Hong Kong - Sad News and some good

We have been glued to the news since we first heard about the bombings in London.

I personally was relieved that Nik was working in the 2IFC building in HK and not at 100 Liverpool St yesterday. It was awful to see the pictures and hear the reports from London but I realise it would have been a lot worse if I had been waiting for Nik to call or get a message to me that he was ok. My heart goes out to all that were there yesterday and the families that will be grieving right now for the loss of a family member.

As for life in Hong Kong. We are back in our first apartment now but alas the water heater in the kitchen worked for less than 24hrs after a so called total overhaul or replacement. I sense a bodge job was attempted and it has failed. I have decided not to bother telling the management team and will manage with boiling a kettle if we need hot water to wash dishes etc. I can not go through the farce of moving again only to be put in an apartment that is worse than this already dire one we are in.

We have had a bit more sun and a few more rain storms and are just getting on with life.

This leads me to the good news mentioned in the heading. I managed to find a babysitter for the evening. Nicole our Australian angel came over last night and stayed with the girls while they slept for Nik and I to go out. We had a nice dinner with no highchairs at the table. A real treat for us I can assure you. I only had to fight Nik off from stealing the food off my plate instead of the girls as well. Fantastic. We did however feel a little old when walking past a bar in Lan kwai fong we looked at each other and said 'boy that music is loud'. Who would have thought !