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Hey - What About Us Humans?

# 2012-11-29 08:57:55, Eldon-Online
I obviously have far too much time on my hands! After I completed my annual medical in May this year, I decided - once again - that it was time I started thinking about my weight. I set myself a goal, which was to reach a weight I had not seen in 10 years, and was around a level a kindly doctor had set for me some 25 years earlier. But I ...

Another Feather In Hong Kong's Hat ... For Education?

# 2012-11-27 14:00:21, Eldon-Online
If you have been following the debate in Hong Kong recently about the claims of falling standards, class sizes and funding issues, you could be forgiven for thinking that we were falling behind the rest of the world. Unless, that is, you had been following a similar debate taking place in Britain. I...

What Did I Miss?

# 2012-11-25 14:25:20, Eldon-Online
If you don't get out much, as has been my misfortune of late, you start picking up all sorts of "rubbish" information. For example, were you aware that "soap operas" - now shortened of course to just "soaps" - got their name because the original sponsors of these long running fictional dramas were the major soap companies? I certainly was...

In Sickness And In Health ...

# 2012-11-14 22:09:43, Eldon-Online
"I've never been ill dear, just damaged" - (Mary Eldon; 1919 and still going strong ...).This has been the regular comment from my Mother since she fell a couple of years ago and broke a couple of bones. Of course at her age she can be forgiven the odd lapse of memory - in that she suffered from diptheria in her early 20s and was hospital...

Olympic Grit ...

# 2012-09-03 12:57:55, Eldon-Online
Have you ever felt sorry for yourself and depressed because you've had an injury or an upset, and wondered why it happened to you and not someone else? Does the sight of someone with a disability, physical or mental, make you want to cross the road to avoid making contact with them? Well, I guess that in some ways you will realise that yo...

It's Official - I AM Weird!

# 2012-08-19 20:49:02, Eldon-Online
Well of course I always thought there was something odd about me. Others naturally spotted it a long time ago, and most were kind enough not to mention it to me directly, but now I have confirmation. I guess it's a bit like bringing closure to an awkward situation - and it's a bit of a relief really, to get the monkey off my back.The caus...

What A Difference A Year Makes.

# 2012-08-12 09:52:26, Eldon-Online
"...and there's a more worrying thing going on in London right now. It's you Brits. What's happened to this grumpy national identity? All this smiling is getting annoying." (Good-natured comment from Australian restaurant owner in London on the Olympics.)Who would have believed it? From the London ...

Illegal Structures - Much Ado About Nothing?

# 2012-08-04 00:46:07, Eldon-Online
There can't be much news around these days in Hong Kong. Like a small terrier with an old rag, there are certain elements in the media and amongst certain parts of the populace who just can't let go of some issues, and illegal structures are among them.When you have building regulations that appear ...

Olympic Gold Hangover

# 2012-08-03 11:52:28, Eldon-Online
What is it about the Brits and Booze?I enjoy a drink (of alcohol) as many others do who are so permitted. And seeing as we are into confessions, I have never taken drugs - unless prescribed, nor have I smoked - anything! Which I suppose in today's world makes me a bit of a wimp, but hey, it is my preference and I am happy with it. And I ...

Silly and Serious

# 2012-08-01 01:36:03, Eldon-Online
Almost sounds like a comedy act doesn't it? Like Morcambe and Wise or Zig and Zag ...Actually I had started off intending to write something serious about North Korea but before I had started I came across a couple of things that made me smile, so I thought I might as well include them before the more serious commentary.It's odd what peop...

Banking On The Culture

# 2012-07-27 22:00:08, Eldon-Online
Back in the days ... I know, here I go again into history but bear with me ... your average Bank Manager was considered to be the pillar of local society, rather than the pillock as they are being sometimes unfairly portrayed today (that is, if you can find one!). Banks, or at least those with which I was familiar, had something of an aur...

Damned If You Do ... Damned If You Don't!!

# 2012-07-26 07:15:26, Eldon-Online
Aside from Bankers and others who now languish in the "robber baron" class, there are other professions too that seem to be in the category of getting no praise for getting it right - and tons of rubbishing if they get it wrong.Hong Kong has just experienced its strongest winds in over a decade. A c...

Conflict of Interest ... Interpretation

# 2012-07-17 04:38:01, Eldon-Online
The issue of conflict of interest arises yet again, with the announcement today in Hong Kong that Lam Woon-kong, a gentleman with whom I have no quarrel personally, is going to remain as Exco Convenor, while at the same time remaining as Chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission ... but only fo...

Conflict of Interest ... Interpretation

# 2012-07-12 01:27:06, Eldon-Online
The issue of conflict of interest arises yet again, with the announcement today in Hong Kong that Lam Woon-kong, a gentleman with whom I have no quarrel personally, is going to remain as Exco Convenor, while at the same time remaining as Chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission ... but only fo...

Bankers - Ready, Aim ....

# 2012-07-01 04:25:49, Eldon-Online
I must say that entering into the minefield of today's commentary on banks and bankers, might not be the wisest thing I have ever done. But ... let me start with a quotation from one of my favourite text books:"If it be asked how such evils arise and are developed...they arise from transactions entered upon, either in sheer ignorance or ...