Ethan & Max: Our Journey So Far...

Max's New Birthday Toys

2012-01-25T16:38:00.000Z

Happy 3rd Birthday Max!!!

2012-01-24T13:38:00.002Z

Kung Hei Fat Choi Greetings

2012-01-23T13:28:00.003Z

Long Multiplication by Drawing

2012-01-21T09:12:00.000Z

Chok! Chok!! Chok!!!

2012-01-03T16:38:00.001Z

Christmas in Madrid

2011-12-28T18:18:00.000Z

Christmas New York at Lakeside

2011-12-19T18:18:00.000Z

Max's 2nd Birthday

2011-01-24T23:06:00.002Z

Celebrating Max's 2nd Birthday

2011-01-24T02:50:00.001Z

Rodizio Rico @ The O2 Arena

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Baby Gaga - A bad "Bad Romance"

2010-07-12T21:05:00.002+01:00

Despite my X-Factor entry last year, it seems I still have plenty of room for improvement as this clip shows.

Visiting Uncle Peter, Aunty Kelly and Baby Ethan

2010-07-11T18:18:00.002+01:00

Today we went to visit Uncle Peter, Aunty Kelly and their little boy who has a really cool name...Ethan (who will be refered to as Baby Ethan from now on to save confusion). We were treated to lunch at the Toby Carvery in Brentwood near their home.
This is Baby Ethan.

Mummy and Max after stuffing their faces with food.

Here I try and have a drink but kept being interruped by Uncle Peter

Max sitting unfazzed by Uncle Peter's antics

Uncle Peter with Baby Ethan

Me and my Apple Crumble with Ice-cream

This is Uncle Peter's Ice-cream with Strawberry sauce

Uncle Peter gives me a bit of his chocolate flake.

Daddy grabs a bit of my dessert

But I soon put a stop to that!

Afterwards we went to their nearby park, King George's Park.

Max and Baby Ethan enjoying the swings.

I, however, played on the seesaw.

Afterwards we went to Uncle Peter's home for a while.

We even sneaked into Baby Ethan's own room...

...and terrorised his toys.

Baby Ethan poses for the camera.

Max grabs Baby Ethan's guitar...

...and does his rockstar impression by smashing it.

I'm facinated by Baby Ethan's stubble on his head.

"Thou shalt not pass!"

While Max was still preoccupied with the guitar Me and Baby Ethan played with the activity desk.

Then Max joined in with the building brick sesson.

"Hello Mr Cameraman!"

Sorry for the mess we made!

"Hey, I wanna tell you a secret..."

Lastly we went for a boat ride.

"Thank you for a lovely day Uncle Peter, Aunty Kelly and Baby Ethan."

A Day By The Sea

2010-07-04T22:18:00.001+01:00

It was a beautiful sunny day so we went down to the seaside for some fresh sea air.

Daddy brought my RC buggy along for me to play with.

I kept chasing Max with it.

It was so sunny I could hardly keep my eyes open.

Lucky I had my shades with me :)

Ashford Designer Outlet

2010-06-28T21:05:00.007+01:00

Today we went to Ashford in Kent. There was a shopping outlet there we had just heard about and wanted to see what it was like.

Max did a lot of walking around the place.

All that walking made us hungry.

We also had a ride on Thomas. Not as big as the one at Thomasland but fun nonetheless.

It also had a large childrens' play area.

This water cannon game was really fun...and wet.

Bye Ashford.

On our way home we stopped off at Bluewater.

Southend Air Festival 2010

2010-05-31T18:18:00.003+01:00

We had the annual airshow in Southend today. Daddy invited a couple of highly competent photographers to come but they were not available so Uncle Simon and Uncle Stephen came instead :p

Here's some photos Daddy took using Uncle Stephen's new Canon 550D...

As you can see, Max was so excited! lol

Cheese!

Hey, that dog is doing something naughty on the sand!

We went off on walks during the boring bits...

I even got to eat an ice-cream!

Uncle Simon engrossed in his photography.

Smile!

Here's some of his cool shots...

Baby Gaga

2010-05-08T13:12:00.000+01:00

Max's entry into tonights Britains Got Talent...

A Fun Day at Thomas Land

2010-05-03T21:05:00.003+01:00

Formula 1 Max

2010-04-15T14:58:00.001+01:00

Michael Schumacher? Pff..move over, here comes Max....

Bus ride at Potters Bar

2010-04-05T18:18:00.000+01:00

Max was my passenger. I think he was pleased with my driving skills.

Play Play on Jay Jay

2010-03-29T18:18:00.002+01:00

Today I took my first flying lesson with my friend Jay Jay the Jet Plane.

