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: Aug 2006
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Just a reminder that Lights Out Hong Kong "want to plunge our city into darkness for three minutes" on Saturday today. From their website: Turn your lights out on the 8th of August at 8pm for 3 minutes 於8月8日下午8時關掉電燈3分鐘 Watch out, though, it’s a "slippery slope" and who knows what it might lead to. Cleaner…
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The Apprentice is back, and it’s as daft as ever. We are told that one million people applied to be on the show, and they have selected only the best and brightest. Well, you could have fooled me. This time the teams were created by the random device of Trump choosing two Project Managers and…
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Disney’s recent track record with animated films is not at all good. Pixar, on the other hand, have turned out a long string of highly impressive offerings in the best tradition of Walt Disney – the two Toy Story films undoubtedly belong up there with the classic Disney cartoons of the past, and every one…
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Today is No Plastic Bag Day. The first one was such a success that it has now become a monthly event, but on the first Tuesday of each month so as not to inconvenience too many people. I went to the supermarket during the last NPB day, and was fully prepared to pay $1 for…
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