Monday, July 27, 2009

Empty

Teosdee and kids arrived safely in Lancashire. Had nice day at the beach yesterday.Resisted the lure of Wanchai!
Spent all day sorting out the flat and throwing bags of crap away.Bored now.Time for the beach I suppose.House feels empty with just me here, and no TV. May leave sooner rather than later-maybe early next week.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Marry a teacher

Three couples marry and stay at the same hotel for their honeymoons, where they are taken care of by Dave the bellboy.

The first man married a nurse. Dave thinks to himself, "Nurses are known to be hot to trot."

The second man married a telephone operator. Dave thinks to himself, "Telephone operators have sexy voices."

The third man married a school teacher. Dave thinks to himself, "Poor guy, teachers are frigid."

The next morning, Dave reports to work and gets a room service call from the nurse's husband. He sourly says, "Don't ever marry a nurse. All I heard last night was 'You're not sanitary, you're not sanitary.'"

Then, the telephone operator's husband calls and sourly says, "Don't ever marry a telephone operator. All I heard last night was 'Your three minutes are up, your three minutes are up.'"

Later that afternoon, the teacher's husband calls and happily says, "When you marry, be sure to marry a school teacher. All I heard last night was 'We are going to do this over and over until we get right.'"

Monday, July 13, 2009

Moving on

Well, it appears that we are on our way again. After 2 years back here in Hong Kong, we are once again heading back to Europe.
Jack will be attending Primary 1 in September, and we feel he could do with a couple of years back in an English speaking school.Joseph has just been informed that he 'passed' Primary 2 and can go onto Primary 3 and study p3 Chinese with his classmates.Not bad after just 1 year in Chinese school,but it is not to be.He will be able to go to P4 in the UK.
I think we may be away for longer this time. I also want to further my studies. The money here in Hong Kong has remained an all too important issue. Teosdee was only able to earn a very small amount-Filipinos are still discriminated against here, earning far less than locals. A minimum wage law is being drafted, and the situation should improve in a couple of years.
Of course, I will miss the beach and friends, but I do sometimes think there is more to life than great weather and bbqs. Swings and roundabouts really! I know that after a couple of winters back home, I'll be desperate to get back to the beach-and so will the kids.
Ultimately, we are fortunate to have the choice to live in both places.