http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/World/STIStory_192860.html
title: Thousands struck ill in UK by vomiting virus or something like that.
This gives you a good idea of what we are contending with this christmas holiday. It gives me great pleasure to dispel the glamor of our blog postings with news of our continuing illness here. We are thankful though that the symptoms don’t last very long miserable as they are, and that we’ve had it knocking us out one by one and not 7 at a swoop. By the way, if anyone has any suggestions for what to do about our 1 year old having very liquid poops for the past 2-3 months, but seeming to be otherwise very healthy, please email me!
Grandma Choi’s visit was so good. We miss her a lot and would have been unspeakably lonely without her presence at Christmas. La Cenerentola at the Royal Opera House the day after she arrived, was a special outing. Incidentally, paying $100 a ticket doesn’t ensure a good view, and I watched/listened at the amphitheatre level monitor in the hall in the second act due to the threat of a very gross coughing fit. But mummy enjoyed it so much. The singers were young and I guess second rank due to the Boxing Day performance; voices were beautiful. Tenor couldn’t quite make high C, and soprano 1 was nearing exhaustion at the end of the 3rd hour of unrelenting runs, turns and extreme fioritura or whatever the term might be. wow, i was crying in appreciation of their efforts.
We arrived home around 12:30.
We miss the convenience and ease and relative low cost of life in America. But on the other hand, there is something to be said for the British way of life. I was told that the British will lower the thermostat for a month in order to go the the theatre. The American might Might do that for a superbowl ticket… maybe? We have no culture. We have no appreciation for the high arts in comparison. Well, ok, one day I will write some of my observations in a reasonable way, but it is now very late, so I will go to bed.