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Beach Retreat Detox
Ooh La La, Pui O Beach, Lantau Island
Friday January 2 to Sunday January 4, 2009, inclusive.

The workshop will include healthy eating, herbal tea and juice cleansing, kayaking and hiking, soul expression painting, Ecstatic Dance, a Bonfire drum circle, Yoga, Meditation, Mountain Top Qi Gong, and group acupuncture.

Accommodation is available at a private campsite. Tents, camping gear, hot showers and bathrooms are available. Click here for details (PDF 113 KB)

Another bleak evening at The Valley on Wednesday. One winner which did not quite cover costs. Tsk.
Possibly the same tomorrow with a crappy mixed card .. the same on Wednesday with the ridiculous International Jockeys challenge and more likely even worse come the International Meeting a week on Sunday - the graveyard of the punter. Read the rest of this entry »

From Ooh La La!

Help us to celebrate the re-opening of Ooh La La!

Where: Pui O Beach, Lantau
When: Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 12 noon to 7 pm
What: Latin Fiesta with Live Latin Music from the Azucar Latina Band PLUS Football, Volleyball, Latin Food and Cocktails

Contact: Tel: 2984 8710 - E-mail: booking@oohlala-hk.com
Website: www.oohlala-hk.com

A couple in Tong Fuk, who were burgled earlier this year, are circulating this cautionary tale:

On Monday morning (Nov 25) the lady of the house received a call on her mobile asking if anyone would be at home that afternoon to accept the delivery of a parcel.

She asked who was it from and the caller, a man with a Chinese accent, told her it contained important documents from the Hong Kong Government. So she agreed to have someone at home to accept the delivery.

Needless to say there was no delivery and there has been no follow-up call.

She recalls a similar call received this summer during a typhoon. Again there was no delivery and no follow-up call. She is wondering how a delivery agency would have her mobile number.

It’s very unusual, if not impossible, to get agencies to deliver to Lantau. So it is very likely these were attempts to set up burglaries. Please pass on these experiences to your friends and neighbours. It’s a good idea to remind members of one’s household, including children and helpers, not to give away information to
strangers.

Back to form at The Valley on Wednesday with my two best going in - and didn’t they win well. I actually rounded the evening of with a 1-2 in the last. My tolerance level  in the face of adversity has been seriously tested in recent weeks so I left the quinella alone and did a couple of modest win bets on the two. Yes, profit was made but hardly anyware near the 28/1 the quinella paid. Read the rest of this entry »

Christmas Day at the China Beach Club

18 Tung Wan Tau Road, Mui Wo, Lantau Island. Overlooking Silvermine Beach

Bookings: Tel: 9747 1639 or e-mail: thechinabeachclub@hotmail.com

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A Welcoming Glass of Mulled Wine

Santa Hats & Tangerines

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Mixed Crudites with a Blue Cheese Dip

Hommus & Kalamata Olives Read the rest of this entry »

It was a complete wipe-out at Sha Tin on Sunday. A terrible day. Really, I could not hit a cow’s arse with a banjo lately but not to worry. Things can only improve.

It’s the A track at The Valley tomorrow thus giving hope to those drawn wide. The going should be fast and having taken a cursory glance at the card, it could well be a Whyte-out. Douglas has some very good rides. Read the rest of this entry »

This is going to get the politically-correct and new parenthood crowd going: but it needs to be addressed. An early commuter ferry this morning was packed as usual. There were two elders in wheelchairs. There is only one purpose-built bay for a wheelchair on fast ferries. So the other blocked the aisle. Also blocking the aisles were a couple of pushchairs. One was the size of a small Volvo station wagon and was equipped with accessories capable of sustaining a rally car crew crossing the Sahara.

In an emergency, would these wheelchairs/pushchairs cause loss of life or serious injury? Yes they would. They are unrestrained. They are heavy. Surely for safety’s sake they should be removed to a point of safety and anchored in a fashion so as to prevent them careening around and causing injury should the ferry suffer a crash or turbulence. Read the rest of this entry »

On the C track at The Valley on Wednesday it must have been the first time since I arrived on these shores that there was not a winner from trap 1. I have lost count the number of times that I have spent an uncomfortable tram ride back to Central from Happy Valley whence winners on the C have flown in left right and centre and I have berated myself for not sticking with the winning trap throughout. And then, when I go for it - nothing.

I did manage a couple of winners on Wednesday but made a balls of it in the last two races. Drink and gambling never did mix.

Tomorrow is a mixed card from Sha Tin. Read the rest of this entry »