another half sleep to go... Today was spent cleaning and packing while the girls were busy at their activity, Mh had a Tae Kwon Do demo and LM was ofiicially made an Airforce cadet with Squadron 404. We miss to turn up at her official initiation parade and she was not a happy Vegemite. We are leaving the house at 3:30am. We could not get a large cab at the early hours of the morning so we are driving to the airport and leave the car in a long term parking. It wil...

One more week before we fly out to China. The last few months have been filled with information gathering and preparing for the trip. The internet has been the main source of information. Borrowed books from the local library and talking to friends who visited China have been also been extensively exploited. Dad also started learning Mandarin but this did not last long. A bit too tedious for his aging brain. Fingers crossed, his tiny bit of Hakka and the cou...