Well here are some Hong Kong funnies:
The other night I started up the shower only to discover there were no towels in the bathroom. Now I suggest you don't picture this as it will potentially hurt your health, but I decided to make the dash out to our small deck where the towels were hanging, the only thing was that I had already taken all my clothes off before I discovered the no towel situation (that is definately the part you want to not imagine!!). In my head I was thinking, noone can see up here, and anyway I don't know anyone in Hong Kong so if anyone saw me big deal....real brave thoughts while standing out on our deck starkers! I was just about to grab the towel when I heard this "arghhhhhh", and I lept back inside behind the ranchslider - not exactly the best hiding place you might think but I was a bit shocked, someone had actually seen me and I had caused permanent damage to them I was sure!! As I hovered by the door trying to work out which neighbour would never be the same again I heard the rest of the sounds coming from outside - I laughed out loud as it was our neighbours parrot that I had offended....he speaks Cantonese so not sure what his other words were but I think we can say he wasn't saying "Polly wants a cracker", probably "arghhh Polly is going to be sick" ha ha!!!
Heres a photo of our small deck by daylight...a naked India is playing out there:
Better chuck a video in here to keep you all interested in my blog as long winded stories by Donna might not be your cup of tea. This is something that Paul witnessed down in the lobby of our apartment. Our kids were mesmerised by this contraption that housed a small Asian child.
From a Playcentre perspective this is like bottom of the list - totally over stimulating the child while allowing them to be free to fall down stairs in their moving contraption...and you know what is hilarious, they are so safety conscious here in Hong Kong, but they allow these sort of things no prob!
Like the other day our air con unit broke. The man wanted to charge us $4,000 HK dollars to put up scaffolding, and we are on the ground floor!!!! I mean he would have needed my dining room chair to reach the unit from outside (ok, maybe a table and a chair on top, so not that high right) and he wanted to set up scaffolding for safety reasons!
Their favourite words to me as a rather large pregnant woman (they must think I have quads inside me!) - are "careful" as I go through a door, or "gentle" as I step into the lift. If one of the kids runs in the hallway they cringe. When they talk or sing in the library, the wee guard just doesn't know what to do with himself - I mean poor guy, his job is on the line because my child knows the words to "Bob the Builder" and because they are so polite they just hop from one foot to another saying "shhhh, shhhh, shhhh".
Heres a photo to prove just how unweidly I have become:
Paul wanted me to mention that I have taken to calling myself Mrs Paul as it is easier to identify myself this way (they probably don't have the english vocab to understand huge white whale, but if they did then this would be sufficient I am sure!). Paul sees this as a significant step forward in our marriage, I'm surprised he hasn't printed out the scripture about "wives submit to your husbands" for good measure.
And just incase all of that hasn't had you laughing at all, I just can't wait to go back to this place I saw on my walk home from church the other day - it was a clothing store called Wanko, I mean is that some sort of english word that you found somewhere??? Why would you call your shop an english name and not know the meaning of the word!!!! I did wonder if it was my christian duty to go in and inform them that the name of their shop was not good at all....but then again they probably wouldn't understand me and would just think I was complaining that nothing in their shop was a size 16 for me....
Another side effect of living in Hong Kong is India's perception of the correct way to carry her dollies around. She now asks me to wrap a blanket around her so she can carry her dollies inside the blanket, just like all the Phillipino helpers carry the babies around. Here is a photo of her with her dolly all safely wrapped up in her front pack.
And just as a final farewell join with me in celebrating the development of kids language - here are a couple of fav sayings from my two at the moment:
India refers to her water logged fingers as having "linkles"
Noah tells me he is "full as a tate school"
India has had a few "tickle bites" lately - her version of an itchy bite
And Noah is very concerned about his cousins "inflections" of late, poor Connor had a throat "inflection" for awhile
Thats all folks, farewell from the Crowhurst gang....
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