Mi Casa Es Tu Casa

This translates from Spanish to my house is your house or 當自己屋企得喇 (treat yourself at home OK). It means … well exactly what it says; you are most welcome and consider my house now as your own. In other words, you are no longer a guest but a member of the household, so go grab…

Get a Grip on Trust

My husband and I enjoy rock climbing and here, in Hong Kong, we have some excellent granite slabs with fantastic panoramic views of the city. Hong Kong is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, because the concrete jungle blends with the natural jungle and can be best appreciated hanging from a 70ft…

A River Called Meh

In 49 BC, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River (between Italy and Gaul) thereby initiating a war against Pompey and the Roman Senate. This is where the term crossing the Rubicon originates from and it means to irrevocably commit to a course of action, make a fateful and final decision.  Today’s equivalent for the Church…

Rock’n Transformation

I have been documenting the transformational process of a caterpillar in my garden for the past couple of weeks and today – to my delight – I saw the final product. This caterpillar started out as a brightly coloured, multi-patterned, hairy beauty that ate half of my banyan tree. I tolerated its gigantic appetite for…