Speed Racer
Mr Neighbour (they were going to be called the Ben10s after the cartoon series the children are particular fond of) and his eldest son met Mr Shallot and I at the Heathrow Airport. They drove us back to their house […]
Author: Ms Shallot
It’s a Life
It’s our second last weekend of being in Discovery Bay. Next weekend we’ll be in London, the following one we’ll be somewhere in Italy, the one after that we’ll be recovering from jet lag in DB and the next sees […]
Take Me Back
It’s Grand Final Day and thanks to a Best Women’s birthday gift, it will be just like I’m watching it on the couch in Sydney. I received the card telling me I had a parcel to collect at our post […]
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We have started shopping for a car. The used car market in HK is impressive. It’s driven (no pun intended) by the number of expats leaving and the local HK people not wanting to drive a car that has been […]
Back to Life, Back to Reality
Over the past 36 hours, I have experienced sensory overload. Our trip to Macau started with first class tickets on the Cotai Jet. It was a relaxing way to travel and away from all the noise that is a hallmark […]
Celebration
This year is my first Birthday Festival that is a fortnight long. Normally it is for a week (I like birthdays). There’s a public holiday this Monday so it is the perfect justification for extending the celebrations over a longer […]
Freedom
My arm has been free for three weeks and is almost back to its usual self. Over its time of entrapment, I’ve learnt and experienced a number of things: I dislike typing one handed. It is very time consuming and […]
All Revved Up and No Place to Go
A couple of weekends ago, we stumbled across a well-hidden sub-culture that is probably prevalent throughout Asia – the underground world of the anime and comic aficionado. Before you conjure up images of the Comic Book Guy in The Simpsons, […]
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
We have been lucky enough to eat at some great restaurants but on Wednesday night, we ate the best meal we’ve ever had. A French, three star Michelin chef prepared (or at least his staff did) an eight course degustation […]
Hard Luck Story
As a sports loving Australian in the host country of the Olympic Games, it is with disappointment that I’m not seeing much of it. This time, it’s not because of time zone issues either. If anything, I should be able […]