are almost at the finish line.....<br /><br />Basically what this means is....<br /><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FIRST RULING (Part 1 of first decree)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Once the District Court hearing has been completed and the judge has had time to make a decision to finalize the adoption, he/she issues the first part of the Final Decree.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is a short statement signed by the judge that is forwarded to the parties involved (social services organization on behalf of the adoptive family and the birth family) notifying everyone of his/her decision to finalize the adoption. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This first part of the Final Decree must go to each party and there is a waiting period of 10 days before any more can happen to ensure everyone has been notified of the judge's decision. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The First Ruling generally comes about a month after the Hearing.</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">although in our case it has been 8 months...buy hey, who's counting!) LOL</span><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span>So the document was dated 24th July...so hopefully they count the 10 days from that date and not the date that we signed for the document....(wishful thinking?)...<br /><br />After the 10 day waiting period is up, the second part of the Final Decree is forwarded to all parties. When the second part of the decree is received....the court process is DONE!!!<br /><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span>Then the last process will be to have her name removed from the Household registry<br /><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;">The household registration is a file located at local government offices in Taiwan that contains certificates and information about each person in Taiwan.<br /><br />The child's household registration is attached to his/her guardian's file until the adoption has been finalized by the Taiwan courts.<br /><br />Once the child has been legally adopted in Taiwan, you file with the government office to remove the file from the guardian and create a new file showing that the adoptive parent(s) are the new legal guardians.<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span>Anyway, we are just sooooo excited right now....I had to call Jason right away, as he is already living in Hsinchu to give him the great news - and he was so excited and couldn't wait to go and tell all his work colleagues!<br /><br />The boys kept shouting "She is ours!", too precious...and then Asia-Faith was running around saying "I am Asia-Faith MeiYa Tonkin" ~ Got to love them!!!<br /><br />Now just to get through these next few days!!!!!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sorry, for some reason I can't upload pics today...will try again tomorrow:(</span>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-26911504936879993062008-07-24T07:07:00.000-07:002008-08-31T17:04:07.760-07:00Still waiting for final decree...and moving west!Well, the documents that we needed to sign arrived on Monday morning (21 July), and Jason and I signed them and sent them back off in the mail, and Deana (http://mlchome.org) called on Tuesday to say she received them and had taken them to the courts!<br /><br />So now we wait, again,.......hopefully we will get our final decree SOON!!!!!<br /><br />On another note...we are moving again!<br /><br />This time we are heading to the west of the island to a place called Hsinchu - also known as the "windy city"! So from the wettest part of the island to the windiest!<br /><br />Jason will be leaving on Sunday, and then he will look for an apartment for us, and then myself and the kids will probably move across around August - fun times ahead!<br /><br />Enjoy the pics...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5l-m75DfWRjhxQA-3DrPQYppyJRJ3RoT861u7y_6rAUxR_2v7q1-t95MnKR0wIAEQU6XAFgb521j1dGLlitNymTRaM7zIRqxu2i4F9oVZnmA5MMhtLgrLi3R-a6HKcSItB_KkRj-0_yY/s1600-h/15+July+2008+054.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5l-m75DfWRjhxQA-3DrPQYppyJRJ3RoT861u7y_6rAUxR_2v7q1-t95MnKR0wIAEQU6XAFgb521j1dGLlitNymTRaM7zIRqxu2i4F9oVZnmA5MMhtLgrLi3R-a6HKcSItB_KkRj-0_yY/s320/15+July+2008+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226589435601283458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuUGFeUW_LLMNyPvByp8xA63i2gmhF6AuZLtEt6O2V6LPM5yD_NbrYF44BiUNJMv5q0CtrGwW9kQVFpJM9PXN6Ksr9VjjDt-5EIJo0klZS2dVqWii4-yIYw9enfORGsZveR8S7D0u3XE/s1600-h/15+July+2008+062.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNT8d81ri5xfPcbr1gyU8NEkQyhsFddFs8FhFSVNS5TNPZ_pDuU876Hrcs65rWyxyjt8JdZ0w9bx_OhsIEpy3gmMrseavhIu8Zyn3fIQFE3jDdfp2CxCIJT4aUAfFzDi8oQ1YypyrJvU/s320/3+July+2008+130.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226592661270882130" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-11592759596662476772008-06-25T03:54:00.000-07:002008-06-25T04:20:08.046-07:00Finally we are moving forward!!!!I got a call from Deana today (Morning Light Children's Home), to tell me there were some documents that needed our Chinese names and signatures on so she will be sending them off to us in the mail tomorrow (Thursday)!<br /><br />This is looks like the final step to our final decree!!!<br /><br />We are so happy that it looks like we are getting closer to the finish line!<br /><br />Well, this month of June marks the 2nd anniversary of us living in Taiwan!