getting married and facebook

Leaving HK tonight to fly away to get married.
I may update my facebook and my blog accordingly :)

typhoon vicente

Typhoon Vicente was the name of the storm that hit us the other night. It battered Hong Kong with gale-force winds (of more than 140 km/h) and torrential rain.
It was cool to watch it come it at first, but just before midnight I had had enough and thought- this is actually quite scary....

The Authorities hoisted the No. 10 tropical cyclone signal (the highest level ) for several hours overnight, making this one of the strongest typhoons to hit the city in the past decade.

But our house is still standing and windows intact. Tree trunks are lying around all over the place around the house though, but in a few days time I am sure that will be cleared away and the storm will be forgotten since the rat-race continues as per normal... 

time flies

The saying goes: time flies when you have fun.
I say time flies when you are busy beyond belief...

I have had too much on my plate lately....
Work is manic. Even more so than usual, we have overtaken a company so my responsibilities have all of a sudden doubled... Offices in two locations, more staff, new business and a whole lot of paper work that needs to be done. (A enjoyable problem in a way, because it is really nice to be doing as well as we do. And to be as challenged as we are and to show everyone that DLHK rocks. But it is hard work… and my life is consumed by work most of the time…)

Any spare time has been spent doing wedding admin, but we’re almost done now, thank god.

On top of this we are currently in a storm. We have had a typhoon in full force for over 12 hours now… sitting here hiding from the extremely heave rain and winds and am happy that I have a house that still stands…

I am sooooo looking forward to stepping on that plane on Friday and say bye to all the obligations for a while. I need a break.

this is how i feel today

·          "We sacrifice our health in order to make money, then sacrifice our money to recuperate our health. We become so anxious about the future that we cant enjoy the present and live as if we are never going to die, but die having never really lived"

surprise hens party

I was kidnapped and blindfolded!
And then became a pirate for a day - named Captain Black Beard.

Almost sounds like a dream right?
But this is what happened to me last Saturday.

The girls took me by surprise and threw me an amazing hens party. 

Probably the best hens party a girl could have ever asked for!

It was an absolute brilliant day.

On the Sunday I was feeling pretty broken, but couldn't stop smiling…. 

The girls made me feel so special, so cared for and so loved.

The day was full of dares, laughs, naked jet-skiing, booty, games, and a great effort was put into learning a Swedish drinking song.

They had made amazing decorations and the thought behind everything was just so touching, And so was the movie!!!, the cake!!! and the shots of death – which more or less killed me :)

Thank you a million girls!!

Question - Can we do it again?

 

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!

flip flop injury

If you don't lift your feet properly when you are hurrying down the street in your old red flip flops the consequence can be as per the below....

i won tickets

I won 2 return tickets HKG-LHR with BA in a lycky draw!!

Feel very lucky indeed and happy.

Thinking a flight home over Christmas perhaps:) 

Yay!!

Lamma move complete

After days of packing I am now ready to spend the weekend un-packing.

The Lamma move is completed and I feel the peace off Lamma filling up my soul already.

Amazing feeling.
But with a view like the one above and the sound of the waves it is difficult not to feel at peace.  I might actually be able to relax and re-fill my batteries.

Bring on my first weekend as a Lamma islander :)

photo booth

The new thing seems to be to have photo booths inculding some props at parties.
It was the HKFC May ball last Friday night and the above photos were taken amongst many m a n y others.

Ant really whishes we could have one at our wedding.
I might have to create one with my macgyver talent.
It's ot a promise, but if I have time I will def try...
They surea are fun, and you get osme great photos :)

got it

Emergency meeting with land lord went well.
We got the apartment and should be moving to our new place with sea veiw in 2 weeks time!
Come and visit!!

crappy question mark

We've been back and forth to Lamma island plenty of times the last months in our search for a new apartment. Last Sunday we went there again and as we left the island we had a new lease signed and we were very exited! During the days that have followed the landlord seems to have changed his mind! And we might not have a new apartment to move into at the end of this month. We might not have anywhere to live at all since we have given notice to our current landlord... To sum things up - CRAP! We are now going out to Lamma again tomorrow to try and sort things out during a meeting. Fingers crossed please!

pancake cake

The Princess had his birthday on Saturday and I got up at 7 am to give him something special.
Ant had never ever had a pancake cake in his life, and as I belive that you can't turn 34 without ever have had this most amazing breakfast, a pancake cake it was...

And to me it seemed like he liked it... :)

hot days

We've had a few hot days in HK.

The best thing to do then according to Teddy is to lay down in the water.