Black Tuesday...

Yesterday was a 'challenging day'....not only was it long...started at 4:30am (after about 2 hours sleep) and finished at about 8pm...but it was stressful..but anyway, it's over and the best part about going home last night...I now have a bed...not just any bed, but a proper new bed with base, new mattress and a nice head board to lean against whilst reading....it is the simple pleasures in life!!! I also now have two large bookcases so the mammoth book unpacking can start..I think I will need a few more bookcases...but this is good to start with!

A few little reminders of Hong Kong today in a meeting...

first, we were discussing the election process for staff representatives for a company event...the election process is serious with nominations, campaigning and voting...we were told that each department should have more that one serious candidate otherwise it makes the election process a farce..one of my Filipino colleagues turned to me and said..."Sounds a bit like Hong Kong choosing its Chief Executive"...ouch!!

secondly, discussing the possible/immiminent/definite (depending on whose point of view) threat of bird flu....Hong Kong was shown as a shining example of how well they 'battled' the threat last time and how effectively they rid themselves of the birds - really?...my memories of that little episode are slightly different....anyway, it didn't matter...sometimes Hong Kong needs all the praise it can get....