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Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Our wedding gift!
Katy and I cashed the final bit of our wedding funds to acquire this brand new massive wardrobe! Thanks to everyone for making this possible!
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Ahhhh....Looks like a good morning to.....
take a shower.......
What the FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whelp....Guess I'm just gonna hafta to wash my face and brush my teeth.....
?!?!?!?!?!???!?*^%$#@#$%^&&%#?!@#$%^&*&^*(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least my coffee is already made!!!
Now to do some laundry........
What the FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whelp....Guess I'm just gonna hafta to wash my face and brush my teeth.....
?!?!?!?!?!???!?*^%$#@#$%^&&%#?!@#$%^&*&^*(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least my coffee is already made!!!
Now to do some laundry........
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas from Hong Kong
Burning the midnight oil (candle) and watching muppet Christmas carol
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This is the chestnuts roasting thing I was talking about
I had two more better pictures but the iphone's camera usually takes from 5 to 30 seconds to actually snap the picture. Good thing Santas gift list was leaked to me early so there will be some really good pictures of everything coming soon wink wink.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The Christmas Song
Seasons Greetings! Ahhh.....walking down the street to Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..... and getting off the bus and having Jack Frost nipping at my nose.......Lying in bed and hearing Yuletide carols being sung by a choir.........And folks dressed up like Eskimos......????? Wait wait wait, i was having a christmas day dream, none of that ever happens here....
or does it????
They do roast some kind of nuts here year round in these portable smokey little push carts, I'll try to get a picture tomorrow.
There was a frost warning put out by the Hong Kong Observatory a few days ago.
Yuletide carols? they were belting something out from the local school a few nights ago.
Folks dressed up like Eskimos? In Hong Kong this can be year round with the settings they put the Air Con units at.... Although in the city, it is pretty much everyone right now, not that it's cold at all, it was probably 75 today in the sun. However, if I spent 15,000 hong kong dollars on Ralph Lauren's latest winter wear and I only got to use it for a month, I'd probably wear it when the low (during nighttime) is supposed to be 60 too...
or does it????
They do roast some kind of nuts here year round in these portable smokey little push carts, I'll try to get a picture tomorrow.
There was a frost warning put out by the Hong Kong Observatory a few days ago.
Yuletide carols? they were belting something out from the local school a few nights ago.
Folks dressed up like Eskimos? In Hong Kong this can be year round with the settings they put the Air Con units at.... Although in the city, it is pretty much everyone right now, not that it's cold at all, it was probably 75 today in the sun. However, if I spent 15,000 hong kong dollars on Ralph Lauren's latest winter wear and I only got to use it for a month, I'd probably wear it when the low (during nighttime) is supposed to be 60 too...
It Must Be Christmas
We camped out on pui o beach last night. The three of us went down and had a BBQ and then stayed over in a pen at the public site.
This morning we walked the beach after packing up tents. We came home and watched A Christmas Story so that means it's officially Christmas time. Although we now need to solidify the season with It's A Wonderful Life and A Muppet Christmas Carol. Tomorrow is The Nutcracker ballet with Katy's family. It was good last year.
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This morning we walked the beach after packing up tents. We came home and watched A Christmas Story so that means it's officially Christmas time. Although we now need to solidify the season with It's A Wonderful Life and A Muppet Christmas Carol. Tomorrow is The Nutcracker ballet with Katy's family. It was good last year.
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Our tree and presents
Our tree is battery powered with fiber optics! What does your tree have? Sap and needles? That's what I thought...
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Monday, December 13, 2010
This is how we jig for perch in Hong Kong
Since the ice is coming in late this year, many locals have taken to hand line fishing off of this bridge. By the looks of their buckets full of silver dollar sized morsels, they probably don't have a daily limit.
I've started a new game with myself, it's called "$20" and it goes like this. I go to "Mackers" as the kiwis say or McDonalds as the rest of is say and see how much food I can get. BUT the kicker is I need to have 3.20 left over for the bus back to pui o. So far the McChicken/chocolate sundae combo works well. I'm thinking I'll give the triple apple pie/ice cream cone combo a go the next time I don't mind throwing up. Any single a la carte item except for the Big N Tasty would do it, however, I rarely feel like taking a grease bath (well, before dinner that is...) Smelling like grease and onion is awesome enough in and of itself but once you add the pukey feeling after you take one of them bad boys down isn't usually on my daily agenda. There's also the "pork burger" which a warery slice of ham between the quarter pounder type bun. I could get three of those and still make the bus as long as I didn't die before I got to the queue. I'm back at home now and it's curry time.
