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George and his best mate Milo on the left; Brendan and Ruby on the right
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George and Rachel with George's newest plaything - a sand and water playtable. The little tyrant has exhibited a mortal fear of sand and beaches, and we thought that this little contraption might go some what towards helping him get over his peculiar little phobia (he loved it).
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Well, hello there...
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Clearly rather proud of himself (that's smoothie on his cheek, by the way)
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Hanging by the pool over the weekend with his mates Ruby (top right) and his best friend Milo (bottom right)
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How to solve the "whose surname do we take?" conundrum (this is a receipt from our lovely vet)
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Admiring photos of himself on the computer screensaver
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Multitasking: Begging for toast while simultaneously filling his nappy
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Sometimes it's pretty much impossible to get him in focus.
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Sorry George. One day you'll laugh about this (maybe).
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A bit of flash experimentation, hence the colour weirdness in one or two of them... .
Picking a book to read
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Enjoying his new toy (identical to the one that we gave Charlie Robinson on his first birthday)
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A Sunday morning treat - watching the animated BBC version of The Gruffalo
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Sarah on the beach - this was just before we took photos of the Sri Lankan kids jumping in the sunset
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A frog (Sinhalese: "gemba") on the wall of one of the restaurants we went to in Galle
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More elephant bathing action from Pinnewela. Those two brown lumps at the top are indeed what you think they are.
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Tim and Charlie walking around the villas in Sigiriya
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George during a game of hide and seek in our hotel room in Colombo
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The little man came down to the grassy area outside my work, so Philip and I popped downstairs for a coffee and to hang with the G monster for a few minutes. These photos are a bit of a combo effort - Philip (who usually takes photos of weddings) took them on my camera, and I did the computer tweaking at home after work: .
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Two elephants enjoying a splash in the river at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage (there were another 80-odd elephants just around the corner)
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Bunky and his mother take a walk along the beach in Galle
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We're off to Sri Lanka tomorrow, so unless free wireless is plentiful (highly unlikely), it'll be fairly quiet around here. If I do come across free wireless internet anywhere, I'll try and upload a photo or two of the little man (or beaches, to make you jealous). Back again on the 19th - I'll leave you with a photo of the little chipmunk from this morning :)
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Just in case you've forgotten how brave he was:
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Bunky's words are really coming along. Sort of. A few new ones popped up this week: "Boppy" (Poppy, the cat), "May!" (May, his nanny), "Bye bye", "Ball", "Baaaaaa" (that's "Bath", actually) and "Down" (when he wants to get on the floor). Tonight's pre-bedtime conversation was rather amusing. Some people may find it more amusing than others...
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Me: "George, say Momo? Aunty Momo? Momo?"
George: "Momo. Momo."
Me: "Good boy! Say 'Jane'? 'Jaaaane'"
George: "Nah."
Me: "George, come on - say 'Jane'?"
George: "Naaaah."
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Sorry Aunty Jane. I'm not making it up - your beloved sister was standing right there.
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A few cellphone photos of the Bunkymeister the other day. I got home a little early on Friday, and as I got changed, George took it upon himself to snoop around the drawers and under the bed. Apologies for the quality of these - they were taken on my phone in somewhat crappy light:
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I'll leave you with a few photos of my friend and fellow camera nut, Angelo. On Friday night we wandered around Central taking random photos and playing with different lenses - good fun. I lasted until about 9pm and then came home. Angelo finished up at 4am. I am getting olllllllld.
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Just to celebrate the pollution finally leaving us (thanks to a bit of wind and rain), here are a few photos of the harbour. On a nice day, it's pretty hard to beat.
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This was taken from my office. Unfortunately, my view isn't this good - it's mostly trees on the hill next to us. I had to contort myself a bit and use a longer lens (85mm) to get this shot
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Taken from our lounge this morning. Notice the weird panel at the bottom right with the different hue? Rachel broke that window a few years ago with an iron (the shirt-ironing kind of iron, not the golf club kind), and the person that replaced it used glass that didn't quite match the rest of the windows.
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While trying to get a video of George shaking his (peach-resembling) bootie to the video his Grandfather Paddy sent him, I stumbled across this video from a few days ago. Aunty Momo declared on Facebook that she didn't know who the Pixies were. I pulled one of their songs up in iTunes and played it for Rachel. Naturally, George couldn't turn down the opportunity to bust a move - and it ended up a bit like John Travolta meets the Karate Kid:
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After the haircut debacle, the weekend ended up being quite lovely. We ended up having Sunday brunch with Alice, Harry and Mikey at Coast Restaurant, just off the Mid Levels Escalator: .
Don't let the forlorn look fool you. The little piglet got a plateful of delicious mushroom risotto just after this was taken.
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George's main man, Mikey
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The kitchen at Coast. I want heat lamps like this in our kitchen one day. Seriously cool.
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Eating and socialising is clearly rather exhausting.
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A bit of randomness to finish the weekend. Firstly, Ben may act stupid, but he's extremely effective at locating and neutralising heat sources:
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And here's a very good reason why I don't take more photos outside. The World Health Organisation guidelines state that 50 micrograms of particulate material per cubic metre in 24 hours is the safest maximum level that a person should be exposed to. Today, Hong Kong is averaging just under 500 micrograms of particulate material per cubic metre. Yuk. This the Sunday morning view from our lounge window:
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