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Published: December 29th 2008
X-mas Day
Merry Christmas to everyone back in the States. We started the day by gathering in my parents' room for a breakfast of pastries and beverages. Then everyone participated in a white elephant gift exchange. Surprisingly, everyone was happy with what they ended up with. Late morning, we took the MTR to the piers and a 20 minute ferry ride to Mui Wo on Lantau Island. Hopped a bus and had another Disneyland ride up to the Big Buddha (Tian Tan) and Po Lin Monastery on the Ngong Ping Plateau. This is a sacred spot for Chinese Buddhists. We had lunch at Ngong Ping village and then took a spectacular 20 minute cable car ride down to Tung Chung. We had great views of the island and the South China Sea. Quiet dinner that night at a pub down the street.
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Kathy
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Saturday night
We got back into town on Sunday. Gus was very happy to see that we are not leaving. He is doing really good with Ajax. He is even beginning to try establish some dominance by biting Ajax when Ajax is on my lap. You will probably need to check you roof when you get home for loose shingles. We had a really bad bad wind storm and rain on Saturday. When we got back into town on Sunday Frank was tearing broken boards off the swingset of Michaela's. The wind had tore it out of the ground and broke the roof off of it. As well as split the board the swings were hanging on in two pieces. It was quite a sight. I will probably drive around the neighborhood when I go out for groceries today to see if any other houses got damage. It doesn't look like it from our house or Frank's. Apparently the wind storm went right up through Illinois and Greg's cousin who was traveling to Florida at the time said they saw about 5 semi blown over on the side of the road. It must have been some wind. Glad to see you are having fun. J.T. loves having Gus around.