Mommy's new friends

At work, Mommy has many colleagues and made friends with a few. Y joined ASTRI about the same time as Mommy and they sat next to each other in the beginning. Coincidently both of them lived in HK island at that time. Therefore sometimes they take the same train and then same bus going home after work. Most importantly they seem to have many things to share with each other.

Outside work, Mommy's friends are sort of limited to Vista Paradiso (VP) residents. Many Professors live in VP, most of them work in nearby Chinese Univ. of HK and PolyTech of HK. Exception is Daddy who works in far-away Univ. of HK.

A and her husband's situations are very close to ours. Husband came first, then wife with kids joined. Difference is A is also an AP herself and they have 2 kids already. A's daughter is about 7 months older than Nathan. A's family lives one floor above us, very convenient. Along with the many visits upstairs/downstairs and family outings together, the two kids and two mommies have become buddies, respectively. However, A's family is gonna to move to their new home in 2 months and we are gonna to move to our new home in 3 months. We will all feel sad.

Mommy sees an Indian couple on the shuttle bus once in a while. One day while walking from Science Park to University Station, Mommy saw the pregnant wife walking in the same direction. Mommy said Hi to her first. Not very surprisingly, T works at Science Park too. Surprisingly she met Daddy before through her Professor husband. T and Mommy also has a lot to talk about.

Due to the swine flu, all the kindergartens in HK are now closed. Nathan's last 2 playgroup sessions were resheduled to the end of August. In the class, there is another Nathan, let's call him "Nathan L", who is 5 days younger than "Nathan H". His father is the only male adult in the classroom since he is so attached to his father. One Saturday both Nathan showed up in front of the boxhill and found no class. Mommy invited Nathan L to play at our home since Boxhill is located at VP. After that, Mr. L and Mommy exchanged phone numbers and we were invited to their house last weekend. So many toys. Both Nathan's look, weight and personality are very different, but it should not prevent them from having playdates regularly.