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This picture isn't very clear...I really should just get a digital camera.
I've started a new game with myself, it's called "$20" and it goes like this. I go to "Mackers" as the kiwis say or McDonalds as the rest of is say and see how much food I can get. BUT the kicker is I need to have 3.20 left over for the bus back to pui o. So far the McChicken/chocolate sundae combo works well. I'm thinking I'll give the triple apple pie/ice cream cone combo a go the next time I don't mind throwing up. Any single a la carte item except for the Big N Tasty would do it, however, I rarely feel like taking a grease bath (well, before dinner that is...) Smelling like grease and onion is awesome enough in and of itself but once you add the pukey feeling after you take one of them bad boys down isn't usually on my daily agenda. There's also the "pork burger" which a warery slice of ham between the quarter pounder type bun. I could get three of those and still make the bus as long as I didn't die before I got to the queue. I'm back at home now and it's curry time.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Two cups of coffee + one cup Maté =
Guess I should drink another Maté to balance things out, I am in Hong Kong and in this land balance is key, you know feng shui and all that.... plus I'm not quite hovering off the ground yet....
"Tsuen" is pronounced "choon" or "chewn" and not "Tuh-Sue-Nn" as in "that piece of gum has already been chewn" or "I live in Sun Wai Chewn"
I need to figure out what I'm doing for my secret santa gift for tomorrow, the front runner is papercraft, it's a lot harded making something for a non-outdoors person. I can't just make them an olive oil candle and a alcohol stove.
Katy's sister is arriving tonight and staying for the next three months
I think Katy and I will get stabbed soon (by acupuncture needles that is)
I'm also trying to tag some of my live music, so rather than looking at "allstars88-01-23d1t02" I can be like "Oh that's Bela, Tony, Jerry, and a hundred other virtuosos playing 9 pound hammer"
Upcoming blog posts: A picture compilation of all the awesome meals I've created in the last few months and a compilation of my favorite music albums from 2010
"Tsuen" is pronounced "choon" or "chewn" and not "Tuh-Sue-Nn" as in "that piece of gum has already been chewn" or "I live in Sun Wai Chewn"
I need to figure out what I'm doing for my secret santa gift for tomorrow, the front runner is papercraft, it's a lot harded making something for a non-outdoors person. I can't just make them an olive oil candle and a alcohol stove.
Katy's sister is arriving tonight and staying for the next three months
I think Katy and I will get stabbed soon (by acupuncture needles that is)
I'm also trying to tag some of my live music, so rather than looking at "allstars88-01-23d1t02" I can be like "Oh that's Bela, Tony, Jerry, and a hundred other virtuosos playing 9 pound hammer"
Upcoming blog posts: A picture compilation of all the awesome meals I've created in the last few months and a compilation of my favorite music albums from 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Songz
Here is something that fellow bandmate Jon sent out this morning. I know most but and pretty rusty on a lot of them. Time to get practicing! Anyone seen my Ome around??
Here are the "minutes" of our last meeting. Let me know if I missed something. I posted a few things at the attached link.
Tunes we played:
Swallowtail jig
Texas gales (C)
Flint Hill Special (G)
Billy in the Lowground (C)
Ashokan farewell (D)
Salt Creek (A)
Butlers of glen avenue
Old home place (G)
Reconciliation Reel (A?)
Sweet Georgia Brown (it’s complicated in D)
Rollin in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Cherokee Shuffle (D)
Banks of the Ohio (D)
Fisherman’s hornpipe
Turkey in the Straw (G)
Lonesome Road Blues
Old Joe Clark (A)
Angeline the Baker
Dark Hollow
Mississippi Sawyer
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (D)
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (G)
Tunes we talked about but didn’t play:
Sail Away Ladies
Lost Indian
Liberty
Tunes We Could Have Played but Didn’t:
Ragtime Annie
-- Post From My iPhone
Here are the "minutes" of our last meeting. Let me know if I missed something. I posted a few things at the attached link.
