DAY OUT: WITH FRIENDS FROM HK

A day out with Cindy and Anna who are spending a few days in Singapore.  I accompanied them to the Botanic Gardens.  They especially enjoyed the orchids.  The weather was hot.  Very hot.

For lunch, we went to Tiong Bahru Market.  Anna worked in Singapore years ago and stayed at the Copthorne Hotel.  She would often buy Bak Kut Teh for dinner from a coffee shop near the Market.  Today we went looking for said coffee shop but, as we already expected,  it was no longer there,

Phyllis and Catherine came to join us in th evening.  To satisfy Anna's craving for BKT, we had our dinner in Song Fa @ Chinatown Point.  Cindy originally wanted to eat chilli crab but she willingly went along with BKT.  I think that's real sweet of her.  I could tell that Phyllis was more than a little indignant with skipping the chilli crab altogether.

HOPE

When Cindy called me "你来香港看看Tammy，不要有遗憾！" I wanted to fly to Hong Kong right away but there was a meeting to organise at work and the client kept changing the meeting dates.  Still, I managed to spend three days in Hong Kong (Dec 11 - 13).  Cindy treated me like a queen.  She made sure there was a car to me at the airport when I arrived.  We ate wanton noodles, strolled around in Wanchai, had afternoon tea in 金凤茶餐厅.  But the real order of the day was to get a cake for our dear friend, Tammy, who is currently in hospital.

Tammy and I shared much great times and good food together.  So it's very hard for me to accept that she is dying.  The name of the cake is "Hope".

The next day, the 12th of December, was Tammy's birthday.  Cindy and I went to visit Tammy in the hospital.  I think she was delighted to see me.  We both sense that this could be my last meeting with her but I think deep in my heart I just couldn't believe it is happening.  Cindy said most visitors brought Tammy's favourite food.  I realise now that it might seemed cold but I brought a plush toy, and a set of ceramic measuring cups for baking.  I guess I what I really want her to do is to get well, get up and get out!

I hope that we'll be baking and travelling together again very soon.  

Update 25/12/2019.  Tammy passed away on Christmas morning.