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Puppy Pooped
That fluffy little bundle of energy, teeth and smelly liquids has worn me out! It's to be expected. The poor fella is couped up most of the day and once he gets his dinner in him just wants to play. So we go outside and run around the garden. The main problem is that you…
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Kita
We finally brought our puppy home tonight. His name is Kita, Japanese for North and Finnish for jaw or maw, combining both his Finnish Lapphund and Japanese Spitz heritage. He was a very popular exhibit in the Hurstville pet shop and I think many were sad to see him go. The whole ride home he…
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China tour pitfalls
Interesting online article that sums up many of my concerns about touring in China.
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China thoughts
Work will be a little quieter for the next few weeks. My colleague Daniel is in Japan, followed by Hong Kong, while another, Pascale, is off to China. You can view her travel blog, though there is no real content yet. B and I have been seriously thinking about a holiday in China early next…
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A doggy deposit
We are bad. Bad, bad, bad. We were in Westfield Hurstville today and walked past the Pets Paradise. We always visit the pet shops, wherever we go, to admire the dogs. We saw an eight week old brown Finnish Lapphund /Japanese Spitz cross and just couldn't stop ourselves from putting down a deposit. He's tiny,…
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Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport closes
Last week Bangkok's Don Muang airport closed for passenger traffic, replaced by the new Suvarnabhumi airport. I only visited Don Muang twice, in transit on our honeymoon flight to Paris via London and on return in November of 2001. We arrived there at about 11pm local time, flying over a Bangkok still alive with neon…