I even got some shooting lessons.

Off to the park

2010-03-22T18:18:00.001Z

They've totally re-fitted the playground at Chalkwell Park since the last time I was here. These are some of the new things to play on.

1 year old baby sits on a lion!!!

2010-03-20T18:18:00.001Z

Wow that would make quite a newspaper headline. But of course Max is only sitting on the one Joe Biu Gor bought me.

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-03-14T14:03:00.001Z

Today I treated Mummy to lunch at an Italian restaurant

We even got things to play with while we waited for our food.

A couple of cool dudes

2010-03-07T18:18:00.000Z

All dressed up and ready to go out on the town.

Hey Baby!

Bus ride in Braintree

2010-03-07T18:08:00.000Z

All aboard the Braintree bus

I can drive trucks too!

Ethan 2 - Max 1

2010-03-05T18:18:00.000Z

No, that is not the score of a football match between me and Max. It means there are 2 Ethans and 1 Max in these photos...

Aunty Kelly brought her son Ethan round to play. Ethan is such a cool name even if I say so myself :)

Max does like his drink...

2010-03-03T18:28:00.000Z

Here's Max drinking from MY cup...

So it's only fair that I should use his :)

Max enjoying a cuppa whilst playing on the Peppa Pig alphabet learning device.

Max's Alan Sugar "You're fired" impression...

My car is finally fixed

2010-03-03T18:18:00.000Z

Finally, my car is now fixed and I have even upgraded the engine to a more powerful one. Here is footage of my high speed test drive in my newly pimped ride.

More car trouble

2010-03-01T18:18:00.000Z

Again my car broke down (no it's not a Toyota) so Max gave me helpful push once more.

He's not heavy...he's my brother!

2010-02-28T18:18:00.001Z

My car brokedown today and Max was kind enough to give me a push...

Max's 1st Birthday

2010-01-24T18:18:00.003Z

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY MAX!

Today we celebrated Max's 1st Birthday at MacDonalds. Lots of friends and family came along. We all had a great time!

Max standing up.

2009-09-06T12:56:00.003+01:00

Lately Max has been trying to stand up everytime he is put in his cot. Soon he will be walking.

It's Saturday Night, Welcome to...

2009-09-05T21:05:00.000+01:00

This is my 1st audition. As you can see my mic was faulty halfway through and Max the judge had some harsh words about it.

Here I sing to the judge, Max

This is my solo performance for the semi-final.

And for the final, I sing a duet with Max.

Max practicing walking.

2009-08-28T16:16:00.000+01:00

I'm giving him some encouragement.

Won't be long until he can walk unassisted!

You can count on Max

2009-08-25T14:10:00.000+01:00

Max has it figured!

He's taking a calculated risk!

He's the latest addition to the family

That sums it up!

(Sorry for the bad puns, I figured they would be funny)

A tender moment

2009-08-22T14:06:00.000+01:00

I'm good to my brother...well, some of the times!

All the fun at the fair

2009-08-17T21:05:00.002+01:00

Today we went to Adventure Island Fun Park

This is the structure that overlooks the funfair

Max looking forward to it

Daddy and I have a few photos taken

My first ride is with Mummy on this train.

Then Daddy takes me onto the Big Wheel

It's really high up here and I can see very far from up here.

If you look closely at the below photo, Mummy and Max have there feet firmly on the ground.

Next I have fun with my CBeebies friends. Here's Bob the Builder's tractor.

Brum...

And here I am with the Tweenies.

Fancy seeing you here...

2009-08-16T13:13:00.001+01:00

I decided to see what my old bed was like now that Max uses it. Sees a lot smaller now that when I used it.

"This cot ain't big enough for the both of us!"

Hasn't he grown...

2009-08-14T13:13:00.001+01:00

Max posing on the sofa sporting some new rags. What a handsome chappie!

Water Baby

2009-08-03T13:06:00.001+01:00

Here's Max enjoying a bath...

And here's me helping out...

Me, Max and Pooh

2009-08-01T13:33:00.001+01:00

This is us posing with Winnie

Here's Max in his cot

Hand me downs...

2009-07-31T13:22:00.001+01:00

This is me when I was 3 months old.This is Max now wearing the same gear. Any similarities?

Lunch...can you fix it?

2009-07-27T21:05:00.000+01:00

We had lunch at TGI Friday. I was given an activity pack to play with while Max was occupied with a balloon.

Here I am doing my Bob the Builder impression

Let's raise our glasses...

2009-07-24T13:20:00.000+01:00

Max and his new cup

Bottoms up!

Max having a good giggle

2009-06-27T12:16:00.000+01:00

Here's Max at 5 months old having a giggle moment.

