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Copper and A special texture (This week's Photo Hunt themes)

# 2013-05-24 18:15:39, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
In my previous blog entry, I wrote about the unusual weather we've been having this week.   (I woke up this morning to find heavy rain once more after two beautiful days of clear sky and air days.)  What with the unusually heavy downpours we've been having, I guess it's inevitable...

Ian Anderson Plays the Very Best of Jethro Tull coming to Hong Kong

# 2013-05-24 15:34:07, Hongkie Town
Well, for all intensive purposes, Ian Anderson is Jethro Tull.  Originally formed in 1967, Jethro Tull’s music has combined elements of blues, folk, jazz and progressive rock. Their best known albums include Aqualung and Thick as a Brick. (Guitarist Martin Barre was with the group from 1969 onwar...

Hung by a Hair

# 2013-05-24 15:16:45, BWG
So my wife and I were having dim sum (點心) when our order of ha cheung fan (蝦腸粉) arrived (cheung...

Hiking a couple of days after a super rainy day in Hong Kong

# 2013-05-24 03:56:49, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Hong Kong waterfall A waterfall encountered while hiking along  Wilson Trail Stage 7 this afternoon Parts of Wilson Trail Stage 7 itself looked like  it was turning into a stream, if not quite waterfall! This has been an unusual week for Hong Kong weather wise.  For while it's ...

Bloomberg - Burger-Eating Racist Bastards

# 2013-05-23 23:19:46, Foamier
Bloomberg's current headline on Ford's decision to stop making cars in Australia is "Aussie dollar is villain as Ford end Mad-Max Land Output".

Idealistic naïfs vs mouth-frothing crazies, cont’d

# 2013-05-23 17:21:58, Big Lychee, Various Sectors
Two recent South China Morning Post articles explain the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement’s philosophy and planned strategy in as much detail as most of us will probably want. There are seven components, including non-violent action, civil disobedience, ‘citizen authorization after delibera...

Camp followers

# 2013-05-23 03:52:15, Private Beach
"Mick Jagger will camp when Rolling Stones play Glastonbury [Festival]"says The Sun.

payout

# 2013-05-22 20:39:48, sketches from the other side
SB and I have spent years slowly and incrementally increasing our credit spending limits with HSBC.

You've Heard Of The Three "R's"? ... Read On

# 2013-05-22 18:01:44, Eldon-Online
What does the phrase "the 3Rs" mean to you? Chances are, depending on your age, you will recognise it as relating to a comment coined in the late 1700s, when Sir William Curtis referred to them as: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. (No, I was not around at the time before you ask!). But even if you...

In which HSBC sorely tests us

# 2013-05-22 16:17:46, Big Lychee, Various Sectors
Much wailing and gnashing of teeth recently over HSBC’s new ATM cards, which have a super-micro-digital-blah-blah chip in addition to the old-style, less-secure magnetic strip. When I received mine a few months back, I noted that the accompanying letter mentioned that I had to activate (or authenticate, or authorize or whatever) the car...

Lantern Bug

# 2013-05-22 13:38:33, BWG
I found a cool insect in the yard, but before I could get my camera out it took off. A...

A wagyu heavy -- as well as heavy, period! -- dinner feast!

# 2013-05-22 06:07:35, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Wagyu meat heaven!    The wagyu being prepared as sukiyaki    The memories flood back as I see this photo and  I find myself wishing to have this dish again soon! :b Last week, I had the good fortune to be invited by a friend to what amounted to a veritable wagyu feast.  And bef...

Architart in wonderland

# 2013-05-22 04:31:13, sketches from the other side
One of the firms in my top ten list of architects I would like to work for is considering whether or not to open a Hong Kong office.

“There Is No Plan B”

# 2013-05-21 18:03:26, China Droll
I knew it was too soon to celebrate last year when the news came that there would be no rubbish incinerator on the island in the photo above. “They will never give up an opportunity to waste this much money” I nodded darkly to myself at the time, like some beach-dwelling Cassandra. Unfortunate...