Brother PTT and Y come to town!

Brother PTT and his beautiful girlfriend Y came to Hong Kong for a couple of days on their way home from Koh Samui.

Y had never been to our little part of the world so of course we had to show her everything that the Fragrant Harbour has to offer...

We took the Aqua Luna junk for a little spin around the harbour...

Here's Brother PTT with Mr PTT in ambiguous profile...

We then went to Aqua Bar for some pre-dinner cocktails and to see the 8pm light show. I had a ginger Bellini. I'm loving ginger in cocktails at the moment - so refreshing...

Next we went downstairs to one of our favourite Hong Kong restaurants, Hutong. Here I am nibbling on a lima bean and perusing the menu...

Y and I indulged in some Lychee Wine because it would have been rude not to... Plus any cocktail that comes in a tea pot has my name written all over it...

Here's some visuals of the delicious Hutong food... I particularly loved the lamb and fennel dumplings...

Delicious steak and onion stir fry and chili prawns...

Here's Brother PTT's favourite... deconstructed lamb ribs...

Unfortunately, we also came for the view but Hong Kong had other ideas... I've never seen the mist this bad.

After dinner we were invited to put a wish on the wishing tree... I wonder what Brother PTT and Y wished for?

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xxx

In this weeks news....

This week, in the free English speaking daily newspaper, there was an article about a visitor overstaying his Visa (but you quickly found out he was locked in a flat?!) and illegally working as a male prostitute. 

Anyway, I've included it in this week's round up as I love the line in the second last paragraph that states that the prosecution used the fact that the only reason Parker (the prostitute) was able to shout and save himself was the Wan (his Jailer) gave him something to eat?! Should Wan have done this? How long had it been since Parker ate? It says he was paid yet he was locked up?! So many questions that we'll never know the answer to...

I'll leave you to have a ponder...

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xx

My question is why?

My friend's dear helper picks us up a copy of the free English language newspaper and drops it at our door every morning. How's that for lovely? Some of the articles make me laugh... as you can see below, South Korean and Russian scientists are going to 'recreate' a woolly mammoth. Apparently the embryos will be planted in some poor unsuspecting Elephant's wombs. Wonder what they plan to do with the herd if it works?

I'll let you ponder over this one and make up your own opinion... 

I for one am not a fan...

Yours,

 Pseudo Tai Tai xxx

The Science Museum Excursion

I volunteered to help out with Prince PTT's science museum excursion today...

I have even more admiration for teachers now... They always say children act so much better at school than at home but I didn't see any evidence of it! Here's a couple of very bad pictures as the kids didn't stop moving for the three hours they were at the museum...

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xx

Prince PTT's time to shine

One of Prince PTT's modelling agencies requested his presence this week. This one uses their kids for 'back of toy box' photos and Toys R Us catalogues in Northern Europe. 

The only reason I got Prince PTT into modelling was that I thought that it would be cute to have a couple of these boxes and catalogues in his baby book. Turns out that Prince PTT is a natural and he loves it.

Here is Prince PTT waiting for his photo call dressed fetchingly as a werewolf. 

The agency is lovely and they 'pay' Prince PTT in toys; which I guess to a young child is the female adult equivalent of the infamous fashion closet at a glossy magazine. Here is Prince PTT with his loot...

Here he is at home unveiling the treasures to Princess PTT. He's a good big brother and always brings home a selection for her as well.

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xx

A star is born!

Hello Dear Readers,

Its been a bit frantic here at PTT Hong Kong Headquarters, hence my lack of posts. However please be assured that I have dutifully taken all the photos for every recent event world so for those of you who subscribe, be prepared for a flurry of PTT emails!

Princess PTT had her first ballet recital today. She's been practising hard for weeks and made us so proud. We had to be at The Canadian International School promptly at 3:30. The girls then needed to go downstairs for an hour to get hair checked, make up done and fascinators attached whilst the audience enjoyed a rather civilised tea buffet. My heart dropped a little when Princess PTT initially tearfully refused to go downstairs but thankfully her friend arrived and saved the day as she was happy enough to go to the 'no parent zone' with her.

Mr PTT had a lovely 'daddy' moment helping Princess PTT with her ballet slippers...

The whole ballet school (130 students ranging from age 3 to adult) wore the same costume in different colours depending on what class the student was in. I was rather hoping for pink but Princess PTT's class was assigned this rather fetching 'kermit-the-frog' green...

en masse they looked quite cute though....

Earlier in the day Prince PTT and I dashed out in the rain to the florist to get Princess PTT some flowers. Thank goodness we did as the armfuls of bouquets that most of the other students got were amazing. Princess PTT's daisies looked a little homespun but hey! its the thought that counts!

Our baby ballerina was exhausted on the way home...

Yours,

Pseudo Tai Tai xxx

In today's cultural differences 101 class we will be covering...

Just when I convince myself that Hong Kong is 'just like home' something in the local paper always makes me remember that we are not raising Prince and Princess PTT in Australia.

This was in The Standard (the free English speaking daily newspaper) last week. Check out the last paragraph... I read that a six your old student was the suspected victim of child abuse and thought, "isn't it wonderful that the school picked this up". It's only when you read to the end of the article that you realise the school took so long to report the abuse as previous bruises on the child's body were excused as the result of 'parental discipline' !? "Toto we're not in Kansas anymore"...

Yours in sadness today,

Pseudo Tai Tai xxx