Taking covert pics is easy! Just open Photobooth, position your cursor over the red shutter release, totally darken your monitor, position your laptop and snap away! Continue reading
Sure, cancel work. Don’t tell the new person.
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the N-word (part 2)
In Cantonese, what sounds like the N-word, is actually “this one” or “that one.”
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Is the walking stranger than my secret filming of it?
The first time I saw him walk, I wanted to exclaim, “Dude, are you serious?!” It’s obviously not an affliction. He just walks really crazily (and loudly!) Continue reading
late breakfast Saturday
Around 2pm my hunger surpassed my procrastination and I headed to Hollywood Road for a late breakfast. I couldn’t resist the sign outside The Press Room. 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
Day 2 at work: Mind Flex
They got a new game at work today. Continue reading
I keep hearing the N-word.
Ever since I’ve gotten to Hong Kong, I keep hearing the n-word! I’ve gotta find out what this means… Continue reading
“I hate Hong Kong”
The worst of what I read online involved people spitting everywhere and pushing/shoving each other. After a week, I’m happy to report that I’ve witnessed neither spitting nor shoving Continue reading
First day of work.
Everyone in my Skype interviews wore button-downs, so I thought it’d be less casual than in the US. Not really. I saw plenty of jeans, t-shirts and flipflops in the office today. Continue reading
My yesterday-clothing-twin builds stock exchanges.
There was a man on the half-hour Express Train yesterday whose fuchsia tie exactly matched my fuchsia top. Finally I said, Continue reading
My photo studio at the Marriott.
If you ever want to really catch up with someone, listen to a one-hour conversation between them and an advisor/therapist/life coach/astrologer. To occupy myself while listening, I took these pics there in his room: Continue reading
Big Bus Tour Day 3 (Tuesday): Stanley Beach and Aberdeen
Aberdeen is known as “Hong Kong Minor”. The 25-minute Sampan ride (included in my Big Bus Tour) took me around the floating village of the Tanka people. Continue reading
Big Bus Tour Day 2 (Monday): Victoria Peak (video!)
Got back from Lamma Island just in time to catch the 6:15pm Big Bus route to Victoria Peak. The steep tram up usually costs $25, but a free ticket is included in the Big Bus Tour! Nighttime is the best viewing time due to all the lights, but tonight was rather misty/hazy, so I just … Continue reading
Lunch with Lawrence on Lamma Island
The guy I bought the Big Bus Tour asked me meet him for lunch Monday and we went to Lamma Island. Continue reading
Monday breakfast.
Pros: Right across the street. $3. Coffee was pretty darn good. Totally edible. Cons: That’s not toast. That’s not sausage. Slightly gross. (But I’d eat it again.)
Panoramic view of Hong Kong
Took these 4 pics with my camera on the Big Bus Tour yesterday and put them together in indesign. Tried to blend them in photoshop, but man that’s hard. (NOT what she said. No!)
Big Bus Tour Day 1 (Sunday): HK Island and Kowloon
It’s touristy, but probably the best thing I could do to figure out where the heck I am. $45 gets me 48 hours of hop-off/hop-on (“You’ll be getting some hop-ons”) privileges. Plug in the headphones they give you, choose your language, and learn stuff like: • Hong Kong has more skyscrapers than any other city … Continue reading
Just going to have to get used to this weirdness.
I met with two soon-to-be-coworkers last night for a beer and I thought one of ’em said there’d be food, but no one ordered anything. I don’t know if it was hunger, some kind of coffee withdrawal, the humid weather or what, but I had the worst headache for those 3 hours. Finally made it … Continue reading
O hi, Asia! 