November 2025

September and October saw the return to Hong Kong, for varying periods, of both Tiffany and Alex. A sight for sore eyes or, for the emotional, a sight to make your eyes sore.

Tiff came back for just over two weeks for a working holiday. That means, she had an opportunity to see us, and we her, but in order to stay plugged in to the ESPN work schedule – which she did throughout the stay – she had to get up at 3 am HK time! So a tough time for her but a welcome visit as far as the parents were concerned.

Alex’ return was mainly to undertake some job interviews, and as it turned out (fingers crossed) these could lead in due course to his longer-term return. Three very promising company sessions, all of which made clear he must first obtain three financial services accreditations (which he is in the process of securing) and then the parties can talk turkey. At time of writing he was poised to return briefly to the UK to wind up things at that end, and come back to Hong Kong in early December to settle his future.

Fanny continued to bid furiously for new PR contracts despite already having in hand more work than most humans could handle. Luckily the spillover to me in terms of proof-reading power point slides continued to be manageable.

In order to continue my return to full good health, I began a course of Chinese massages three times a week, 90 minutes per session. These certainly improved blood circulation and various issues began to fade away, but only after excruciating pain as the exercise seemed to require the lady concerned to walk up and down on the back of my legs as I lay face down on the bench, fist in mouth to stifle cries of protest. More next time, assuming I survive.