Dear Amazing People,
A week does not go by without something interesting happening here in amazing, interesting Hong Kong. Highlights this week included a picture scavenger hunt, with friends from school, in the market of Sham Shui Po, a gritty, worn down area of Kowloon loaded with character. There were some interesting sights thats for sure. Here are a few samples:
A little fan of mine.
Pig head for dessert anyone? Anyone?
A little down on his luck.
This week I also ran a sports day for my kindergarten kids. We have the sports day in November because the weather is usually ideal then, plus 25 sunny, little cool breezes floating along, think perfect Alberta summer day, sorry my dear Canadians who have shovelled snow this week, I should not really be taking a little dig like this. No pun intended. Nevertheless, crazy as this may sound the weather was actually a little hot for the kids and the millions or parents with cameras who joined us. Highlight of the day was when 80 kids and some parents started blowing bubbles at the same time. It was magical, amazing, we were in a bubble land.
Charmaine is pumped for sports day.
Bubble land
Finally I went to the "World Famous" Hong Kong convention centre and spent time sampling wine from around the world. All the countries I have lived in were represented so I had a sampling from each: Germany, Canada, USA, Austria, and China. I also tried some french and italian wine since they are considered world class. Note: I only took a few sips from each, and was still standing, moving, and talking coherently afterwards. My fav wine? ze German wine was best. I like ze fruity flavour, und ze Germans had a very fruity wine. Canada was a close second however. Was fun to remember all the great bike trips I took in the Okonogon, going from vineyard to vineyard. There were some pictures too at the Canadian display. Ah sweet memory lane.
Believe it or not but the Chinese have embraced wine and are growing it themselves and of course have become a major market for wine. Wine producers around the world are rubbing their hands in glee. And then to top it off I went to the first art exhibition of a fledgling artist. At first I was not that impressed with her art, but after some time and looking at the pictures again and again I am slowly coming around to appreciating the little details, like the reflection in the knife of the strawberry, blueberry dessert and the details of the bowl of rice and shrimp.
The convention center is that low, wide, building with the curvy roof right in the front, and middle of the picture.
A few wine bottles at the exhibition.
The American display was very cool.
Yuck.
Interesting
Not bad.
Well thats it for now. Have a great week everyone. God bless you all.
Love adios and peng on!
Dirk
A flute player busking for money at a subway station.
Near the forbidden city.
Deep in thought.
In front of the Forbidden City.
Serious dude by the Forbidden City.
Everyone loves a baby,
Huh what? You are kidding!
Tough times.
