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By teevers
June 19th 2009

Amelia Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

First Attempt

HELLO! So I decided to get a job and found one. It is a conversational tutoring position - in Chinese. I talk and play with this girl who is 3, name is Amelia and she is from South Africa. I see her from Monday to Friday, butt early till noon ish. I can honestly say that 2 hours would do the trick but I stay there for 3 - 4 hours and by 2 1/2 hours, I am beat and she still has a shizer load of energy. Of course. Getting there isn't easy as well. She lives in a pretty [View Full Entry]

By Monkey and Bear
May 28th 2009

Dragon Boat Festival - Sai Kung - New Territories - Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

Special food: Zongzi - Glucious / sticky rice

Dear Friends, On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month there is another important festival in China, called the Dragon Boat Festival. We went to the New Territories and visit the festival at the Waterfront of Sai Kung. Like every Chinese Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival also has it's own special food. During the festival everybody eats 'zongzi', a kind of sticky (glucious) rice filled with all kind of things and wrapped in special leaves. Look at the pictures and you can see how it looks. The weather is rather good today, cloudy but the temperture is around 27 Celcius. [View Full Entry]

By katiemitch
May 10th 2009

Adventures in Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

Been so busy here, still staying with Tommy and Jenny and they've been looking after me so well! Beginning to feel rested for the first time this year and the broken rib has healed. On our first weekend we walked from Gordon's marina in Sai Kung to Trio beach in an 'amber' rainstorm - the next worse storm is a 'black' storm means everyone has to get inside and get off the roads. Sai Kung is in the New Territories and reminds me of a Chinese version of a Sussex town, like Horsham, just with no tescos, and is on the [View Full Entry]

By Monkey and Bear
May 10th 2009

Tin Hau and Dragon and Lion Festival - Sai Kung Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

Harbourfront of Sai Kung

Dear friends, Today we go to Sai Kung, a small village in the New Territories. It's a long trip because you have to change the MTR twice and when you arrive at Diamond Hill you have to take the local bus 92 to Sai Kung. It's a trip of around two hours. Sai Kung is the starting point for serveral beautiful hikes around beaches, sea and woodlands. But we decided to quit our hike today because in the village was a Tin Hau and Dragon / Lion Festival going on. The information about the Dragon and Lion Dance is provided by [View Full Entry]

By katiemitch
April 24th 2009

Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

I can't quite believe it but we're in Hong Kong. I remember discussing coming out here with Tommy and Jenny (our friends who we're staying with) in the summer and it always seemed so long away. The plan is to stay here a few weeks and I'm going to sleep and not lift anything heavy for a few days, the rib is really annoying me now just because it's not getting better and is uncomfortable. So last few days in Hanoi were good. I went to see the Ho Chi Min mausoleum where he's embalmed. Normally you can go in but [View Full Entry]

By thefoursome
February 9th 2009

Final week in HK part 1.... (by Alice) Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

Flamingos

Ok so today I am attempting to write a blog entry all on my lonesome so wish me luck! haha! Well its been a week since we published the last entry and theres lots to tell but i'll try to make it as short and sweet as possible! :) Sunday: Didn't involve very much, just church and Sam and I took part in a sailing race with his dad and girlfriend. It was really fun and included sailing backwards and in a circle which was tres amusant! :) However my face got badly burned because it was really cloudly and me [View Full Entry]

By thefoursome
January 31st 2009

Sai Kung 'find and photo' scavenger hunt... (by Mim and Alice) Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

Spell a word in people

This morning (after being awoken by a lion dance outside the house) we embarked on the 'Sai Kung Scavenger Hunt' as planned by us. In 2 teams of 4 we went around Sai Kung completing tasks with $HK100 and a camera. Including, find the biggest aubergine, find the smallest chilli, get a receipt for $HK12.40 and buy the tackiest tourist souvenier (a waving, plastic, silver pig, if you wanted to know). Here are the results of the photo challenge...! Mim & Alice xoxox (Mims team won but it was a tie until we got down to the weight of the aubergine [View Full Entry]

By thefoursome
January 28th 2009

Fireworks, Irish pub and fiesta! (by Alice and Lilly) Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

Fireworks5

Last Tuesday were the Chinese New Year fireworks and Mim, Lilly, James, Chris Scott, Toby, Jake and I went to Kellett Island (previously an island, however because of extensive reclaiming of land in the harbour, it is now joined onto Hong Kong Island itself) with the Youth Leader, Ajay, and his family to watch them. We had an amazing view of the fireworks and the only other people there were a few keen photographers... We took many a blurred picture of the fireworks before discovering that there was actually a firework setting on my camera which I thought was really [View Full Entry]

By thefoursome
January 27th 2009

sun dim fai lok!! - by Lilly Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

james being james....

Kung Hei Faat Choi, a happy Chinese New Year to all of you :) we have been busy bees recently following Mims highly charged culture programme and seeing the sights of Chinese New Year in HK. First though there are the pictures from climbing the rock walk again on Friday. This time, Sam and the dog he's looking after (Hebe) joined James and his dog Kai Lee, Me and my dog Widget, and Alice Mim Mum and Toby for a healthy jaunt up a big mountain with a rock at the top. As steep downward slopes and my back dont get [View Full Entry]

By thefoursome
January 24th 2009

making contact - by Lilly Asia » Hong Kong » Sai Kung

Alice and Mim

Hi all, just a very quick note to say whats been happenin this last week cos we haven't blogged in ages. i went back to work last week to cover for a friend, and so not a huge amount has happened worth blogging about as the others just chilled at home most of the day. a few things did happen - on a visit to the chinese embassy to pick up our last set of visas, the card case containing my bank card, mims bank card, mims provisional driving license and her national insurance card was stolen. AH. but all is [View Full Entry]

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