On the farm…

Thursday, September 3, 2009 - Liv Boeree

Hey all, I’m back in the land of cool breezes and fish’n'chips now thank goodness. It’s so good to be home – I’ve come for a quick break from all forms of urbanisation to stay with the parents for good home cooked meals and bracing walks in the countryside. I love it here so much, they basically live on a farm surrounded by hills, woods and fields and more animals than you can imagine. Their most recent venture has been to get a few chickens for eggs and so on (in retrospect, what else would you have chickens for?). They told me they would be getting a couple at most. Somehow that “couple” equals TWELVE.  They are awesome though, there are two that are so friendly they literally chase you across the field if you go in there, and you can pick them up for a feathery cuddle if you want.

 Anyway, enough of my parents’ animals. So last you heard I was in Macau where I was doing well in side events and had not done so well in the main event of the APT.  Well the main event of the second event they had there, the APPT, went even worse. I had satellited my way in which is always nice, however it clearly wasn’t meant to be my day when I realised I couldn’t even make middle pair. Not even the filth I was dealt and folded pre could hit the board. When I then went to my happy place and played “fantasy poker”, making up hands in my head for giggles, not even THOSE hit. It was quite incredible. So obviously I had no choice but to make plays instead, but whenever I did they either a) had the nuts or b) didn’t understand how to fold.  Oh dear.

After that disaster was over a few of us headed over to Hong Kong for a few days to take in the sights – the city is really quite spectacular. I so preferred it to Macau in everyway (Macau is often referred to as the armpit of Asia, although I think groin is more apt). No casinos, no horrible smells, no smoking (seriously, these people would smoke in a crowded elevator). Just friendly people, great food and better views!

Tags: APPT, APT, Countryside, Hong Kong, Liv Boeree, Macau

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