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: Nov 2009
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What would happen if we always told the truth? It’s the theme of that Jim Carrey film that was on TVB on Sunday night, and Ricky Gervais’s The Invention of Lying. More specifically, what would happen if we all told the truth on those stupid health declaration forms that we have to fill in? Yes,…
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Three years ago, PCCW’s Now TV put in a knockout bid and won the Hong Kong rights to the English Premier League without Cable TV being able to make a counter-bid. This time round, Cable TV were more prepared, and PCCW dropped out of the auction, saying that they declined to pay over the odds…
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I take the optimistic view on climate change – that mankind is sufficiently inventive and resourceful to overcome the problem. A recent article in New Scientist magazine (Better world: Top tech for a cleaner planet)highlighted a few interesting ideas that are under development: Waggling wings Modern passenger planes are masterfully streamlined but the aircraft are…
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I love personalized number plates. If you really want to tell the world that you are stupid and vain, what could possibly be a better investment? They’re also splendidly banal – I’ve seen "Auto", "King Kong" (the driver of this vehicle appears to have spent all his money on his stupid number plate, and so…
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This week there was an accident involving a double-decker bus that toppled over, resulting in two deaths. On Wednesday there was a letter in the SCMP complaining that double-decker buses are an unwelcome colonial legacy. Double-decker buses are yet another of the mindless colonial imitations of London (the others include wearing black business clothes suitable…
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Hong Kong's a strange place, and never more so than in the weird world of apartments. Developers are allowed to advertise the gross floorspace of an apartment, which includes balconies, bay windows, and (most outrageously) your share of the the common areas, such as the clubhouse, gardens, lift lobbies, etc. As far as I know,…
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