Hong Kong

Japanese BBQ with the Monsters

There is this place in Tsim Sha Tsui at iSquare that B and I had been to before years ago. Yakiniku Gyukura. It was an interesting experience with the kids. What it basically is is a table with a BBQ in the middle of the table. They bring you meat […]

Storm over the Mountains

There isn’t much to this. There was a storm coming over the mountains. I set up the phone to take a time lapse of the storm. There have been more storms and more rain lately. Most of the winter there is no rain at all. We are starting to go […]

Balcony Gardening

The day before was Mothers Day. We went to the Flower Market in Prince Edward. I was able to get more pots, pot hangers, and a shelf for my plants. In the hanging baskets, I have an apple tree, a mango tree, a pineapple plant, and kumquat seedlings. I few […]

Mother’s Day

My mother’s day gift from my eldest child, Monkey. It’s a drawing she did from a video game that she plays. I had seen one of her drawings of this guy a while ago and asked her to make me a drawing. I call him the chicken guy. =] I […]

Saying Goodbye

Our department is incredible. We have some really amazing people in our group. One of the EAs had been there long before I had come to the school. Her husband got a job in the US (in Atlanta, Georgia), and she was going to be leaving the school the next […]

Dinner In Central

Saturdays are M and my night out. We were meeting one of M’s friends in Central to have dinner at Le Bouchon. We’ve gone here before. Actually, we’ve gone a few times. We go there to have filet mignon and fries. It’s some of the best food. The friend of […]

Spring Cleaning

We started our Easter holiday the previous weekend. This week, I have been working on organizing the flat. I started by organizing the paperwork that was sort of scattered all over the place. That took all day to do. Today, I focused on the stuff under my bed. The way […]

2nd Attempt at Vegan Macarons

I have a couple of people in my office that are vegan. I do a lot of baking and bring what I bake into work. Many times, they aren’t able to partake. I decided to attempt vegan macarons. The first time, my friend brought the chick pea juice to use. […]

Shopping and Dim Sum

M and I went to Sha Tin to go to New Town Plaza to go shopping and have Taiwanese dim sum. This was one of the first malls we went to when we first came to Hong Kong. We stayed at the Regal Riverside Hotel, which is on the right […]