<br /><br />If you would like a walk down memory lane with the Tonkin Tribe...go take a look at <a href="http://tonkin-tribe.blogspot.com/">http://tonkin-tribe.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Enjoy the pics....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Having a bad hair day....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBPk3xHDzZi-Fy_gzR3vzogHvTLDdmyNqAn_Hrv7cOi31EMkVf_Z0gObgDTjZIC9liM_xM6yRDYDhGRPE26Jb4d7dakjF-WfakeTF1s4uZPKztK2UqIfZX5wka16SHpozt-tmFnUGKWk/s1600-h/Picture+012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBPk3xHDzZi-Fy_gzR3vzogHvTLDdmyNqAn_Hrv7cOi31EMkVf_Z0gObgDTjZIC9liM_xM6yRDYDhGRPE26Jb4d7dakjF-WfakeTF1s4uZPKztK2UqIfZX5wka16SHpozt-tmFnUGKWk/s320/Picture+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215776317652364898" border="0" /></a><br />Looking pretty.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ENnyj8hMhD12xmODST4t29yaVzFrBKFkFm-cM-kniKFxhYPfSpnvpgfxnxDTsDvJo8T-hTgpByPoK3O4xBwfuKj-bCa2m-JDurGMRiPpwzaGTjwph80SelCSEAyYbc3BW1a5HA5Hrxs/s1600-h/Picture+015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ENnyj8hMhD12xmODST4t29yaVzFrBKFkFm-cM-kniKFxhYPfSpnvpgfxnxDTsDvJo8T-hTgpByPoK3O4xBwfuKj-bCa2m-JDurGMRiPpwzaGTjwph80SelCSEAyYbc3BW1a5HA5Hrxs/s320/Picture+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215776322909096930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The boys had their hair cut....they were SO excited to get mohawks!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0oM_M_FoYq4WXJqb33AglAoMVLzKUJ2nYhrEYPHZGrOiD_dH18IycI2pagmVBUxNGz_swHPb6muGGbHCh238de0cj8r5X0k2_2TLaRpj8oQkT2911daxlutbT7bfGG06Mhyphenhyphen-Sm4PyPU/s1600-h/16+06+2008++Boys+haircut+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYteBoBopuMKqbceNaCpl67DOx5Pty7gDSiJus4j61uJdYD21jGtpfJheNzATjC4RPG5us2eO3Fvamh5PQIsZKGBPgHpu5vMrlvUDuVKbNFNNxEsUT7v6MCRdyfOCREJnAoHrCHiQwPa8/s320/Picture+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213102687191322162" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-71297119508401342602008-05-13T22:10:00.001-07:002008-05-14T03:50:31.645-07:00Asia-Faith......our Rock Star!!!Here are a few videos of Asia-Faith taken last month....she loves to sing and dance - she is part Ami (an aborigine tribe in Taiwan, and they are known for their singing and dancing)..... and did I mention that she loves music???<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw9yiCw4TVFLSn6a68N54VyzPHkq4bpe2mdVYiq916MbzYuywZ4B8RR1h-idwUNI0EIJ37Wn9_2Vj7hTa84pA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzzS35k_uQFLRiC03Voz3BdEvirJlUSKomyQrQSxzxaZ96UyDlwtF3rAtzEmPPkwzLEuK46Ym09RkIm8KUbAw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Just a little info about Ami:<br /><p style="font-style: italic;"> <b>Ami</b><br />The Ami, with a population of 123,000--the largest of all of Taiwan's aborigine tribes--are mainly plains dwellers, living in the valleys and coastal plains of eastern Taiwan. The Ami are divided into five groups based on geography, custom, and language.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;"> The Ami began to use oxen in cultivating paddies relatively early. Fishing is an important part of their economy, but hunting is now solely recreational. In Ami society, kinship is matrilineal, but men's clubs are well organized. Ami villages are relatively large, each with a population of between 200 and more than 1,000. The Ami are the only aboriginal tribe on the island of Taiwan to practice the art of pottery making.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;"> The Ami harvest festivals have evolved from warrior training. Nowadays sports, symbolic fishing in the open seas, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">singing and dancing are observed throughout the villages in a series of celebrations in July and August.</span></p> <h2 style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="mw-headline">Other information</span></span></h2> <p style="font-style: italic;">Family affairs including finance of the family are decided by the female householder, in the Ami tradition. Not many people may have seen the Ami, but many people may have heard the Ami. The musical project <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_%28musical_project%29" title="Enigma (musical project)">Enigma</a> used an Ami <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant" title="Chant">chant</a> in their song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Innocence" title="Return to Innocence">Return to Innocence</a>" in their second album, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cross_of_Changes" title="The Cross of Changes">The Cross of Changes</a>. This song was the theme song of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996 Atlanta Olympics</a>. The main chorus of it was sung by Difang (Chinese name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuo_Ying-nan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuo Ying-nan">Kuo Ying-nan</a>) and his wife, Igay (Chinese name Kuo Hsiu-chu), part of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwanese</a> aboriginal cultural performance group. An unauthorized recording was made while they were on tour.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">Famous people of Ami ancestry include baseball player <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin-hui_Tsao" title="Chin-hui Tsao">Chin-hui Tsao</a>, and singers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Chen-yue" title="Chang Chen-yue">Chang Chen-yue</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_%28Taiwanese_singer%29" title="Tank (Taiwanese singer)">Tank</a>.