Hi everyone - yes, it's been a while since the last post. Life has been very busy in the past month with the move to the new place. Let's try some rapid fire updates:
1. Watched some of the Olympics, as we watched the first week at our old place and the second week at the new place. We made the kids watch the opening ceremonies - the highlight was the Mr. Bean skit with the "Chariots of Fire" scene.
The first week - we watched the slingbox feed from the US. In the evenings, we set it up and watched the NBC Sports Channel coverage (at 8 am from the US) - archery was on most mornings; the boys were fascinated.
The second week, we were able to catch the CCTV feed for the coverage. Of course, it was biased toward the Chinese athletes. There was a diving competition where they showed all 6 rounds - well, I should say, they showed selected divers of each round. In the first round, they showed 2 Chinese, a Russian, and a few others......and then after Round 1, an American was in 2nd......never saw him. He stayed in the top 5 all 6 rounds; no dives were shown.
2. Had to pay one month's rent in cash at the front desk. That was a time-consuming moment. I should have brought in a briefcase with the bills bound.
3. Our pet turtle didn't like the move; one week after our move, there were signs in the clubhouse: "Turtle found; we have it upstairs at the restaurant". Sure enough, our large turtle jumped the bowl and was found wandering the streets.
4. I'm starting to watch the Premier league more and more - Freddie and I are watching games Saturday night and highlights on Sunday. We watches the end of the Swansea-West Ham game yesterday and the start of Tottenham. He can't wait to see a Man U goal in real time.
5. There's a group at work planning to enter into the Macau marathon.... there is a half marathon option......how in the hell can I run 12 miles?
Picutures coming soon as I download them off my phone....
1. Watched some of the Olympics, as we watched the first week at our old place and the second week at the new place. We made the kids watch the opening ceremonies - the highlight was the Mr. Bean skit with the "Chariots of Fire" scene.
The first week - we watched the slingbox feed from the US. In the evenings, we set it up and watched the NBC Sports Channel coverage (at 8 am from the US) - archery was on most mornings; the boys were fascinated.
The second week, we were able to catch the CCTV feed for the coverage. Of course, it was biased toward the Chinese athletes. There was a diving competition where they showed all 6 rounds - well, I should say, they showed selected divers of each round. In the first round, they showed 2 Chinese, a Russian, and a few others......and then after Round 1, an American was in 2nd......never saw him. He stayed in the top 5 all 6 rounds; no dives were shown.
2. Had to pay one month's rent in cash at the front desk. That was a time-consuming moment. I should have brought in a briefcase with the bills bound.
3. Our pet turtle didn't like the move; one week after our move, there were signs in the clubhouse: "Turtle found; we have it upstairs at the restaurant". Sure enough, our large turtle jumped the bowl and was found wandering the streets.
4. I'm starting to watch the Premier league more and more - Freddie and I are watching games Saturday night and highlights on Sunday. We watches the end of the Swansea-West Ham game yesterday and the start of Tottenham. He can't wait to see a Man U goal in real time.
5. There's a group at work planning to enter into the Macau marathon.... there is a half marathon option......how in the hell can I run 12 miles?
Picutures coming soon as I download them off my phone....
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