So Vanessa wanted to learn skating.  This was her request.  I suspect it has to do with the fact that she is at Taikoo Shing almost EVERYDAY and sees other kids skating (happily) in the mall arena.  I tried to go skating with her once, but it was a challenge both for me and my biceps (poor biceps).
The lessons cost $550 for 5 lessons of 30 minutes each lesson.  You have to pay $50 for an ID card for your child, but the fees include rental of skates and other …

In continuation of my daughter’s K1 interview at KCS – I’m now writing about Vanessa’s K3 interview.
Like the prior week with the K1 interview, you can go any time.  We ended up going at 10:30 AM while our original schedule was 12:30 PM.  The following Saturday was by far emptier than it’s predecessor.  I’m not sure how they determine who interviews on what day, but they were still interviewing for N1 and K1 as well.
Questions at the interview (all in Mandarin):

What is your name?
Do you like school?
What is your Chinese …

Children’s Tennis Lessons in Hong Kong
I found a great tennis teacher in Hong Kong!  I was thinking of giving my kids a more active, outdoors and crazy sweat sport to get them to burn all their crazy energy and help further develop their motor skills.  Tennis is definitely becoming more common in Asia and with the year round weather conditions (hey, it never snows here… but we do have the occasional typhoons), playing outdoors is great!  In a country where public grass doesn’t exist, and even if it did, you …

I’m very flattered by the amount of inquiries and comments I’m getting on my previous article “How to Hire a Domestic Helper in Hong Kong“.  I’m also glad that I am able to provide assistance where I can in an area where there isn’t much public information on the whole picture in English.
As an aside, I’ve been getting many questions about “How I Trained My Domestic Helper”.  I do mention that I (or other parties, like my mother and mother-in-law) helped in training her.  It’s nothing like a formal program, …

I am always about change. Ironically enough, change management is one of my key focus at work right now – so what better time to bring about change? When I was younger, I would rearrange my room at least once every year. It’s the excitement of having newness that makes life interesting. I don’t change everything. I mean, I don’t have my husband on rotation or my children, but things that spice up life – do just that. I have actually been looking for a magazine type blog layout for …

As I was getting changed this morning, I hear Vanessa screaming “HELP ME MOMMY!”  I run out to see this.  I was initially shocked and scared because she may potentially be hurt.  But then, as I see her wiggling and screaming some more, I figure she was OK had to take this photo.  It’s a parent’s duty to capture these priceless moments.  Needless to say that Vanessa was sitting in her baby sister’s high chair, without the safety buckles.  I figured that the tray would keep her in, but I …