Thursday, January 31, 2008

Monday, January 28, 2008

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Chinese New Year decorations

Sunday, January 27, 2008

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Chinese New Year stuff

Public holidays in 2008: GovHK

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Gabriela Montero: Improvisation

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

Just delightful:

Friday, January 25, 2008

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Friday cold and wet

Thursday, January 24, 2008

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Restaurant ventilators

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Hong Kong: Legislative Council Questions

Some of the questions (and answers) from the LegCo meeting of Wednesday, 23 January 2008:

LCQ16: Implementation of universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and Legislative Council

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Monday, January 21, 2008

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Indoor market external stairwell

Sunday, January 20, 2008

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Market parking

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Staple Singers: For What It's Worth

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

Buffalo Springfield song as done by the Staples? Less is more:

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

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A little island in the South China Sea's HSBC branch ATMs. The machine on the left also does cheque and cash deposits.

Monday, January 14, 2008

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Sacred banyan across the street

Sunday, January 13, 2008

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Mister Bijou's bike

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Dinah Washington: Send Me To The Electric Chair

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

Dinah sings Bessie Smith:

Friday, January 11, 2008

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Village square

Thursday, January 10, 2008

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Waterfront cafe, improvised soleil brise

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Hong Kong: two (2) reviews of locally-published books

Alice Poon reviews We Deserve Better: Hong Kong since 1997, by Hemlock: Asia Sentinel
Hemlock reviews King Hui: The Man Who Owned All The Opium in Hong Kong, by Jonathan Chamberlain: Hemlock

Monday, January 07, 2008

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Match pair

Sunday, January 06, 2008

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Repairman

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Mick Jagger: Memo from Turner

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

A clip from Performance starring Mick Jagger and James Fox:



Filmed in 1968, the cinema release had to wait until 1970 -- apparently, the American film distributors, Warner Brothers, had a hard time getting their heads around a film in which worlds collide, identities dissolve and get re-arranged, drugs and violence are ever-present. Oh, and there's sex and nudity, too. In short, one of the best British movies of the period, and one which has stood the test of time.

Friday, January 04, 2008

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Five thirty-nine pm

Thursday, January 03, 2008

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Late afternoon on the waterfront

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

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New Year's Day plus One