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I'm old, grouchy, and fat. Oh before I forget, there's short and ugly in there too..:-) Thanks for stopping by and checking out what the Vu family has been up to.

Phil Vu

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Soccer : This is my little slice of physical activity heaven. I happen to be one of those few American's who happen to enjoy playing soccer and China's been a great place to play. The people are pretty relaxed and the games are a great way to relieve the stress of SAP..:-) I guess the only downside of playing soccer all the time here is that I'm reminded on a weekly basis that I'm always getting older, fatter, and slower than the younger guys..hehehe

Soccer

This is my little slice of physical activity heaven. I happen to be o ...

Updated: Aug 24, 2007 3:36am PST

Swimming :

Swimming

Updated: Aug 02, 2007 4:33pm PST

Emily : Pictures of Emily at home and play with family and friends.

Emily

Pictures of Emily at home and play with family and friends.

Updated: Aug 02, 2007 4:29pm PST

EmilyAtSchool : This is just a collection of all of the photos that showed Emily with her Pre-School in Beijing. It was really nice to see her come out of her shell after meeting new friends. She is pretty lucky because they get to do a little of everything in this school. Well, everything except learn English..:-) So along those lines, these pictures are a little of everything from class time, to her Birthday at school, to swimming, and some of the other shows that they put on.

EmilyAtSchool

This is just a collection of all of the photos that showed Emily with ...

Updated: Feb 25, 2007 5:30pm PST

Vietnam : These are shots of the Vu family on holiday in Vietnam for Christmas 2006 and New Years 2007. We visited grandma's hotel and beach Ho Chi Minh City and Vung Tau. Emily had a good time at the beach and the natural hot springs around Vung Tau. Unfortunately the beach was in horrible shape because of the Typhoon or Hurricane Durian that hit a few weeks before our visit. We also made a half-day drive to Na Trang which is another Vietnamese Beach Town a half day away from Ho Chi Minh City. That was where Emily went on the new rides.

Vietnam

These are shots of the Vu family on holiday in Vietnam for Christmas 2 ...

Updated: Jan 28, 2007 1:15am PST

Misc : This gallery is for everything else that we shoot that don't have enough photos of their own for a separate gallery.. Sorry.

Misc

This gallery is for everything else that we shoot that don't have enou ...

Updated: Jan 28, 2007 12:51am PST

Emily's6thBirthdayParty : No real need to explain. Emily turning another year older and reminding us how much older we're getting. This year Sarah made it a Winnie the Pooh theme party. Sarah, Emily, myself and some close friends help paint the Pooh background and Eyor for Pin the Tail on the Donkey. She got alot of great presents and all the kids seem to have a great time. Thanks so much for all of you that came.

Emily's6thBirthdayParty

No real need to explain. Emily turning another year older and remindi ...

Updated: Jan 28, 2007 12:46am PST

SarahEmilyAustraliaTrip : Pictures from Sarah and Emily's visit to Sarah's family in Melbourne.

SarahEmilyAustraliaTrip

Pictures from Sarah and Emily's visit to Sarah's family in Melbourne.

Updated: Nov 05, 2006 11:42pm PST

Kid'sHalloween2006 : Sarah held a Halloween party for Emily and her friends. There were plenty of cute kids, costumes, and candy. We had a pumpkin carving contest and Emily won... No no we did not rig it so she would win.:-) After that there was a 'bobbing for apples' contest and Evana won.

Kid'sHalloween2006

Sarah held a Halloween party for Emily and her friends. There were pl ...

Updated: Nov 05, 2006 11:30pm PST

Philippines : I had a business trip to the Philippines in early October and Emily and Sarah tagged along. It was only for 5 days and I was working most of the time so sorry there aren't that many photos.

Philippines

I had a business trip to the Philippines in early October and Emily an ...

Updated: Oct 24, 2006 9:14am PST

HangZhou Visit : These photos were taken when we had a little family holiday with our friends the Stolz. We spent a night in Shanghai then took a train to spend a few days in HangZhou. It was pretty relaxing except for the 3 screaming kids..:-)

HangZhou Visit

These photos were taken when we had a little family holiday with our f ...

Updated: Oct 24, 2006 9:03am PST

TeamOuting_LiJiang : This gallery is from the China Net Process and Tools Team's trip down south to LiJiang. We spent 3 days seeing something different from Beijing and boy was it DIFFERENT. The altitude was higher I think we were at 1500 meters so it was bloody cold, but the trade-off was that I didn't sweat like a pig..:-) The first day we spent walking through Old Town LiJiang. It was pretty neat because there was a very extensive network of canals running through it to give very natural feel. Very different from the Beijing urban jungle. Very nice buildings, lots of shopping for the WOMEN, fresh air, and CLEAR water. What a difference from the green sludge we call water in the Beijing water ways. The second day was spent going up to Jade Mountain and boy did we go UP!!! We drove from our hotel, stop at a local watering hole to ride some Yaks, that's right Yaks..:-) Then we took a cable care ride up to 4500 meters and then hiked up to 4680 meters. I didn't realize 180 meters change in elevation made such a huge difference. Even my peasize brain was hurting for air after that little hike up 180 meters. The views were spectacular, but since it was a little cloudy some of the shots didn't do it justice. The last day we spent driving to Leaping Tiger Gorge. It was a nice hike, but it was kind of frustrating because every few hundred meters you'll hear someone see "watch out for falling rocks!!!" either in Chinese or English. But it was a very relaxing walk and the scenery was great. Ok, I lied..:-) We had one last half day where some of us went to another destination 'Old Town' for some last minute sightseeing and shopping.