Tunes we played:
Swallowtail jig
Texas gales (C)
Flint Hill Special (G)
Billy in the Lowground (C)
Ashokan farewell (D)
Salt Creek (A)
Butlers of glen avenue
Old home place (G)
Reconciliation Reel (A?)
Sweet Georgia Brown (it’s complicated in D)
Rollin in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Cherokee Shuffle (D)
Banks of the Ohio (D)
Fisherman’s hornpipe
Turkey in the Straw (G)
Lonesome Road Blues
Old Joe Clark (A)
Angeline the Baker
Dark Hollow
Mississippi Sawyer
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (D)
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (G)
Tunes we talked about but didn’t play:
Sail Away Ladies
Lost Indian
Liberty
Tunes We Could Have Played but Didn’t:
Ragtime Annie
-- Post From My iPhone
Monday, December 6, 2010
eltit
Here is a semi-organized update...
Saturday - Katy and I hit up Temple Street Market and The Lanes for some Christmas Shopping
Sunday - I went and jammed in Happy Valley with the crew, it was later than usual because of another monthly folk jam, this put me back in Pui O around midnight. I realized I didn't have my keys, having left them in the haste of leaving to catch the ferry, and because I had a thousand things in my pocket I didn't realize they weren't there until I got back. Anyway, long story short, Jonathan wakes up and lets me in and then the next day asks Katy if it was all a dream :)
Monday - Up at 5am to check on my fantasy football team and then stumble out of bed to watch the games shortly after. Katy is up getting ready and Jonathan is up soon after. I watch all the games and then head to the post office in Mui Wo to send some "packages." I get home and take an awesome nap, then wake up and in my dreamstate I float down to the beach to meet the T.I. leadership to go out for the end of the year dinner.
The dinner ends up being one of the most authentic Hong Kong meals I've ever had. Peking Duck, Freshwater Crab, Red Bean Soup, noodles, sticky rice, Grouper, Prawns (aka shrimp). I was glad I went and it was nice eating shellfish.
Tuesday - Not much going on, watched Monday Night Football (more like Monday Night Decimation) took a bath, played banjo, slowly catching up on my Blalock's playlists, cleaned the air filters in the air conditioners and dehumidifiers, finally found written evidence that Katy and I are actually married (knew it was around here somewhere...) This evening I'm meeting Katy and going to Ma On Shan for the night, her sister is coming tomorrow and she needs to get some things out of her room and I need to do my tax forms.
Saturday - Katy and I hit up Temple Street Market and The Lanes for some Christmas Shopping
Sunday - I went and jammed in Happy Valley with the crew, it was later than usual because of another monthly folk jam, this put me back in Pui O around midnight. I realized I didn't have my keys, having left them in the haste of leaving to catch the ferry, and because I had a thousand things in my pocket I didn't realize they weren't there until I got back. Anyway, long story short, Jonathan wakes up and lets me in and then the next day asks Katy if it was all a dream :)
Monday - Up at 5am to check on my fantasy football team and then stumble out of bed to watch the games shortly after. Katy is up getting ready and Jonathan is up soon after. I watch all the games and then head to the post office in Mui Wo to send some "packages." I get home and take an awesome nap, then wake up and in my dreamstate I float down to the beach to meet the T.I. leadership to go out for the end of the year dinner.
The dinner ends up being one of the most authentic Hong Kong meals I've ever had. Peking Duck, Freshwater Crab, Red Bean Soup, noodles, sticky rice, Grouper, Prawns (aka shrimp). I was glad I went and it was nice eating shellfish.
Tuesday - Not much going on, watched Monday Night Football (more like Monday Night Decimation) took a bath, played banjo, slowly catching up on my Blalock's playlists, cleaned the air filters in the air conditioners and dehumidifiers, finally found written evidence that Katy and I are actually married (knew it was around here somewhere...) This evening I'm meeting Katy and going to Ma On Shan for the night, her sister is coming tomorrow and she needs to get some things out of her room and I need to do my tax forms.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Practise Practise Practise 2
I went off on a massive tangent (justifiably of course) with that last post. I was meaning to say that my season at TI is done with, my last camp finished yesterday and I won't have any more. The season only has two weeks left for them and they don't need any additional staff.
