Fireworks and Chinese New Year in Pui O

Happy Chinese New Year

Booming firecrackers and fireworks galore tonight

Chinese New Year Apples

Chinese New Year 2011 Video 4 of 4 (The Best and Longest One)

My memory Card ran out of room about 15 seconds before the end of this performance :(

Chinese New Year 2011 Video 3 of 4

Christmas Time in Hong Kong

I picked up the box of gifts sent from New York today.  We opened them as soon as Katy and Jonathan got home.  We want to thank everyone for their awesome gifts!

The quote of the night; as the poopin' penguin was all wound up and released on the table,
Jonathan, "Its head fell off!!"
He ducks down to grab it off the floor
Katy, "It's pooping everywhere!!"

 Here is a semi-reenactment of what transpired....

And here are some other assorted pictures of our night......

Annual New Year's Day Hike

Beer Dash Photos as promised

I'm not going to put this as a slide show on here just browse to the picasa site and see them

http://picasaweb.google.com/petrashune/BeerDash2010Photos?authkey=Gv1sRgCK6O1-3igM6HIA&feat=directlink

Don't call my name out your window when you're leavin'

We had our T.I Christmas party today, which was preceded by a grueling adventure race that took 3+ hours to complete.


I didn't take part in the adventure race, I just made my way down to watch everyone cross the finish line. I also worked on making my "secret santa" gifts, which were an alcohol stove made from two Nescafe cans and two olive oil candles each with their own fuel and a lighter.

I ended up falling asleep on the bean bags in the restaurant for a few minutes before waking up and grabbing some samosas and a spring roll before going home to rest some more.

We all returned to the beach at 5 for appetizers, there were easels set up for paining and a Mahjong table, I learned how to play real Mahjong, not that tile matching game on the computer, it's more like rummy but with tiles.

We exchanged presents at 6:30 or so, I ended getting a pen holder had crafted from bamboo, it was pretty nice. Then the food was brought out and I was only really in the mood for the ribs and chicken wings, so that's what I ate. And some chocolate fondue afterward. Then I got a ride home in the van. Tomorrow is payday and maybe Chinese doctor time to see if I can shake this sickness with a little bit of powdered cobra tongue and powdered rat tail...