TeamOuting_LiJiang

This gallery is from the China Net Process and Tools Team's trip down ...

Updated: Aug 30, 2006 1:04am PST

GrandmaVu's_Visit : Pictures of my mom's visit to Beijing. First celebrating her Birthday at home and then going to see the Summer Palace.

GrandmaVu's_Visit

Pictures of my mom's visit to Beijing. First celebrating her Birthday ...

Updated: Aug 06, 2006 8:21pm PST

Christmas2005 : These are shots from our first Christmas in Beijing with our friends. It was really fun because we did a gift exchange, ate alot of good food, and laughed alot. I think was really nice because we made our only little holiday spirit because Christmas is not that big in Beijing.

Christmas2005

These are shots from our first Christmas in Beijing with our friends. ...

Updated: Aug 02, 2006 10:38pm PST

India : These shots were taken when I was supposed to be working hard at learning SAP. As you can see I spent alot of time hitting the books on SAP so that Nokia can get the best value from me..:-) Most of the shots were taken when we took a day trip to Agra to see the Taj. It was really nice, alot different than on T.V. and post cards. The only bad thing was the ride there it was long and harrowing. Only place that made me more scared of being driven around than Beijing. These phots were combined from 3 people's cameras so it's a little disconbobulated..:-)

India

These shots were taken when I was supposed to be working hard at learn ...

Updated: Jul 28, 2006 10:13pm PST

BritishBall2005 :

BritishBall2005

Updated: Jul 28, 2006 8:24am PST

Emily's5thBday : This gallery is made up of all the shots taken of Emily's first Birthday in China. Man is she SPOILED!!! Sarah gave her a party at school and then my friends came over and she got to eat more cake at home. Man I don't even remember if my mom even gave one party for my 5th Birthday. As you can see, she had a great time and received many gifts.

Emily's5thBday

This gallery is made up of all the shots taken of Emily's first Birthd ...

Updated: Jul 28, 2006 7:56am PST

ForbiddenCity/SummerPalace :

ForbiddenCity/SummerPalace

Updated: Jul 28, 2006 7:51am PST

Phil/Frank30thBday : These pictures were taken when me and my long lost Chinese Brother from another Mother Frank Fu turned 30 on the darn day. We still have figured out who's older just that we're both born on Nov 2nd 1975. It was really nice to have good friends, Sarah, and Emily help me join the ranks of OLD PEOPLE..:-) Can't really say much other than there was alot of good food and booze.

Phil/Frank30thBday

These pictures were taken when me and my long lost Chinese Brother fro ...

Updated: Jul 28, 2006 7:01am PST

Sarah'sBirthday2006 :

Sarah'sBirthday2006

Updated: Jul 28, 2006 6:03am PST

GreatWall-Simatai : These shots were taken over a 2 day period. Our good friends Frank and Sammy were nice enough to invite us on a road trip with them in their car. The only name I remember from the trip was the Simatai part of the Great Wall hence the name of this gallery. But we also stopped by some peach farms and took some pics and then did a hike through some hills, sorry I forgot the name. It was a pretty fun trip even with Emily's grumpy face..:-)

GreatWall-Simatai

These shots were taken over a 2 day period. Our good friends Frank an ...

Updated: Jul 28, 2006 6:00am PST

Laos3 : This gallery is from shots taken of Laos on our final 2 days. We were north of the capital in Vienvang. It was a very small town, but it must be pretty popular with tourist because I saw alot of Europeans and Aussies there. So memorable shots were taken of our little hike up a hill to a popular cave where locals said that monks used to stay. There were alot of natural rock formations that Laos people said were symbols of Budha. The final shots of Laos were taken when we went down to the river to have lunch on a boat. This was when Emily and I got to watch Sarah eat some fried crickets and live river shrimp.

Laos3

This gallery is from shots taken of Laos on our final 2 days. We were ...

Updated: Jul 28, 2006 4:57am PST

EmilySlumberParty1&2 : Sarah was nice enough to host a slumber party for Emily and her friends.

EmilySlumberParty1&2

Sarah was nice enough to host a slumber party for Emily and her friend ...

