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From Wan Chai Gap to Wong Nai Chung Gap via Hong Kong Trail Stage 4 (Photo-essay)

# 2013-05-21 04:05:47, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Since I've been on more than 100 hikes in Hong Kong now, it stands to reason that I've gone on certain trails more than once.  But while some might expect that the trails I've decided to go on more than once are especially scenic or special, that's actually not the case with that which is covered b...

Business community, ordered to talk piffle, obeys

# 2013-05-20 17:40:38, Big Lychee, Various Sectors
It would be surprising if the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1861, were not pro-establishment. In many ways, it is the establishment, or at least a major traditional pillar of it. But during the journey from, say, 1970s colony to 2010s Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong’s ...

Hong Kong and racism

# 2013-05-20 04:30:37, sketches from the other side
The Washington Post reported that a survey examining economic freedom and racism

cringe-worthy moments

# 2013-05-19 20:30:43, sketches from the other side
Many years ago in more immature times my first boyfriend and I experienced a long, awkward breakup.

The PhD Industry

# 2013-05-19 17:46:00, ulaca
In a discussion with Kingley Amis and Brian Aldiss shortly before his death in 1963, CS Lewis described a DPhil thesis (as these things are called at Oxford) in an arts subject such as English Literature as “the discovery of the mare's nest by the pursuit of the red herring”. He goes on:“Matthew Arnold made the horrible prophesy tha...

Mercantile exchange dream collapses, not many hurt

# 2013-05-19 17:03:46, Big Lychee, Various Sectors
Then-Chief Executive Donald Tsang’s policy initiatives in the mid-late 2000s were so gut-wrenchingly awful they are best forgotten. Think Zhuhai bridge, Lok Ma Chau Loop, education hub, high-speed rail tunnel to Shenzhen, Islamic bonds hub, arbitration hub, wine hub, cooperation, partnership and a...

Hiking up (and down) Needle Hill on a hot and humid Sunday

# 2013-05-19 03:06:58, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Do we really want to go up that?! Yes, because by that point, one's already climbed up pretty high up Needle Hill already! And yes, there really are beautiful views to be had  atop the 532 meter hill that's  Hong Kong's joint 40th highest (with Mount Parker) Last week, a friend ...

Lawn games

# 2013-05-18 16:41:35, Noodles and Lattes
Last week at my brother's house in Canada, as I was stacking chicken skewers for our afternoon lunch in the sunshine, I let my mind wander to thinking about the bucolic bliss of living in the country and how I could just see myself making my own jam and maybe having a Lab or two who would fetch tennis balls from the end of the garden.Dayd...

part man, part goat

# 2013-05-18 06:19:19, sketches from the other side
As I was catching up on local American news I experienced something akin to

More Quick Movie Reviews

# 2013-05-18 06:18:24, Hongkie Town
A few more quickies from movies seen this week.  There may be (mild) spoilers in these reviews ….

Glass and Show hands (This week's Photo Hunt themes)

# 2013-05-18 05:25:54, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
This was one of those weeks where I had lots of photos for Sandi's chosen Photo Hunt theme (Glass) and Gattina's (Show hands) but not all that many which combined them.  But after hunting through my photo archive, I've come across at least three -- and I didn't even have to use a ma...

Another 2 Smokers Who Were Non-Smokers

# 2013-05-18 04:02:02, Hongkie Town
 

When WAGs attack (with sticks)

# 2013-05-17 20:24:30, sketches from the other side
SB's lacrosse teammates' plus ones are a lively group of women who I enjoy visiting with.

Responding to a reader's query about Christmas Rose :)

# 2013-05-16 14:11:05, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
From left to right: Xia Yu, Charlie Young (aka Charlie Yeung), Aaron Kwok, Kwai Lun Mei and Chang Chen The same people -- and more -- appear on a big screen at the same event and venue The occasion: the gala premiere of Charlie Young's first film as a director and scriptwriter, Chri...