Ok, without a doubt the best part of the Gold Coast is the swimming pool. Wish you could join us.......

Heres a few of the pool, as well as us.

just found these two. Both are back from Malaysia

Sara Beth fighting the crowds of Sai Kung

On top of 'The Peak.'

The girls at ShekO

Melvin and Sara Beth at Shek O Beach

These are a few from Shenzhen. The couple with me are our friends Camay and Benjamin

few more from the birthday party

Kwan Yi' Birthday

Its birthday time. Say hello to Kwan Yi. She is a teacher at my school, and more importantly, she is one of our good friends here in Hong Kong. Her birthday was last week, this called for a party, naturally, we took her to the McDonalds!! It was Tripp, SB, Amelia and the staff of the YWCA Siu Pong School. (Tripp's School)

Library Outing

We took the oldest group of children to the Hong Kong Central Library earlier in May. It is impressive! We spent our time in the children's section (obviously) but the rest of the place wasn't too shabby, either. (All gold and marble and hi-tech and several stories tall)

Besides a huge array of children's books in several languages, they have a by-appointment-only kid's paradise with an indoor tree fort, pretend doctor's office with equipment, kitchen area, infant corner, magnetic wall, plus a "toy library" holding every imaginable child's delight on file. You can "rent" any two at a time for a set period of time.

How perfect for parents? Getting all the latest games and toys without spending a dime! By the time your reservation ends, the child is probably sick of the toy anyways! There were shelves of three ring binders full of options, divided by age and genre of imaginary play for the children to pick out and the friendly helpers brought from what must be a monstrous warehouse of Playskool and Fisher Price. I can't think of a better rainy day help for parents!

 

Ocean Park K3 Field Trip

Hi everyone!

We've dropped an anchor off a speedboat, as they say, and have been going nonstop for two weeks. There is currently no internet at my apartment so I apologize for the delay in posting!

Amelia had a fantastic week visiting in Hong Kong (more on her visit to come in a later post). She left last Thursday; I originally had been given the day off to take Amelia to the airport but the K3 field trip to Ocean Park was rescheduled for that day. I said goodbye to Mel and put her in a taxi, hoping that she'd be okay! I called her a full 24 hours later and she was in the Chicago airport, safely through customs with all our knockoff designer goodies from China! What a long flight, plus her inflight entertainment wouldn't turn on and the reading light wouldn't turn off-- can you imagine?!

Below are some shots my coworkers took at Ocean Park. It was rainy and humid, but the kids were loving the rides (and so was I)! We had McDonald's brought in for a picnic lunch and I was beyond thrilled to get free admission into one of the pricier tourist attractions in Hong Kong!