{"id":450,"date":"2013-09-16T05:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T05:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2013\/09\/happy-blue-china-and-glass-monday.html\/"},"modified":"2019-04-04T00:00:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T17:00:12","slug":"happy-blue-china-and-glass-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2013\/09\/16\/happy-blue-china-and-glass-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Blue China and Glass Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-poGlebqd3OU\/UjabD08leaI\/AAAAAAAAAuo\/lN8D-p6kyyY\/s1024\/2013%2525202%25253A52%252520PM.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"blogsy-1379310452434.9185\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-poGlebqd3OU\/UjabD08leaI\/AAAAAAAAAuo\/lN8D-p6kyyY\/s500\/2013%2525202%25253A52%252520PM.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>Last week my blog had a Japanese influence, in honour of our lovely Japanese guests. This week we managed a quick change of the linen, mopped the floors and welcomed two lovely lasses from Hong Kong and China. In fact, had you come round earlier I would have handed you a duster&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>We are lucky we know both countries well, on account of living in Hong Kong for a few years, so there is much to talk about. The girls are with us for the three weeks of school holidays whilst they study for their Year 12 final exams. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>We&#8217;ve turned the living room into a study hall, I&#8217;ve added a jug of lime juice and some jellybeans&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>&#8216;You don&#8217;t do that for us&#8217; the cry went up<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>&#8216;You don&#8217;t study&#8217; I replied &#8211; touch\u00e9. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>So here we are, for the first time in a zillion years in a school holiday and I&#8217;ve no plans to go anywhere much&#8230; So I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;ve popped by, I&#8217;ll put the kettle on. I&#8217;ll get my special blue bird mug out.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-p6yFo9rhHfc\/UjabOs3RQjI\/AAAAAAAAAuw\/ZsbLY8mZ8Bg\/s1024\/2013%2525202%25253A59%252520PM.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"blogsy-1379310452452.352\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-p6yFo9rhHfc\/UjabOs3RQjI\/AAAAAAAAAuw\/ZsbLY8mZ8Bg\/s500\/2013%2525202%25253A59%252520PM.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); text-align: -webkit-auto;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-AU\">Reminiscing about our old life in Hong Kong and China (oh sorry, were you expecting to read a blog about my best porcelain?) brings back many memories.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong>A life where we&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: 23px; line-height: 29px; text-align: -webkit-auto;\"><\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Never left the house without hand sanitiser and a handkerchief to mop our sweaty brows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Look forward to celebrating new holidays &#8211; such as Chinese New Year or Ching Ming tomb sweeping day, and even grow to like the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">taste of mooncakes!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Find all our clothes are either tailor-made or at the opposite extreme from the bargain shops of Wan Chi.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Never bat an eyelid as an 85 year old woman, pushes a hand cart with tons of rubbish through the streets of Central.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Forget that entertainment can mean anything other than shopping, eating and learning to play golf.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We get excited when Jackie Chan, the Movie Star comes to the kids school to celebrate the 10th anniversary, we smile when he is introduced to the other ten Jackie Chan pupils who also attend the school.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We feel like a super tall super models, brought back to reality when the shop owner asks &#8216;You want extra large?&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We get offended when people admire our chopstick skills, and proud to have mastered the skill of slurping our noodles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We know to take a coat and scarf in summer to fight off hypothermia in the buses, ferries, supermarkets and cinemas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We are not surprised to find footprints on the edge of the toilet bowl.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We never had the need for the ultimate status symbol &#8211; a lawn mower.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We adopt the Hong Kong slow shuffle, walking slowly with the crowd and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">become adept at squeezing into the smallest of spaces in lifts and on the MTR public transport<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We learn some local words but know when all else fails adding Ayyyiieeaahh every other word will get the sentiment of surprise, pleasure, pain or anger across.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We experience the highs and lows of surprise, pleasure, pain and anger every day in discussion with our Helper concerning what she will cook for tea. Ditto when dinner is served.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"blogsy-1379310452468.1782\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QmW89vVmv7I\/Ujaba-_2j-I\/AAAAAAAAAu4\/vfJiybRgQS0\/s500\/2013%25252011%25253A53%252520PM.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><b>Ah yes, our Hong Kong life was a million miles away from our Aussie life. Here in Australia, we are now in Spring. The blue flowers in the garden have burst forth this week and then being Melbourne we had our coldest September night for ten years!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ayyyiieeaahh<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0&#8211; Oh<\/span><b>\u00a0my goodness is that the time?\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><b>The crazy poodle is sitting patiently at the back door waiting for his walk &#8211; must dash!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-B9VZHPbZJiw\/UjabcP1SbYI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/VqOJsmvUdMs\/s277\/2013%25252011%25253A56%252520AM.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"blogsy-1379310452470.661\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-B9VZHPbZJiw\/UjabcP1SbYI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/VqOJsmvUdMs\/s277\/2013%25252011%25253A56%252520AM.jpg?resize=277%2C72&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogsyapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-right: 5px; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogsyapp.com\/images\/blogsy_footer_icon.png?resize=20%2C20\" alt=\"All typos for the pleasure of those who enjoy finding!\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>All typos for the pleasure of those who enjoy finding!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Last week my blog had a Japanese influence, in honour of our lovely Japanese guests. 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