Lazy Sunday afternoon

Having got out of bed horribly early I found myself on the MTR heading for Central with an entire army of knee-high Ninjas. Yep, it appears that every Sunday morning hundreds of 5-8 year old wanna-be Jackie Chan's head off to class, dressed in kung-foo pyjamas and armed with PS2s, fighting sticks and probably the odd throwing death star (or whatever those things are called). Since i've been here i've never once felt threatened or scared, however I have to admit that seeing those kids jabbing, killing and maiming anything that moved on their portable Nintendo and Playstation screens knowing they were all armed to the teeth was a little disconcerting...

Not only did I survive the train into Central but I also survived my first R&R session at the spa. Its an incredibly well organised and luxurious place with big fluffy dressing gowns & towels and plenty of free healthy foods & drinks whilst your waiting or for inbetween treatments. Today I opted for the Chinese deep tissue massage, designed to help ease tension & stress which I though would help my shoulder thats suffering from late nights sat up working in bed and long days carrying laptops and files. I've yet to decide if it has helped but all I know is that the massage woman knew exactly where it hurt and she focused her hands just so as to induce the maximum amount of pain. If I could have screamed 'Get your hands off me bitch' in fluent Cantonese I would have done so, but i've only reached chapter 1 in the 'teach yourself' book and we haven't covered that phrase yet.
All in all though it was a good couple of hours spent resting and completely locked away from the hustle bustle and noise of the city.

The weather here has been great the last couple of days, cooler than before (about 20-25c) and bright and clear, so I decided to wander around the quartier and find a quiet place to work outside. The light was cool and luckily I had my camera with me so I took a heap of snaps to give you an idea of the place:



(Big thanks to Emma for introducing me to Picasa to create the funky collage)

Best dash now, its back to the crazy work schedule tomorrow so I'm going to pack myself off to bed.

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