2004-12

2004-12-05

Deb and I went for a walk in Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area.

Welcome to Burnaby Mountain Conservaion Area	Deb, Balcarra	Balcarra	Indian Arm
Balcarra again	Totem poles

We gathered at Dusit's to watch some Muppets.

Deb, Jonny, Karina	Photographing Katie	Dishes	Pillow fight
Inspecting the pillow	Out of reach	Hair	Katie's socks

2004-12-18

Lavina joined us for some patinage at Sunset Community Centre.

Lavina

Debra

Zamboni

2004-12-19

The Hsieh siblings went to MEC in preparation for the impending doom of the boys in Costa Rica.

Baby carrier windshield

2004-12-21

Lhy Thai!

Deb, Brenda, Katie, Dusit, Nathan, Mary-Ann

Karina, Michael, Batiste, Jimmy, Jonny

Dusit threatening cutout Brenda

2004-12-22

Sleeping bundle on Dory's comfy couch

2004-12-27

I helped Eileen move out of her apartment into two little storage cubicles.

Restraining Dionne

Ankle binding

Eileen, Dionne, Paul, and I went for (a three hour long) dinner at Singapore Restaurant. Paul had made a cake, and we gave a piece to the woman at the restaurant who came back to say that it was "better than bo bo cha cha!"

André and Eileen	Dionne	What's so funny?	Paul and Dionne
Something under the table?	Paul	Eileen	Eileen under the table
Eileen again	Paul and his cake	Puppy in her pocket, sticker on her face

After dinner, I dragged them to Dusit's to watch some 24. Paul had seen it before, so he knew what was going on. But despite us starting them four hours into the first season (and Eileen not sleeping the night before), I think we got both Eileen and Dionne interested by the time we finished.

When I got home that night (just after 1am), I noticed that the door to the elevator had been wedged open. A look around revealed that one of my neighbour's car had been broken into. My guess is that I interrupted the person so other cars weren't hit, and that they were planning to reenter the building after they were done in the garage, but when I drove in, they left via one of the exit stairwells in a hurry.

Open door

Wedged penny

2004-12-28

Ellie, Gus, and Dean were in town, and I had lunch with the whole Cochien family at Shab downtown. A byproduct of Dean enjoying himself was the bits of rice scattered on the floor.

Eileen, Ellie

Ellie, Dean

Harry, Eileen

Ellie, Dean, Gus

I had dinner with Cyn and her mom. After dinner, Cyn and I went to Kat's to paint (with Lavina very briefly too) and play Settlers while we waited for the paint to dry. We used the box to roll the dice until Princess made herself at home in it. We tried to keep rolling the dice there anyway, but I don't think she enjoyed that so much.

2004-12-29

Cyn came over to make noodles and apple muffins, and Kat joined us after she finished work at 10pm.

Making a big box

2004-12-31

Cyn, Michael, Dusit, and Katie came over for some new year's eve hotpot and lobster. There were also guest appearances by Zaven and Richard (who were on their way to a poker game), and Viet. Also, Wing called and everyone sang happy birthday for him before they even knew just how close his birthday was. Katie got me a football! (Thank you!)

Viet, Zaven, Michael	Dusit pretending to be Michael	Richard, Katie, Dusit	Viet, Michael, Zaven
Richard, Katie, Dusit, Cyn	Dirty looks	Looking at Zaven	Deb, Zaven
Chewing on rabbit food	Rabbit food mongers	Richard the rabbit	Katie the rabbit
Michael's sweater "looks tasty"	They gazed at each other...	Mocking Dusit	Getting comfy on the couch
Settlers art	Precarious	Balanced	Settlers Jenga