Hong Kong 2002, Pt. 7

 April 12, 2002  Posted in Uncategorized

This documents my travels to Hong Kong to visit some good friends overseas. Also travelling from Japan is Maki Takeuchi who decided to take a few days off as well to all gather. It’s been about 4 years since I last visited, and everything is pretty much the same as before, except we’ve all grown older.

Oh yeah of course the most important thing about this trip – my good friend Tom and Jess have named me the godfather of their daughter Megan Lin… plenty of baby pictures in this travelogue, April 2002.

Maki, all exhausted from going out the past few evenings…
Joseph, also tired from hanging out
Dinner time! Erica showed up a few minutes later… Maki was awake for a few minutes…
Then started to doze off again…
Erica who can’t wait for dinner, and Maki who is trying to stay awake…
Tom’s mom prepared this “small” dinner for all of us
What was supposed to be a small dinner turns out to be a feast!
Martin, Joseph, and Erica, all in awe of the food presented to us.
What’s left of dinner after we all ate like there was no tomorrow… still enough to feed another party!
Wandered down to Lan Kwai Fong again…
We met up with Adrienne and some of her friends at The Fong, and started downing Boddingtons…
Adrienne with her friends from French International School
Erica, Maki, and Flora… wow it’s been quite a few years since I saw you all in one place!
Around midnight…
The three Taiwanese guys from HKIS
Maki, slowly dozing off…
Tom and Martin discussing his career path
Meanwhile, we’ve moved from beer to red wine…
Still discussing work…
Martin between two close friends… Flora and Erica.
Ggggrrrrrrr!
Congrats to Tom’s recent fatherhood!
Sometime during the evening, Maki woke up again…
Who is that guy in the background?
Maki is too tired to even tell people she doesn’t want any more to drink…
I need to go home now to check up on my baby!
Let’s go home!

Woke up next morning and I was ready to document Tom’s participation in helping with Megan taking a bath…

Okay, what do I do here…?
Tom trying to follow what his mom was doing…
Tom: “I’m totally clueless!”
Megan is so used to her daily bath she rarely makes a sound
enjoying my bath
Tom watches on…
Hello! Hello!
Tom putting on Megan’s diapers… as his mom and Jess comments on how he was doing. Good job Tom!
I am the king! I got the diaper on right!
All wrapped up!
Here you go Tom
Grandma’s got more things to take care of…
such as combing other granddaughter’s hair… Here we have Shrley’s two cute daughters
I don’t like pictures!
Okay I don’t like pictures either!
The girls playing a PS2 game while Susan the maid was trying to feed them lunch
Susan’s efforts did not pay off, so grandma tries to convince her granddaughters to eat

Nope – not working!
I was invited to dinner with the Lin family.
We had to wait, even with a reservation.
Tom and Jess, relaxing for a few hours fir the first time, while the maid watched Megan.
Susan and Mom Lin.
Tom’s mom and sister Shirley
HUGE FISH IN THE TANK
BACK HOME, BACK TO THE WINTER WONDERLAND…
COLD COLD COLD