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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 trip to [...]

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 Ekin at market
Tuesday
Happy Garden Congee – Canton Road
HMV
Chop – Sheung Wan
Mid Levels Escalator
Peak [...]

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 [...]