Halloween is not a particularly big thing in Australia. It was only a few years ago before the first kids knocked on our door, and we were completely unprepared. We had to raid the secret lolly stash to satiate these kids. But in HK it seems to be a big deal. Supermarkets are festooned with various ghoulish adornments and pumpkins. I'm waiting to see if these Halloween sweets make it here. JC is getting excited about dressing up, probably as Barbie, which is scary in its own way.

The "tradition" at Disneyland is all the domestic helpers stand at the bottom of each tower with bags of lollies, and millions of little dressed-up kids walk with their bored parents from tower to tower collecting sugar-laced, over-commericalised syndicated lollies. The kids then spend 42 hours running in circles burning off the sugar rush, before it all ends in a massive headache and sick tummies. Only Americans could come up with such a festival.

Mrs M is the class parent for JC's class this year. This means she's responsible for organising the LK5 Halloween party. My suggestion they come to our flat and clean up my "Wardrobe of Horror" was surprisingly dismissed. I didn't even get to suggesting the second part of the "Afternoon of Terror" which was the "Scarifying Bathroom Mould Clean". Or the "Re-arrange the Tower of Toolboxes" in the "Utility Cupboard of Hell". Kids are too pampered these days.

Lastly a few bits:
* this is the kind of religious instruction that could be the major breakthrough to the younger generations.
* If women think some men have a commitment problem, this man waited to the very last minute. And I'll never again think the age gap with Mrs M is too big.