Here is Kathy sipping her fresh mango juice before departure from HK. The big seats are so nice! Once I get some of the panoramas put together, I'll post them on the main site.

We are home... more pictures to follow.... tomorrow..

Today we are leaving our friends in Hong Kong. It was a great trip... Thank you Cara and Andrew once again. Cara, your bouts with sickness will be over soon, and it will be worth the effort. You are going to be a great Mom! Andrew, I wish you didn't have to work so much, the time we spend together are always my favorite parts of the trip. Keep working hard but remember to take a day off once in a while. ( to go for Yum Cha with Cara )

We love you guys very much and we will miss you. When are you coming to Smithers??

After Tai O we hiked from The Giant Buddah to Tung Chung, it took three hours from start to the very finish. It was amazing, waterfalls, Buddist temples, great views of the airport and we found the perfect place we would like to live.. I just wish I could remember the name of the place...

Yesterday we went to Tai O, it was a neat little fishing village. Lots of smelly dried fish everywhere.

What a weird day, I was interviewed three times by different groups of high school students... I was in heaven! (Yes I'm wearing socks with sandals... my sandals were only 3 days old when I got here, and they hurt my feet when I wear them without socks...)

This guy was hilarious! He was so into the interview.... I guess you just had to be there.

We went to Kowloon today to do some shopping, we found some X-box games for "The Dude", and I bought a second battery for my camera. That was all we intended to buy today... but...

We did a bit of shopping today.. I always said I would never buy a pilot watch, but I couldn't resist. Kathy's bracelet is 14k gold with 14 diamonds and 7 garnets( Her birth stone. )

I guess it's been a couple of days since I let you know what was going on.. On Friday, we went to Schenzen, China. There is a huge theme park there called Windows on the World. It has mini replicas of different places from all over the world!

Here is us in Egypt?!

After windows on the world we went to wal*mart.. Go figure, I'm half way around the world and I end up at my least favorite place. It was just like any other wal*mart I've ever been to, except the Durian.

Ever seen the movie Tomb Raider, when they jump out of the building?? This is the one! It is the International Finance Centre, IFC building.

Yesterday, (Saturday) our first plan was to hike to Mui Wo. I wasn't feeling so well, (diarrhea, damn China) so we changed our plan to take a bus to Tai O. We started out taking the bus to Tung Chung. Once at Tung Chung, it was raining raining raining. So we went to a movie, The Bourne Supremacy. Good show! When we were leaving the mall, I spotted a sign for a lounge I found amusing.

Hello Anthony,
If you recall, you were to send the dish to my address via Purolater, and I was to contact an installer myself. ( I'm still not sure why this should be my responsibility, but to speed up the installation I found an installer. )

You told me the dish would be sent on Wed Aug 18th, and would arrive at my residence on Fri Aug 20th.

Fri Aug 27th has come and gone. Still no dish. That is a week past the date you promised it would arrive.

Please give me your supervisors email.

Two months of free service is a pathetic offering for the hassle this has caused me.


Brent Evjen

Quoting Anthony O'Connor <Anthony.Oconnor@bell.ca>:
> Hi Mr. Evjen:
>
> Once the request to send a dish is made, unfortunately out of my hands in
> terms of tracking it. As advised by my supervisor, the warehouse will make
> one further attempt to find an installer in your area whether or not that
> installer is on our assigned list or not. The objective is to have the
> dish sent as soon as possible. This process can take from 3 to 5 days, but
> may on occasion take longer.
>
> Once again I apologize for the delays, however I do assure you that the
> promise of free programming will be delivered.
>
> Regards,