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He keeps his clothes on when he's swimming at the beach (blue t-shirt on the left photo), and strips down when he's at home reading. Weirdo. .
(Photo on the top right was taken on the way home from the beach. Poor kiddo was completely knackered.)
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In the afternoon we shot down to the Cyberport waterfront park with Milo (George's BFF) and his family - it was fantastic, but crikey it's humid now.
The first photo pleases me - George looks like he's effortlessly busting through an opposition backline while giving his parents on the sideline a casual nod (I've dreamed about this moment hundreds of times - although in my dreams he's a bit older and he's not wearing cloth nappies):
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A few more from the afternoon:
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I hate photos of myself, but Sarah (link to her incredibly neglected blog here) kindly sent me a photo from our time in Sri Lanka which I thought was pretty cool (the cool bit is not me - I still look like a donkey).
Sarah was with me when I took this photo in Galle:
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...and while I was showing the kids the photos of themselves on the LCD screen, she took this photo:
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Thanks Sarah!
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A few photos from last night's party at Gaia (Morrison is Rachel's boss - a charming but slightly mad Scotsman...)
Happy Valley Races --> Wan Chai Bars --> No one really remembers
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Dinner and drinks with the "Ladies' Auxiliary" (Baby Group Parents) in Happy Valley. More drinks than dinner, if we're being honest. All photos from the iPhone:
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Philip kindly invited me to the opening of his new studio in Causeway Bay. Good times, great people and the perfect way to kick off his new career in photography: .
The new studio
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Philip and his lovely wife Heidi
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The incredibly talented Lawrence Tsang
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The most awesome cake ever
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Sarah on the beach - this was just before we took photos of the Sri Lankan kids jumping in the sunset
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A frog (Sinhalese: "gemba") on the wall of one of the restaurants we went to in Galle
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More elephant bathing action from Pinnewela. Those two brown lumps at the top are indeed what you think they are.
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Tim and Charlie walking around the villas in Sigiriya
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George during a game of hide and seek in our hotel room in Colombo
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Can you believe that this photo is 17 years old?! Happy birthday Ross! Much love from the Far East, and in particular much dribbly (and slightly grumpy, if we're being honest this morning) love from your godson. .
Pink bowties and waistcoats with yellow smiley face buttons are going to come back in style. I just know it.
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I certainly didn't expect it to look like this: .
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We were about to board the Singapore to Colombo flight just after midnight, and who should we bump into at the boarding gate? Mr Alex "Chuck Norris is my homeboy" Bellingham, formerly of Hong Kong and currently of Spain.
Alex was en route to some business meetings in Dubai and was about as surprised as we were at the chance encounter (given that the last time we saw him was when we were farewelling him and the family from Hong Kong in 2009). We had a lovely - but quick - catch up, then boarded for the painfully timed flight (left at 1am Singapore time, arrived in Colombo three and a half hours later at around 2am local time). Alex put on the eyemask, earplugs and passed out... we tried to settle an overtired little boy who spent much of the flight screaming. Oops.
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