Ordinary Gweilo
It's not big and it's not clever, it's just a Brit in Hong Kong writing (mainly) about Hong Kong
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Month: Aug 2006
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I came across my copy of this book recently, and it made me wonder whether it is the worst “Hong Kong” novel ever written by a well-known author. The characters are two-dimensional, the plot is flimsy, and the author knows nothing about Hong Kong – as demonstrated by the fact that the factory owned by the main character is located in that well-known industrial…
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RTHK have an RSS feed called “Instant News”. Currently these are the 5 stories at the top of the feed: Serbia and Montengro reach knock-out stages of WBC Milan make offer for Ronaldo Keane set for Sunderland Boro stun Chelsea in Premiership Ajax out as Arsenal progress What’s the point of that? I expect RTHK to…
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I blame Pixar. Nowadays every movie studio wants to have its own computer animation, but whilst they invest millions in the latest technology they seem to neglect basic stuff like storylines and characters. The result is terrible old tosh like Polar Express, Madagascar and Chicken Little. Monster House was therefore a pleasant surprise. They seem to have decided that it might be better to start…
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From the usual source of intelligent comment on all things Hong Kong – yes, it’s the SCMP letter column: I appreciate the efforts by Friends of the Earth and other green groups to create a greener world. But I wish they would offer more constructive criticism. I refer specifically to their findings on inside temperatures.…
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to Sun Gai Gweilo on the birth of Baby Patkin.
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Microsoft’s tool for posting to blogs is now available in beta, and you can download it from here. More information here. Via The Guardian, as usual.
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Yesterday when I was standing waiting for a minibus I was very conscious of the hot air being pumped out by a succession of KMB buses as they waited to pick up passengers, and today The Standard has a story today about the over-use of aircon that makes passengers too cold and pedestrians too hot. …
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Back in January I was amused that Business Week wanted to pretend that stopping publishing the magazine outside the US was somehow a good thing. They refunded the balance of all subscriptions, and offered two ways to continue reading the magazine – one was to have it sent from the US by steamship, and the…
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I suppose they’re trying to be helpful (from The Guardian) In 1993, Jurassic Park became the first film to be released with a warning line. It scraped past the British Board of Film Classification with a PG rating because the distributors agreed to admit that it might be "unsuitable for young children". Four years later,…
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I’ve (finally) updated the list of Hong Kong blogs. There are three additions Chopped Onions Human Dynasty Sun Gai Gweilo In other news, Waah is on a final warning
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