CRYSTAL AND ISABEL This is a weblog for Crystal Sun Zhao and Isabel Sun Zhao. As parents, we'd like to keep the records for them as much as we can.

On June 16th, we attended Isabel’s classmate Kitty’s birthday party.

On May 18th, I took Crystal, Isabel and Dandan to watch 2013 IAAF Diamong League Shanghai. Lots of best track and field players had attended the game.

On April 26th, I took Crystal and Isabel to a 3 days’ trip of 徽杭古道. 徽杭古道 is an old road connecting 安徽 and 浙江. The whole distance is about 25 km. It’s more for beginner backpacking people.

Day 1. We left Shanghai around 4pm after they finished their school. I found a van on the internet who agreed to give us a lift to 绩溪. The guy drove fast. But there were a few accidents on the highway. So the overall speed was not very fast. We arrive at 绩溪 after 10pm.

Day 2. We got up early and walked almost an hour to the gate of 徽杭古道. We started about 9am. Two girls were happy walking inside the mountains. I carried the only bag we brought with us. There are many small villages along the road, every few kilometers where we can buy water and food. We arrived at 蓝天凹 around 2pm. We rented a camp where we stayed overnight. The camp is a little bit small for 3 of us. We played some cards after dark. During the midnight, the camp became loose because the wind was very strong. I had to go out to fix the issue while both girls knew nothing about it.

Day 3. It’s mostly downhill today. We arrived at the village around 1pm where we could take the bus to another city. Finally, we arrived at Hangzhou around 4pm and took the train back to Shanghai.

On April 5th, we were bored and had nowhere to go because it was a rainy day. So, we finally decided to go for one day trip to 西塘 with Dandan and her parents. There were too many people and we were a little disappointed because the entry fee is 100 RMB for each adult.

On March 17th, we attent Jiayang’s 10 years old birthday party.

On March 23nd, we watched 儿童剧”阿凡提”.

We flied to Malaysia on Jan. 28th to have a 11 days vocation.

We arrived at Sabah on Jan. 28th, 2013. On Jan. 29th, we took a boat to Sapi Island and stayed there for whole day. We rent the equipment and Snorkeled at Sapi Island.

On Jan. 30th, we went to Mantanani Island. The Mantanani Island is a little bit far away. One way trip took us 2 hours driving and 1 hour on the boat. We met another family, Xuanxuan and her parents. The view at the Mantanani Island is very nice. It’s really worthy the time.

On Jan. 31st, we went to visit the City Mosque around noon.

In the afternoon, we went to the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary.

On Feb. 1st, we tried rafting. In the afternoon, Xuanxuan and her parents left us and went on with their own trip.

On Feb. 2nd, we left the city and went to Mount Kinabalu. We spent 2 hours to climb the Summit trail for 4 KM. (Crystal, Isabel and Mom stopped at 3.5 KM mark.)

On Feb. 3rd, we went to the Poring Hot Spring. It’s about 1 hour driving from our hotel. We tried the Canopy walk and Bathe.

Later afternoon, we took a taxi and took about 2.5 hours to get to the Nexus Resort. The Resort has a 18 holes gold course and located by the sea.

On Feb. 4th and 5th, we played 18 holes golf together. Also, Crystal and Isabel spent some time in the swimming pool.

On Feb. 7th, we took the early morning flight back to Shanghai.

On Dec. 14th, 2012, Crystal and Isabel’s school held the 2012 Christmas Concert.

On Dec. 2nd, 2012, I bring Crystal to watch Maksim Mrvica’s Piano Concert.

In November 2012, Isabel becomes 7 years old and Crystal becomes 10 years old.

On Nov. 15th, 2012, Crystal and Isabel’s school held the 2012年第四届运动嘉年华.