Shallot’s Big Year™s Out

Filming for Batman “The Dark Knight” began in HK this week. There have been helicopters flying around my work building from about 5pm to 7pm each day which has caused a great deal of excitement among many people. The helicopters […]

Over the past week, the temperature and humidity have both dropped to a very comfortable level. I appear to be in the minority with this thought as I watch locals pull out their winter woolies while I’m still out and […]

Hong Kong has a population of about 7 million. Most are ‘night’ people. It’s something that I have suspected for a while and had confirmed yesterday. My study began with my week day observations. I arrive at the office building […]

Friday was yet another public holiday. I love working because it means that I’m getting a day off (you have to love that kind of logic). Unfortunately this wasn’t the case for Mr Shallot who was needed to work on […]

Saturday saw Mr Shallot and I embark on our first true cultural experience in HK. He had bought me tickets to Aida for my birthday and this was finally the evening that it was performed. We made the trek to […]

It’s been a bizarre weekend. Australia lost to England. It’s not like that hasn’t happened before (more specifically four years ago at the final), it’s the circumstances surrounding it. Mr Shallot and I arrived one hour before kick off (in […]

Yesterday Mr Shallot competed in his first ITU sanctioned triathlon – OSIM Hong Kong Triathlon ITU Asian Cup. This is the first triathlon in HK that we had been to that had music. At every triathlon in Australia that we’ve […]

Mr Shallot’s Mum stayed with us as a stopover on her way to India (she’s volunteering for a few months). In order to help prepare her for the crowds, we decided to take her to Shenzhen – a Chinese shopping […]

Finally Mr Shallot and I have been to the cinema in Hong Kong. We saw The Bourne Ultimatum and as far as an action movie final goes, it was pretty good. Far better than Terminator 3 – that series should […]