Ordinary Gweilo

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Month: Jul 2006

  • Hong Kong Summer Time

    There was something in the SCMP recently (sorry, I can’t find the reference) suggesting that Hong Kong should introduce "Daylight Saving"  so that people could enjoy the summer evenings more – the idea is that you take some daylight away from the early morning and have it in the evening instead (the UK has done…

  • Over the top

    I am getting heartily sick of all the po-faced, santimonious, nonsense that has written about Zinedine Zidane’s "mad moment" in the World Cup Final. Marco Materazzi obviously set out to wind up Zidane, and he succeeded.  Had Zidane been more calculating he could have waited and kicked Materazzi when he had the ball, but he…

  • Missing the point (as usual)

    The SCMP has picked up on the announcement by Hong Kong Oasis Airlines that I mentioned yesterday.  They quote "industry sources" who appear to be sceptical, but who also seem to have missed the point: The fare, just 40 per cent of the cost of a comparable ticket with competitors, will cover an economy seat…

  • Overblown nonsense

    Hilariously over the top nonsense from James Lawton in The Independent: Auf Wiedersehen, Germany, but, yet again, ciao, Italy. It is hard to believe that any other football nation, while operating from under an avalanche of dirt, could have found their way so sure-footedly to such a superb performance. It was as if they were…

  • Cheaper flights

    Cheap flights direct to London?  From The Guardian: Oasis Hong Kong Airlines yesterday announced plans to operate five direct Gatwick-Hong Kong flights a week from October, with tickets costing from £75 one way, plus taxes. Presumably this means that a small number of seats will be available at this price if you book far enough…

  • Even more options

    Virgin will add a second flight between London and Hong Kong starting on 3 November.  For the first 3 months it will operate three days a week, and then it will be daily from 2 February. The flight will leave Hong Kong at 1.20 a.m. (in the winter) and 12.40 a.m. (in the summer) and…

  • Thought for the day

    Thanks to Fumier for drawing this to my attention.  It’s from the marvellous letter column of the always interesting SCMP from that great thinker Simon Patkin: Let there be light I refer to news that the group Lights Out Hong Kong wants to plunge our city into darkness for three minutes next month ("Green groups…

  • Paying the penalty

    I’m afraid to say that my feeling after the end of the penalty shoot-out was that if England couldn’t score in 120 minutes then they didn’t deserve to win.  The blame, I think, has to rest with Sven.  After Rooney’s sending-off, England played better with a 4 man midfield than they had with a 5…