Updated: Jul 28, 2006 12:07am PST

Laos2 : Laos2 are shots from our stay in the capital of Laos (Vientiane) and the start of our trip down to Pakse. In the capital, the family went to visit one of the most famouse Budhist Temples, its the one you're most likely to see on any tour info about Laos. It's so famous that I forgot the name.sorry.:-) After that are shots of the Laos version of the 'Arc de Triumph' or something along those lines. There weren't too many shots for it because it was dark and my Sony camera is crap at night and once the lights came on it was virtually impossible to find a spot without people getting in your way. The latter photos of the group are from our trip down south towards Pakse. If you can remember from Laos1 I mentioned something about our van creaming a cow on the road..:-) Well, these pics were before that. We went down and saw our friend's home and then went to another pretty popular temple. The temple was pretty cool because it was never finished. I was told a story that the reason it was never finished is because all the workers left to help finish construction of a competing temple because that temple sent over women flashing their boobs..:-) True or not it's a damn good story. But it'll take a hell of alot more then some breasts to get me to work in that freaking heat..:-) Honestly though, the incompleted temple plus the natural surroundings made for a great visit. It was also not very crowded which made it even better. I hope you enjoy the shots.

Laos2

Laos2 are shots from our stay in the capital of Laos (Vientiane) and t ...

Updated: Jul 27, 2006 10:06pm PST

OurFriendsFinallyVisit1 : Finally we had some friends take us up on our offer of free accomodations and visit us here in Beijing. Only problem was I was still working so Sarah had to play tour guide..:-) Here are some shots of her taking them to the Summer Palace. While they were here, they were also able to take advantage of a Nokia Trip to Beidahei(Beach) and see some parts of China other than Beijing. It was also the Vu family's first time out there ourselves and it was cool to see the start of the Great Wall of China. I guess the sea is where one end is and the frontier is another. Enjoy.

OurFriendsFinallyVisit1

Finally we had some friends take us up on our offer of free accomodati ...

Updated: Jul 27, 2006 8:49am PST

OurFriendsFinallyVisit2 : In this gallery, we play tourguide and take them to another part of the Great Wall of China, Badaling or however you spell it. This, from what I've been told is the most commercialized and most frequented part of the wall because of its proximity to Beijing. Enjoy.

OurFriendsFinallyVisit2

In this gallery, we play tourguide and take them to another part of th ...

Updated: Jul 27, 2006 8:25am PST

Phuket, Thailand2 : So in this set, the first 2 pages were a continuation of our little private boat ride to PhiPhi Island. It was pretty nice because the crew set up a little picnic by the beach for us to eat. Then we spent some time in the warm ocean. That was great, I've never felt the see so warm before. When we were down they took us to a little coral reef area to snorkel, but it was too dirty so we just fed the fish bread. Just before it was time to go back, the crew let us swim in where they filmed "The Beach". That was really cool because the water was so blue. Highlight of the trip was the water and getting to say PhiPhi all day..:-) The rest of the pictures were of our second boat trip to some other islands around Phuket. It was not as cool because we just had a boat ride the day earlier. Still there were some great views of more islands, rivers, mangroves.. etc etc etc.. Highlight of the second trip was see James Bond Island. This was supposedly where "The Man With The Golden Gun" was filmed.

Phuket, Thailand2

So in this set, the first 2 pages were a continuation of our little pr ...

Updated: Jul 27, 2006 7:31am PST

Laos1 : These pictures are from our first road trip within Laos. The pictures of the Falls were when we took a van ride down to the south of Laos and stayed around the major city Pakse. The ride was brutal, one way was 8+ hours long and the roads were crap. Speaking of crap good luck trying to take one unless you're at a gass station..:-) The highlights of the road trip were the falls and hitting a cow in the middle of the road right around the time the sun was going down. Then instead of sticking around, taking off once we saw that our van was still ok..:-) It's a little mixed up but the other picturs of the rafting and stuff actually happened when we head to northern Laos to the city of Vingviang I thinkg?? The trip up north was not as long, it only took 4 hours one way. We stayed riverside on these great bungalows(flushing toilets WHOOPIE!!!) and rafted down the river as a group.

Laos1

These pictures are from our first road trip within Laos. The pictures ...

Updated: Jul 27, 2006 6:41am PST

Phuket, Thailand1 : The first group of pictures taken from our holiday in Phuket Thailand. It was a grueling start from Beijing to Bangkok to Phuket. Pretty much 15+ hours of travel time so it was straight to bed when we got to the hotel. The next morning, we were off to PhiPhi Island on our own private boat. Emily was loving the boat ride and the ocean.

Phuket, Thailand1

The first group of pictures taken from our holiday in Phuket Thailand. ...

Updated: Jul 27, 2006 6:25am PST

Emily's School Performance : These pictures were taken of the performance that Emily's school put on. It was kind of nice, but after a while I just wanted to start choking some of the parents who refused to sit their asses down in front. It was a whole bunch of performances rolled into the morning. First off was a sing and dance, then it was ballet, then it was Kung Fu, and finally the 3 Little Pigs skit. In between we got to see some of their teachers show off their Britney Spears and Christna Aguilera skills, be VERY thankful I didn't take any pictures of that. It was a nice way to round off Emily's first year of classes. Hope you enjoy them.

Emily's School Performance

These pictures were taken of the performance that Emily's school put o ...

Updated: Jul 27, 2006 2:43am PST

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