Max is 5 today!

2009-06-24T20:28:00.000+01:00

Well 5 months to be exact :)

Congratulations Max!

Strike a pose...

2009-06-19T20:40:00.000+01:00

Looks very relaxed on the sofa :)

Playing football?

2009-06-15T20:38:00.000+01:00

No, just dribbling...

Is he going to star in the new MiB movie?

2009-06-12T18:38:00.000+01:00

Max preparing for his audition for Men in Black III :p

Yo Bro, I'm the Boss!!

2009-06-08T21:05:00.000+01:00

Crouching Max, Hidden Camera

2009-05-30T20:18:00.000+01:00

Max is getting very strong now.

He does many pushups everyday :)

Rockabye Baby

2009-05-25T12:15:00.000+01:00

Who needs a coin operated fairground machine when you have a carseat like this.

My 2nd Birthday Party

2009-05-21T21:05:00.001+01:00

Here's my birthday cake. Daddy promised to get me a Nintendo DSi but look whatI got! Boohoo!

My nursery mates celebrated my birthday party with me...

Here's Rachel lighting the candles...

and my school mates singing "Happy Birthday"

Look my DSi is already broken... :(

Max Got His Passport

2009-05-18T16:28:00.001+01:00

Max got his passport today! Yippee, I can't wait for our first holiday together!

Poor Max, Daddy having fun again....

2009-05-10T19:28:00.002+01:00

Oh dear, looks like Daddy is having fun at Max's expense. I'm sure he will get him back when he's older!

Bon Appetite

2009-05-10T18:38:00.000+01:00

Here I am enjoying my din dins...

Have a seat...

2009-05-10T10:05:00.002+01:00

Max won't let me sit in the car seat :(

Oh well, I'm too big for it anyway.

Max playing on his mat

2009-05-07T18:18:00.000+01:00

Max likes to play on his playmat. Look how much fun he is having...

Me & Max

2009-05-04T18:18:00.001+01:00

Max is now 3 months old and is head is already almost as bog as mine.

Here's some photos of himself. Handsome little chap isn't he.

Max Crawling

2009-04-29T01:24:00.001+01:00

Max having a too long chat

2009-04-25T12:08:00.000+01:00

Max doesn't half go on a bit at times, here I get a bit fed up and chuck my jacket at him at the end.

Max Says Hello

2009-04-25T12:07:00.002+01:00

More chatter from my 3 month old little brother Max

My First Day At Nursery

2009-04-07T21:05:00.001+01:00

Here I am all ready for my first day at nursery.

Do you like my Mickey Mouse backpack?

Afterwards Yeh Yeh came with Daddy to pick me up.

Max Has A Chat

2009-03-31T18:18:00.003+01:00

Max having a chat with Mum and Dad for the first time. For some reason they don't know what he is saying but I can fully understand his lingo.

Por Por Takes Me For A Walk

2009-03-09T12:03:00.000Z

Max Gets Registered and First Day Trip

2009-02-23T23:02:00.002Z

Max getting ready to go to the civic centre to get his birth certificate.

He is now officially known as Max Yiklong Yau. His chinese name is 奕朗. 奕(yik) meaning active and 朗(long) meaning bright and handsome.

Afterwards they go out for lunch at Yiban. It is the first proper outting for Mummy and Max since he was born.

Tradition calls for him to have a token haircut. I have no idea why though.

Uncle Simon visits Max

2009-02-22T20:14:00.000Z

Uncle Simon meets Max for the first time.

He even teaches Mummy and Daddy how to bottlefeed properly :p

Let's give Max a big hand...

2009-02-16T16:02:00.000Z

Playing with the PlayStation

2009-02-12T20:20:00.000Z

Max is trying to break the Playstation before I get a chance to destroy it like I did with Daddy's Xbox.

Our community midwife...

2009-02-07T18:28:00.000Z

This is our community midwife Jane, she was both mine and Max's midwife.

Snowy...

2009-02-02T19:28:00.000Z

Brrrr...Max's first snow fall.

More photos of Max...

2009-01-27T01:24:00.002Z

Ethan vs The Twins

2009-01-26T18:28:00.001Z

Today I played with my cousins and finally I have met my match. When I pushed one of the twins the other saw this and joined in the fight. I know when I am beat :p

Happy Chinese New Year!

2009-01-26T18:18:00.000Z

Max comes home from the hosptial today with Mummy.

It's Chinese New Year today. Year of the Ox. Max obviously wanted to be a rat instead so he rushed to come out to collect his "lai see" :)

My Baby Brother...

