Its been a whirlwind few weeks... my popo grandma was suddenly hospitalized for pneumonia (she is 89 this year) due to aspiration. After a big scare, I flew home at last minute to be with her. Thank goodness she slowly recovered and stabilized. Also it reinforced how important family is - despite being far away. Even my grandfather is 93 years old and we remain close and enjoy time spent together in person.
Thank you also to Stephen for organizing a surprise birthday dinner for me upon my return! It was a welcome relief from the family and travel stress, and really great to see good friends over too much buffet in Hong Kong!
The Olympics is pretty awesome going on in London 2012. The "Queen" dropped in by helicopter / balloon to the opening ceremonies. Volleyball and diving are totally awesome to watch. And I realize its really the 'tier 2 & tier 3' sports like track, weightlifting, volleyball, track & field (heptathlon) and swimming that interest me over the 'tier 1' sports like basketball, tennis, etc. Too bad Canadian women lost 4-3 in unfair refereeing to U.S. in soccer :(
The typhoons have been rampant here in Asia. Vicente hammered Hong Kong a few weeks ago and the Hurricane signal 10 was raised for the first time in 13 years. 'emergency' flight was delayed a full day! My Recently Taiwan and Philippines were hit, and now Shanghai and Hangzhou may be hammered along with China's East Coast. Other than that, pollution has been crazy bad, and its been gray, humid and cloudy here in Hong Kong this month.
Look forward to clearer air in the coming months as the summer fades, so we can enjoy more beach, junk trips, runs and hiking!
