Felicia’s Annual Leave

December 6, 2009 Leave a comment

After more than 18 months, Felicia was finally back in Shanghai – Happily Alone! Let’s say it was her "annual leave" (or Anniversary gift) holiday – For a precious 60-hour break, she was 1,000 miles away from her son and those back-breaking household chores! It was an impulse travel decision (made only on Tuesday) and off she flew on Friday morning. What about Elkan? For only HKD80, we parked Elkan from 9am-6pm (cheaper than a carpark fee!) at a childcare center near my office.

Just realised how fortunate we are – as soon as the group got the wind of Felicia’s solo trip to Shanghai – Scott, Harshad, HongFei and Tracy came to my rescue. All of them volunteered to babysit Elkan. Things were certainly not the same with and without Felicia. My friends become more liberal…and they even wanted to stay overnight at my house with Elkan! Even Elkan behaved very differently when his mum wasn’t around – He was 200% naughtier and nosier! Mmm.. not sure this is a good idea to grant any more annual leaves for my wife. Perhaps, I should send both mum and son away the next time.

Despite being away from her "very naughty" son, Felicia found herself surrounded by mothers-&-kids in Shanghai! Nonetheless, I bet she enjoyed her short trip in Shanghai – Over the past 2 days, she visited our good friends – Echo, Johnny and Ming. And not to mention those shopping sites where she accumulated 2 big bags of goodies!

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A Not-so-Good Sat Night

December 6, 2009 1 Comment

We had a lousy and unlucky Sat evening – Every thing seems to be so so wrong. First, we travelled all the way (from east to west) to Western Market and found out that the restuarant that we wanted to dine was booked for a wedding dinner. We ended up eating Cha-Chan-Ting opposite the street. Then at 8:50pm, we rushed to the bay to catch the "East Asia Games Opening Ceremony Fireworks". Scott was confidently leading the way and we found out that we mixed up the timing! The fireworks supposed to go off at 8pm! What a shame! We laughed at Scott’s silly mistake for misleading us <again!>!

Next, Tracy suddenly made a panic annoucement to the group – SHE dropped her iphone! Just when we decided to go back to trace her iPhone at the HK Cafe, the first firework exploded in the sky! The fireworks were back!??? (Scott was right???) Puzzled and confused, the team dashed for the bay to catch the fireworks. Tracy and I decided to give the fireworks a miss and we headed back to the HK Cafe. The verdict – her iPhone is gone forever…

The group decided to chill out at the roof garden at IFC. Great place but lousy period for everyone – except the Ho Family. Scott was moody and confused about his new girl. Harshad was still suffering from his hangover. Elkan was upset that he couldn’t play PS3 with his favourite Indian buddy. I was feeling so tired and disappointed for missing that firework show. And Tracy was so sad about her missing iPhone.

Well, at least we managed to pose some good happy shots for my blog.  

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