Wagyu

A quick note on a new Eggs Benedict place that we've just tried. Probably the best we've had in Hong Kong to date.

Wagyu is (as the name suggests) of Australian extraction. The Coolangatta Gold breakfast had been had previously, and was excellent.

Today Wendy is here, so we took her there for breakfast, trusting that the Eggs Benedict would be good. It was - the eggs were done properly, there was enough sauce (extra sauce in a little container if you want it), there was sufficient smoked salmon, and the bread (turkish) was toasted just right.

The ambience was a little off today, as the air-con was not working. They had fans going, so it wasn't bad, but not quite as good as usual.

So, the scores:

• Eggs - 9/10
• Bread - 8/10
• Hollandaise - 9/10 - was great
• Coffee - 8/10
• Ambience - 8/10 - nicely grown up (and Wendy says the company was great)
• Total - 42/50

Pictures

Here's a view of the sunset from our balcony. It can be pretty amazing... (click on the picture to get the full view in glorious "technicolour")


Dragon Boats from a few weeks back.

Everyone paddling hard as we start the final race. In the background you can see the spectator boats lined up. Some of them started getting into position on the Sunday before the race (which was on Tuesday). That's how busy the place gets. The boats form a "U" shape around the race course.

A closer view of the mad paddling that's required. We were not as good paddlers as this crew was!
Our final race - if you squint hard, you can probably see me (Andrew) last on the right-hand side of the boat.

Another Week Passes

Sonia here this time - figure it is about time I take my turn.

We realised in the taxi this afternoon that this time last year we were about to pack our house in Malaysia. It is hard to believe it it is almost a year since we left KL. It was not until the beginning of October that we actually made it to Hong Kong, but even that means we have now been here over 9 months. We are still really enjoying Hong Kong as a place to live, although neither of us will be sorry to see the heat of summer start to dissipate. Should be cooler again by the end of August, and we cannot wait. The heat is quite different than KL. We thought KL was humid but it was truly nothing compared to here. Just a couple of minutes outside at the moment has you feeling decidedly drippy, and any more than a 10 minute walk is pretty much unbearable. We are taxi'ing more and walking less as a result.

I have just finished my third week back working with Bravura, and I think it is going to work out ok - a bit of a relief really. The company has changed a little from the Tacit days in the way it thinks and operates, but the actual software product is still very familiar, and there are only so many variations on types of insurance products companies can offer so I am not too far behind the game. It is looking like I will be spending most of my time in Hong Kong with some travel to Bangkok and possibly China over time. I am pretty much ok with whatever happens - both of these are pretty ok places to travel to.

We are looking forward to Wendy coming for a quick visit later this week, and hoping to rent a car and do our first bit of real exploring outside of the city this next weekend. Hope Wendy is up for the experience of being Andrew's first passenger in Hong Kong! We are trying to decide just what to do about buying a car. If Andrew was really settled in his job I think we would go ahead and buy, but until he sorts out just what he is doing with the crazy new boss I think we might just rent on the weekends and continue to make do with taxis during the week. Even though it feels expensive it probably still works out cheaper than running a car of our own.

Wold love to have exciting news to post but there truly is nothing out of the ordinary going on here - who knows, maybe next week!!

Bye...

Where to start

Well, I see that it's been a few weeks since my last confession (I mean "post").

Sonia has gone to India, then Auckland, and is now into her second week on the job in KL. It's been interesting how much she remembers - much more than she thought (which is good)! There are a couple of her workmates here in HK - one visiting, one living here - so it's not a big team. The challenge for her is going to be bringing her experience to bear - what needs to be differently to the last project.

I had a quiet birthday, with Sonia flying back in and arriving in the country about 9pm. By the time she got to town where I met her, she was white and not feeling well. Turns out she'd drunk lots of water and not eaten anything all day. According to CSI that means her Calcium levels were way too low (I think).

Anyway, what else has happened? I got my driver's license yesterday morning, so all of the taxi drivers had better watch out. Another menace on the road (I had to say that before Dad does).

I'm off to KL for a couple of days, getting back to HK on Friday night. Then planning to go to Japan next Monday afternoon for the remainder of the week. Not sure if that means I get to see Wendy (who is visiting us on the way to the US) or not...

Time to board. Bye