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Robyn
And Ben
In Hong Kong

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

The Birthday of the Buddha

Hong Kong seems to have endless random holidays at various points in the year. I never keep track of them and am always very happy on the monday when I'm told that I have a day off during the week that I never saw coming.

Today is a public holiday because we are celebrating the birthday of Buddha. To those people who are questioning the need for a holiday on this day, Robyn politely reminds them that we have bloody ages off to celebrate the birthday of someone else called Jesus. So why not Buddha too?

I was going to visit Lamma Island today but have decided a far better option is to go and watch Pirates Of the Carribean with Rob and then have a massage. What is ace about Hong Kong is that it has some really swish cinemas. Our nearest one has huge comfy chairs and serves olives and other posh nosh, tho I don't ever buy it, I just sneak stuff in from the local shops. In other news Robyn has been given 4 free tickets to take a boat to one of the far far far off islands in Hong Kong. There are 250 + islands to choose from so I don't know which one we are going to, but apparently it is rarely visited and uninhabited so prepare for pictures soon!

bx

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

good on buddha... Pirates is one of our favourite films or is it the latest one you are seeing?
on another note your dad and I are celebrating our silver wedding anniversary today. 25 years!!!!! makes us feel so old. we are both working mind you so we won't be celebrating. oh well xxx

1:31 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks for the message ben Happy weeding anniversary ?????

1:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

as the old joke goes.....you get less for murder.

Well done, hardly anyone gets to 25 years nowadays so that's a huge achievement - you deserve a fare few bottles of something very alcoholic! Or an early release form.....

(just kidding, have a lovely anniversary!)

6:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

and also thank you for the wonderful flowers and wine and bear that arrived today from "my two boys"...... msde me quite emotional x

5:02 AM  
Blogger robynandben said...

welcome mum, though credit to Jack fro remembering

5:51 AM  

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