Awesome birthday

My birthday stretched from Wednesday through to Sunday and it was fantastic.

I met Mum and Dad and Caroline after school each day and looked around Hong Kong with them (with a fair bit of shopping thrown in).  We had a beautiful meal up at Rico's Spanish Restaurant on Friday and then went to Macau for the weekend.

We had great weather, a beautiful hotel with a room bigger than my apartment, we did touristy things, visited a couple of casinos, and went to the House of Dancing Water.  What a weekend!

The House of Dancing Water was a show a little similar to Cirque du Soleil, with a water theme and lots of clever acrobatics.  I loved it!  We sat there open-mouthed through it - I could watch it over and over again.

It was definitely the highlight, but also loved the Chinese gardens we wandered through, and the famous Venetian Casino.

I feel very spoiled, with Mum and Dad visiting, bringing Caroline as a surprise, taking me out for a birthday dinner, and then a show in Macau!  Best birthday ever.  Thanks Mum and Dad!

Birthday dinner

Happy Birthday to me from the Spanish performers!

Cat St markets

Crowds of Macau

Somewhere in Macau - such a nice photo of Caz!

A little excited to be going to the Dancing Water Show at the casino

Inside the Venetian - with an amazing roof that made us forget it was close to midnight

Chinese gardens

Grand Prix Museum

Surprise!

Mum and Dad have come over for a visit, and I was really excited tonight to go and meet them on the train.  I should have guessed Dad would bring me a suprise... Caroline!!  Wow!!!

Mem Fox talk

I was lucky enough yesterday to go and listen to Mem Fox speaking about the importance of reading aloud to kids. She read some of her books to us, and she was brilliant.  She is over here for the Hong Kong Literary Festival, and I know she is going to inspire a lot of people this week.

She made me want to get straight on a plane and go home to Matthew so I could read to him. 


Imagine having the chance to meet one of Australia's most famous children's authors over here in HK!

International shopping

Nothing much adventurous going on here I'm afraid.  The only exciting thing I've done lately is the movies - yes, it has taken me this long to finally go to the movies in Hong Kong!  The weather is still quite cool for this time of year - it was 12 degrees and raining today so a great day for movies.  I don't mind the weather like this, it's better than stinking hot, muggy weather.

It struck me yesterday when I was grocery shopping how international my meals are.  Hong Kong does not produce a lot of food, so my spinach, muesli, beans, tuna, and cheese are from USA, Germany, Kenya, Thailand and France.  And I was so excited to find good old Cadbury's turkish delight easter eggs from Australia!