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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The World Just Gets Smaller
One of the blogs I follow is The Southern Blossoms similar to this blog, it follows a family's journey living the ex-pat life in Asia, only they are based in Tokyo, Japan.
But that is not where the similarities end. As I read the blog, I learned that we were both from New Orleans, went to the same school at one point as children, went to the same college, (Hotty Toddy) our moms are both teachers in Mandeville, and we have friends in common. We both have 2 year old boys, who look quite similar and most obviously we are both bloggers living abroad.
In finding all of these similarities, we were able to strike up emails and converse about what a small world it was and even give traveling tips to each other.
Of course when the earthquake struck Japan, The Southern Blossoms were on my mind. They are safe and sound now, but had a rough few weeks trying to figure everything out. The silver lining of the tragedy (for me at least) was that the Southern Blossoms visited Hong Kong last week as they dealt with the serious issues in Japan.
We were able to work it out to meet and we had a lovely visit. Here our our boys playing at the Hong Kong Park.
Living far from home, it is such comfort to find a friend who understands what it means to miss New Orleans, the food, the people, the culture and a friend who knows and appreciates everything Mississippi.
Please keep this precious family in your prayers as well as all of Japan.
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But that is not where the similarities end. As I read the blog, I learned that we were both from New Orleans, went to the same school at one point as children, went to the same college, (Hotty Toddy) our moms are both teachers in Mandeville, and we have friends in common. We both have 2 year old boys, who look quite similar and most obviously we are both bloggers living abroad.
In finding all of these similarities, we were able to strike up emails and converse about what a small world it was and even give traveling tips to each other.
Of course when the earthquake struck Japan, The Southern Blossoms were on my mind. They are safe and sound now, but had a rough few weeks trying to figure everything out. The silver lining of the tragedy (for me at least) was that the Southern Blossoms visited Hong Kong last week as they dealt with the serious issues in Japan.
We were able to work it out to meet and we had a lovely visit. Here our our boys playing at the Hong Kong Park.
Living far from home, it is such comfort to find a friend who understands what it means to miss New Orleans, the food, the people, the culture and a friend who knows and appreciates everything Mississippi.
Please keep this precious family in your prayers as well as all of Japan.
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Location:Discovery Bay Rd,,Hong Kong
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Barney and Friends
We went all the way to East Kowloon to see Barney and Friends live on stage.
We stopped for dinner before the show.
Hoyer wanted ice cream for dinner, but we decided on Ruby Tuesdays for some tastes of home.
We arrived at the Expo center and Hoyer was obviously very excited about seeing Barney.
And the show started!
Then we made our way back to Discovery Bay via MTR. Hoyer was in bed and asleep, dreaming of the Space Adventure he had just witnessed by 10 pm. It was a fun night for all.
We stopped for dinner before the show.
Hoyer wanted ice cream for dinner, but we decided on Ruby Tuesdays for some tastes of home.
We arrived at the Expo center and Hoyer was obviously very excited about seeing Barney.
And the show started!
Then we made our way back to Discovery Bay via MTR. Hoyer was in bed and asleep, dreaming of the Space Adventure he had just witnessed by 10 pm. It was a fun night for all.
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