Friday, March 21, 2008

Our stay in Beijing

Today, we went to the Paleontology Museum, and spent the rest of the afternoon at the Natural History Museum. In the evening, we ate in a famous Peking Duck restaurant. It was very busy place, with many people waiting for tables; my Grandparents arrived at 6, but we still had to wait until 7:30 to be seated. Luckily, they had cooked up some dumplings so we had something to nibble on while we were waiting.

The day before yesterday, we went to the Beijing Zoo, where we particularly enjoyed the penguin house, and looking at the stone animals.
Theodore and me in the penguin house at Beijing Zoo

Monday, March 17, 2008

Arrived in Beijing

Mummy and Papa decided to take me and Théodore to Beijing for Easter.

We took the sleeper train all the way from Kowloon, via an inland route. The trip took 24 hours, and was a new experience. Papa had brought along some snacks, but we still had our meals in the dining compartment. I slept in both upper and lower bunks on the train. This afternoon, we got off the train at Beijing West Railway station.

I have been to Beijing before, when I was littler.

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Panyu, Guangdong

Took the hydrofoil to Panyu two days ago. It took one and a half hours. I often get motion-sickness, and the boat moved too much for my liking. The shuttle bus took about an hour to get to our hotel.

We had a quick dinner, and we arrived at the Guangzhou Chime-Long International Circus (长隆国际马戏团) just as the show was starting. There were plenty of bright lights, loud music; there were trapeze and other stunt performers, bears which rode unicycles.

The next morning, after breakfast, we went to the nearby Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park (广州香江野生动物园). We took a trolley-bus ride through the inner park compound, and came into close contact with many types of animals. In the outer compound, we fed some parrots and some giraffes. We attended a show in the white tiger compound, with performing elephants, monkeys, and birds.
a friendly giraffe

Insects were busy while we slept last night. Despite Mummy's precautions, I woke up in the morning covered in mosquito bites:-(

We headed for the CrocPark this morning after breakfast. There, we saw a host of reptiles: snakes, crocodiles, turtles. Someone wrestled with a big big crocodile, which we had our picture taken with. There were other performing mammals too at the park: we saw pigs; and a show starring sea lions. We sat in the front row, and I took a picture with him after the show. I was so happy to see the star so close!

In the afternoon, we went back to the hotel for our bags, and an early supper, then took the boat back to Hong Kong. Everyone except Papa was sea-sick, but he did not look well when we got off the boat.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Christmas Party

It was the school Christmas party today. I met many Santas!
Many Santas


Friday, November 16, 2007

School outing

Today was a school outing to Repulse Bay beach. We brought along our buckets and spades, and had fun in the sand.

Friday, October 26, 2007

United Nations Day

It was UN day at tha YMCA today. We were all asked to dress up in a national costume of our choice of country. Papa dressed me as an arab with a tea-towel and one of his shirts ;-)
United Nations

I was awarded the prize for the 'best smile' :-)

Friday, October 12, 2007

Starting school

Papa says my Englsih needs imporvement, I started school at the YMCA. After one month of starter class, I am in 'Crocodile group, and my teacher is Miss Lisha. I am starting to be very interested in crocodiles.