one month

Yesterday it was exactly one month until the big day!

t8 on a friday night

On Friday evening last week everybody in Hong Kong was rushing to their homes to find shelter from the approaching tropical storm Doksuri.

I left work at 9 pm and got on the 9.30 ferry. And that was good since at around 11 pm the Hong Kong observatory hoisted a T8 signal.  Most of public transport is cancelled once the T8 signal is on and the city closes down.  So there would have been no way for me to get home.
And home is considered the safest place to be. Since it was my first tropical storm/typhoon experience on Lamma it was a bit special. When you live in the city of HK, nothing really happens, except for all the rain, but on Lamma the wind really blows....

Fortunately, it never got too bad, but Ant and I tucked as many things away as we could though on our rooftop, closed all doors and windows and Teddy sure didn't want to go out for a pee....

The Doksuri did not reach the “direct hit” status though, when the eye of the storm is directly over Hong Kong. There has not been a direct hit for a number of years, however when this happens, the damage is usually devastating, and a number of people are usually killed.

note for future reference

If the time is 23.10 and you're still in the office but you need to get on a ferry that leaves at 23.30 so you can get home and get some sleep - you can make it!
Just take off your flip-flops, run through the now pretty quiet streets of Hong Kong and you'll be fine. Actually more than fine, you'll be there in 7 minutes time!

time out

OK, with tons of work, wedding planning etc etc I've taken an involuntary break from blogging.

Will be back soon hopefully.

old dress

My mum smiled at me the other morinng as I put on a dress before heading to work...
She said: do you still use that dress?
Yeah I said, why?
Well it's quite old she answered.
So I counted the years since I graduated from school (year 12). because the dress I put on was my graduation dress.... And realised that the dress is 18 years old....
How old does that make me?!
Still 29 obviously....

lamma mornings

I wake up just before 6 and open my eyes and look out onto the beautiful bay outside our bedroom window.
I get up, feed Teddy and then take him for a walk down to the beach where he plays with his dog friends whilst I do my good deed for the day. (I pick up the garbage that has floated ashore during the night and throw it in the bin where it belongs).
I then go home again and have a shower whilst overlooking the ocean.
I walk down to the ferry where I relax and eat my breakfast.
I arrive in town 20 min later and am ready to take on a new day at the office. 

celebrations

Yay for Sweden today on its National day!
I have celebrated with Swedish food at lunch.

Tonight I might celebrate my love to Ant with some bubbles - it is our first engagement anniversary today.
So double yay for that!