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">The most important traditional ceremony is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvest Festival">Harvest Festival</a>. The Ami's Harvest festival is to show the people's thanks and appreciations to the gods and to pray for harvest in the next coming year. It takes place every July to September</p>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-57543715126321091792008-03-22T07:28:00.000-07:002008-03-26T07:40:04.590-07:00Shower time...Last time she was in the bath....now she is in the shower (or should I say the bucket!) LOL<br /><br />Enjoy the pics.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQxvQ9Ul58zvNz0Ae0evaKTVlnrs94b1ZgQTf4T6EAVYQH5ykx_eQPKmaumqpfV6XXw1OlU6-qXr8TE53p6kqOn4taWF2gmrgxQElzKkZZAvqEuqa-LXNeVaXOOBD3z-4T8EAAZMTYAQ/s1600-h/CHINESE+GARDENS+331.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQxvQ9Ul58zvNz0Ae0evaKTVlnrs94b1ZgQTf4T6EAVYQH5ykx_eQPKmaumqpfV6XXw1OlU6-qXr8TE53p6kqOn4taWF2gmrgxQElzKkZZAvqEuqa-LXNeVaXOOBD3z-4T8EAAZMTYAQ/s320/CHINESE+GARDENS+331.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182059987413880754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0vOgAQOQyhJ9HknJ7mVB_GLucDeoixFWdy9LBDbgFV2dkGSYYVRcdXQCS3QEYVRGd20X-QN3gFFTOq3O-YCg4PSylWw5-F2G9CwCKlN_x3Lfaa4ZC7dMVMB95Ff1me3RE-Yr6_hP6vc/s1600-h/CHINESE+GARDENS+334.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0vOgAQOQyhJ9HknJ7mVB_GLucDeoixFWdy9LBDbgFV2dkGSYYVRcdXQCS3QEYVRGd20X-QN3gFFTOq3O-YCg4PSylWw5-F2G9CwCKlN_x3Lfaa4ZC7dMVMB95Ff1me3RE-Yr6_hP6vc/s320/CHINESE+GARDENS+334.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182059991708848066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9FsgzLzqIJl-pVVV0RLxkNelVlPqJKT12DUC20Oo3WN6rAr1MotX4SMXGvn5ZWbEBkVvAEqQgtztOBrrVhcC9Wdvp6X4GfO2Aqc1DntS90PQzpovOumSQxDRIUOEpWG0u7kMF6tc2L8/s1600-h/CHINESE+GARDENS+333.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9FsgzLzqIJl-pVVV0RLxkNelVlPqJKT12DUC20Oo3WN6rAr1MotX4SMXGvn5ZWbEBkVvAEqQgtztOBrrVhcC9Wdvp6X4GfO2Aqc1DntS90PQzpovOumSQxDRIUOEpWG0u7kMF6tc2L8/s320/CHINESE+GARDENS+333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182059996003815378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCeBZytjHTHaKDWdHtRBMAfLknZR6HtORHm8OPWJ04dqotbbry12qgwgaS1fEtFgr5SCohjjrC-IhnkR1g_E9j4LNlXMC9It9HLzS2tTJs8Gwq-dF_INYc_fo2Yy-UL_jHnNcSCswIMg/s1600-h/CHINESE+GARDENS+339.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCeBZytjHTHaKDWdHtRBMAfLknZR6HtORHm8OPWJ04dqotbbry12qgwgaS1fEtFgr5SCohjjrC-IhnkR1g_E9j4LNlXMC9It9HLzS2tTJs8Gwq-dF_INYc_fo2Yy-UL_jHnNcSCswIMg/s320/CHINESE+GARDENS+339.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182060000298782690" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-4445072750349444732008-03-20T07:08:00.000-07:002008-03-26T07:26:46.610-07:00Outing to a kindy....Our friends Thomas and Wendy go to her brother's kindy once a week in Suao and they invited us along for the ride. The kids had a great time....<br /><br />Enjoy the pics...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1D_OijlC3M5PNWBU_0tptzUQJHudopY1YjqzEm1ONaB-ImWu1guNc9mpa86OrmW3gCtGc4dffPSyhzczxPUCVHKBLdoBcAV5NFIXmgZK0uWwlcr4EEqVndNC9ItzwirGkYxGCnV5GLU/s1600-h/CHINESE+GARDENS+106.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1D_OijlC3M5PNWBU_0tptzUQJHudopY1YjqzEm1ONaB-ImWu1guNc9mpa86OrmW3gCtGc4dffPSyhzczxPUCVHKBLdoBcAV5NFIXmgZK0uWwlcr4EEqVndNC9ItzwirGkYxGCnV5GLU/s320/CHINESE+GARDENS+106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182055885720112994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiegnKjs11YvBBlDUXhPLaP3g8h6Pvb5vJg6nlg_OehYKCIQBzmJZSc-WBlqa25CFNYCYQkMDUj3F2QIXDvuekZwRh9OorRse4Un00SLGbAU4GUcAdOkv_GV5gdL00mjfRxqhiLcS0fSQ/s1600-h/CHINESE+GARDENS+105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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And then she stood up and walked in them.....it was too late to take them away from her - she loves them...fortunately the sales lady saw the look of horror on my face, and so she showed me that the "squeak" is removable! (Thank goodnes!) LOL<br /><br />Take a look...aren't they gorgeous???<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDw_4drvR1z9IXVjnR9aaWPZ5Fo_47dLWe-UUw44wt5kiQBqqm8dTO-E7YumlUM9d-YcGT12FpfOtTMBwUztZvi9VYi5ZPrDw6xrmPuOrLDUmSugsJ3oeJZhXp4r7ZiGprtPu1mNBBbs/s1600-h/CHINESE+GARDENS+074.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDw_4drvR1z9IXVjnR9aaWPZ5Fo_47dLWe-UUw44wt5kiQBqqm8dTO-E7YumlUM9d-YcGT12FpfOtTMBwUztZvi9VYi5ZPrDw6xrmPuOrLDUmSugsJ3oeJZhXp4r7ZiGprtPu1mNBBbs/s320/CHINESE+GARDENS+074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182045247086120706" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-45805737487363583742008-02-28T06:09:00.000-08:002008-03-26T06:29:47.218-07:00Bathtime...Having fun in the bath...<br /><br />Enjoy the pics...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWXMHGcL7mJHuOXDhK7U5EXUYMWH3yGag4gdTco3o8qa14LcMpakK0JHWhIgjElb0yPndbcuRRmwHyWaPTIcN2Le5oaEeQSmwj6HBYt-8Wnu8hNm2ooZjYtCH64mFGTaD1k4OpRPmlgU/s1600-h/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+418.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXQSgBesnZKMD6Jlb9TldPDFG31EZvTUF30-F7Df4r-lVu0bealm6F7TgmKuSr-nxLKhUlXGcP-a4yW3FK54y1iMPdeWQuNXsnw6ewFOVcyfPTaNXQFLAmt25kXZyXNui2s4iLEq9eGc/s320/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+433.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182041098147712754" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-89036235301141352202008-02-25T03:23:00.001-08:002008-02-25T04:21:11.618-08:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!Asia-Faith is 3 years old today!