Musings on Life in Hong Kong

Wednesday is our day off.   I do not go to the office; my wife does not teach; and we usually do not make appointments with anyone.   Today ...

Came to campus early this morning.   Picked up a coffee and a book and sat in front of a bunch of trees, with birds chirping all around.   T...

My wife and I got a useful lesson on fish maw today, from the proprietors of a whole sale seafood store in Sai Ying Pun.   First lesson: 花膠 ...

On Tsing Ming festival, I went with my brother and some of our cousins to pay our respects at the tombs of our grandparents, at the Chinese ...

Many people in our office have been working from home, just like more other work places.   A few come to the office often, others rarely.   ...

This is a truly dynamic dim sum place.  In Kennedy Town, at the western end of Hong Kong Island, where I grew up. It is dim sum not just as ...

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