It’s been ages since I’ve travelled with my family so when my sister asked me if I would play tour guide to her and my little niece and nephew in Hong Kong, I couldn’t say no. I thought about being plagued with incessant whining and chattering but still, I couldn’t resist the idea of spending some quality time with my loved ones.
No thanks to the number of photos I took of Seth, it became blatantly obvious he was the apple of my eyes among my sister’s three kids. (Even though Kayla, the youngest but feistiest one has presented Seth with some fierce competition… Kiks, I hope you’ll never read this; that by the time you realise your horrible aunt has a blog, she’s already, erm, a deservedly old and ugly hag… But I’ll still pass down all my fancy dresses and bags to you, like I promised. So… truce???)
Hansum Seth
Seth's little foot takes on the crowd in Tsim Sha Tsui
Seth kept asking if it was time to leave the plane two hours into the flight and I told him to fly out of the plane on his own if he so fancied. And that shut him up. Hurhurhur.
Forced to model in H&M's kids department
Angwee at epic cab queue at The Peak
"Look Yiyi, no head!"
Didi is too kawaii here! <3
Looking excited about the hotel's pool but it's all lies...
Cos he wouldn't even step off the ledge of the pool despite having floaties on. Such a L.O.S.E.R. Can't say it out right so gotta spell it.
So he looks forlornly on as his cool-as-cucumber big sister has the time of her life.
When his mother tries to carry him into the pool, he protests with all his might... While Kiks is still too cool for school.
And she continues to impress with her agility in Triangle pose...
And Butterfly pose!
And even though my sister sometimes stares out of the window (in this case, the tram's) and ponders what she's done to deserve such a cowardly son...
She still smiles affectionately at her son, like all good mothers would...
Kiks sometimes stares out of the window too (and in this case, the plane's) but she is more concerned about taking over the world...
OK, I was really having a field day writing those photo captions…
And of course you can’t see it here but those two JUST. COULDN’T. STOP singing Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” throughout the entire trip. They sang while we were in the immigration line (HKID pass, I’ve missed you.), they sang while in cabs, they sang in public toilets. I was ready to kill myself but somehow found myself singing along with them instead… O_o And their mummy would always start to step away slowly whenever they started singing so she could pretend they weren’t her kids. Mother of the Year, much?
Happy family <3
It was in the hotel’s bathroom where I discovered I’d put on 4kg and am now weighing at my heaviest. For the rest of the day, and for the first time of my life, I became obsessed and kept asking my sister “do I look bloated?”, “are my thighs chunkier?!” and the quintessential “do I look fat?!” My cruel sister simply quipped, “I’m the same weight as you are now” and she’s a mother of three… And continued to eat like she was expecting a fourth throughout the trip.
When my brother-in-law finally arrived in HK from Guangzhou, where he was in for business, I had the day off (I sound like a domestic helper…) and met some of my favourite people!
My fellow scones lover!
With the beautiful Debby!
With the awesomest colleagues!
And of course, my girlfriend SO whom I was lucky enough to meet twice but didn’t have a single shot with! The horrors.
