I’m not a huge soda drinker (especially non-diet), but I don’t think I’m imagining how good this sugar-sweetened Coke tasted compared to the American HFCS version.
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Hong Kong Cityscape
Some nice pics of my favorite skyline in the world. Continue reading
Two alleys
Two of the several alleys I walked past on my way home from meeting Jessica at the coffeeshop tonight.
Sidewalk outside my hotel
Des Voeux Road, Sheung Wan.
Sunday odds & ends
On my way to F.A.B. to meet Ian and Jessica, I saw various people shielding themselves from the sun.
Company boat trip: Sai Kung
The entire office took a boat to Sai Kung and spent all day on the boat / the beach.
Awesome Map of Hong Kong
I love unlabeled maps and I LOVE my new vector map of Hong Kong. Simply click on it for a nice, high-res version for your collection.
Ka Wai See Hair Salon: wash & blow dry $10
I pass this hair salon on the way to work.
Why I love non-native English speakers
You can’t get awesome phrasing like this just anywhere… Continue reading
Today’s Mystery: HOW Is This Woman Walking (video)
How this this physically possible?! This woman appeared to be walking totally normally until I looked down.
My homebody ways may save me yet again.
After I moved to Ohio from San Francisco in 2009, a coworker remarked that Columbus must be quite an adjustment. Really it wasn’t. Aside from having to buy a vehicle – I don’t enjoy driving or the endless related expenses – my life didn’t feel that much different. I still woke up around the same … Continue reading
Weekend odds & ends.
Every weekday morning as soon as I step out of my hotel, I’m have to walk by this quite-stinky fish-based store. Everything in there is a dried out part of an ocean-dweller and hoo-boy, does it stink. And here we have two buildings on my walk to work: Blissful Building and Wrong Design. Not sure … Continue reading
100th Post!
100 posts in 6 weeks! To celebrate, I’ll write a quick, concise, overall HK update! Work‘s been busy, but good-busy. I waited with Chip until 9:30 last night while she finished her huge pile of work. We had to lock up and the stupid door lock is near the floor. (What genius thought of that?!) … Continue reading
A-little-of-everything Saturday.
Here’s a video of what my commute home would be every day, but the trams are always so packed I just walk. It’s only 10 minutes; maybe less. Hope it’s not too boring. I’m trying to think of cool videos to make. This is Ian from work. The other person is Phil Collins. I took … Continue reading
Misnomer: World Wide Web
They should call it “The US domestic web that you can get bits of elsewhere.” A little long-winded I guess. This trip has been an internet eye-opener. First hulu and netflix, then amazon, then yesterday I wanted to take advantage of an online Macy’s promotion (huge bag o’ samples if you spend $75) and even … Continue reading
Broke the law again.
Just like last time, I didn’t know I was committing an offence. Just caught this as I was getting out of a cab today. Continue reading
Leisurely lunch before being swept away in an episode-inducing sea of people. (video!)
After lunch we walked around Causeway Bay, which proved to be a big mistake. It was horrible. I’ve never been around that many people in my life. They sprawled for miles in every direction. Continue reading
My sister’s bored, everyone. Hopefully this’ll help.
She wrote, “Update your bog! I’m bored.” Fine. Here’s a complete update. Light on pics (ok, none) and heavy on words. Continue reading
I’ve already broken the law here in Hong Kong
In SF and NYC, it’s a crime to assault the driver. I guess bus drivers here are the Queen’s Guards of the public transportation world. Continue reading
Groceries in Hong Kong
Since most of my hunger comes from just not wanting to leave my hotel room, I finally went out and got: Wellcomes are all over the place. I purposefully got a bunch of their chinese stuff just to see if I like any of it. At about $1 per item, it’s not a huge risk. … Continue reading
O hi, Asia! 