<br /><br />She slept in this morning, so we woke her up singing "Happy Birthday" in English and Chinese.<br /><br />The boys helped her open up her presents, and then helped her play with them:O)<br /><br />We actually had no rain today for a change, so we met up with Kim, Sheldon and Clarice at the park and had a little party. Asia-Faith had a blast, all the kids did, you could tell by dirty faces and clothes!!! LOL<br /><br />Still no news about our final decree.....if anything this adoption is teaching me patience! LOL<br /><br />Enjoy the pics....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Llk9xPf8gShS-0qH0pTWvPo6kWHK64_3U2E4QUKb9ZVrW20aMSATDeaDldKfOv0BlxbPFml_8pRonU8NXhQ4ESnoxjpjGJvu5LW9Ly1PFoU2Oaksr3d4sBvLt_GevRgZxs3YkmtXpXQ/s1600-h/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+368.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Llk9xPf8gShS-0qH0pTWvPo6kWHK64_3U2E4QUKb9ZVrW20aMSATDeaDldKfOv0BlxbPFml_8pRonU8NXhQ4ESnoxjpjGJvu5LW9Ly1PFoU2Oaksr3d4sBvLt_GevRgZxs3YkmtXpXQ/s320/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+368.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170881177213401394" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVMpWM38WlW9r2e3334Ybe_hwlWkByrysyjspD7UE9pxS1avmvALDOWYVLZ4s_8NxMsTLOnaGufvsk4UF3SnCibAJUQIBSExqET3cFlQCIMQ3LY8EYeQYNstKfj88WEJczOxQMWqVSyI/s1600-h/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+372.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOw8kG26qjkSvqEkLRbBRgMkX9rfFrAhwhVOfmeO_-dI4CJiyJuLi1g_8VLuDqLQqih2zJqZIEF3K3J2baml2iF-YgRv0A1Aw1CECIiM_XK-6y8uF587PG2G_lIk7_gKyqgXQ6NCJVuE/s320/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170885214482659778" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-40367141223417978622008-02-17T14:30:00.000-08:002008-02-17T00:58:18.608-08:001st Forever Family Day Anniversary!!!!Woohoo!!!!<br /><br />Today, 1 year ago, we brought our beautiful little Fairy Princess home.<br /><br />It has been an amazing year, watching her grow, learning to speak, getting into squabbles with her brothers, becoming an independent little person, warm hugs, soft kisses, painting nails, buying pink, dancing, singing, drawing, having "tea", holding my hand, putting "pretties" in her hair, and hearing those precious words "I love you mommy"!<br /><br />We are still waiting for our final decree, but we believe it will be here any day now....so we wait and pray (not so patiently though)! LOL<br /><br />You can read more about our Forever Family Day here:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">http://adoptingasia-faith.blogspot.com/2007/09/forever-family-day17-february-2007.html</span><br /><br />Enjoy the pics.....<br /><div style="text-align: center;">THEN.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WhiX9TiYxmmY9EMOQ5ibt7_pzRTOp4FHew0etE0qhQUKURy-TmGg9WI3SYPmQbVsRkuQvP8x7yGChVDBCGugcxQcImTczUzlJDUfDCUvopHd4YFrGe65xhstEdwFt306_VR-p14CYIo/s1600-h/17+February+2007+Chinese+New+Year%27s+Eve+035.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WhiX9TiYxmmY9EMOQ5ibt7_pzRTOp4FHew0etE0qhQUKURy-TmGg9WI3SYPmQbVsRkuQvP8x7yGChVDBCGugcxQcImTczUzlJDUfDCUvopHd4YFrGe65xhstEdwFt306_VR-p14CYIo/s320/17+February+2007+Chinese+New+Year%27s+Eve+035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167866831726114866" border="0" /></a><br />NOW.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFy40m5-ifTmxSFDn6WJnFMP0e3fV4H0ve0RL2B5Z_R3QP9XmeJoTqNJNPBnAHOnDLcdXupxaERrCptuSMDWKHZgEYVJx5GhIGvsGl9C1SNzGoj0XdPsFuJf04B-NISMcGponf13nHeI/s1600-h/Christmas+and+Scrapbooking+138.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFy40m5-ifTmxSFDn6WJnFMP0e3fV4H0ve0RL2B5Z_R3QP9XmeJoTqNJNPBnAHOnDLcdXupxaERrCptuSMDWKHZgEYVJx5GhIGvsGl9C1SNzGoj0XdPsFuJf04B-NISMcGponf13nHeI/s320/Christmas+and+Scrapbooking+138.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167866831726114850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYvc-R-pJm8afAgKes1Zh_MIseqHdoqyuZMUa0RkKS_TVJflOkLbNepiMzkL73Nxu1lDMGKjtjwlMRHZ4ojCOb14sjSEB4uPnoDpY9J5XfzXuKWoiNYny-g2c5in7Rt2rH2Fm_677b50/s1600-h/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+169.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYvc-R-pJm8afAgKes1Zh_MIseqHdoqyuZMUa0RkKS_TVJflOkLbNepiMzkL73Nxu1lDMGKjtjwlMRHZ4ojCOb14sjSEB4uPnoDpY9J5XfzXuKWoiNYny-g2c5in7Rt2rH2Fm_677b50/s320/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+169.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167842616700499810" border="0" /></a>Asia-Faith and Dora<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiW4b4KGtALxrzASYawOsmHF6U-rUx4H3Igt683NdKQfZYc2kWSQHwyg1t1lhMVkUZPWcohFg96AR45Q1KeHI8ZcA1CqITUX3oSYQJnPcpJKdIo4x1FP4PX05ycyeszzw_6QYIukyEzM/s1600-h/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+185.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiW4b4KGtALxrzASYawOsmHF6U-rUx4H3Igt683NdKQfZYc2kWSQHwyg1t1lhMVkUZPWcohFg96AR45Q1KeHI8ZcA1CqITUX3oSYQJnPcpJKdIo4x1FP4PX05ycyeszzw_6QYIukyEzM/s320/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167842629585401730" border="0" /></a><br />This is how she likes to sleep - with her thumb in her mouth, and a hand on the zip of either her pillow or her pillow-case...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CKdzB59vGlFM779sIN2Vh-HcTj9aZl4dWAsXvAA6QNgUU0sM-khzJqSu0ItP3NFqGec8Cg7H1wyoGk8NWzgBBeTTFsoKXetkkX6QFJXMPVVRGVuUIAhprdnaG2wctpuOxHuLJ_LsYS0/s1600-h/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+326.