!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> A Mama's World: August 2014

Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Kids in the newland

While this old hag misses her old setting and comfort zone, the kids so far are having a blast in their new environment.

They had 3 birthday parties since they came here. They had no playdates, but they played with friends every morning and afternoon. They played (with children) more in the last 15 days than they have played in the last 2 years in Hong Kong. They swim, they skate, they cycle and they seem to really like it here.

Let's hope it will carry to school. Let's hope the biggest factor will be in favour of them. The rest will fall in place. The rest can remain.

Sunday, August 03, 2014

Migration without change

The sunset that is never ending
The price that one never stops paying;
The listless, dry haze that covers the day,

Is more painful than one can say.

The faces changed; the little door became big
The smiles vanished; the expressions more tight-lipped.
The heat surged in. The winter went.

Still it is more painful than one can say.

The girls dance to the music and laugh
The carefree laughter, the sound... so alien
The little boy turns and looks up

The crease of the smile is also painful to say.

Acceptance, tolerance - two things more valuable than one can say.