Oh yes, it’s all about the sticker charts and rewards in our home at the moment. Eden is the one it was all set up for, of course. We never had the need in the past with Joshua. He just did what he was told and never thought that there was a disobedient option. Yes, … Continue reading
Super Typhoon Haiyan struck over the weekend. The whole world knows that the Philippines was hit the worst by this beast which then moved on towards Vietnam but was downgraded by the time it reached land there and the damage was nothing like the world has seen in the Philippines. This Typhoon has been labelled … Continue reading
I don’t seem to have recorded the events of Hong Kong Halloween last year so better do it this year! Boy, do the Hong Kong-ers love a commercial holiday! Any excuse to sell things at eye-watering prices and decorate apartment buildings with a million lights. Apartment building lights tend to go up for mid-Autumn festival … Continue reading
I blame Hong Kong. Sorry but I do. I have had at least 3 tummy bugs since I’ve been here that have laid me up in bed each time for a nasty 24 hours. I never had anything like this back in the UK. Colds and flu are the illness of choice in Europe, nasty … Continue reading
Last week, 3 friends and I gathered at my apartment for a Thai cooking class that we had been looking forward to for ages. Months ago, before the summer, I found some information about different cooking classes in Hong Kong and we all decided we’d love to try the Thai one where the chef comes … Continue reading
We received a letter in the post last weekend from Now TV, the Hong Kong equivalent of Sky but a million times worse. The letter said something along the lines of, “Dear Mr Soloway, thank you for subscribing to our new Premier League package. As a thank you for your loyalty, you are entitled to … Continue reading
London. It’s home. Everything just fits. We all had different expectations of what our long summer in London would bring. For me I just wanted to pick up my old life and just live it. Not do typical holiday things but just do what I always did, with everyone I did it with – in an … Continue reading
No, I’m not talking about a new hair product or even a children’s TV character. Sham Shui Po is an area of Hong Kong that I’ve known about for some time but have only recently discovered. I had heard it was ‘the’ place to go for fabrics, beads, buttons, any kind of decorative items, toys, … Continue reading
There’s a blog post being shared and spread around the world at the moment, written by a mother who feels the need to broadcast the fact that by this stage of the school year, mothers of school age children have basically lost all enthusiasm for the home support required by parents and all eagerness and … Continue reading
All football supporters know that you pick your team, you stick with it, you hope your kids pick the same team, there will be glory days, good times and bad times. It’s the same the world over. As a Watford supporting family, amongst the consistent years of boring mid-table mediocrity, there have been a few … Continue reading
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