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CKdzB59vGlFM779sIN2Vh-HcTj9aZl4dWAsXvAA6QNgUU0sM-khzJqSu0ItP3NFqGec8Cg7H1wyoGk8NWzgBBeTTFsoKXetkkX6QFJXMPVVRGVuUIAhprdnaG2wctpuOxHuLJ_LsYS0/s320/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+326.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167842633880369042" border="0" /></a><br />Falling asleep....too precious<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsjRsAKJHdAVegXZhCDAaVeDu1Io3RcLSClIQm2S8O6OZpGp47fbeeguf2Aa9AFdIW-besq9mIrZyt1CecMzUs9s8xtUEunlwtFsPduM1iEV_6rgggOGZIi0OAsoxN_XvyPY_7FFxJm4/s1600-h/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+328.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsjRsAKJHdAVegXZhCDAaVeDu1Io3RcLSClIQm2S8O6OZpGp47fbeeguf2Aa9AFdIW-besq9mIrZyt1CecMzUs9s8xtUEunlwtFsPduM1iEV_6rgggOGZIi0OAsoxN_XvyPY_7FFxJm4/s320/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+328.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167861136599480242" border="0" /></a><br />Feeding the goats...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuC0aJ_sYYzQ63EqH5yF8pq21Uk7vpLsaSQUNATfIsaa7G3hhUKo230S0Wls7lbAEMMUQoDJkIRZiSjirZ4BEKonjspismaG3-Q0lcAoeKTjYiy6PnBGWysH2Q3m3scq5rqmmE0_iJOw/s1600-h/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+229.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuC0aJ_sYYzQ63EqH5yF8pq21Uk7vpLsaSQUNATfIsaa7G3hhUKo230S0Wls7lbAEMMUQoDJkIRZiSjirZ4BEKonjspismaG3-Q0lcAoeKTjYiy6PnBGWysH2Q3m3scq5rqmmE0_iJOw/s320/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+229.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167861145189414850" border="0" /></a><br />Wearing her brothers undies....don't quite know what was going on inside that little head of hers...maybe she was wanting to be Superman!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhcI1lU4Vte6wpfHYBm3Wh0BPlwvHhgFiG7vQYjQgZOfm0fpYzUR7bEa-nd1gpwbhUY2tP0tZE0oN1shVZ1mCJpX0Y0Nn2HIZAIuJzQ3v-WsG5FAbddH8w103fv9bnb9xYIYnpsMCsmc/s1600-h/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+288.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhcI1lU4Vte6wpfHYBm3Wh0BPlwvHhgFiG7vQYjQgZOfm0fpYzUR7bEa-nd1gpwbhUY2tP0tZE0oN1shVZ1mCJpX0Y0Nn2HIZAIuJzQ3v-WsG5FAbddH8w103fv9bnb9xYIYnpsMCsmc/s320/CHINESE+NEW+YEAR+288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167861149484382162" border="0" /></a><br />Having a bad hair day....<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzYGw1wKEsNDqzXPAC27Hkuy_sNgpx1pDYhOa1FaIQIk8IE3ug9X1-Hs8zyN7C7jkW45rQzqpvcT_66KkrglwQayq_ilIVmliySc0W9vdQY84TouI4zHkQfVbg89R0XoNLJMJwrb-5Dg/s1600-h/Various+Jan+2008+168.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzYGw1wKEsNDqzXPAC27Hkuy_sNgpx1pDYhOa1FaIQIk8IE3ug9X1-Hs8zyN7C7jkW45rQzqpvcT_66KkrglwQayq_ilIVmliySc0W9vdQY84TouI4zHkQfVbg89R0XoNLJMJwrb-5Dg/s320/Various+Jan+2008+168.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167861158074316786" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Asia-Faith and Kitty...taking their morning nap<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnk_wJNL1BGCOj4ALWkCAsgnhS-0JHedaqoEGWALfvfRjkIiASmloLz-IVmcPuNcxFg__TcWf5Td3hwlwtyQEOLhT27ronvlqjdib5DDMNdhSr-kdPhoWf1xkVdwnBqLYdUnq3Q6H_Bj4/s1600-h/Various+Jan+2008+184.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnk_wJNL1BGCOj4ALWkCAsgnhS-0JHedaqoEGWALfvfRjkIiASmloLz-IVmcPuNcxFg__TcWf5Td3hwlwtyQEOLhT27ronvlqjdib5DDMNdhSr-kdPhoWf1xkVdwnBqLYdUnq3Q6H_Bj4/s320/Various+Jan+2008+184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167866818841212930" border="0" /></a><br />Having fun at the park<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WUqg8Ry4hFFMuARNtmR2k09mDnxGwgb0TJ_47VfbeeGM7LWal6DY7w3HyMb1jAPT4wVDQsSq3oDeJmUYdV6eEzdVSAPafh-RcqKwCoKO9cHzNxzfImolhQEUMT8rFDgeGS7kuFC0K3Q/s1600-h/Various+Jan+2008+292.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WUqg8Ry4hFFMuARNtmR2k09mDnxGwgb0TJ_47VfbeeGM7LWal6DY7w3HyMb1jAPT4wVDQsSq3oDeJmUYdV6eEzdVSAPafh-RcqKwCoKO9cHzNxzfImolhQEUMT8rFDgeGS7kuFC0K3Q/s320/Various+Jan+2008+292.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167866823136180242" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-50021900870502068022008-02-07T21:21:00.000-08:002008-02-06T21:33:16.231-08:00Chinese New Year Festivities, Yilan Sports Park, TaiwanWe took the kids to the sports park to celebrate the Lunar New Year.<br /><br />The kids all had a sleep before, and we headed down the park at around 11pm - we wanted to be there for the countdown....<br /><br />The park looked beautiful with all the trees decorated with lights and lanterns - very beautiful!<br /><br />At midnight they had an awesome fireworks display, with coloured dancing water too - lovely!<br /><br />They of course also had the dragon dancing and various other activites going on too.<br /><br />When we were leaving we noticed there was a very long queue and we weren't sure what everyone was waiting in line for, then we found out hong bao were being handed out (envelopes with "lucky" money - in this case NT$10, but it was also a scratch and win card too - not to sure what you win - we have to get someone to translate the card for us), anyway, we were not too keen to stand in the queue that went on for ever... so Tiffany (our nephew's girlfriend who has been living here in Taiwan now for a few months), decided to befriend some friendly people in the front of the queue and when it came time to receive her hong bao - she asked for 4!!!! Only Tiffany could do this and get away with it....then again we thought that they probably were not going to say no to a blonde foreigner!!! LOL<br /><br />It was really great to experience another Lunar New Year here in Taiwan.... Last New Year (February 18), we had just brought Asia-Faith home.....so next week is our 1 year Forever Family day:O)<br /><br />Enjoy the pics.....