Besides the twins' birthday, 4 Sep is also one of my niece's birthday, it's Vicks's birthday and it's also my dear ex colleague Carol's birthday.

We celebrated her birthday on 8 Sep at Lumbee, a Spanish restaurant of her choice at CHIJMES.


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I realised there are a number of people I know whose birthday falls on 4th September. My niece Sheneice is one of them and amongst friends, my ex-colleague Carol, my TTT friend Vicky, my Secondary schoolmate Karen and the twins in the FWB group! Gosh, it must have been a very good day for babies to be birthed. :D ( Read more... )

Twin Peaks -- a pair of hills rising in the verdant greenery of Tai Tam Country Park, The Twins (Ma Kong Shan) have garnered for themselves a formidable reputation, intimidating many a hiker and putting off numerous others.   Lying along Wilson Trail Stage 1, the hike over The Twins has earned a certain notoriety, being consistently described as " ( Read more... )

Da Jiu celebrated his 43th birthday in Hong Kong with us. It was a Friday and I asked if he would like to drive to Sai Kung. He agreed and I went along. He likes the more relaxed vibes of this little town. To avoid the morning peak hour, we took off around 9.40 a.m. He took the Eastern tunnel and subsequently the Hiram's highway. It was a ( Read more... )

I was looking forward to meeting my dear ex-colleagues and friends especially after I missed Carol's 40th birthday celebration (argh.... felt really bad about that). Venue was decided by dear old reliable Carol -- La Cantine @ Asia Sq.

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Ashley was looking forward to her schoolmate Emma Joy's birthday the day she received the invitation card. ☺️
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It's Olivia's birthday over the weekend and it was to be held at the Gallop Stable.  I remembered a few years ago, our old neighbour's daughter Eva held her birthday party there too and Ashley was  then too small to ride the horse.  This time, she could ride and I was sure she would have fun!  The two older sisters were swarmed with homework and ( Read more... )

It's been raining the few days before the weekend. Ashley was schedule for her swimming test on Friday and due to the sudden change in weather, she only managed to take the Beginner's to Level 1 test. Her coach thinks she is good enough to take the Level 1-2 test as well. Hence, I had to bring her back over the weekend. Unfortunately, she was ( Read more... )

August is a month where birthdays galore. We seem to be celebrating at least one birthday a week.

Today is ah Mah's 63 birthday and we had a big family celebration yesterday at 海底捞, a steamboat restaurant in Clark Quay which is famous for its service. Well, the service is indeed impeccable. Hair tie for lady halfway through the dinner in case we ( Read more... )

8 August was Hari Raya Puasa and a drizzling day. It is also Popo Violet's birthday and we had a lazy day at home, just drawing and making cards for the dear Popo.
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