Hello Great People,
The big news is that after several months of being on my own I finally have company! Elsie my youngest daughter (20 going to be 21 June 21) arrived last Sunday and is with me now for the next three months. She brought her friend Noelle along so my little apartment has been de-bachelorized and rearranged and tidied up. It is taking me a little while to find things again, but it is great to have the girls here. Next week they will both be working at an English tutoring place in the neighbourhood. They will also be offering some private tutoring as well so hopefully within a week or two they will be teaching a lot of English to a lot of people for a lot of cash.
The girls certainly like Hong Kong. They loved the markets, bird, ladies, and fish, plus they have gone swing dancing twice already. I took them to a Bible study/potluck at an authentic Chinese family's apartment. The apartment was in a slummy building, but the actual apartment was nice. It was a great experience for us all.
Talk about experience I went with a group of guys to a theatre that we rented. There were only 20 seats but they were all lazy boy recliners. Popcorn and drinks were unlimited so we watched THOR! in 3d on our lazy boys. Pretty sweet. Hong Kong is full of surprises.
On Saturday I took the girls to Ocean Park which is an aquarium/amusement park. I am not an amusement park type guy, I would rather bike through a jungle, ski down a monster mountain, or windsurf on a wild and windy day for amusement, but once every ten years or so, when every thing absolutely works out I will drag myself to an amusement park. I find them expensive, hot, and since the patience to wait in lines is not a strength of mine, and I am resigned to the fact it never will be, I find them annoying. Yet Ocean Park was ok. I was with Elsie and Noelle, the aquarium was amazing, there was a Panda exhibit, and a few rides were actually ok, especially the rotating spiral tower one which gave an amazing view of the South China Sea.
The girls are also enjoying the weather, plus 30's this week, and we have been cooling off in the Skytower pool every day since they got here. While they have been adjusting to the time change and weather pretty well the girls are having trouble keeping up to my walking speed. Since I don't have a vehicle I tend to walk a lot more and with daily PE my walking speed has improved a great deal. Poor Elsie just can't keep up yet, but I am working on her exhorting her with inspirational words like calling her, "gramma." I am sure my baby will be able to keep with her almost 30 years older dad soon.
So overall I am happier now and the summer looks good.
Love, Adios, and Peng on,
Dirk
The big news is that after several months of being on my own I finally have company! Elsie my youngest daughter (20 going to be 21 June 21) arrived last Sunday and is with me now for the next three months. She brought her friend Noelle along so my little apartment has been de-bachelorized and rearranged and tidied up. It is taking me a little while to find things again, but it is great to have the girls here. Next week they will both be working at an English tutoring place in the neighbourhood. They will also be offering some private tutoring as well so hopefully within a week or two they will be teaching a lot of English to a lot of people for a lot of cash.
The girls certainly like Hong Kong. They loved the markets, bird, ladies, and fish, plus they have gone swing dancing twice already. I took them to a Bible study/potluck at an authentic Chinese family's apartment. The apartment was in a slummy building, but the actual apartment was nice. It was a great experience for us all.
Talk about experience I went with a group of guys to a theatre that we rented. There were only 20 seats but they were all lazy boy recliners. Popcorn and drinks were unlimited so we watched THOR! in 3d on our lazy boys. Pretty sweet. Hong Kong is full of surprises.
On Saturday I took the girls to Ocean Park which is an aquarium/amusement park. I am not an amusement park type guy, I would rather bike through a jungle, ski down a monster mountain, or windsurf on a wild and windy day for amusement, but once every ten years or so, when every thing absolutely works out I will drag myself to an amusement park. I find them expensive, hot, and since the patience to wait in lines is not a strength of mine, and I am resigned to the fact it never will be, I find them annoying. Yet Ocean Park was ok. I was with Elsie and Noelle, the aquarium was amazing, there was a Panda exhibit, and a few rides were actually ok, especially the rotating spiral tower one which gave an amazing view of the South China Sea.
The girls are also enjoying the weather, plus 30's this week, and we have been cooling off in the Skytower pool every day since they got here. While they have been adjusting to the time change and weather pretty well the girls are having trouble keeping up to my walking speed. Since I don't have a vehicle I tend to walk a lot more and with daily PE my walking speed has improved a great deal. Poor Elsie just can't keep up yet, but I am working on her exhorting her with inspirational words like calling her, "gramma." I am sure my baby will be able to keep with her almost 30 years older dad soon.
So overall I am happier now and the summer looks good.
Love, Adios, and Peng on,
Dirk
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