Oscar in Hong Kong

Oscar took his second trip to the bright lights of Hong Kong over the weekend.

The journey started with us being accosted at the airport by this Nepalese woman. "Stop! Stop!" she screeched. "I must look at your baby!" She then called her whole family round and with her husband doing the videoing, fussed over Oscar as "cute like a doll". Then her friends followed us into a shop where a little girl gave Oscar two kisses!

In Hong Kong, Matt and I ate soooooooo much food. We had Shanghainese food the first night. I have a feeling that Hong Kong restaurants are not so forgiving of kiddies screaming and tearing around. Anyway, this resto gave us our private room and Oscar happily chomped away on small pieces of camphor-smoked duck and little broad beans.

We also had a huge dim sum meal, courtesy of Oscar's (grand) aunty Mary - who looks younger every time we see her. The 'orange glow' effect here comes courtesy of intense humidity on my camera and a nearby lighted advert.
It was great to catch up with an old friend whom I hadn't seen in 18 years. Auny Ethna seemed quite taken by young Oscar.And of course, no trip to Hong Kong would be complete without Oscar seeing his good friend Sasha. Last time he saw her, he went quite beserk with excitement - a reaction that I haven't seen since. Sasha waved at Oscar as soon as she saw him and displayed impeccable table manners throughout our meal. Oscar got to see some sites, though was not overly impressed.
But he was very happy to say hello to Thomas as we made our way back home.