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: Oct 2010
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It amazes me that cities are still so keen to stage events such as the Olympics. Far from increasing the number of visitors it actually drives them away. Hotels put up their prices and most people assume that flights will be either unavailable or very expensive, so they go somewhere else. Locally we had this…
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The combination of the lower price and improved contrast won me over. After thinking about buying one of the earlier Kindles but never quite being convinced that it was a good idea, I really couldn’t resist the new Wi-Fi only model at US$139 (plus US$21 for delivery to Hong Kong). However, there is a problem. …
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