A few photos



Matthew and his new bike.
One very, very happy boy





Nuch getting the ceilings ready for painting



Next job, the electrics, urggh



Heading back, Matthew takes the helm.

 







Waterproofing completed.

This was takin in March or April.  It had been raining for two weeks and we had been back to see if the slope renovations had held out.  Thankfully the works have proven to be a complete success and the house is cured of damp completely.   YoOu can see that the land in front of the house is a mud bath. 

Lightning never strikes twice (we hope)

Last week we had some pretty severe thunderstorms.  What we did not realise is that our little house had house had been the victim of a lightning strike.   When we arrived there yesterday it only became obvious when we opened the fridge.  The aroma of rotting food was rather piquant to say the least.   Anyhow, we checked the fuse box and all the fuses were in the right place.  We tripped the fuse box and nothing happened.  We reset the fuse box and nothing happened.  We checked the meter outside and could see it was not moving but other than that all seemed fine.  So we called the China Light and Power company.  Can you believe it.  They sent two workers to check the line who arrived within two hours.  Amazing, a Sunday and they had walked out from Mui Wo carrying all their gear in a rucksack.   Any how, pleased as we were to see them, they announced that the power was fine up to and including the meter so any fault further on was up to us to sort out.  Knowing nothing about electricity we stood there open mouthed, so they took pity on us and traced the fault to a circuit breaker or something that had been fried.   All we have to do now is find a commercial electrician who can come and suck air through his teeth, give us an estimate, over charge us and then fix the damn thing.  Ah well, they say lightning never strikes twice.  Maybe we need to think about a lightning conductor or having a bag full of spare bits that get fried.   The good news is the house is now painted, inside and out, the bad news is the fridge is off so no cold drinks and we need to wear head torches of a night time.

Its been a while

It has been ages since the last post.  Mostly due to work and more work. 

We have moved house.  Not too far from the old MW8 house but this time into a flat.  

I have set up a new office, a stone's throw from the flat so cmmuting is a cinch.

The boys have had their summer holidays and are now back at school. 

Nuch has a new job as a medical interpreter (Cantonese, English and Thai) working mostly in the government hospitals.

Poor old Garfield the cat has gone to that special cat place in the sky.  Sadly missed but not to be replaced. 

Man Kok Tsui has been somewhat sidelined due to lack of cash for renovation works but the inside and the outside of the main building are now paiinted and clean and rather fortunately there is no sign of any water leakage so hopefully all the digging and repairing of the slope abehind the house has been worthwhile.  In the pictures here you can see the lemon grass has grown and established itself as has the kafir lime trees (just inside the garden area).

Next on the list is to brick up the open roofed area to make a more sheltered stitting out area, then add a canopy roof to the front of the main building.  Once that is done we can finish off the electrics and the plumbing and we are done. 

We have discovered a fresh water spring right outside the house wher the water literally comes out of the rock face.  Sweet, clear and cool to drink. 

What else?   Nope, that's about it.