Weekend - Nov 11 & 12

John & I on the Star Ferry:

Quiet weekend home trying to get caught up on things. Went in to work for a few hours on Saturday. Took the ferry over to Kowloon & went out to our favorite Japanese restaurant for dinner. We met a guy there who does similar work to what John is doing, but in the greeting card area. He is from Toronto, but lives here now. Young guy (30's), has an Asian wife & was very nice. He's been doing this for over 12 years & has his own company now. He & John exchanged cards & made plans to meet for lunch sometime. I think this guy might have some good printer connections that might be helpful. He also PLAYS HOCKEY. Him being from Canada & all, I just had to ask. He says he doesn't have time to play now, but he told me where to find the guy who runs the hockey league here in HK. That will be an excursion for me on my time off.

Sunday (today) we just hung around the house. John had tons of expense submissions to catch up on & I had a lot of computer work as well. It is nice to just hang out at home once in a while, but don't worry, we won't make a habit of it. I did go get omelet ingredients & made us a nice brunch.

I did some ironing & watched a movie "War of the Buttons" on HBO. If you ever get a chance, be sure to see it. It is about some kids in Ireland & rivalry between 2 towns. Very Irish & very enjoyable.

John leaves for India tomorrow & I head out on Wednesday to meet him in Delhi. He suggested I not join him for the entire trip which starts in Mumbi. He said Mumbi is just depressing & the worst poverty you ever want to see or maybe DON'T want to see. There also are no direct flights to Mumbi, so I took his suggestion & will meet in Delhi on Wed night. We are going to stay Friday night near the Taj-Mahal. It should be very interesting. I don't hear much good about India & nobody seems to be able to stomach the food & everyone says it smells aweful. So I'm going to go armed with stomach medicine & air freshner. I'm sure I'll survive!!