Christmas lights

Well the Christmas tree never did get any lights. It's Boxing Day today, so I guess Sonia will soon give in and dismantle the tree. Without lights. Quite an achievement, I think.

We went to a friend's place yesterday, around 1pm, for a Christmas lunch. As one of the other couples was late, this turned out to be somewhere between lunch and dinner, finishing as it did around 6pm. Turkey, ham, lamb, etc. We did dessert - chocolate cheesecake, lemon meringue cupcakes, and chocolate brownie. The baking started at 7.30am and finished ten minutes before we needed to leave home, so it was a busy Christmas Morning! Glen (the friend) had got a chimineya for Christmas, so we ended up sitting around it until quite late in the freezing Tokyo weather, talking about life in Japan and Asia. The others who were there were mostly Australians with a token American couple. It was a good Christmas.

Speaking of life in Japan, ours is at an end. I've accepted a job in Hong Kong with a consulting company - heading up the insurance business for Asia Pacific. The scope includes NZ, so there is a chance of getting to NZ from time to time. We'll be moving sometime in late January - February, although not we are exactly sure of the timetable at this point. I officially start on 17th January, but we will need to find an apartment in Hong Kong, sell the car (the motorbike will probably be shipped), and pack up the furniture (getting rid of the couches first). Life is never boring :-)

Merry Christmas

Andrew and Sonia