Laptop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So we have decided that we should not delay in purchasing a laptop, so about half an hour ago we walked to a local shop and paid for one! It is still in the shop having all the English software loaded on to it as I type, and im due to collect it in an hour. I also managed to convince them to chuck in a webcam for free! So now all we need to do is sign up to the internet. Internet packages are pretty cheap, it costs about 200 dollars (14 quid) to get cable TV and unlimited internet in our flat, bargain.

We were due to go up to the peak yesterday to see the view over Hong Kong, but our plans were foiled due to a red rain warning. This basically means stay inside or prepare to get so wet you feel like you should have been born a sea creature. This led to an amazing discovery though, we found a 24 hour cafe aptly named "The Flying Pan". This place does the most amazing fried breakfasts you could ever dream of, it is becoming a bit or a ritual meeting place as we all live so close and it provides board games, newspapers, fruit smoothys and general nice atmosphere.

Last night I went to a friends birthday party in the flat two floors above mine. In our international group of friends we have one Canadian girl who needed some jeans to wear as I think she spilt something down her own. She turned to the English birthday girl and asked to borrow "some spare pants". Rachel took the canadian to her room and offered her a pair of knickers before she realized that 'pants' in Canada are different to 'pants' in England. It was very a very funny moment and i nearly needed a new pair of pants myself.

Anyway, Robyn is upstairs having a bit of an afternoon siesta, in this hot weather sometimes it's the only thing to do. Meanwhile I'm off to get the laptop!!! We can't stop talking about how amazing it will be to listen to radio one online and be able to play i tunes. By the way if anyone needs digital cameras, I-pods or laptops plan to get one when you come and visit. We paid 5000 dollars for our laptop which is about 330 quid. It's a Toshiba and would cost five times the price inthe UK. It is so cheap for electrical goods here that people travel from mainland China just to purchase stuff. This could change soon though because at the moment the government is debating havign a "Goods and services tax" placed on products out here. I spoke to a few locals though and apparently it will never pass. We shall have to wait and see.

Bx