It's time for my (Ernie's) perspective

What an amazing place, Hong Kong! In some respects Americans are very lucky to have what we do: Average size house/apt is about 1000 sqft. In HK is it maybe 400 tops, and they often live with multiple generations, (grandma, grandpa, etc). NOBODY owns a house! Everybody lives in a 50 story housing unit, EVERYBODY! Very FEW people own a car, I would say about 95% of HK's do not own a car, they take public transportation: Train, Bus, mini bus, walk, taxi… Including Veronica and myself!
I feel very safe here, as opposed to let’s say, some parts of Thailand or the Philippines or Phoenix for that matter. I would have no problem allowing Veronica to take off for the day adventuring into downtown HK by herself.

The Gorgeous Veronica!



Not to dump on American youngsters, I once was one, but HK is still an adult run country. The media has not taken over the rearing or development of the children here in HK. In the US MTV, Lady Gaga and Paris Hilton are more important to American youngsters in general than their parents; here in HK children as a whole have great deference for adults. This city is very clean, even though it is packed. Even on Sunday afternoon while jogging, I can stop to use a public restroom and find a worker inside cleaning. Although people are not paid very much, they are working! People live within or below their means, not above.
Our school is amazing and we have about 1100 students. This is the biggest shocker of all: Out of 1100 students I have seen, 2 are overweight! In the US I would easily say about 1/3 of any class is overweight. A big difference is when given the choice of ice cream, candy or other junk food, children in HK would most often select dried, shredded, cuddle fish!











Also, the cafeteria at our school is furnished with fresh local produce each day, and they cook everything from scratch! There is usually a fish option, but always noodles, rice and vegies.






Travel Section: We already went to Macau, a 1 hour hydrofoil ride from HK. Macau is a nice, small Portuguese country/SEC or special economic country/zone set up by China (or something like that).


Next we are going to a secret location for our 10 year anniversary. Veronica knows we are going somewhere, but I can’t post where because it is going to be a surprise! It will have a large white sandy beach, between HK and Australia and between the Maldives and Guam. That is all I am going to say!



Until next time: Go Cowboys!
PS: Just talked with Greg Collins in Australia, he and Natasha may be coming over for a visit soon!