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!?!?

First few days in Hong Kong - updated with photos :)

(Updated this post with Pictures!)

I thought it best to start detailing what we've done over the last few days in Hong Kong.

We arrived on Saturday night, the 18th of September and I was pleased that the serviced apartment was really really nice.
Took a shower, walked my "dog" (nb: daddy's headphones) around and then went to bed!

Here's a picture of our serviced apartment, its a spacious and luxurious 2 bedroom apartment and the housekeeping unit cleans it every single day!

So different from our last week in Sydney where we stayed at the Medina where they only clean once a week! On a daily basis they just make the beds and replace the towels!

The next day, we woke up bright and early and went to explore the city! Daddy needed a hair cut to look nice for his FIRST day at work, and also needed some new work clothes. We just tagged along for the ride.

We spent the whole day walking around Causeway Bay, starting from Times Square, hopping over to Sogo then finishing up at Jardines Crescent. Phew... so tiring!

Then, on Monday, there was a typhoon warning (typhoon Fanapi) so it was POURING buckets of rain... the rain only stopped on Wednesday, so - you guessed it - stayed at home most of the time. Had to go out briefly to do some errands on Tuesday, ie apply for our HKID card, interview the potential helper, open our HSBC bank account,.. sigh, I got drenched!

Wednesday evening, which was the eve of Mid Autumn Festival, we went to check out the Lantern festival at Victoria Park.. and discovered more little shops around Causeway Bay, ie Island Fashion and Windsor House (they have a Toys R Us in here!!!)

Can you see my little lantern???

Plenty of kids shops in Windsor House *happiness*

Thursday, was the Mid Autumn festival.. so it was back to Causeway Bay for more shopping and eating. We also popped by Ikea to buy furniture for our new helper (the one we interviewed). Her name is Noeme and she'll be starting next week! At night, we hopped on the MTR to Tsim Tsa Tsui to get daddy a new laptop bag from Crumpler @ Silvercord.

Then today, mummy brought me to the local pre-school called PIPS to enrol me for Kindy year 1 (K-1 as they called it). Sadly, I'll be the only kid in the class who is not fully toilet trained yet, but mummy is optimistic I'll be fine by the time I start (at least, that's what she keeps reassuring the staff there LOL)... So far, I'm quite good at using the toilet for a no. 1 - it's the no. 2 that's a bit harder for me :(

Nice or not my uniform??? Had to buy size 6 coz the size 4 was a bit tight!!! *shy*

Anyways, we have to go now to meet the curtain guy, he's going to help put some curtains in our apartment. Today, we will be selecting fabrics and colours for the room! How exciting!

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Update: Here's the curtain I selected (forgot to rotate the pic)

Further Update: After selecting curtains, we stopped by the Playground and the air was so fresh and crisp!

Check out the mountain view in the background :)

Life in Hong Kong

Sorry my dear readers,

I've been neglecting this blog for a little while as I've just moved to Hong Kong and I'm still trying to settle into the new lifestyle and routine.

Will update soon enough, in the meantime, Happy Mid Autumn Festival!