i just finished another online course for my credential and now taking a break to read some novels.  the problems is that hong kong libraries leave much to be desired and the closest 2nd hand book shop is far for me cuz i can't be away from the babies too long.  so my love for reading can be expensive cuz i gotta pay import prices.  i try not to get more than 3 books for 1 month and usually end up finishing them in a week.  then if i'm in the mood, i'll reread them.  so here's what i got:

1. if you could see me now by cecelia ahern (author of p.s. i love, which is now a movie) .... not what i expected from a supposedly romantic novel, but i liked it and apparently so did walt disney pictures cuz they picked it up ... or so it is according to the little author blurb.

2. the secret life of a slummy mummy (mummy is what they call mommy in british english)by fiona neill.  i'm in the middle of this one and so far i like.  i can see myself in the later years having some of her mummy moments.  tho it is starting to take an interesting turn now that she suddenly has free time bc her youngest is finally in all day school.  hmmm....

3. the shakespeare secret by jennifer lee carrell.  i haven't started this one yet, but the back sounds like an interesting mystery/thriller.  i didn't want all my selections to be romance novels (tho i am addicted to them) so i went for something w/ a bit more suspense.  hopefully it'll be good.

pirates of the carribean is showing on tv tonight.  i remember when i first watched this movie, i thought keira knightly looked like some other actress .... but now that she's made such a name for herself, i can't remember who she looks like. 

my cousin from australia passed thru hk for a few days before returning home.  he spent a whole day at my place chatting and playing w/ the babies.  it was so fun to be able to spend so much time w/ him.  it's been a few years since i've seen him.  and now that he has a baby on the way, i think it'll be several more years before we'll get a chance to see each other again. 

i went onto nbc's olympic site so i could watch some of the videos such as the men's 10m platform diving finals (see last entry) and interviews w/ dara torres and michael phelps ....... after installing the plug in ..... i get a message saying that nbc's videos are restricted to the us only.  i'm a us citizen overseas, why don't i get access?  stupid stupid stupid

i waited all day to watch the men's 10m platform diving finals and tvb showed the beginning, then like 2 dives of the end.  i didn't even get to see the how the australian climbed to rank 1!!!  no suspense.  grrrrr.  and why didn't i get to watch?  all bc ping pong was at the same time.  and you know how the chinese love their ping pong.  china took all 3 medals.  blah!!! no diving for me!  btw, i watched the semi finals this morning and i decided that the german diver, patrick hausding, is pretty hot. 

i wonder if the chinese gov't had their athletes learn english and or french so that they could communicate w/ other athletes.  hmmm....