I had an appointment this morning, and I had written down the address: 3rd floor 218 Queens Road. I got off the MTR in Central, found my way to the proper street (not a difficult task) and walked towards 218. After about 5 minutes I was in the 150s, and then after 10 I was... Continue Reading →
Lemon Tree update
We have a small problem: we skipped a day of watering the plants. Ordinarily, this would not be a terrible thing. However, that week was unusually dry (i.e. the humidity was 50%) and the lemons take significant amounts of moisture. We went up to water the plants and eat breakfast, and half of the leaves... Continue Reading →
Bars in Mandarin
We had Mandarin class this morning, and it turned into a discussion of bar vocabulary: "drunk," "wine," "beer," "bar," "a bar called peach." We now know 9 verbs: want, have, am, eat, drink, go, like, call, miss. Maybe some others too. The adjective are varied and delightful: drunk, happy, excited, confident, tired, lazy, small, patient,... Continue Reading →
Abandoned village
A couple weeks ago I went hiking in Sai Kung. We were going to hike parts of the Maclehose, and end at a ferry pier to head back to the MTR. We went to the ferry pier, and discovered we had more than an hour before our boat. Chek Keng pier was at the end... Continue Reading →
Grill and a lemon tree
We finally purchased furniture, plants and a bbq for the roof! The furniture arrived in the afternoon, and was built by the time I got home from work, my Sunday coworkers and a case of beer in tow. The inaugural barbeque had 5 bowls of salad, 2 steaks, 8 sausages and 2 chicken thighs left... Continue Reading →
Throat soothing in Hong Kong
Mandarin orange and salt+1 or two years=throat soother. Who knew! At Chinese new year when the oranges are fresh, and my coworker plucks them, and preserves them in salt. You have to wait about a year or two, briefly, and then it's ready. You mix this with hot water and honey, and your throat feels... Continue Reading →
The Post Office is Automated
I put my request for an absentee ballot in the mail. I was going to go to the post office to send it off, after emailing it last weekend, and maybe buy stamps. There was a machine, I could buy a 3$ stamp, and then put it in the slot for airmail. Took 30 seconds.... Continue Reading →
Canadian Hamburgers in Hong Kong
About a 10 minute walk from my flat, there is a Canadian burger restaurant. I had never seen a restaurant advertised as 'Canadian' before, so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. We heard it was a burger joint, and that was all. A review posted online proclaimed: "the soup was good." Someone went to... Continue Reading →
New Ventures
I'm going to start throwing things I write and photograph and draw on the internet. My illustrated blog. Thoughts and stories, as I make them up. I moved to Hong Kong a few months ago, so I am obviously not busy enough yet. This place is an amalgamation of city and natural beauty; you can... Continue Reading →
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