A Dream life 6 - Stanley Bay

Business is always quiet when getting close to Easter Holiday, I ring up George Scott finding out he is already in his retreat at Stanley Bay.
I took the MTR to Wan Chai meeting Andy and Joshua, and taking the Mahjong and table into Andy's delivery van, he is driving us to Scott's house.
I remembered when I was studying in Melbourne, I had bought a second hand Mahjong table,  I took it home with three passengers in a Cabriolet, the passengers carrying the table on top of their heads.
We stopped the car outside the restaurant besides the boardwalk, I get off the car to buy takeaway food. 
And I decide to ask the China Motor Bus Company if the bus terminal outside Stanley Market was bought in a land deed on 1923?  Then I shall rent a vending shop, because I want to operate a takeaway Sushi bar and fish and chips pub. 
Anyway, we reached George's house at the water front. 
Today may rain, so we put the Mahjong table inside his house. 
All my friends are living in historic monuments, so all of us have a pair of slippers in our bags.
I find a small chapel outside his house; in 1920 there was no church in Stanley bay, only temples of Tin-Hau, and Northern God.
I bow to the picture of Maria and Jesus, because I believe their existence.
After eating our meals, we start play Mahjong games. We used to play bridge game, but it is easier to find players playing Mahjong than bridge game in Hong Kong.
While playing the game, George asks, "Why not John Burns plays with you?"
I answer, "He is busy practicing fast roping. His coach said he was too slow coming down from fifth floor onto the ground."
George asks, "How slow is John?"
"Ten minutes."
"What is the standard speed?"
"Four seconds."
(To Be Continued)



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