2009-01-24T18:18:00.005Z

Introducing my new baby brother...

Max Yau

My baby brother was born today in Southend University Hospital at 2:04pm. Weighing in at 3.35kg (ie: 7lbs 6oz) he's 3oz heavier than what I was. A big thanks to midwives Teresa and Stephanie for the excellent delivery.

Here's Mummy and Daddy holding Max straight after he was delivered...

Here's Max clothed and sleeping in the cot.

Just like for me, the hospital kindly gave Mummy and Max a private room to stay in. We must be charming the nurses to give us this preferential treatment :p

Welcome to the world bro!!!

Yeh Yeh and Ma Ma Visiting

Journey back to Hong Kong

2008-12-27T21:05:00.001Z

Boxing Day

2008-12-26T21:05:00.001Z

Hello Mummy, I'm having a great time here!

Christmas at Country Garden Resort

2008-12-25T18:18:00.002Z

Merry Christmas 2008

Here are some of my presents...

Today we are off to Gon Gon's Country Garden resort to stay for a few days.

Look at those fishies.

Let's go down to play in the garden.

Golden Piggy

2008-12-21T21:05:00.000Z

A Corny Story

2008-12-18T18:18:00.000Z

Visiting Aunty Joey, Uncle Chak and Cousin Wei Yee

2008-11-19T21:05:00.000Z

Yum cha at Sha Tin

2008-11-18T18:18:00.000Z

I went to Sha Tin for dim sum. There I practiced my tai chi.

And after eating dim sum I was a good boy and wiped my own mouth.

By Sun and Dinner at Yee Bak's House

2008-11-17T21:05:00.003Z

Hmm, I think I got the wrong shoes on.

First we "By Sun"

Me and Groo Ma

Knock knock!

Hi Anna!

Jon Gor Gor lets me play with his robot dog...bad mistake :p

Last time I gave on Gor Gor some piano lessons, this time Anna wanted some too.

Jon Gor Gor doing his Spiderman impression. Maybe, Hollywood will ask him to make Spiderman 4?

Hey, get that camera out of my face!

This is Jon's Kiwi. Tasted different to the fruit Mummy gives me.

Big Pig and Little Piggy

2008-11-17T18:18:00.003Z

Mummy and Daddy bought me a cute piggy. I love my piggy!

Hey stop filming me...

Meeting up with Aunty Kathleen

2008-11-16T21:05:00.000Z

This evening Aunty Kathleen came to visit us. We met up at our 老地方, Saint Alps teahouse.

Come closer, I want to tell you something...

Kiss kiss :)

Posing for some photos.

Shall we dance...

Mummy and Aunty Kathleen

Burgers and Noodles

2008-11-16T18:18:00.002Z

Lunchtime, Por Por took Mummy and Daddy to Whampoa to try out some chinese style burgers. Daddy had one with cheese and one with black pepper sauce.

Then in the afternoon Mummy and Daddy went to Domon for some Sapporo ramen

Roast pork ramen

Some prawn gyoza dumplings.

Seafood ramen

Chicken knuckle skewers and fish cakes.

Quite An Eventful Day

2008-11-15T23:45:00.005Z

This morning Yeh Yeh came to To Kwa Wan to yum cha with us.

Then in the afternoon Aunty Cecelia came to visit us and I greeted her with a few slaps across her face. Sorry! :p

Here we are at So Sam cafe.

Later, Co Froo and Daddy went across to Causeway Bay to have lunch at Tonkichi Japanese Restaurant.

Here you grind the sesame seeds yourself and mix in their special pork cutlet sauce.

This is their famous tonkatsu with a bowl of curry sauce.

Daddy had the mixed seafood with prawns, oyster, scallop and crab. And being a greedy pig he also added a pork loin too.

The meal was followed with tea and watermelon.

Later that night, Aunty Christy took us to Tsim Sha Tsui to look at this years Christmas lights.

Uncle Sam met us there.

They had a Christmas train which moved with lots of colourful lights.

It has been a long day and we got the bus home.

Another Walk at Festival Walk

2008-11-14T18:18:00.000Z

Back in January I came here with Mummy and Daddy and it was so good, I'm here again.

As you can see the Christmas decorations are already up.

Watching the ice skating.

Then we had lunch at rice paper for some french-vietnamese fusion food.

Here I examine the decor.

It's thirsty work.

The food arrives.

Daddy upto his photo trickery antics again.

I want some of that Ice-cream!

First Morning at Gon Gon & Por Por's House

2008-11-13T21:05:00.005Z

Rise and shine!

Need to unpack some of my luggage.

Hey, you want a drink?

Here, have some cake too!

I want to go out!!!

