Ordinary Gweilo

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Month: Aug 2008

  • A physical link

    I was rather amused by this story in the SCMP yesterday.  As you can probably see, the headline is “Tunnel provides vital link to major business areas.”  It’s in a slim supplement about the ‘New Face of Wan Chai’.  This includes Three Pacific Place – which rather cleverly isn’t actually in Pacific Place itself.  So…

  • Pricewatch

    Head & Shoulders 400ml Mannings $42.90 "reduced from $47" Watsons $42.90 "reduced from $46" Park'n'Shop $36.90 "reduced from $42.90" Local pharmacy $35   I can't be bothered to check the price in Wellcome, but I bet it's more than $35. A few observations: Do Mannings & Watson ever sell at the full price they show…

  • The Olympics on TV

    Elmer over at Living in Hong Kong has 7 Observations from Hong Kong TV Olympic Coverage, and I have to say that I agree with most of what he says. (1) I have to admit that I haven’t been paying very close attention, but I think he’s right that the local Chinese channels of TVB…

  • Infamy, infamy

    I think the SCMP only employ Lau Nai-keung to annoy people (or maybe he pays them to publish the nonsense he writes).  Today he gives us the theory that the Western media are just jealous of China (Fakes offend Chinese as much as anyone – subscription required): After the grand opening of the Beijing Olympics,…

  • Another brilliant idea

    You might think that now we have the Hong Kong government run by Hong Kong people they would at least be able to anticipate how people will react to their brilliant ideas. They were apparently surprised when the concession on the DH levy prompted people to try to get more benefit than the government intended,…

  • All the important news – about injured athletes

    I don't have any problem with the national hysteria that surrounds the Beijing Olympics, but isn't the South China Morning Post meant to be a serious newspaper? So what's this headline all about, then? As if this hysterical front page wasn't bad enough, the story continued inside, occupying the whole of pages two and three.…

  • It’s all over… oh no, it isn’t

    My favourite moment from the typically shabby TVB Pearl coverage of the Olympics came earlier tonight when Andrew Sams thought that Nadal had won the Olympic Gold Medal when he won the tie-break at the end of the 2nd set.  Strangely, Nadal didn't look too excited, simply going back to his seat ready for the…

  • Hong Kong blogs

    Batgung.com Maybe not strictly a blog, but some interesting musings on life in Hong Kong by two expats married to local ladies. Big White Guy Is it a blog?  Not sure. A Canadian photographer and writer living in the New Territories offers comments on life in Hong Kong.  Bunny Bytes Quite an amusing personal blog…

  • Think before you print

    One definition of irony is printing out on an email and finding that it all fits on to one page – apart from the sanctimonious little message reminding you to think before you print this email, which is all its own on the 2nd page.

  • Mobile office

    One of the more intriguing sights in Hong Kong is a taxi equipped with an array of mobile phones.  The driver then has a Bluetooth headset in each ear, or a collection of earpieces ready to plug in as required, so that he can answer any of his phones. These are the people you call…