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Today, lots of people, lots of heights and depths. Exchange Square Today was Dragon Boat Festival day, which is actually a public holiday. Thousands of house maids were out and about like it were a Sunday. We went to Exchange Square, location of the HK Stock Exchange, to get to the bus terminal for the [...]

Back in Sydney, yesterday flew the red eye from Taipei to Sydney for a quick project meeting.  Sometimes, in this line of work, f-2-f is the way to go as virtual working doesn’t work so effectively.  Back at staying in Sheraton on the Park and enjoying Sydney much.  People are just so nice, pleasant and [...]

On Monday, Memorial Day, I watched “X-Men III: The Last Stand.”  I mostly heard that it was good, “but…” and then there was that Slate review that puzzled me.   But, watching it and making my own opinion — well, it was a good movie.  More or less.  I mean, Wolverine and Storm got lots to [...]

Someone had said that travel is accelerated living, and that it true, but also accelerated eating, and accelerated shopping. Here’s a outline which we’ll have to elaborate on later. Monday Star Ferry Harbour City Aji Ichiban Wellcome CityShop Korean Lunch Hard Rock Hotel Hong Kong History Museum Todai Temple Street Night Market Watched filming movie [...]

Bad cold. Coughing and nose blowing, and blech. The passing of Lloyd Bentsen. The most memorable line was Bentsen’s VP debate with Quayle in 1988: “Senator, I knew Jack Kennedy, and you’re no Jack Kennedy.” This Sunday’s Meet The Press showed a clip of Bentsen’s “showdown” with the NRA, where he was brandishing a (undoubtedly [...]

Quick outline – more detail later: Central – MidLevels Catholic Cathedreal Hong Kong Zoological Park Sheung Wan Chop Alley Cafe de Coral – BBQ Pork Combo Star Ferry – HKTA Info Center HLS drink Promenade – Walk of HK Stars New World Centre – Burrberry in Sogo TST YC on the phone Wong Tai Sin [...]

We attempted an ambitious itinerary on Saturday. Star Ferry Weather: grey drizzle. Walked to the Star Ferry pier, took the lower level. It was HK$1.7 (that’s about US 25 cents) for a 7 minute ride similar to the Staten Island Ferry. Dim Sum at Maxim’s Palace City Hall City Hall is directly across from the [...]

1 PM Thursday: general mayhem getting things packed; we leave. T-2.5 hours: After 3 trains, get the right A train to JFK T-1.5 hours: Get in time for CX check-in, wondering where is everybody. Apparently, everyone had already checked in 2 hours ago and were at the gate. But I had done on-line check-in, so [...]

We went for ramen with P’s friends last night at Men Kui Tei, across from Cooper Union. The ramen was Ok – P got the Men Kui Ramen, which is a kombu broth, and I got the tonkatsu (pork) broth. Her’s was too salty, and mine was not rich enough — 4 or 5 spoonfuls [...]

Saturday, SSW came to see my minor role in a reenactment of the Rosenberg trial at a bar association conference. You can listen to it here if you have a spare hour (mp3). I play the court clerk/court reporter – I have 4 lines, 2 of which I get to read off of a piece [...]