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: Feb 2007
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Last summer, the UK government introduced very stringent rules about carry-on luggage, and although most of these have been relaxed, liquids are still restricted. Basically you can only take 100ml, and it has to be in a 100ml (or smaller) container inside a clear, sealable, plastic blag. Rather to my surprise, I see that Hong…
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I came across this strange story today via the Windows Secrets newsletter (WSN): There’s a good chance that you’ve already heard something about Julie [Amero]. She’s perhaps better known as the Connecticut substitute schoolteacher who’s been convicted of "child endangerment." She now faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison because porn pop-ups…
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Yes, it’s that time of year again. Unlike my curmudgeonly friend Mr Fumier, I do like Chinese New Year. One of the best things about it is that instead of wasting time buying presents that the recipients probably don’t want, you simply stick banknotes into red envelopes. The only remotely complex part is remembering to hand over the right envelopes to the right people. However,…
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Sun Gai Gweilo on Gweilos’ choice of cars: You seldom see “old bangers” on the roads in Hong Kong. Even the delivery vans are in good nick. But have a walk around the car park at a mini rugby event and you’ll find Saabs, Volkswagons, Audis, Rovers, old BMWs and other Eurotrash. Then take a…
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A few months ago, Now TV were offering subscriptions to ESPN & Star Sports at $78 per month. Now it has become a Mega Sports Pack at HK$178 per month. The "mega" seems to mean that as well as ESPN & Star Sport, you get Eurosport News (already available on Cable TV), Eurosport and an…
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From today’s Talkback section of the SCMP: Have I missed something? I scoured the paper on Friday and Saturday and found nothing on Roger Waters’ Dark Side concert. Did the South China Morning Post have its eyes closed to this sell-out event at the Convention and Exhibition Centre? So many came away saying it was…
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On the vexed question of whether this might be a “Golden Pig” year, there’s more nonsense from the SCMP: LUNAR NEW YEARDoomsayers warn that rush to have ‘piglets’ will backfire LILLIAN YANG Mainland couples have gone hog wild about having children in what is considered a lucky lunar year according to traditional Chinese beliefs. But…
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Sunday’s SCMP: Golden-pig hype goes up in flames NORMA CONNOLLY If you think the next lunar year is going to be an incredibly lucky one, think again; you may have fallen victim to commercial hype. It will not be the year of the golden pig, fortune tellers say. Rather, it is the fire pig which…
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His blog hasn’t been updated for months, but Simon Patkin has found time to write to the SCMP (subscription required): Greenie gibberish Richard Fielding’s letters-page diatribe in favour of environmentalism and against free enterprise can only be described as gibberish ("Profiteering from the end of the world as we know it", February 3). For example,…
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A recent Dilbert strip that made me laugh. Scott Adams also has a blog
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