Hi, My name is Brendan

3.26.2013

New Ski Movie

Ski Trips 2013 (narrated by C) from ctsang on Vimeo.

3.25.2013

Writing Samples

Here are some current writing samples from my Kindergarten class.

3.24.2013

We kinda went crazy. 3 ski trips in 6 weeks...crazy, but so much fun! I love skiing and thankfully, I'm getting better. This trip, we went to Squaw Valley. It's a gigantic mountain with lots of nice green runs and even some blue ones that I can do. I went all the way from High Camp, down to the bottom. And it wasn't that hard. I even did it during the night skiing session...though, I wasn't too fond of night skiing because the snow was icy.

Remember this chair? From years ago.

The last time we were in Squaw...my brother was wearing this jacket.

Bet he didn't have this awesome orange helmet cover.

It's 830 in the morning and we are ready to get this day started.

Where's the tram, people?

Up at High Camp - the pool is open for business...brrrrrr

Mountain, here I come.

Hi Mom! You're so far away. This chair seats 6! What?

Well groomed. But I didn't like the ridges. It was much better in the afternoon.

Always time for snacks...

Taking the funicular to lunch.

Nice view!

Back up for some late afternoon skiing...it's actually what they call "night skiing"

Hmmm...should we be doing this?

Uh oh!

Mom's binding broke during the first run of night skiing...so she sat it out.

While we went all the way to the very bottom and then rode the tram back up again.

This is my first run of night skiing. It wasn't that cold, but I didn't like that the snow was now icy,

and noisy too.

The races they had going on this weekend ended with a bang.

Fireworks on the slopes! Awesome!

Fireworks!

Another beautiful day

Wandering the village.

Mom and snowball

Time for tubing

Wahooooooooo!

3.15.2013

Destination Imagination

This is my Destination Imagination Team. That's YouYi, Bryce, (his brother Rheilly), Me, Guillaume, and Tejas. We did a short play on ROYGBIV. It was really fun, but it was a lot of work for Dad. He was the team manager and it took a lot of time. We had our presentation on March 2nd at the Destination Imagination Tournament.

Purple Pizza Planet from ctsang on Vimeo.

3.10.2013

Birthday Ski Trip!

Another ski trip? Why yes. Only this one was to celebrate Gung Gung's 70th Birthday! Happy Birthday Gung Gung. I like skiing with Gung Gung cuz he can keep up with me. I don't like to stop. Last year, I didn't like to turn, but this year, I finally figured it out and now I do plenty of turning. But I still don't like to stop. (We usually have to stop for Mom and Dad b/c they are on snowboards and tire easily. Or they are just getting old.) Anyhow, Gung Gung is on skis like us, so we go down together.

The whole family

I'm in the red. That's Enzo behind me, with Uncle Chris...

Now it looks like I'm the horsey...yeehaw!

Here we come!

I'm racing! I like to go fast!

We're going to have dessert. Lots of smiles. Yum.

At the end of the last day, it started to come down...a lot!

2.24.2013

Ski Week - Part 2 - Disneyland

From the snow...to Disneyland we go! 3 days in Disneyland. It was super fun. I rode everything I wanted to ride....we rode Star Tours (3 times), Space Mountain, The Matterhorn (2x), Splash Mountain, the canoes, Radiator Springs (2x), Goofy's Sky School (formerly Mulhulland Drive), Luigi's Flying Tires, that Mater ride, the Zephyr, some bug's rides, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion and Autopia. There might be more, but I can't remember. I think my favorite rides are Star Tours and Space Mountain and Radiator Springs.

The first time we rode Radiator Springs, we had to get up super early in the morning to get in line - just to get the fast pass. We got ours for 11:50 in the morning, so since we were already up, we did a bunch of other rides and came back for it. It was awesome. The next time, it was super late at night...like 9 or later and we only had to wait 30 minutes. It was cool to see the place lit up at night, with fireworks going on in the background.