Chinese New Year has coincided with Australia Day this year so we hosted an Australian style barbeque for our Australian friends and a token Canadian who can do a not too shabby accent. Everyone was required to bring something Australian. […]
It’s been a busy week that aside from work has included: A check-up and clean at the dentist; Our favourite tree at our home in Australia being removed due to it’s death, possibly as a result of a lightning strike; […]
Sunday is traditionally the day of rest. In an effort to fit more in each week this has shortened from a day to the evening. I’d like a longer evening. Friday night was my work’s annual dinner. With an 80s […]
It’s that time of year where I tend to take stock on the previous one and set some goals for the new one. The blog has been a great reminder of some of the things I have done / seen […]
We have been tour guides and hotel operators since last Monday evening when we met Mr Shallot’s mum, brother, our sister-in-law and their three children at the airport. Aside from the Christmas festivities and a bbq, we’ve been to Disneyland, […]
It’s been a busy weekend and the start of my holidays. I’ve been on my last junk trip of the season as it is starting to get cooler. Junk is a loose term used to describe just about any pleasure […]
We’ve just thrown our first real grown-up party since being in Hong Kong. Our excuse was a house-warming. We’re finally in a place big enough to have more than three people over simultaneously and it actually feels homey. Our last […]
“Chanel, Dior, Lagerfeld, Givenchy, Gaultier, darling. Names, names, names!” And they are all on sale already. Generally the luxury brand sales in HK are very exclusive. If they are at the lower-end of the luxury scale (can you believe there […]
This is a month where too much sport is barely enough as Roy & HG would say. It started with Mr Shallot doing a sprint distance triathlon on the Sunday we moved in, followed by an Olympic distance triathlon the […]
Last weekend we moved, lost our internet connection and have only just got it back today. Unfortunately it is a small market for internet service providers so we are somewhat stuck with what we’ve got. While the rest of HK […]