<br /><br />Xin Nian Kuai Le!<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-41.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=504403158292490305&site=widget-41.slide.com" style="width: 400px; height: 320px;" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width: 400px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=504403158292490305&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-41.slide.com/p1/504403158292490305/bb_t013_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=504403158292490305&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-41.slide.com/p2/504403158292490305/bb_t013_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a></div></div>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-64467422279358314872008-02-06T08:05:00.000-08:002008-02-06T21:34:35.135-08:00Happy Chinese New Year<p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" align="center"><img src="http://www.jackiechankids.com/images_4/xin_nian_kuai_le.gif" height="96" width="349" /></p><br /><p style="font-family: verdana;" align="center"><img src="http://www.jackiechankids.com/images_4/Happy_New_Year_pinyin.gif" height="36" width="384" /></p><br /><br /><center><embed src="http://img.123greetings.com/loaders/dynaloaderm_550x350.swf?ldrName=http://img.123greetings.com/eventsnew/ejan_chinese_celebrations/8658-007_ldr.swf&crdName=http://img.123greetings.com/eventsnew/ejan_chinese_celebrations/8658-007-10-1027.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="" menu="false" wmode="Transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" height="350" width="550"></embed><br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival. It starts at the beginning of Spring. It is one of the three most important Chinese festivals.<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.</span></div><p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Chinese use a lunar calendar, therefore the date of the Spring Festival changes each year. It takes place at some time during the end of January or the beginning of February.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">This year it falls on February 7, 2008 and is the Year of the Rat. </span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">People born in the Year of the Rat are said to be charming, hard-working, passionate, and practical.</span></div><p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Chinese calendar has a 12 year cycle and each year is named after an animal. People born in each of these years are said to have certain characteristics.<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">T</span><span style="font-size:85%;">he origin of the New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years, involving a series of colorful legends and traditions. One of the most famous legends is Nian, an extremely cruel and ferocious beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Year's Eve. To keep Nian away, red-paper couplets are pasted on doors, torches are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout the night, because Nian is said to fear the color red, the light of fire, and loud noises. Early the next morning, as feelings of triumph and renewal fill the air at successfully keeping Nian away for another year, the most popular greeting heard is <i> gong si</i> (congratulations).</span><br /> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">To prepare for the New Year, Chinese clean their houses (it is believed the cleaning sweeps away bad luck). They also repay any money they owe, buy new clothes, and may even </span><span style="font-size:85%;">get their hair cut</span><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">They decorate their houses with with red paper deocorations (spring couplets) and signs that wish peace and luck for the coming year.</span></p><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Spring couplets are paper scrolls and squares inscribed with blessings and auspicious words, such as "good fortune," "wealth," "longevity," and "springtime." The paper squares are usually pasted upside down, because the Mandarin word for "upside down," <i>dao</i>, is a homonym of the word "arrival." Thus, the paper squares represent the "arrival" of spring and the "coming" of prosperous times.</span></p><div face="verdana" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">On New Year's Eve </span><span style="font-size:85%;">family members who are no longer living at home make a special effort to return home for reunion and share a big family dinner. Special foods are served such as hot pot, dumplings or fish. After dinner the adults give the children </span><i> hong bao (</i><span style="font-size:85%;">red envelopes containing lucky money), and </span><span style="font-size:85%;">they also try to stay up all night to welcome the New Year, as it was long believed that by doing so on New Year's Eve, their parents would live a longer life.</span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Some families even hold religious ceremonies after midnight to welcome the God of the New Year into their homes, a</span><span style="font-size:85%;">nd set off fireworks to scare away evil spirits.