Our first shock upon arrival wasn’t so much culture as temperature related. It’s cool, bright and breezy in Hong Kong in December. Locals wander about in jumpers, tights and even coats and so, after the first day goosebumpy day, do the tourists. When it is cold in England, it is much colder, but at least […]

Take care and check your sides are in full working order before reading these signs

Avid readers of my blog might be interested to read an article I had published on webook.co.uk recently about my adventures speed dating including the cringe-inducing ‘date’ with Mr Wong that ended with me hilariously saying, ‘If loving you is wong, I don’t want to be wight.’ speed date Yikes.

Last week, me and my mum had to take my dad to A&E. If you need to go, first thing on a Friday morning is a great time – were they all waiting for the evening? There was NO queue. He has been having ectopic heartbeats, which though disconcerting and sometimes very uncomfortable are not […]

An amazing thing happened this week. We ran out of plastic bags. At one point we had a fetid, ever expanding nest of the things, sweating away in the corner of a cupboard. Then Norwegian got a smart blue plastic bag holder from the Swedish shop (you know the one) and they were all tidied […]