Tai Wan village at 6 am. It just changes in a matter of minutes and as I'm not Monet, the only thing I can do is to take some photographs as it is really stunning.
It just appeared to me that we've been here in Hong Kong for one year now. Wauw, how the time has just gone. August is soon gone, and when I think back one year; how exited we both were how this was going to be. Now we know a little more and even that Catriona broke her leg and had to fight getting mobile and I've been frustrated and sometimes down because I couldn't find the job I wanted, it has been worth going here. It seems that the second year at a new place always is better than the first, Catriona likes her new class and with my new prospect of a job I am really exited about, it seems it could be true. As we came in August last year and were new to the school, the staff and to Hong Kong and we had to find a home and settle in. Now a lot of new staff and colleagues has also arrived this August, and now they are doing that we did one year ago.
It also seems that August is the month where people move house. At least a lot of our friends who have been her for some time have moved here in August. By the time you get to know Hong Kong, and then you know where you really like to be and live. As a new here, you are just happy to find a place thats convenient to start with, after a while this could change. No, we are not planning to move -yet, but friends of ours have just moved house for the second time in two years. This time they chose to move from a two floor house in Sai Kung, to live in an apartment building in Kennedy town on Hong Kong island. Normally you move to get more space, but in this case it's the other way around. We went there to help to unpack boxes and to see the new home on the 15th floor with a view across the Victoria harbor. 
It was the first time I've been in one of those modern high rise apartment buildings, and it is like a little community on top of each other. Chinese superstition is really build into every aspect of the buildings and so there is no 13th floor, but there is no 4th floor either, in fact there is no floor at all containing the number 4. And that should have something to do with the sound of the number 4, sounds like death in Chinese. So those unfortunate floors are canceled and instead of the 4th and 5th, they have a big barbecue place with tables and chairs and above that a wellness room, an outside swimming pool and a playground, some lift stops further up there is a reading room with daily Newspapers and some books next to a fully equipped fitness room, with all sort of fancy computerized fitness machines and flat screen TV mounted on every single one, so you can choose the program you want to see while exercising. And finally there is an Aerobic room. With this I want to wish the Kenny's congratulations with their new home and I hope they will enjoy it and be happy there.An unusual visitor.
Months ago I nearly got a heart attack as I came home and was going to open the downstairs door. On the bars I saw this huge green insect sitting without moving at all. It was a Praying Mantis. I have absolutely no idea why she wanted to sit there, on a metal door. But she just sat there a let people open and close the door as she
enjoyed to get a swing.Then next time I came down it was gone. Then two days ago the same thing happened; I came home and reached out for the door handle and then again got a chock, she was back, but this time even bigger, and again just sitting there doing nothing. I assume it is a she, because I think I've heard that the female is the bigger one. If I'm wrong, maybe somebody could enlighten me on this matter, and I would also like to know what she was doing there as she stayed for 3 days.
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