Food , glorious food !

Ahhh.. nothing like a good dim sum meal to start a lazy Sunday morning.

We met up with mummy's friend for some dim sum at Dragon King in World Trade Centre...

Check out the nicely presented egg tarts...


And daddy's favourite - crispy pork cubes aka siew yuk!

Digging in... nom nom nom....

Mummy forgot to take pictures of the other dishes, but here's a glimpse of the prawn dumpling aka har gau and some pork bone congee.

You can't really tell, but I'm devouring a xiao long bao aka shanghai steamed meat dumpling. My favourite dim sum dish, bar none. I ate 4 of these :)

After that, we headed to Windsor House for some shopping, managed to score some Sesame Street T-shirts for HKD40 each *AUD5!* Nice or not?! Hehe...

New Discovery...

Ohai!We discovered a little indoor playroom in the complex yesterday for 4 year olds and below! That's me! Woo hoo!

It's called a Jungle Gym I think... and the best part, is that it's FREE! Woo hoo again!

Ever since I went to school, I'm not as shy anymore and I was brave enough to venture into the play area by little own self and explore the whole area!

My favourite was the ball pit! I think it was mummy's favourite too when she was young-er.

Looks like mummy will be bringing me here VERY OFTEN! *hint hint* :)

New Curtains in the house :)

Finally, our windows are not bare anymore!
Check out our new curtains, nice or not!
Mummy chose the fabric in like 5 mins, it was the only beige coloured one LOL.
Here's the living room..

Dining room...

And I chose the one for my room.. here it is, all pretty in lilac. If you look closely it's prints of dresses and shoes all over :)

Noeme

Due to popular demand, here's a picture of Noeme our helper!
And I was trying to be her little helper, no pun intended :)

I almost turned on the shower by accident hehehehe... oops.

Nice or not, this is the master bathroom. Got jacuzzi one. I think this was why daddy chose this place!

2.5 weeks.... going on to 3 weeks!

Quick update - I didn't cry when mummy dropped me off at school today!!!
I gave a teary goodbye and was fine after that :)

Also, I'm almost 100% toilet trained!
Yippieee... money saved from nappies = More toys for me!!!!

As for our furniture, it's only arriving on the 12th and it will still need 3-4 days to clear customs... #$%^#$%~!

So Popo will need to stay with us in the serviced apartment... Sorry, popo!!!

Week 2.5 in Hong Kong

Last weekend, we were all feeling slightly better, so we took a walk around the hotel compound to check out the Parkview owner's private collection of treasures from around the world.
These precious items are displayed on various floors of the hotel, for guests to enjoy.

Hey look, a Picasso! And a Salvador Dali (our favourite art piece!)

Claude Monet - Chervin Creux, Pourville

Vincent Van Gogh - Girl in the Woods, 1882

Wine collection...

Chinese thingy...

Some weird sculpture that looks like mummy... LOL!

Then, on Monday... It was time to get ready for my BIG DAY - Going to school for the VERY FIRST TIME!

Here I am, in my uniform, all ready to rock!

N.B. Actually I was feeling rather nervous inside... but trying to keep up a brave face!

Hmm.. Side view of my school bag!

With mummy just before leaving the house!

Oh wait, forgot something!

Ahh, we have arrived (by the way, the school is within walking distance, takes 1 minute to get there hehehe)

The school checks for fever every morning and squirts disinfectant all over our hands each day! Talk about being paranoid!

Here's my class... Can you spot me!?!?

There are 24 kids in my class, and daddy cleverly noticed there are only 6 girls! Weird huh!

There's also Doug the Hamster in my class - Hi Doug!

So, here's the outcome.

I sobbed the whole 3 hours I was there on the first day.

On the second day, I cried when mummy dropped me off, but only for a few minutes and then I was (apparently) very good the rest of the time!

Will see how I go on the third day... hopefully it'll get easier as time goes by :)

Also, weather is finally getting a little cooler, 25 degrees today.

Still waiting for our furniture to arrive so we can move into our new home!!!!

Second week in Hong Kong... Sick, sick and sick!

Well, looks like the air pollution , humidity, change in weather, stress from toilet training etc etc finally got the better of me!

I came down with a fever, cough and flu last Saturday, and the fever keeps recurring every 2-3 days!

Have gone to the nearby GP but Doctor doesn't seem too concerned. Mummy almost had a heart attack when she saw the cost of a doctor's consultation here.. $400! And another $400 for medicine!!! And another $400 for a follow up visit!!!! #$%#$^! (Luckily it's covered by Daddy's medical LOL, shouldn't have taken good old Medicare for granted in Sydney).

Anyway, I'm still sick, it's been a week, and I'm still coughing really badly. Last night I was coughing for a good half hour non-stop! I don't think the medicine is working at all, everytime I take it I get a bad nose bleed. So mummy's gonna revert to some good old fashioned medication - honey, lemon and barley... Hope it works!

Unfortunately, daddy has fallen prey to my germs. He too, fell sick on Monday and is still sick now! He's been on medical leave this whole week! Luckily *touch wood* mummy is fine and is able to take care of all of us.

Also, our new Helper has joined the family! Her name is Noeme (pronounced like do-re-mi) and she has also been taking really good care of me. Will post up a pic of her soon.

HOPE I GET WELL BY THIS WEEKEND. Otherwise I can't start school next Monday!
It's a public holiday in Hong Kong today to commemorate China's National Day, and it's also the start of China's Golden Week holidays.

P/S - Any good recipe suggestions for a flu, grandmas? Mummy have been making chicken soup and porridge, not sure what else I should be eating!?!?