Ma Oh Shan

We have an old family friend that lives in Mah Oh Shan in Kowloon, who had urged us repeatedly to live in his neighbhourhood. The air is fresh, there's more parks, mountain scenery and easy access to Sai Kung (sea and seafood), it would have been good to stay there. Except my office is more than an hour away, entailing three changes in trainlines. I probably won't see Siyuan at all on weekdays living here.
We visited during CNY, and it was a rare sunny day. the kids had great fun running around. Siyuan particularly enjoyed climbing up a teeny slope, and then walking down. Its almost like running for him. He would repeat such actions elsewhere later in the month - on ramps, stairs etc. Anywhere where he can climb up and down.
The Age of Climbing has arrived!

dragon gate

Siyuan and his ninchuku skills, except those are the furry monsters that used to hang round his pram in melbourne.

new year

we were at harbour city in HK for a bit of shopping after attending the wedding ceremony of a former colleague. with us is a colleague of mine.

birthday present

more old pics - one is a toy we bought for siyuan's 1st birthday.
the other shows him chewing on a chicken drum stick. Yup, in the past two months he's quite adept at eating and holding his own food, though the instinct is still to play with him, unless he's really hungry. HK is the land of chicken wings as well :)