I remember going on a little adventure with Miriam when we were both at Island School. It must have been after her family moved from Happy Valley because there was a hill near her new home where we climbed up some distance with our picnic once. We reached the top and sat beneath the pine trees and told each other dirty stories! Then it started pouring with rain and we had no shelter so we made our way back down and were soaked by the time we reached her house. It was around that area that we had an encounter with some tough looking Chinese boys in the playground. We hurled insults at them and then ran for our lives!!! Back then Miriam was my ticket into the local hole in the wall restaurants thanks to her Cantonese language. I always enjoyed tasting their simple dishes that I couldn't access in the restaurants I normally went to with my parents. Outings with Miriam were never dull!! I remember those times with fondness......