Thursday, 31 January 2013
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
Pumpkin and mushroom and rice. And a mug of yummy freshly squeezed OJ
Monday, 17 December 2012
The Hong Kong Football Club Christmas Fair
Dashed from the wedding registry to a gorgeous lunch at The Upper House to the Christmas Fair at the Footy Club. Here are some pics.
Interviews and Chrissy tree
In other news, the boys have got interviews at the ESF Hillside Kindergarten, which is great. The ESF schools provide English-language
schooling for English-speaking children who can't access the local school
system. Hillside Kindergarten got 770 applications for 176 places this year, mental isn't it?
They're interviewing 200 kids for those 176 places, so our chances are fairly good. On the one hand I would love them to go to ESF because it is easy to get to, relatively affordable, and gives them priority to get into the ESF primary and then secondary schools. On the other hand, they are starting City Kids 5 afternoons a week in January (they'll be Bumblebees!), and although it is ho ho ma fan to get to and from, I do love that place. It reminds me so much of being little. We went to a Christmas party there the other day and the boys made jingle bell bracelets, red and white hats, reindeer puppets and candy canes. They sang songs and Santa (Grandma Christmas, as J and F call him) gave all the kids a present. It was super cute, we had a great time.
They're interviewing 200 kids for those 176 places, so our chances are fairly good. On the one hand I would love them to go to ESF because it is easy to get to, relatively affordable, and gives them priority to get into the ESF primary and then secondary schools. On the other hand, they are starting City Kids 5 afternoons a week in January (they'll be Bumblebees!), and although it is ho ho ma fan to get to and from, I do love that place. It reminds me so much of being little. We went to a Christmas party there the other day and the boys made jingle bell bracelets, red and white hats, reindeer puppets and candy canes. They sang songs and Santa (Grandma Christmas, as J and F call him) gave all the kids a present. It was super cute, we had a great time.
This is Felix and Miss Radhiya
Ross, enthralled by Grandma Christmas
Our tree!! at last
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
The time has come
It’s official people. We’re potty training. Watch this space
for dry Buzz Lightyear pants.
The first few days have gone relatively well, with the
exception of yesterday, when the boys chose to giggle for two hours instead of
having a nap. The afternoon was characterized by a billion trips to the loo and
lots of costume changes.
I spent a happy half hour last night (after I had recovered
from the agony of having lost my beloved laptop) making a sparkly, spangly
reward chart for the boys. They get a Thomas the Tank Engine sticker (let’s not
discuss the fact that in these parts he’s called Thomas the Train) every time
they use the potty or loo. Fascinating stuff huh? Bet you’re glad you came to
the blog to see what we were up to.
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Ooh, young man!
Remember this from Harry Enfield and Chums?
The Lovely Wobbly Randy Old Ladies
A deliberate contrast, on Enfield's part, to show the opposite of The Old Gits : Two lecherous old ladies who do not care who approaches them so long as the newcomer is male, and youthful. Their catchphrase is "Ooh! Young man!", which they repeat in an attempt to pass themselves off as 'nice little old ladies', while comparing young men they encounter to male celebrities of their young adulthood ("You're the spitting image of a young Lester Piggott").
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Friday, 9 November 2012
Lost property on hong kong bus
Just fyi, peeps. If you ever lose something on a New World First Bus, here's what you do.
First of all, call 2873 0818. You'll get several options, choose "speak to a customer service representative". We called this number about 11.30 one night, no answer. But about 7am the next morning, someone answered.
If they have found your lost property, they'll give you a reference number. If you are picking it up for someone else, take a letter written by that person to authorise you to pick it up. Include the ref number and the person's HKID.
The office is at NWFB's headquarters at 8 Chong Fu Road. It's about a ten minute walk from Heng Fa Chuen MTR station. I went there at 9 am, the day after the item was lost, and it hadn't been delivered yet, so I have to go back later. Grr.
They called me back from this number 3172 5400 to tell me when it had arrived, so that might be worth trying before you schlep to Heng Fa Chuen.
Super boring blog post I know, but might be useful to someone.
First of all, call 2873 0818. You'll get several options, choose "speak to a customer service representative". We called this number about 11.30 one night, no answer. But about 7am the next morning, someone answered.
If they have found your lost property, they'll give you a reference number. If you are picking it up for someone else, take a letter written by that person to authorise you to pick it up. Include the ref number and the person's HKID.
The office is at NWFB's headquarters at 8 Chong Fu Road. It's about a ten minute walk from Heng Fa Chuen MTR station. I went there at 9 am, the day after the item was lost, and it hadn't been delivered yet, so I have to go back later. Grr.
They called me back from this number 3172 5400 to tell me when it had arrived, so that might be worth trying before you schlep to Heng Fa Chuen.
Super boring blog post I know, but might be useful to someone.
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