Hong Kong Revisited!

I always feel like I’m racing against the clock when we go to Walmart, Ezra and I have learned from experience that if we dilly dally….if that stroller is not moving faster than 25 miles an hour…..a crowd of curious, hand, face, and hair touching spectators will gather faster than you can say chop-sticks.

We thought when we headed for a weekend trip to Hong Kong that we would get a break from all the attention………and then the maid asked to take our picture in the hotel elevator.  Ha

Ezra and I were definitely a sight to behold, packin our two little munchkins all over Hong Kong. They rode in a bus, taxi, mtr, and ferryboat. I also feel it fitting to include elevator, we were on the 80^th floor of the hotel, and it felt like that thing was traveling at the speed of light, our ears popped on the way up!

Hong Kong is always a nice get a way for us, we watch a little National Geographic (our favorite channel in Hong Kong), see a few sites, drink a little milk, and pack our suitcases full of things like red vines. Mmmm

On the way home all the weekend travelers from Nanning got to watch Ezra show off all his little baby stunts as we waited for our delayed flight. It was a really full plane so we made quite a few friends.

Our funnest friend was a quirky old guy from India that ended up sitting right behind us on our way “home.” I will call him Ahmed.

Ila was  quite interested in the whole "this is how you put on your life vest" spiel the flight attendant was performing.

Ahmed was watching Ila and said, (imagine the Indian accent for me now) “she is very observant.”

Ila kept Ahmed quite entertained the whole flight, he told me that she was very intelligent (which of course I already knew ; ) he said,  “my son was just like her, he walked at 9 months…….what is her sign?”

At first I had no idea what he was talking about……her sign?  Finally it dawned on me…..her astrological sign!

“I don’t know....she was born in August?”  

Between Ahmed and the cute little chinese girl that sat behind us, Ila stayed quite content. Towards the end of the flight Ahmed says, “she is great…just great!......."

“She looks like a boy.”

Really?......She looks like a boy???? What does a daughters mother say to such a comment?…..thanks?

Oh Ahmed, I was really starting to like you, you complimented my babies intelligence, you didn’t break any personal space bubbles, and you kept her happy the entire flight.

Why did you have to go and blow it like that?…we could have been friends Ahmed……we could have been friends. Lol 

It’s funny how matter of fact people can be. One time Ezra was showing a Chinese co-worker a picture of the girls. He pointed at the picture and stated, “this one is pretty, and this one is fat.” Awww so funny. I love it!—it makes me laugh every time I think about it.

The girls sign is Leo—like Leo the Lion. And it’s a good thing Leo’s like adventure.

Let me paint this picture for you: tiny taxi, Ezra in the front seat eating his knees so that I can fit Ila’s car seat on my lap in the back seat, Fae is next to me in her car seat, and our double stroller is crammed next to us. Needless to say- it was a tight fit. 

After only about 10 min of driving we slow down and realize we are in a huge line of backed up traffic, the girls start fussing,….and I start singing show tunes in the back seat (I’m sure the taxi driver thought I was nuts).

When we get to the front of the line we see that there has been an accident, the roads all blocked up, I’m thinking “oh no, we can’t get through.” And the next thing I know we are between two trees, half way on the side walk, and half way in someone’s garden. “We’re in a taxi here…not a hummer!”  After a few minutes of four-wheeling "plunk!" we go off the curb back onto the road.  Holy Cow! This was definitely a- close my eyes and pray- Chinese moment! (Mom, please don’t read this).