jiveturtle

Thought it would be time to update the blog, since it has been a while. So what has been happening? Well as you can guess from the title, the baby is yet to come. We're expecting it to be here on the 3rd November, but I read somewhere that only 8% of babies are actually born on the due date. The likelyhood is that the baby will born within two weeks on either side of that due date. So Chien and I are playing the waiting game. My manager has been very kind to let me work from home for the last two weeks, just in case the baby does decide to come a little early, so I really appreciate that. Also, I have been given a week away from work once the baby is born and to work from home for a little while after that week. Its in our traditions that the man is to stay around to look after the partner and the baby after the baby is born. So there's no stopping for me! Fatherhood does scare me. I never really had a good model to work from, but at least if I do the opposite ...

Remember the market hall in Ashton-under-Lyne which was burnt down? Well a new temporary market hall called the Phoenix Market Hall has been opened today. A pat on the back to those who worked around the clock to get this new market setup so quickly. It good to know that the traders now have a new home to sell their wares! See HERE for the opening ceremony photographs. Here are some more photographs of the opening ceremony And are some photographs showing the inside of the new Phoenix Market Hall. Page 1 Page 2 Page 4