Recently, my Huppy asked me whether we should both check our blood glucose levels and I was like “Where did that come from?! A bit random!”

He had found an ant or some ants (not too sure whether it was singular or plural) around the squat toilet in the wetroom…. And he proceeded to tell me a story about his friend’s dad…

One night the family came home to find lots of ants around the squat toilet because the ants were attracted to the sugar in the urine….! To cut the story short - the Dad was diagnosed with diabetes!

At first, my instinct was to think - Yuck… whose been leaking and not aiming correctly and gross - all those germs!!!! Let’s wash the toilets…. And then, I was like, “Are you sure? Really?” I suppose, it makes sense… If you have sugar in your urine - it should attract ants! So I was really impressed and decided to google it!

I found that the ancient Indians tested for diabetes by observing whether ants were attracted to a person’s urine, and called the ailment “sweet urine disease” (Madhumeha)… Ancient Hindu writings, many thousands of years old, also document how black ants and flies were attracted to the urine of diabetics…. And there’s more information! Wow… back to the old days!

Well, thought I would share this interesting info with you!!! Another thing is - remember to clean your toilet too!!!

As per usual - was too busy to write during my stay, as so many people to see and so little time!! So here’s some highlights of the weeks’ events!

The moment I landed in HK, I already had an appointment.. dinner with my Mum’s side… Unfortunately, I was delayed for 1hr - so that meant they had to wait for me to have dinner… Rushing to the venue - I was so hot and sweaty!!! (We had dinner at 9:30pm! Oops!!)

I couldn’t sleep that night, as I wasn’t used to the hardness of my sister’s bed and flatness of the pillow! After tossing and turning and managing to find something to prop my pillow up, I fell asleep due to extreme exhaustion! The follow morning, I decided to venture out as I had to meet my Mum’s side relatives… Such beautiful weather.. sunny but with a cool breeze… Such great scenery…

After giving respects to “Por-por” and “Gong-gong”, it was then dim sum time…. Last night’s food hadn’t even digested!! But hey, any excuse for more food eh!!

Then back to the house to see the new arrival - Jason.. so Cute!

After that, it was time to meet Dad’s side relatives… Went to Gran’s house, chatted and had dinner at a restaurant close by.. so much yummy food!!!

Monday 12th… Grandma’s B’day!!!! Happy Birthday!!! Celebrated all day with Grandma…. More food!!! Stayed the night at Gran’s….

The following day, Auntie Concepta had 2 tickets to watch a live concert that evening… Wow - never been to one in HK… So ofcos, I took the opportunity! Met up with my sis Alice and Auntie Concepta for early dinner - Sushi (Another yummy event - my fav!!)… Then at 7pm it was off to meet Auntie Kennese for the concert…. Not really my type of music - but at least its an experience! Tickets to see Sandy Lam (Lam Yik lin)

Wed was meeting up with Susan… She’s a fren from UK who was visiting HK to see Aaron Kwok in concert.. Now that’s WOW!!! He’s so pwoar!!!! Chilled out and chatted…. This pic is so funny…. I think the flash scared her abit!!! hehe

Then at 7pm… more food…. met up with mum’s relatives.

Thurs was celebrating Auntie Giustina’s birthday (left of pic) at this really fab restaurant at Hotel Nicoll… French cuisine - buffet style… Yay - there’s sushi!!!

Then it was meeting up with Susan again and popping over to a gallery to shop for some trendy embroidery paintings.. They are so fab…. the pictures on their website dont give it much credit - these are a must see in real life… The gallery is called “Art Nice Gallery“.

Fri is the day to leave… I’ll be back!!!

I’m sure the statement above has gone through your mind before… Am I right? No doubt you would have come up with some excuse to hide the fact that you have simply taken too much!

I mean, C’mon, you need the small red leather shoulder bag to match your red tank top… And the black clutch bag - cos the colour’s universal… And not forgetting all your favourite tops - how can you possibly be seen wearing the same top or the same colours for 2 days in a row?! Ridiculous - right?! Hey, not forgetting accessories - Oh, they are a must…. My outfits would simply look too plain without them!

If the weather is good - sandals would be great, a few summery tops and bottoms… But what if it rains? So I better bring my closed-toe shoes, my cardigan, warmish clothes… Make-up, toiletries…. Yip, been there, done that! Problem is you can’t close your suitcase!

So how do you solve the problem? You go through each piece of clothing, each accessory, each pair of shoes, each hand bag and so on… and you filter in your brain whether it will match your outfits, your desired style, will you wear them and do you really need it.. And what happens at the end? You manage to remove maybe one piece of item.. Why? Cos you NEED everything that you packed!!! Like me, most of you will probably not wear or use everything that you bring in your suitcase! But we do it because “Just in case”!! I mean, who knows what happens on holiday, whether it will be warm or cold, whether you will suddenly be invited to some trendy club or party, how you will feel and what you want to wear on a particular day?

I feel so much better now that I know why I packed so much! Because it’s “Just in case!”

Another problem… Big heavy suitcase, but Huppy not travelling with me! Ummm….
Regardless - I need everything in the suitcase!