I've finally bought myself a laptop!!!!!
I've worked a lot of extra hours as a childbirth teacher and stashed the money away. Once my bills had been paid there was enough left over for my very first, my very own laptop. No more shoving grumpy teenagers off the family computer, no more strange downloads clogging up the works- and if anyone so much as breathes near it they are in trouble- except when I need help!
So here are some photos I took last weekend in HK with my new-ish camera. I feel like a New Woman.

Proud player

Alec's final season with his HK rugby club has come to an end. He was very proud to receive a Special Player Award last weekend for his achievements and commitment.
A huge round of applause..........

24 Hour Sail

Alec joined the sailing club team to sail for 24 hours for charity one weekend in October. All the kids took turn sailing all through the night, from 2pm Saturday to 2pm Sunday. Alec's shifts were 4-6 pm, 9-11 pm and 4-6 am. Tough going especially in the dead of night when the wind died off completely. However he saw the sunrise over the bay, ate a huge breakfast and stayed awake long enough to find his team had won by 4 seconds and collect the prize. We helped raise $30,000 which gave the team a real sense of purpose. Their average age was 9 years old- a great achievement for them all. Oh, yeah- the adult teams did well too!

5th Typhoon this season hits HK

We are battening down our hatches yet again as the 5th Typhoon this year passes by Hong Kong.
Schools are possibly remaining shut tomorrow, winds of 160 kph expected. Husband is stranded in Singapore as his 6pm flight is cancelled. We have homemade pizza on the menu followed by ice cream and Grey's Anatomy Season 4.

Summer '08

Back to work...

Long time no blog...I've been very busy and since we share two computers in a house of 7 people my time on it is rationed!
Anyway- I'm back at work and took this photo of my little office where I see all my 'patients'- primary school children from 4-11 years old. I love it and although it is very busy some days it is great fun. My son Alec is playing on my computer...you see I cannot even get to my work computer.
A laptop of my own is on my birthday list.

Junk season

The summer is moving in slowly to Hong Kong and it is Junk season again. This means renting a Junk made of teak along with a few friends chugging off to one of the islands dotted around HK island. We did this last Sunday. Alec was on this junk, I was on the next door one. We sailed for a short time to Turtle Beach. Turtles return there each year from June to October to lay eggs and the beach is closed. So we took a group picnic and BBQ, lots of wine and water, towels and cozzies. the kids had a ball jumping off the roof of the junk into the cool water. Parents took it in turns to supervise and relax. We were only a little sunburnt but very tired when we chugged home at 5 pm.