Just over two hours later we arrive at Savunbhumviu airport I enter the arrival lounge proceeded to the moving carosal to retrieve my luggage and from there bound the shuttle train form Savunbhumviu train station to our hotel

We touched down in Hong Kong safely.
With only two hours before boarding for our final destination, I wondered through the many duty free shops to while away the hours
There are so many people from Asia: Hong Kong, Thailand, China et al
I felt like 'the only gay in the village'
There were many with white surgical mask over their mouths
Me thinks......'Doctors' with white surgical face masks............ Or just health freaks, scared of germs (their own shadows too!)
Welcome to HONG KONG!

I've just found out that our first port of call, Hong Kong, is eleven hours (and if you're being anal........ and three minutes)

There's plenty of leg room.......I LIKE!
The menu has been handed to me and I take a gander at the choices:
Dinner
Three bean and cabbage salad (for starter)
And a choice of three mains:
Lemon and ginger chicken with steamed rice, pak chit and carrots........ Nope!
Pollack fish with red pepper sauce, mashed potatoes and broccoli ......... You Bet!
Duo of tomato and pea risotto and grilled vegetables........ Sorry, already made up my mind

This is followed by dessert:
Beachdean ice cream

Tea or coffee

My mouth is watering!

I watched:
Two films
The Kings Speech......... Nope! Seen it
Black Swan....................Nope! Seen it
50/50..........
Timeless............Nope! Seen it

Three episodes of 'Two and a half men' with Ashton Kushner
Talk about 'Hell has no fury like a Director scorned!'
What am I talking about?
Well........ The first episode starting with Charlie's (Charlie Sheen) funeral which was attending by his many girlfriends, their main purpose being to make sure he was really DEAD!
His death is also gruesome....... Decapitated by a train (he certainly was 'pushed' by the Director......no way for Charlie to return)
I listened to;
Sade
Dolly Parton
Barbara Streisand 
Whitney Houston
Then sleep came knocking at my door.........
Sssnnnnooozzzz!

We're flying with Cathay Pacific........first time but I hear it's a good airline to fly with (as you can gather, this is our first time with Cathay Pacific)
We're off to Thailand, Bangkok to be exact. From there we're hopping to do some Island hoping before flying to Cambodia to visit a friend and his family
Our journey begins at Heathrow Terminal 3 then a stop at Hong Kong before heading to Bangkok

I ordered Welsh rabbit and had a glass of apple juice.
At the bar, Southern Comfort and Lemonade was ordered, to wash down the Welsh rabbit. This was down followed by a double, neat, Southern Comfort..........I meant to start the holiday mode from here........onward and forward eh!

She proceeds to force feed us with what's available.......
'Blah!" Blah!" "Blah!"
Why "Blah!"  "Blah!" "Blah!"?
It's all "Groundhog Day!" We are told this every time we use the airport lounges
We smile and are too polite to interrupt
In my world..........
F****** hell, I know you're only doing your job, but PLEASE! Can you not tell that I use the lounges ALL THE TIME?
Now........just hand back my B***** card and go speak to someone that F****** cares
"I am so sorry........... I should have know this wasn't your first time"
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

After arriving at Heathrow Terminal 3 with plenty of hours, we checked in and make our way to No1 Lounge Bedrooms and Spas
"Good afternoon Sir, Good afternoon Madame......may I have your cards please"
"Good afternoon" DOS man replies, handing the young female staff his card
I had mine in my hand and was waiting patiently to hand mine over
"Thank you sir" she said to DOS
She had a book in front of her and she started to take notes, details from DOS man's card
Silence
She returns it to him and with a smile thanked him again
She looked at me and with outstretched, took my card from me.
"Thank you Madame"
More silence then.......
"Thank you Madame"
"Thank you" I said now replacing my card into my wallet and then my handbag

09:23........ Waiting on platform one for the nine twenty six Greater Anglia train to London Liverpool Street station
Train arrives on time and stops a couple of yards away from me
The door opens and.......
Imbeciles stuffed in the middle aisle leaving an empty gap in the gangway!
"Please can you move along so I can get in"
Shuffle! Shuffle! Shuffle!
"Thanks"
Silence all around........ Apart from the music barring out of the man standing beside me
Not a great start to the day eh!

On arrival at London Liverpool Street station I went through the barrier and up the steps to Bishopsgate and stood in front of me, with his arms outstretched was a young man
"can I have a free hug for Valentine Day?"
I looked around and realised that he was directing the question at me
There were several young man and women wearing white T-shirt with a slogan across it
"Ok....... Here you go"
We hugged
"Can I ask you a question?
Here we go
"Yes?"
"What do you think of Valentine Day?"
"I love it! But I've really got to dash!"
That killed the conversation

Happy Valentine to you all!

Headed sleepily downstairs for my morning ritual of power showering
Passing through the lounge sluggishly I perked up suddenly
Why?
On the table were a multitude of gifts
I walk closer, rubbing the sleep from my eyes
A bottle of my poison ......... Baileys!
A bouquet of Fushais
A Valentine card
And a box of chocolates
YES.........
It's Valentine's Day!
I rushed back upstairs and gave DOS man a huge hug and planted kisses all over his face
"Happy Valentine sweetie"
"Happy Valentine sweetheart"
We hugged and kissed more and then I went back to doing what I always do every working day.......
Shower
Power dress
Face on
Coffee
Then door slammed behind me

18:30....... I'm sat waiting for my eighteen forty five class to commence. In the meanwhile I peruse through 'The Concise Light on Yoga by B.K.S Iyengar

18:10........ Heading towards a well deserved yoga class via Liverpool Street underground to Bethnal Green station
On arrival of the train I squeezed mysel in the overcrowded carriage
And thought to myself........ 'This is the reason why I use the 'Greater Anglia' train instead of suffering the underground and its cattle esk travelling!

