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Pay as you read

# 2013-04-22 06:21:33, OrdinaryGweilo.com
Interesting piece from Gweipo about newspapers: Buy a newspaper - save a journalist? I've been subjected to a barrage of emails of late by the IHT. And the Wall street journal. And the NYT. [..] Why did I resist? A...

Learning English?

# 2013-04-22 03:17:27, OrdinaryGweilo.com
I think I may have noticed a theme to these “Dean Fung English” articles" in the Hong Kong Standard:

Cheese

# 2013-04-21 03:43:14, OrdinaryGweilo.com
They had another one of those International Cheese Festivals at Hullett House in TST. The problem is that the cheese market is in a tiny room. I had to wait in a queue before I was allowed in, but there...

Spotify - in Chinese, of course

# 2013-04-21 03:22:53, OrdinaryGweilo.com
I’m obviously not paying attention, so I only found out from Spike that Spotify is now available in Hong Kong. There’s the usual pantomime with a default page that is only in Chinese, and no obvious way to change to...

Warped

# 2013-04-04 02:30:31, OrdinaryGweilo.com
Why is the SCMP still printing these tedious letters from Pierce Lam? As well as attacking the ESF (yawn) he is now trying to defend the “designated schools” scheme: Why officials should end ESF subsidy South China Morning Post |...

Fruit of the gloom

# 2013-03-25 13:28:34, OrdinaryGweilo.com
Does anyone really know the difference between Satsumas, Clementines, Tangerines and Mandarins? Or the Mikan, sometimes imported from Japan or Korea? Yes please, but they are more expensive. Honey Murcott anyone? No thanks, or at least not the ones from...

Madness

# 2013-03-20 04:09:57, OrdinaryGweilo.com
I wrote about the Championship merry-go-round shortly after Michael Appleton had become Blackburn’s third manager of the season in mid-January. Now’s he’s become the 32nd manager to be fired this season. Where would Blackburn be without Venky’s and their global...

Pierce Lam is an idiot

# 2013-03-13 00:54:04, OrdinaryGweilo.com
As pslhk might say, I am too busy to read the SCMP myself, so thanks to Bruce for pointing out that Pierce Lam has hit back: Make better use of subsidy given to ESF Andrew Nunn's reply ("'Educational apartheid' hitting...

Pierce Lam vs. ESF (one more time)

# 2013-03-02 17:56:30, OrdinaryGweilo.com
Thanks to James for pointing out that Pierce Lam is still at it. ESF admission policy smacks of segregation The English Schools Foundation's intended change of its admission system is procedural and not substantive. ("ESF to end admission priority for...

Not so baffling

# 2013-03-01 23:25:57, OrdinaryGweilo.com
Big headline on the front page of the ‘City’ section of the South China Morning Post today, but it turns out to be the usual load of nonsense: Pictures baffle Dragonair workers Three mysterious branding-type photos are raising questions on...

Three Brussels sprouts for 1.20

# 2013-02-23 21:21:32, OrdinaryGweilo.com
I saw this recently in a supermarket. I mean, who buys three brussels sprouts? And 40p each?

Winter

# 2013-02-22 05:54:41, OrdinaryGweilo.com
Hong Kong winter, a.k.a. British summer. Me in shorts, locals dressed up warmly because it’s “cold”. A few cooler days, but plenty of days when it is a very comfortable 20 centigrade or more. Here's the forecast for the next...

TVB Pearl HD

# 2013-02-22 05:51:30, OrdinaryGweilo.com
Shows how much I watch TV… Apparently TVB Pearl switched to High Definition back in November. I only noticed last week when watching a Jamie Oliver programme. It seemed very clear, but I assumed that was just because it was...

This is a family newspaper, right?

# 2013-02-01 05:31:12, OrdinaryGweilo.com
Yes, the story chosen for the Hong Kong Standard’s “Dean Fung English” column today is about the doctor who was accused of indecent assault.

Thats how it works

# 2013-01-23 04:23:49, OrdinaryGweilo.com
The South China Morning Post, of course Cabbies now snubbing tunnel trips There is a growing problem in Hong Kong with drivers of red taxis not being willing to cross the harbour. I have been caught several times in Wan...