The kids had some time off school for parent/teacher conferences, Thanksgiving and an educators conference that was held at their school so we went camping - one night for Maggie and friends at Chong Hing Watersports Centre in Sai Kung Country Park and the second for Alex and friends at Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Camp. The following videos I did as a trial of One True Media, a site Alex's social studies teacher had him sign up for a project. Looks like I'll be puttering around on this site, too!

Update 2020 Adobe Flash slideshows no longer supported - click link for photos. PLK camp 2008 Chong Hing Watersports Centre camp 2008
 

From Su family

Paul's birthday dinner was at Cafe Deco. We drove up to Victoria Peak just in time to snap a couple of sunset photos before heading to the restaurant for some sharing of various delicious dishes including Kumamoto oysters, foie gras (with mango and avocado) handrolls, lobster bisque, Caesar salad, a pizza and a steak. Alex ordered fish and chips, and a king crab meat handroll as well as some of our food. The bread basket had naan bread baked in their tandoori oven, which I was tempted to order from, but didn't and subsequently bought a tandoori chicken leg from a vendor in Chung King Mansions later in the week. Tandoori reminds me of the Taiwanese street snack "hu jiao bing" which is a black peppery pork bun baked on the side of a similar oven that basically looks like a big oil drum with a fire in the middle. Speaking of Taiwan, maybe we'll go during Christmas break.



After dinner we went downstairs to Haagen Dazs, but we didn't buy a cake, just had cones - so no candles for Paul this year...

Maggie and Tiffany donate their hair to Locks of Love








After much nagging by me to get a haircut (and after cutting 5 inches off this summer), Maggie finally donated the minimum ten inches along with her friend, Tiffany. The girls had an early dismissal day from school and after lunch with their moms, headed off to the salon for a few hours.