Ok, so yesterday I wake up and feel as if I had been partying for a week straight.
Everything is aching. Then the cough comes back, a slight fever, and a
really sore throat. To make the matter worse, I am now loosing my voice
(something I am famous for having happen every fall/spring). I don’t
want people to know how cruddy I feel, because there is so much more to
see and do before we leave next week.
Jasper has an eye exam this morning. I accompanied Tess over to the Queen Mary Hospital to give her some support during this rotten test. Jasper is
not thrilled by it, but is a good little trooper and gets through it. He
hates having his pupils dilated and then his eyes forced open. Not that
a lot of people enjoy that. This was a test to see how his ROP was
doing (if it was advancing or not). The good news is that he does not
have to go back again for another 6 months. Secondly they said it has
not worsened, and thirdly, they feel that there has been some
improvement! Yeah! Poor J looked like he had been raving at
Woodstock all night long and had pupils the size of quarters for the
remainder of the day.
Tess thinks that some shopping intervention therapy might help us to
feel more welcomed back to HK, so off the 3 of us go. Dad’s full
intentions are to go to the War Museum (actually it is the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence it is free admission on
Wednesday). It is the day of the American Election and a dear friend of
Tess’s (an American) is at the Ritz Carlton watching the results as
they come in. Tess mentions this to Dad who is following the results
the best he can as the day went by. Sandi mentions to him that if he
has any trouble getting in, to drop her name. We gals go in our
direction, and Dad to his.
Tess and I found some killer deals and then decided to go for lunch.
We found a great little fish and chips place, which was very tasty.
The restaurant we went to was the size of my bedroom closet, but somehow
seated 5 tables. You got to know the people at the next table quite
well by end of meal. The food was fantastic. I had poached sole, and
Tess had beer battered fish and chips. We enjoyed the food and listened
as the results were being announced on the radio.
We figured that the results would wait, and we continued on with our
day of shopping and dropping off film, getting a few groceries etc.
Spent a quiet afternoon at home wondering how Dad was doing with his
adventures, i.e. museum visit. Around suppertime both Tess and I figured that Dad had
found Sandi (the dear friend), and that somehow they/he had not made it
to the museum. She and I decided to start making bets as to what time
he would call, if he would call, if he was out with Sandi, if he had
been abducted etc. We had more variations and odds than any bookies I
had ever known.
Around 7pm, the phone rang, it was Dad (I won the phone call time),
he and Sandi were now heading out on a private “junk” to go on a wine
testing tour. He couldn’t remember his bank pin # and he was hoping
Tess had it. (We know nothing). Around 10:30 that night Dad came home
quite proud of himself and was going on and on about how he had been
interviewed by 2 Chinese newspapers re: the American election**.
Imagine the irony in that, a Canadian, being interviewed about an
American election while in Hong Kong. The rest of the evening was
uneventful. I know that Tess and Dad were impressed that I had no
voice left, and I think they secretly enjoyed the fact that I couldn’t
talk.
Blake never made it to the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence. Maybe another day.
** Blake reports: Just to set the record straight I asked not to be interviewed but
it seems the political mandarins in the crowd recognized the (ahem)
famous Blake Lyons and the rest is history. Modesty prevents me from
saying more. **
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