Now that's a pair of Asian shoes!

Well, as you may have known or inferred from the title, this blog is not about literal shoes but a play on our name. However, that all changes today.  I was filled with great joy today when my friend called me and asked me to meet her at the library. I love seeing this friend but I could tell by her message there was going to be something special about this meeting.  She told me she had traveled home the previous weekend and while she was there she bought me some shoes....Asian Shoes! Now I really have a pair of Asian Shoes. I was so thrilled about it I knew I just had to tell the blogging world about this day.

So here I am with these cool new shoes. They are a little small but wearable.  So, I haven't updated since our trip to Macau and HK. A lot has been going on but nothing to write about here! :) We had a busy, but great week and now we are getting ready for Thanksgiving, then Christmas is right around the corner!  There will be plenty to post about soon so I will try to post as much as I can.

Macau & Hong Kong

Oh boy, I have no idea where to begin. Well, lets just see where this takes us!

Jared and I recently returned from a trip to Macau and Hong Kong. We went to see some good friends and at the same time got to see some really cool places. I will start us off in Macau. What do you know about Macau? Anything? How about that they are the gambling capital of the world....we are talking way more money than Vegas is spent in this place. Really, my heart just breaks for the people there just throwing their money away, because that is all they are doing. The tourists there are not interested in entertainment, shows, and good food. They are strictly there to gamble. It is quiet at the tables and slot machines, almost too quiet!

The casinos do try to offer entertainment and glamorous buildings, like the Venetian, and so we took them up on that. We went to see a Cirque Du Soleil performance. If you have the chance to see a show take that chance. I am still not quite sure what the plot was but it was entertaining and amazing to see the accrobats!

We also got to see some great landmarks around Macau here are some pictures:

We also took some time to go over to Hong Kong...I mean we were so close that we just couldn't pass up the opportunity!

 In Hong Kong, we went to eat at a restaurant called "Modern Toilet". The whole restaurant has a bathroom theme. You sit on a toilet seat for your chair, eat your food out of a miniature (clean) toilet bowl or bathtub. Let me say again...CLEAN!  We also ate ice cream in the shape of well... you can see the picture.

It was quite an entertaining experience and gave us some hilarious photo opportunities, a plus was that the food was actually pretty tasty.

We also took a tram up to the top of Victoria Peak and saw some amazing views from the top. I hope that at some other time we can make it back there to go up during the daytime also.  After that we grabbed a late dinner at Outback! Mmmmm steak! We don't get to eat that too often here and the beef just isn't as good.

In the morning we went to see Noah's Ark. Different organizations in Hong Kong got together to make a reconstruction of the Ark to the exact dimensions. It was pretty neat to see but definitely focused more towards the children who were there. It was ok though...I still got to see the Ark!

We ventured back to Macau with our friends and headed back to our home. It was a great trip, we literally did as much as we could in the few days we were there and enjoyed every minute of it. Now we are trying to get back to our normal routines and gain back some much needed rest. Sorry this is a little long but I hope you fell well updated on our travels.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is anticipated by children and adults all around the world. Ok, well here maybe just by the expats. Last year we had a great time dressing up, going out to eat, carving watermelons (yes that is correct), eating candy and having a dance party!

This Halloween we went for something a bit different. We were so blessed to be visited by some friends from another city who brought their kids so we headed downtown for a meal and bowling! The place we went has awesome burgers and pizzas...mmmm what a treat!

This year I hand sewed costumes for Jared and I, and thanks to a suggestion from a friend we decided to be pirates!

Here we are at the restaurant being pirates. Jared got the red and black fabric for us from the market and I  sewed his black shorts and our vests. The red we just tied on and we work Jared's white shirts. It took a while to do since we don't have a sewing machine here and it was my first attempt at sewing in a REALLY long time, but it turned out great!  I had been checking out homemade pirate costume ideas on the internet for a while and most of them say...cut up your sweatpants, or make a vest out of a black shirt you have...well you know what, I just can't do that here. If I cut up my sweatpants I can't go to walmart and buy a new pair or go buy a cheap plain black t-shirt... so sewing it was!  I feel very accomplished. Some other friends took pictures of us too so hopefully we an exchange them soon and I can get some better pictures of us and the other friends who were there. We were a wild group! Here are a few others:

Here is Jen P. with Jared. All of the girls dressed up as the guys here. She was lucky enough to be Jared.  I helped to sneak his clothes to her.

We even had Superman and Clark Kent show up at our party!