Guess how old I am...

When going out in the Cross the other night, I got asked for ID. Now you would have thought that being twice the legal age that the bouncer may have over looked me, but no... he didn't bat an eyelid when he looked at my license. We figured that if he couldn't count that high that we could get in.
People rarely guess my age in Australia, however I would have thought that in Hong Kong that people wouldn't have the same difficulty. But to my surprise they have exactly the same difficulty, even relatives! So that puts pay to the cultural differences rationale.
Not such a bad problem to have really.

Things I didn't realise I don't know how to do...

Being in HK with all these relatives around, with perhaps a little bit of fussing going on... I've discovered that in all these years I do not yet know how to:
• eat soup
• use a fan
• turn on an air-conditioner

Come back regularly to see what else i have yet to learn how to use!

Swine Flu

Lots of people wearing masks over here, but the most noticeable thing in relation to swine flu is that the buttons in the lift have a plastic cover taped over them and a sign above them saying they are cleaned regularly.

Errant Trousers

The apartment that Aunt Esther and Uncle Michael live in have a swimming pool. Now I imagined that being HK, that this would be a small little indoor pool. But as it turns out it is quite a large one with an egyptian theme, outdoors up against the hillside covered in jungle. The Egyptian theme means that there are water spouts and some misters giving atmosphere.

Each day Esther and I go down and have a swim. There are regulation hours and of course two life guards in case anybody gets in trouble in the pool which is 1.2m at it's deepest.

This morning at the pool side, Aunty Esther came to me and said she had something very serious to talk to me about and that she felt very upset. My mind was whirling, but then I thought being HK that it was probably not that bad...

Esther came to me to admit that my trousers had blown off the line on the verandah and were caught halfway down the building. Much relieved we had a laugh as we looked up at them flapping in the breeze.

Funnily enough they were trousers that i'd got last time i was in HK, so they'll be very easy to replace.

Hong Kong

Well, it's been a little while since i've posted, but i thought that seeing as i'm in Hong Kong on a holiday, it might be a good opportunity to start blogging again. Not farm related i know, but hopefully interesting!

The trip over was a breeze, but without air conditioning, it can be pretty hot here... it's probably just that i've gone from winter in Sydney to summer over here. Love it!

But the daily reality is that even after a swim in the pool i come out sweating as the water is 33'C would you believe.

Today, I made the terribly strenuous decision to start at beginners level 3 instead of intermediate 1 and certainly wasn't going to go with the assessors suggestion of beginner level 1... bah!

Eating like mad over here, non-stop eat-a-holics it would seem, however i think that will settle down as the new visitor status wears off.