There are many stories that will be retold in the coming days concerning the birth. But one needs to be shared now.

Little BL is slightly jaundiced. Mrs M and he were discharged yesterday but had to go back for another test today and will have another on Friday. I have some health insurance so the hospital rang the insurance company to check how much they pay out on the tests (here's a hint as to the insurance company's identity). The insurance company informed the hospital they will not pay out on the tests for BL. Why? Because he is not yet a member of the fund. It doesn't matter that he is 4 days old; that he doesn't even yet have a birth certificate; and that he isn't registered because he's only just got home and there are more important things to worry about than the health fund.

A pea-brained peabody from An Insurance Agency said there was no way they would cover these costs because Mrs M and BL had already been discharged and they were considered no longer part of the birth. Given that having a birth and brit in this city is costing me the GDP of an economically troubled Asian nation already, not to mention other hassles that will be revealed in time, it remains to be proven that real people actually work in insurance companies. Especially when they have the chutzpah to put out press releases saying Hong Kongers are underinsured (NOTE: it's the same link as above, I'm just pointing out the irony).