Sophia Got Otitis Media

Sophia got fever since 30 Nov. She got high body temperature, up to 39 degree Celsius, on and off. Janus had to take care of her and closely monitored her body temperature for several nights. Sophia didn't attend school for the past week when she was sick.

She consulted a doctor nearby but still got high body temperature after taking medicine for several days. Janus decided change to consult a specialist on Paediatrics. The doctor identified the root cause - otitis media (middle ear infection). After taking medicine for 1 day, Sophia no longer got high temperature.

Sophia attends Pre-Nursery Class

Sophia started to attend pre-nursery class right after 2 year old. To our surprise, she cried only in the first few days. In fact, she likes going school and is happy to get in the school bus.

We had interviewed a few kindergartens and joined their playgroup. There are some differences between these kindergartens. Parents have to choose based on own requirements such as distance from home, quality of teachers, curriculum, teaching approach, fee level, facilities and medium of instruction.

Have a look at the profile of kindergartens (http://chsc.edb.hkedcity.net/kindergarten/), it's interesting to find the salary range of teaching staffs of some private kindergartens is lower than that of non-profit-making kindergartens. Of course, the qualification of teaching staff in some 'famous' private kindergarten seems better than normal.

Some kindergartens are better managed. You can feel the teachers are enthusiastic, the principal can point out the school characteristics.

I ordered an interesting label product "名字織嘜" to label her school uniform. The labels come with heat seal at the back. To fix the label to clothes, simply iron the label on cloth.

Happy birthday to Sophia

Today is Sophia's 2 year birthday. I brought a birthday cake for Sophia and celebrate with family. Sophia received many gifts from mother, grandma, aunt & uncle.

Sophia is a lovely girl when she is not naughty. But, it's terrible when she cried. She is very sticky to mommy.

She loved to go to playground. Her favorite activities are slide, swingset and merry-go-round. She also liked cooking game at home.

She will start to attend school coming Tuesday. Hope she enjoy school life!

Visit Hong Kong Disneyland

I took a leave during these busy days and visited Hong Kong Disneyland with my family. The weather was very nice. The sun was warm and wind was breezing.

Sophia liked the "Dumbo the Flying Elephant", "Cinderella Carousel" and "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". She played these several times.

The experience was better than expected, considering the bad news and comments about the park.

Janus Gave Birth A Baby Boy

Janus was admitted to hospital on her birthday. She gave birth a baby boy on morning of 3 September 2007. The process was quite fast and she took less than an hour in the ward. When the baby was born, Janus was so happy that she burst into tears.

Nursery Parents' Day

Sophia will attend pre-nursery class on 1st of December 2007 after she became two.

Today, we went to parents' day for introduction to the school and meeting with class teachers. We collected the textbooks and accessories for Sophia.



Sophia will meet her classmate on coming Tuesday and Wednesday.

Happy birthday to Walter

Tonight, we have a dinner together to celebrate Walter's birthday. We dined at a 2-Openrice star restaurant 富匯海鮮酒家. Thanks for Henry's arrangement! However, Walter might like to celebrate at a 2-Michelin star restaurant next year instead :-P

Finally, Walter paid the bill for the dinner. This was because he had recently changed to a challenging job with salary raise. Congratulation Walter!

Update about Sophia

Sophia just promoted from level 3 to 4 in Gymboree class. Teacher comments she is active and cheerful.

Yes, Sophia is very active phyiscally. She loved bouncing and she walked very well when she was one year old.

She is cheerful, not shy and like to play with other people in the life and people sat beside in MTR train. She smile often and make people happy!

Ocean Park

Today is my birthday. I take a leave and visit Ocean Park with my family. Ocean Park offers free admission to birthday person. We liked Kid's World more as there was less people. Sophia liked the show in Amazing Birds Theatre. The Ocean Theatre was so full that there were no seat left. It is not a good experience walking in the crowded Atoll Reef.

Macau Trip

We visited Macau on 17-18 Mar 2007. This is the second time Sophia visited her great grandma. Great grandma is happy meeting the little child. Sophia was very naughty, always requested hugging of her mother during the trip. Her mother was very tired.



舅父 reserved a table at 陶陶居海鮮火鍋酒家 on evening of 17 March. The food was good and included the following disks 金錢雞、南乳炸子雞、鮮蝦金錢蟹盒、花膠炆東菇、生抄骨、禾蟲蒸蛋、豬頸肉四季豆、東昇頭.

Pilot Capless Fountain Pen

I have brought a Pilot Capless fountain pen today. I had lost two Pilot Capless before. The previous versions were made with plastic and cheaper. This pen write much better than my LAMY safari. The pen supports both cartridge and converter filling.

Project goes live

I have been working for a Government project since January 2006. The project will go production on 5 February 2007 - just one more day to go!

It is the toughest project I have worked on - tight project schedule, limited resources. I have to work more than 10 hours per day, 7 days per week during the last few months. When I went back home at 11:00pm, my daughter was sleeping :-(

The good thing is that I knew some colleagues who work with me and help me. It made the hard time fun. I would like to sincerely thank for their help.

After the system stabilize, I would like to have more time with my family and more personal time.