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 2006

  • A big fuss about nothing

    I think we have this every year.  TVB wants to show The Oscars live, but the rules say that TVB Pearl has to show educational programs from 12 noon, just as the big awards are being handed out on in Los Angeles. This year TVB has been making a big fuss because Ang Lee might…

  • More choice, less function

    Here’s a strange thing. If you go to the cinema in Hong Kong and watch a foreign or Chinese film there will be both English and Chinese subtitles.  If the same film is shown on TV you also get two sets of subtitles.  If you watch a VCD you will again see two sets of…

  • Walking and Talking

    It was said of President Gerald Ford that he couldn’t walk and chew gum at the same time. Now, admittedly having a conversation on your mobile phone is slightly more complex than chewing gum, but it’s not really that difficult, is it?  So how come it is apparently such a challenge for so many people…

  • I hate Heathrow

    It seems that Hong Kong is soon to have a new budget airline, called Oasis [via salty water].  I am not sure that "budget airline" actually means anything very much in Asia, because each company seems to have its own business model, none of which are quite the same as the well-established US and UK…

  • Babbling incoherently

    Funniest moment(s) so far in series 4 of The Apprentice came after Trump had fired Markus.  It is traditional at this point to thank "Mr Trump" for the opportunity, or maybe to walk out looking shocked.  Instead, but true to form, Markus babbled incoherently and in the taxi on his way "home" he couldn’t put…