Jumpstreet

The first thing that comes to mind is 21 Jump Street, a drama of my bygone youth...but no, it's an indoor trampoline park with patented trampolines. With pay per hour deals, it's a really good deal for the operators. At the same time, the kids do get to let off a lot of steam. As long as they make good use of their hour. J & A certainly enjoyed themselves, albeit in different zones. A and Lucas has their fun in the under 7's area whilst J tagged along with Vivian and Nicole. Ann also jumped in and appeared to have a good time. J also had a dab in the dodgeball pit but very quickly got tagged out by being hit 3 times...he still has to get the hang of dodging in dodgeball. Had McAllister's for lunch, which is sandwiches, soups & salads joint. shui wah again tonight, possibly late night Denny's when Andrew returns for the weekend from Houston....

Reunion Tower

Last night, we went dining atop the Reunion Tower with Vivian and her parents. She will be off to Indiana on Sat and we won't be seeing much more of her this summer. It was a first for many of us and the views were lovely. The boys were smitten by the revolving restaurant and had fun going around. The food at Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck was mostly tasty, the best scores easily go to the desserts. Menu was,as expected, con-fusioned...like they had "HongKong style" steamed salmon...say what? J & A still not quite over jet lag. Whilst A was able to take a 3 hour nap, J did not and ended up falling asleep midway thru the meal, which resulted in him missing the best part, dessert. One more thing, we had CFA at the mall for lunch! one of our quintessential faves! Today, we are possibly going to take on Jumpstreet...wonder if that would manage to wear the boys out,just a little. The duck pond plus running up and down the stairs plus skateboarding lessons with Vivian did not even make a dent in their energy tanks.

Food

I noticed that my previous entry was almost exactly two years ago when I first travelled solo with the boys. I ham apply to note that the last time went off without much incident either. After arriving here for five days, I note a slight difference in our routine this time around. We haven't yet visited many eating joints...Shui Wah obviously had to make an appearance, Omi Korean grill (all-u-can-eat, but J&A fell asleep half way thru leading SKM to think that they didn't eat anything, thus convincing the cashier not to charge for them two). Lunch at Nordstom's (Northpark Mall) was a first, J especially enjoyed the pizzas. Lunch at home, dad fried noodles, to which A was particularly partial. BBQ at the Lins. What initially was supposed to be simple, just burgers and hotdogs turned into a fancy deal with escargot & ribs, curtesy of sisters Cindy and Winnie (team CinWin). Lunch at sushi robata ( first time having lunch there) their lunch sets are great deals, esp comparing prices in HK. Dinner at home, again (it is rare to seat so many meals at home :D). Tuesday: lunch at Pho Mac, Jerry's face food among other things. Wed: dimsum lunch at Kirin Court (another first, as I don't believe I have ever had dimsum on a weekday here in Dallas). It is surprising how we can still find new things to do here :) Tionight's dinner is also home. I wonder when we start going out?

Summer 2012...

Here we are again, in Big D, Texas. Thankfully, J & A are older and well behaved. At the start, there was a lot of excitement. They discovered a little kiddies area in HK Int'l airport and had a lot of fun rolling on the floor (it's true). When we were transmitting at Narita, AJ has a slight breakdown, and protested the long traveling, which, at that time, was no where near over. After. Short rest and a tempura set, he felt much better (JD had the sushi set, which was equally delish).
Perhaps due to some mistake, or deliberate act, we were placed in the middle 3 seats out of 5. Surprisingly, I was not too upset about that, I think the 2 gents on either side of us got the bum deal. They were very bgracious about moving up and down and in and out of their seats to let us thru to the bathroom. At one time, AJ proclaimed his need to go just as the flight attendants had placed everyone's meals down. I nabbed two blankets from JAL, with the plan of letting one of them sleep on the floor. It worked out really well and they managed to sleep for hours (J for 4 and A for 7).
First meal was at home, home cooking by mom. Sleep came quickly, for me in any case and not a moment too soon, for the boys woke up at 5am.