More visitors, more photos

Michael and Andres came to visit us for a few days - they arrived on Wednesday (kicking Katy and Sam out in the process) and left about half an hour ago.  We had a great time catching up with them, and they seemed to enjoy their time in Hong Kong (I assume they weren't lying about it...) We took them to one of our favourite places, Bistro Manchu in Elgin St, Soho - great food as always:

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Michael and Rachel

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Andres

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Crikey the food at this place is good

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We were going to go for a bit of a wander around the streets, but Rachel suggested that we all head up the Peak Tram to try and get a look at the city.  Although the tram ride was awesome (it's the world's steepest incline for a cable car), the city was shrouded in a thick fog - and we saw pretty much nothing...

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Walking through the deserted wet market on the way to the tram.  That's Andres in the foreground, with Rachel and Michael just ahead of him.

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Andres' reflection in the window of the tram on the way up

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The fog at the Peak was ridiculous - Michael, Rachel and Andres were about 5 metres from me when I took this photo

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Not a lot else really - George coped admirably with the second wave of visitors and happily destroyed any Lego towers that Michael or Andres dared to build.

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Naturally, I'll leave you with a few photos of his majesty:

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Storytime with Rachel.  Note the super casual crossed legs.

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He still hasn't worked out how to get into the kitchen, thank goodness.

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Three photos that may or may not be connected to each other somehow

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Reading time

Story time with his visitors.  Too sweet: .

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Getting to know his new friends

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Under the couch | Dancing Paddy

Katy and Sam arrived on Saturday afternoon and George wasted no time in making Sam the "go to guy" for getting his toys out from under the couch: .

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And now, just because I can... I give you "Dancing Paddy on a Swiss Ball" (I have maintained a level of pixelation in order to protect the innocent):

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Narcissism Pt 2 | Why people pirate movies

Rachel took this photo of the little man this morning - it seems he has developed a bit of a crush... on himself: .

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And on a completely unrelated note, I stumbled across this graphic this morning.  Having sat through annoying unskippable (loud) movie previews and pointless FBI warnings many, many times over the last few years, this is a nice reminder of why people are reluctant to fork out for DVDs these days:

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New hoodie

Modelling the birthday hoodie that Aunty Kristine and Uncle Josh gave him a few weeks ago. In the full length photos, he is (of course) dancing to the soulful tunes of Handy Manny, the Spanish Disney Tool Guy. .

Don't look too closely at this photo.  You might see his "morning hair dreadlocks".

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"Let's see... do we have all the tools?  Come on tools - LET'S DANCE!"  (Seriously, G's tool truck actually says this.  Someone at Disney is on crack)

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Yes George, another photo.  Smile or you don't get any lunch.

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Trollied

He looks pretty proud of himself, huh?

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Grey days, Birthdays

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It's a bit of a grey day outside, and since Bunky developed a cold a few days ago, it's a bit grey inside too.  He's pretty cheerful when he's up and about, but he's having a few problems sleeping - his own coughing tends to wake him up just as he's drifting off.  Last night was up and down, but despite quite a few yelps during the night, he was pretty cheery when we got him up at 7am.  At least he's timing his cold well - we've got Katy and Sam arriving this coming weekend, and Michael and Andres arriving in the middle of next week.

Anyway, here is Bunky's Happy Birthday dance for his paternal grandmother - Happy Birthday Grandma Shanti! In spite of his snotty nose, he managed to have a bit of a boogie to Handy Manny's musical tool truck this morning, just for you:

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Disco inferno

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Weekend randomness

Nothing much to report other than the weather being horrible and Bunky having a bit of a cold.  Here's a compilation of random photos from the last few days (I'm still working out how to edit photos properly with Aperture, so forgive me if the colours look a bit wonky). .

Clockwise from left:  The gorgeous flowers from Aunty Kristine and Uncle Josh, George inspecting the contents of his toy box, George about to give the sleeping cats a rude awakening...

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Rachel and George on our walk down the hill this morning

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L: George watching a bit of TV from the comfort of Rachel's lap /  R: Ben hanging out on top of the kitchen cupboards

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Hong Kong parks:  It's all about having fun

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What? The City of Las Vegetables?

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He's a Kiwi(fruit) kid...

I came home early thanks to Chinese New Year celebrations, and thus had the pleasure of administering his lordship's dinner to him.  As you can see, George is of the "Skin absorption" school of thought when it comes to consuming kiwifruit: .

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Mechanic

I think he's going to be a mechanic... .

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...a mechanic specialising in tasty, tasty cars.

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It's almost Chinese New Year - Kung Hei Fat Choi!

It's almost Chinese New Year - and we get a four day weekend. Unfortunately the weather forecast is rotten (to put it mildly), but hopefully we'll still be able to go out and about for a few of the days. Kristine (Rachel's room mate at work) and Josh (Kristine's almost-but-not-quite-but-will-soon-be-her-husband) are coming over for brunch on Saturday, and we have plans to go to Karin's house for the fireworks on Monday (which might be moved to Tuesday, thanks to the weather...) I'm sure we have other things to do inbetween, but regardless of the weather it'll be lovely to spend four days in a row with Bunky.

Aperture 3 from Apple just came out, and I'm doing a 30 day trial on it to see whether it's worth purchasing. It's basically a slicker version of iPhoto on steroids. Seems to do pretty much everything the Photoshop does, but without the complicated menus - a bit more user friendly. I would be very surprised if I didn't pick up the full version at the end of the 30 days, but I've still got a bit of exploring to do.

I'll leave you with a photo of Bunky that I took this morning...

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Photos from this morning

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Narcissism (and other morning photos)

What could possibly be keeping George's attention? He's absolutely fascinated with something: .

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...silly question.  He is of course admiring himself on the computer screensaver:

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Some other random photos from this morning:

Getting a closer look at... himself

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Just chilling, leaning on the computer chair

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Standing, with a little help from Rachel

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And finally my favourite photos from the morning - see what happens when he finds sheepskin....

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Swings and slides

The one person eating machine had a fun day today - morning was the usual "how many lego blocks can I fit in my mouth" shenanigans and then we headed down the hill to play on the swings and slides in the yukky polluted Hong Kong air. Rachel had to head out at lunch, so it was boys' morning at the apartment. I had heard that George had been eating enough to feed a rugby team, but I hadn't seen him lunching for a week or so. Seriously, the boy can eat.

In the presence of his daddy, George ate two sausages, part of an avocado, some cheese, a load of yoghurt, some blueberries, some strawberries, some milk and a bit of pear. I was gobsmacked at the amount of food that disappeared down his waiting gob.

In the afternoon I ended up taking him downstairs where the children of the building tend to congregate. He's a bit young to really do anything apart from eat a toy and crawl around watching the big kids, but he had a great time cuddling up to his favourite golden retriever, Trostsky.

It's almost dinnertime here, so I'll leave you with a few photos of the Bunkmeister and his mummy down at the playground.

But... before I go - HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTY JACQ! (Each of those words is a separate hyperlink, by the way...)

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Oh dear. Nothing is safe.

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Banana smoothie moustache

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Photos: Morning lounge, evening bath

A few more random photos from around and about the house - we did actually get out this weekend, but apart from the photo that Sam took yesterday, I haven't got much to show for it. Ooops. .

Ben having a tough old time on Sunday afternoon

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The little monkey in the lounge this morning. Whenever he spots something made of sheepskin or anything that vaguely resembles a pillow, he drops his little head, puts his finger in his mouth... and has a little rest.  It really is the cutest thing ever.

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In the bath tonight - playing the "throw toy out of the bath and look pleased with myself" game

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He covers quite a lot of ground during bathtime...

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