Uncle Darren's Graduation Ceremony and Celebrations

2008-11-12T21:05:00.004Z

Congratulations Uncle Darren!

Today was Uncle Darren's graduation ceremony at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Here's me with Uncle Darren and proud Gon Gon.

This is him and his friends.

Here's Aunty Kary.

Here's Por Por and Aunty Christy too.

Mummy and Daddy also.

I got to wear Uncle Darren's cap too. Just like I did last year with Aunty Christy's.

It was a really lovely day. I particularly liked the following scenery.

We were not allowed inside when the ceremony took place so I just rested outside.

So many graduates! Where is Uncle Darren?!

Oh, there you are!

Afterwards we had some of the buffet food they had out. And before we left we took some last photos.

In the evening, to celebrate we went to a banquet meal at Lei Gardens in East Tsim Sha Tsui.

This is the meal we had.

We were given a private function room. Lucky because it meant I could make as much trouble as I liked without disturbing other patrons :p

Some of the dishes we had...

Uncle Darren seemed to be enjoying the food.

It was also Aunty Kary's birthday today so...

Happy Birthday Aunty Kary!

Arrived in Hong Kong

2008-11-11T21:05:00.004Z

Just arrived in Hong Kong and the first thing I do is start demolishing Yeh Yeh's house.

Up and down I go. This stairs game is fun.

Having a cushion fight with Yeh Yeh

Anna comes and visits me.

Dai Bak and Vivian Jair Jair come too.

Dai Bak's belly makes a nice cushion :)

Vivian Jair Jair plays the stairs game with me.

Then Jon Gor Gor comes too.

Bringing some toys for me to play with.

Yee Bak Lern joins in the fun.

The Jon Gor Gor plays "Twinkle, twinkle little star" on Groo Jern's Guzheng

Then Groo Jern shows how it meant to be played traditional chinese style.

How many people are wearing red in the following photo?

Well done, Yee Bak Lern and Jon! You are both correct!

Looking at the next photo, I know what you are thinking.

But I honestly but I haven't done a poo poo...

All these fun and games is making me thirsty.

Oh no, it's "Attack of the Dai Bak!"

Playing for so long, I forgot there is all this unpacking still to do.

Off to Hong Kong

2008-11-10T21:05:00.003Z

Today I am going to Hong Kong. Here I am at the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow.

How much longer do I need to wait?

I'm off for a walk!

OMG! Look at that big flower man!!!

Hey I fit in the baggage allowance. That means I am allowed to be taken onto the plane. :)

First let me check-in...

And now I need to see which gate I need to board at.

Still plenty of time before my flight so I think I will have a nap first.

Refreshed, now I can explore the departure lounge.

Getting some noodles at Wagamama.

Hey, who parked their car in here?!?

It says Paul Smith on the door but he wasn't in. Funny place to build his house inside an airport.

Tapas Time

2008-09-01T23:02:00.002+01:00

Playing with Cassie

2008-08-24T21:05:00.002+01:00

Cassie came today with her Mummy, Daddy and Grandma.

Last time she came, she was very affectionate towards me. It's only polite for me to do the same this time.

Here we played together with my toys.

Congratulations Uncle Chak!

2008-08-21T17:09:00.005+01:00

Congratulations for beating reigning Olympic table tennis gold medalist Ryu Seung Min in Beijing by 4-2 today. Your subsequent match beating Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4-1 was equally amazing. I wish you luck in tomorrow's quarter final match against world #1 seed Wang Hao. I know it's going to be one of your toughest matches of your career but I am sure you will do well!

加油! 加油!

Related post: Visiting Uncle Chak and Baby

A Canterbury Tale

2008-08-11T18:38:00.000+01:00

This morning Mummy and Daddy had breakfast at McDonalds.

I had already had mine but that didn't stop me taking a bite out of a hash brown.

Washed down with a drop of amber nectar. No not lager, but much stronger...Tropicana.

Afterwards, we headed off to Canterbury in Kent.

Stopping off by the beach in Whitstable for a spot of lunch.

Famous for its local seafood, we wanted to try Wheelers Oyster bar but little did we know reservations were needed so we settled for lunch elsewhere.

With stomachs filled, we headed for the centre of Canterbury and saw the cathedral.

Before returning home, I met up with Bob the Builder and asked if he can fix it.

He seemed confident he can.

Motor Show 2008

2008-07-28T21:21:00.001+01:00

Click above to see slideshow.

A Stroll Along the Albert Docks

2008-07-21T21:05:00.003+01:00

Today we had Dim Sum for lunch, then afterwards we went for a stroll along the Thames by the Royal Albert Docks.