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: Jul 2008
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Well, Wimbledon is over for another year. Star Sports seem to do a fairly competent job of covering the championships, with live coverage every evening, a highlights show in the morning, and extended highlights in the afternoon. However, I can’t help feeling that they could do better. In a multi-channel world it seems a little…
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Last year I made fun of the SCMP for somehow implying that an HD TV set would enable viewers to watch the BBC series Planet Earth in HD even though (1) digital TV had not been launched at the time, and (2) it was on TVB Pearl, which was not planned to be (and is…
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One of the weirder things that our government has decided to do to celebrate the Beijing Olympics is to waive charges for public leisure facilities. However, the SCMP reported on Wednesday that people didn’t seem to be aware of this concession (Swimmers surprised they can use pools for free – subscription required) Many swimmers got…
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As usual we start with a recap of last week, followed by the return of the two who didn’t get fired. Paul looks somewhat dazed, and is greeted warmly by Tim and James. He is followed by Saira, who is embraced by Tim. Saira gives everyone her account of what happened, whilst Paul stays quiet. …
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When the iPhone 3G was announced a few weeks ago, the SCMP gave it a lot of coverage, presumably because this was going to be the first opportunity for gadget-hungry Hong Kong people to get their hands on the over-hyped device. Well, apart from the large quantity that have been sold on the ‘grey market’…
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