(click on photo to enlarge)Tomorrow, 1 July 2008, is the 11th anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Accordingly, it is a public holiday on a little island in the South China Sea as well as in HKSAR.
Monday, June 30, 2008
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(click on photo to enlarge)Tomorrow, 1 July 2008, is the 11th anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Accordingly, it is a public holiday on a little island in the South China Sea as well as in HKSAR.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Nina Simone: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Nina Simone's stellar performance of the Dylan song. . .
Nina Simone's stellar performance of the Dylan song. . .
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Hong Kong: severe tropical storm Fengshen
Having created havoc and much misery in The Philippines, typhoon Fengshen weakened into a severe tropical storm.
Heading north, Fengshen passed close by hereabouts to the east. The Number 8 was hoisted on 24 June at 10:45pm and lowered to the Number 3 at 11:15am this morning, 25 June 2008.
Seven am, a short clip:
Heading north, Fengshen passed close by hereabouts to the east. The Number 8 was hoisted on 24 June at 10:45pm and lowered to the Number 3 at 11:15am this morning, 25 June 2008.
Seven am, a short clip:
Hong Kong: Legislative Council Questions
Some of the questions (and answers) from the LegCo meeting of Wednesday, 24 June 2008:
LCQ2: Administration of Internet domain names in Hong Kong
LCQ16: Dai Pai Tongs and Hawker Permitted Area
LCQ2: Administration of Internet domain names in Hong Kong
LCQ16: Dai Pai Tongs and Hawker Permitted Area
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Eddie Cochran: Summertime Blues
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Summer solstice:
Have a great weekend!
Summer solstice:
Have a great weekend!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Hong Kong: Legislative Council Questions
Some of the questions (and answers) from the LegCo meeting of Wednesday, 18 June 2008:
LCQ6: Tree transplantation
LCQ10: Impact of the pollutants generated by the Castle Peak Power Station
LCQ6: Tree transplantation
LCQ10: Impact of the pollutants generated by the Castle Peak Power Station
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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(click on photo to enlarge)Monday, June 16, 2008
Reading matters
On this day in 1904, the Irish writer James Joyce had his first romantic liason with Nora Barnacle. Subsequently, Joyce chose that 16 June in Dublin as the day for the setting of his novel Ulysses.
The novel concludes with the stream of consciousness of Bloom's wife, Molly:
Bloomsday: Wikipedia
Yes.
The novel concludes with the stream of consciousness of Bloom's wife, Molly:
and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.Ulysses ebook: Project Gutenberg
Trieste-Zurich-Paris
1914-1921
Bloomsday: Wikipedia
Yes.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Shigeru Umebayashi: Yumeji's Theme
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
From Wong Kar-wai's film In the Mood for Love. Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung; passing strangers:
From Wong Kar-wai's film In the Mood for Love. Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung; passing strangers:
Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Reading matters
Holiday in Hellmouth: God may be dead, but the question of why he permits suffering lives on, by James Wood: New Yorker
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hong Kong: Legislative Council Questions
Some of the questions (and answers) from the LegCo meeting of Wednesday, 11 June 2008:
LCQ9: Structure condition of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel
LCQ12: Information on trees
LCQ20: Development of public and private hospitals
LCQ9: Structure condition of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel
LCQ12: Information on trees
LCQ20: Development of public and private hospitals
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Double Fifth (Dragon Boat) festival
(click on photo to enlarge)Today is in the Chinese calendar the fifth day of the fifth lunar month: Tuen Ng.
According to popular legend, that was when 2,000 years ago a Chinese national hero, Qu Yuan, drowned himself in a river to protest against corrupt rulers.
Legend also says people threw dumplings into the water to keep the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body. Which is why it is customary to eat steamed sticky rice and a sweet or savoury filling, the tout all neatly wrapped up in banana leaf.
Hereabouts, the Double Fifth is also public holiday. Since this year the festival falls on a Sunday, the holiday is on Monday.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Shelter from the storm
(click on image to enlarge)Well, it tipped it down for 24 hours. More than 200mm overnight and then a further 70mm (in just one hour on Saturday morning). Prior to this morning's deluge, Hong Kong Observatory issued a 'black' rainstorm warning and advised people to "take shelter in a safe place and stay there".
The overall result? Locals found themselves knee-deep in water in Sheung Wan, Western and Wanchai on Hong Kong island. There were floods in the New Territories; landslides here and there; and delays at Hong Kong International Airport.
Meanwhile, Mister Bijou got off lightly, but was obliged to delay shopping for fruit and veg.
Fortunately, there are no known fatalities.
Sunday UPDATE: Regrettably, two people were wiped out by a landside on Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun.
Elsewhere, land access to Tai O, Lantau island, is still blocked as a result yesterday's major deluge. The village is also currently without landline telephone links and fresh water.
Prince Buster: Al Capone
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Don't call me Scarface, my name is Capone:
Don't call me Scarface, my name is Capone:
Friday, June 06, 2008
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(click on photo to enlarge)Major rain, heavy at times, with occasional thunderstorms
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Hong Kong: Legislative Council Questions
Some of the questions (and answers) from the LegCo meeting of Wednesday, 4 June 2008:
LCQ1: Infection of pine trees
LCQ4: Rising inflation
LCQ5: Appointment of Under Secretaries and Political Assistants
LCQ1: Infection of pine trees
LCQ4: Rising inflation
LCQ5: Appointment of Under Secretaries and Political Assistants
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
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Cloudy with periods of heavy rain and a few squally thunderstorms.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Sunday, June 01, 2008
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