</span></div><p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">One of the first things to be done on New Year's morning, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">is offering ritual homage to one's ancestors. Reverence is then paid to the gods, followed by younger family members paying their respects to their living elders. New clothes are worn, and visits are made to friends, neighbors, and relatives to exchange good wishes of <i> gong xi fa cai</i> (which means "congratulations and prosperity"). As an occasion for reconciliation, it's a time when old grudges are cast aside amidst an atmosphere of warmth and friendliness.</span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" >T</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" >he second day of the New Year Festival is the day that married daughters return to their parents' home. If she is a newlywed, her husband must accompany her and bring gifts for her family.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" >Certain negative superstitions and taboos at this time have never quite lost their force. For example, people believe it is unlucky to sweep the floor during the first five days of the Lunar New Year, because one might accidentally sweep one's good luck and wealth out of the house.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" >Bad language and talk of death are severely frowned upon. If a dish is broken, it is vital to say <i> suei suei ping an</i> (which means "peace throughout the year") as quickly as possible.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" >Joss sticks and altar candles must be kept burning day and night to encourage longevity; and in some households, knives and scissors are put away so that no one will accidentally cut the "thread of good luck" in the year to come.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" >A</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" > few of these superstitions and rituals have a spiritual aspect to them. At the stroke of midnight, the doors to the temples are thrown wide open and people surge forward in an attempt to be the first to place their incense sticks into the censer, as another long-standing tradition states that the first person to do so will be blessed with good luck throughout the coming year.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:85%;" >The Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve dinner is the most important meal of the year. The notion of getting together with the family will always lie at the heart of Lunar New Year celebrations.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana;"> ~ Gong xi fa cai ~<br /><br /></i><span style="font-family:verdana;">~ Congratulations and Prosperity ~<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><table class="wikitable" style="margin-left: 1.5em; width: 550px; height: 288px;" align="right"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#efefef"><th style="text-align: center;">Animal</th> <th>Branch</th> <th colspan="2">Dates</th> </tr> <tr> <td>鼠 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_%28zodiac%29" title="Rat (zodiac)">Rat</a></td> <td>子 Zi</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_19" title="February 19">February 19</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>牛 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox_%28zodiac%29" title="Ox (zodiac)">Ox</a></td> <td>丑 Chou</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26" title="January 26">January 26</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>虎 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_%28zodiac%29" title="Tiger (zodiac)">Tiger</a></td> <td>寅 Yin</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_28" title="January 28">January 28</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_14" title="February 14">February 14</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>兔 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_%28zodiac%29" title="Rabbit (zodiac)">Rabbit</a></td> <td>卯 Mao</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_3" title="February 3">February 3</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>龍 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_%28zodiac%29" title="Dragon (zodiac)">Dragon</a></td> <td>辰 Chen</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23" title="January 23">January 23</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>蛇 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_%28zodiac%29" title="Snake (zodiac)">Snake</a></td> <td>巳 Si</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_10" title="February 10">February 10</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>馬 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_%28zodiac%29" title="Horse (zodiac)">Horse</a></td> <td>午 Wu</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_31" title="January 31">January 31</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>羊 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_%28zodiac%29" title="Ram (zodiac)">Sheep</a></td> <td>未 Wei</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1" title="February 1">February 1</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_19" title="February 19">February 19</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>猴 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_%28zodiac%29" title="Monkey (zodiac)">Monkey</a></td> <td>申 Shen</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_8" title="February 8">February 8</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>雞 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster_%28zodiac%29" title="Rooster (zodiac)">Rooster</a></td> <td>酉 You</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_28" title="January 28">January 28</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>狗 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_%28zodiac%29" title="Dog (zodiac)">Dog</a></td> <td>戌 Xu</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>豬 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_%28zodiac%29" title="Pig (zodiac)">Pig</a></td> <td>亥 Hai</td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_18" title="February 18">February 18</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a></td> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a></td></tr></tbody></table></center>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-58565754770579070052008-01-17T03:52:00.000-08:002008-01-17T04:21:54.729-08:0011 Months today...So today is our 11 month anniversary of Asia-Faith being with us!<br /><br />Wow, how time flies....<br /><br />She really is such a blessing in our life, and we love her to bits!<br /><br />I really love hearing her say "I love you mom", those are really sweet, precious words.<br /><br />Still no news on our final decree though, still praying it will be done in time so we can head back to South Africa for my sister's wedding in February and to introduce Asia-Faith to the family! 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOKaOhW7xgYy2i1Q3p4hIuaylPTCVrGxUUZHh5kgjtg_QEmIKHu_ESl12KGKM69PaskY8pqvrI2dQ-K22z67vdD63Ap4h6GOhhL5CXvjXhw-zp7rxSPbS4tMpggx5D4mik0wObtOpfyM/s320/BASEBALL+IN+THE+PARK+11+JAN+08+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156418553429376690" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-23410429842901836382008-01-01T07:52:00.000-08:002007-12-31T08:08:20.215-08:00Wishing you all...<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/newyear/images/hap-n-y8.gif" border="0" height="156" width="250" /></div>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-45940201032081665462007-12-28T23:45:00.000-08:002008-01-04T05:51:33.228-08:00Our first Christmas with Asia-Faith...This was our first Christmas with our little fairy princess!<br /><br />She was so excited to open her presents and was really happy to get a new "baby", who she now calls "Dora" and her pram and baby bottles! She is a real little mommy!<br /><br />The pram has the Disney Princesses on it, which she loves, since she has a pillow with them on too, so everytime she sees the Princesses, she says "pillow", so she was really excited to find her pram had them on too. She also got a story book, all about the Disney Princesses - she was really pleased with that!<br /><br />Of course she got lots of other little goodies too, including her Dora puzzles, little bangles and a lovely little pink cellphone in a fluffy pink bag from Sheldon and Clarice.... so she was really spoilt!<br /><br />We were all so glad to spend our first Christmas with Asia-Faith and we are so blessed for her to be a part of our lives, and cannot imagine our life without her!<br /><br />Enjoy the pics....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMRJ3S3DYyKtCfGBswSnf4Pzs20PQL65r705JtBCPcjQBUtDDgbbaRyiPxKAScnUTNSzSMGYUfA5PLBN50633wsBsypZxa_DbCSfhNJP9zHcLyqr85c2a1n6YH68TorGBEqLQNKm1cHU/s1600-h/Christmas+and+Scrapbooking+030.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMRJ3S3DYyKtCfGBswSnf4Pzs20PQL65r705JtBCPcjQBUtDDgbbaRyiPxKAScnUTNSzSMGYUfA5PLBN50633wsBsypZxa_DbCSfhNJP9zHcLyqr85c2a1n6YH68TorGBEqLQNKm1cHU/s320/Christmas+and+Scrapbooking+030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151617849439305074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pwVnABvPmwU0BkXffV5ywunIENte752NhIfXDmOj3abLrBdZGAI6Qf6L_vfsA7dM-jmd02YhAZVPDPSGKv5SwAzEiuIUvRi3NNZLFJCcDzABoPUkYQDZRGbtGO-taxS66390rK-JAI8/s1600-h/Christmas+and+Scrapbooking+034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi656BsjthBN1UT6clAF8SUJp2A6-eS9NW0nsIHmqp-Dp6a3ToJxki3hG02i6FGAHtHjFx4au84p9DWFiAAzzlQ0NmhTrtkMDpwBW9pEhKVwmTqw12XsGkMsQ2qpCgYWToVNEGfSq3xbwI/s320/Christmas+and+Scrapbooking+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151617840849370466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was a few days before Christmas with her new sneakers from Granny Mouse...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIA9_WIcj6xzZvPEoY661CQDqN-c4rcAkA0XSF0yMEV4-zujXe7lNtuwum3mkeDNi54HCmp7TExnAkRh0LY1e_Qc_KPONCCx4lhrHWhK6lhWI2FbiQY9-cx9Zd7QxmN9pD6UiFrfWnWw/s1600-h/18+to+21+December+07+034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIA9_WIcj6xzZvPEoY661CQDqN-c4rcAkA0XSF0yMEV4-zujXe7lNtuwum3mkeDNi54HCmp7TExnAkRh0LY1e_Qc_KPONCCx4lhrHWhK6lhWI2FbiQY9-cx9Zd7QxmN9pD6UiFrfWnWw/s320/18+to+21+December+07+034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151617870914141586" border="0" /></a>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988294578936229022.post-72438327082238254162007-12-25T07:59:00.000-08:002007-12-24T08:57:02.373-08:00From our Tribe to yours....<a href="http://blingee.com/blingee/view/38747175-From-our-Tribe-to-yours-" target="_blank" title="Glitter Graphics"><img alt="From our Tribe to yours..." border="0" height="300" src="http://image.blingee.com/images14/content/output/2007/12/24/346955160_fa454c30.gif" title="From our Tribe to yours..." width="400" /></a><br /><a href="http://blingee.com" target="_blank" title="Glitter Graphics"><span style="font-size:85%;">Glitter Graphics</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /></p>Tonkin Tribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336345363954908616noreply@blogger.com1