10:02........ On the Greater Anglia train on Platform three to London Liverpool Street station
The train is busy but most disembark at Stratford
I'm assuming their off to Westfield

Whitney Houston passed away yesterday at the age of forty eight!
A sad lost to........her daughter
A sad lost to........her family including her famous cousin, Dionne Warick, who was on The Jonothan Ross' show lastnight
A sad lost to........the music industry
A sad lost to........her fans!
RIP WHITNEY HOUSTON
Like one of your songs asks.......
Where do broken hearts go?
They make their way home to our FATHER above

08:00....... Alarm goes off, waking me up from a deep sleep
Why so early on a Sunday?
An 'EXTRA' audition...... My very first...... Fingers cross eh!
I showered and as I dressed and put my face on I heard the sad news of Whitney Houston's passing

I'm sat at a two by two which included two other women and one man
The man is multi tasking (something that the new generation of men a capable of doing
The two women are friends chatting nine to the dozen
The talk about 'having headaches' missing 'Top gear'
"Oh my God! I do wanted to see Matt LaBlanc!"
They talk about yesterday's snow and the diffuculty of driving in it and so on and so on.......Ssssssnnnooozzzzz

17:38........ Just boarding the seventeen forty East Anglia train from platform seventeen going to Shenfield calling at:
Stratford, Maryland, Forest Gate, Manor Park, Ilford, Seven Kings, Goodmayes, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Gidea Park, Harold Wood, Brentwood before its final destination, Shenfield

09:35........ The train arrives at its final destination, London Liverpool Street station

9:23.......... Waiting on platform one for the 'Greater Anglia train to London Liverpool Street calling at Stratford'
Around me I can see specks of snow..... Reminisce of the weekend five inches of snow
The train arrives and once again I Nearl didn't get on!
Why?
Ask those selfish commuters who won't MOVE!
"Can you move along please..... There's plenty of room for one more"
Shuffle! Shuffle! Shuffle!
Seconds later I squeeze in
"Thank you"
And off we go

A headline in the free London paper the 'Metro'........
'Misery brings Britain to a standstill!'
NO! REALLY?
First time EVER!
Can you sense the sarcasm in my voice?
Anyway......... I'm on the National Express train to London Liverpool Street station and I'm wondering how many 'can't get to work because of the snow' excuse is being used today?

Whilst walking through Brick Lane, I pass a cafe and something that I read amused me
What?
A blackboard sign outside the cafe...........
'A free STD test with every coffee'
That's telling a tale........ A very sad tale of how London has evolved!

19:55....... Sitting in a carriage of A National Express train to Shenfield at platform sixteen
The train is scheduled to leave at twenty hundred on the dot

17:16........Heading towards platform sixteen for the seventeen twenty to Gidea Park station
I had planed to stop at Stratford Westfield after work but have thought otherwise
Why?
My Achilles heal has been playing up all day....... Excruciating..... To be exact
So bad that I nearly 'MUGGED' an elderly man of his walking stick....... He would probably have caught up with me in the state I'm in!

The driver informs us that we are........
"In a queue for a platform at London Liverpool Street station!
"Nooooooooo!"

"The train now arriving on platform one is the......"
The female voice on the tannoy made me speed down the station steps...... In time to board the...
"........ The National Express train to London Liberpool Street calling at Stratford"
And in next to no time
" The train arriving at Platform five is the blah! blah! blah!......."
Stratford station came and went
The carriage is quite apart from one male commuter seated a few seats behind me
"Yeah, where are you now?" talking loudly on his mobile..... Then his voice becomes inaudible
Why?
The man sitting opposite me is chewing loudly!

I am unfortunate in my choice of seating tonight
Why?
I'm sat next to a sniffer
'Sniff! Sniff! Sniff! Followed by coughs now a blow of the nose!
Should have stayed home instead of spreading your f****** germs mate!

17:07........through the barrier and straight onto the seventeen ten train towards Maryland station then bus to the dentist
It's not quite dark yet so I guess Spring is whispering in the air

On arriving at London Liverpool Street station, I decided to take a detour towards Boots.....just to check up on Rimmel foundation make-up and ended up picking up a Revlon 'foam' foundation instead.......picked up the 'tester' for my colouring and pressed lightly.............
Without notice the 'small' liquid FOAMED into a HUGE BALL.........like an infectious bulbous spot it continued to GROW!
Like 'The Hunchback of Notredame........my hand looked as if it had its one hunchback.......'The Hunch(back) hand of Liverpool Street station!!!
I look around for assistance
"Excuse me please, sorry to bother you.......I was wondering if you have any tissues" I said to a male staff
"Up on the counter" he replied, pointing behind me
I turned round and spotted a box of tissues and .......
"Thank you"
"That's ok" he replied
Red faced.......I begin to wipe off the foam which was for ever increasing on the back of my left hand, quickly exiting   

09:16.......... I managed to get on the train, standing room only .......managing to secure a seat after the Stratford commuters disembarked.
I am sat next to a gentleman and opposite, were two commuters, a man and a woman......sitting apart
Then a young woman joins us
"Excuse me please" she said to the man and woman......before sitting between them
The woman, who was reading her free 'Metro' newspaper, looked up with a stern look on her face........said nothing but FLICKED her newspaper LOUDLY in annoyance!
Some people!

09:05..........Mentally said 'bye' to my warm home and begrudgingly made my way to the door. Mother Nature is playing tricks this morning
Why?
Well.......the sun is out but it's b***** freezing!
I slammed the door behind me and double wrapped my scarf round my neck and secured my gloves and fur hat.
I made my way to Maryland station, taking the shortcut, back streets, finally ending on Leytonstone High Street. The road is reasonably cleared.......no 'little menances' on the pavement