So this leaves me at home practizing away at my banjo :) I've been jamming with a couple people and it looks like it will be a regular occurrence. Last Sunday we played and exchanged songs. I walked away with a bunch of mp3s of songs to work on this week: Red Haired Boy, Salt Creek, Sail Away Ladies, John Brown's Dream
Last Sunday's recordings:
John Brown's Dream
Red Haired Boy
As you can tell from the recordings, I'm with some pretty awesome musicians (Tanya and Worth). I'm going to have to get my chops back up to snuff if I'm going to play with them. It's awesome to have other musicians around that will elevate my own musicianship, give me a goal to work on, and a focus on the banjo. I will have to dust off my old Sansa mp3 player to make more recordings, or i could actually use my birthday-present-mic with my iPod...
Now I'm going to let the songs sink into my brain and muscles and head to Mui Wo for cilantro (aka Chinese Parsley.... took us a while to figure that one out....) and bell peppers (or as the KiwiBrits call them, "capsicums") maybe some tomatoes too. Oh yea, and ingredients to finish my Irish Cream to go with my "Lake Champlain Sunrise" coffee
So this leaves me at home practizing away at my banjo :) I've been jamming with a couple people and it looks like it will be a regular occurrence. Last Sunday we played and exchanged songs. I walked away with a bunch of mp3s of songs to work on this week: Red Haired Boy, Salt Creek, Sail Away Ladies, John Brown's Dream
Last Sunday's recordings:
John Brown's Dream
Red Haired Boy
As you can tell from the recordings, I'm with some pretty awesome musicians (Tanya and Worth). I'm going to have to get my chops back up to snuff if I'm going to play with them. It's awesome to have other musicians around that will elevate my own musicianship, give me a goal to work on, and a focus on the banjo. I will have to dust off my old Sansa mp3 player to make more recordings, or i could actually use my birthday-present-mic with my iPod...
Now I'm going to let the songs sink into my brain and muscles and head to Mui Wo for cilantro (aka Chinese Parsley.... took us a while to figure that one out....) and bell peppers (or as the KiwiBrits call them, "capsicums") maybe some tomatoes too. Oh yea, and ingredients to finish my Irish Cream to go with my "Lake Champlain Sunrise" coffee
Practice Practise Practice
It's weird, when i wrote the title I had to actually think if a "z" should be in there. Damn you American English, you should just never use "z" like the Brits do.
i.e.
"Lets go see the sebras at the soo"
"I'm tired, I'm going to catch some sss's"
"Run to your rezidence! the sombiez broke through the zafe sone!"
http://www.world-english.org/practise_practice.htm
i.e.
"Lets go see the sebras at the soo"
"I'm tired, I'm going to catch some sss's"
"Run to your rezidence! the sombiez broke through the zafe sone!"
http://www.world-english.org/practise_practice.htm
Monday, November 29, 2010
"incy wincy insect"
Activity with 2nd graders this morning, mine is a flying scorpion, bred for it's fighting skills, which are only matched by it's enticing beauty. Its multiple stingers neutralize threats quickly, but they will occasionally take on a mind of their own stinging without purpose or reason anything that comes near it. This adaptation continues to baffle scientists all across china.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Katy's thanksgiving dinner....
Because I forgot to take a picture of mine before I ate it
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Katy Perry err....????
Courtesy of jonathan.
Inspired by Karen and Kristen.
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Here you guys go ;)
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
More Pedal Kart Movies and Pictures Part 1
KGV
Hong Kong 24HR Charity Pedal Kart Grand Prix in Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, HK
Hong Kong 24HR Charity Pedal Kart Grand Prix in Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, HK
Saturday, November 20, 2010
learn kiwi/British with me...
Twink=white-out (for correcting) Kiwi term
boot=car's trunk
bonnet=car's hood
Can't be bothered=umm....same...
boot=car's trunk
bonnet=car's hood
Can't be bothered=umm....same...
Thursday, November 18, 2010
They just poured this cement like a month ago...
I'm not sure what they are doing, but if it makes our kitchen sink water less brown or our bathroom water less non-existent, they can jack hammer all the cement in Sun Wai
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Cheung Sha Beach
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