i raced home from Bible study this morning to meet sebastian at the bus stop. two of his friends came over for lunch, but much to sebbie’s relief they went to their flat to change out of their school clothes first, which meant he didn’t have to be a gentleman and let them do their wees first.
"mummy, i really have to wee."
he weed, washed, and changed into his spiderman outfit and sat down to his lunch, ribs and vegetables. and for dessert, brownies. what a happy trio they were! afterwards they played for a bit, then adam and ashleigh left to go to a birthday party.
sebastian asked if he could watch a bit of television, and i counteroffered with, "do you want to come on a bus ride with me?" i needed to go to wanchai to pick up my smart card. it is a new photo/thumbprint activated identity card that all hong kong residents are required to have. he agreed that would be much more fun and after packing water and a lolly for him, we were on our way.
our bus took FOREVER to arrive, we were waiting for the 28 mini bus, and after 15 minutes it hadn’t arrived. unfortunately time was not on our side because sebastian had his last football session at 3pm…and it was 1.41. i took my chance and we jumped on a one level regular bus that i wasn’t too familiar with, the 47x. it was headed to admiralty, which is the district next to wanchai. why take my chance with this bus? because an x indicates express, which means it won’t stop everywhere. OR AT LEAST IT SHOULD. this bus apparently had a very social driver, for we were stopping everywhere it seemed. when we got to central, it was 1.59, (central is next to admiralty) so sebastian and i got off and hailed a taxi. we would have had hail a taxi anyway once we got to admiralty, this didn’t seem such an extra expense. sebastian was thrilled and did his taxi wave, which worked.
we got to elizabeth house, and headed to the lift. there was a queue waiting for the lift so we joined it. when the doors opened, however, a couple of people jumped out of no where to push ahead of the people who were waiting (patiently). fortunately sebastian and i made it into the lift, and before i could begin explaining to him that we are supposed to wait in line, even though some people (significant pause and stare at them through the mirror) jump the queue….bless him, the little blond ANGEL said very clearly, "mummy, those two ladies were naughty, they didn’t wait in line."
a moment of silence and then everyone in the lift started smiling or laughing. except me, who said, "that’s right, sebastian, they were naughty." oh right, for accuracy’s sake, the two perps weren’t laughing either.
it only took five minutes to collect my card….hong kong is so efficient at times it hurts me….and sebastian and i were touring around the floor, checking that the pay phones worked and that there was no money left over in the coin return area…and we didn’t even have time to check for coins in the drinks machines before my name was called, i picked up my card, and we left. my picture is horrible…but i suppose my thumbprint is rather attractive.
so down we went once more to the street, it was 2.34pm…i sighed and we hailed a taxi.
footie went really well, lita had brought jasper, sela and carys and they were quite pleased to be chasing other kids and balls and climbing the nets.
home, playground, bath, dinner… and for dinner sebastian and i ate in the computer room, which is possible three metres by 1.5 metres. we pretended we were in the dark desert and the babies were in their tent and we were in ours. we ate pizza and drank ribena. (he got to choose the menu). i clicked off the lights and we lit candles. i brought out the vegetables that needed to be eaten as well. we talked about living in the desert, how many days we had been there, and if we liked it….and after the last pea was swallowed, i brought out dessert….brownies!
we are going to eat in our tent tomorrow, but i think i will be in charge of the menu which means it might not be so interesting and my desert pal, especially if i don’t offer dessert, might desert me.
