or: Chinese New Year Preparations Today has been one of those picture perfect Hong Kong days, provided you make an allowance for a small amount of haze (ie pollution) on the horizon. It’s barbecue weather. The temperature is relatively mild […]
Or: Pole Dancing Lions are Pretty Impressive As with every Chinese New Year (CNY) for the past six or so years, I have left my usual residence to experience another area’s festivities. Usually that area is Shanghai. This year, it’s […]
or: It’s Christmas Night, So, What Now? Merry Christmas to all those celebrating the occasion. A lot of Christmas is about tradition: – over catering so Christmas can be remembered through leftovers for at least one week (though the 5.5kg […]
or: The Difference Between Music Festivals I went to my first outdoor music festival in 1994. It was the Big Day Out held on the Gold Coast, Australia. I remember listening to The Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Bjork, TISM, The Cruel […]
Basement area to an office block or – Great Excuse to Review the Wardrobe The air is cooling, leaves are turning from greens to reds, and I’m starting to think again about turkey and the associated trimmings. Before then though, […]
Doraemon again! or Why Are There Scarecrows in Downtown Tokyo? One of the 974 things I like about Japan is the unusual street festivals which seem to happen throughout summer and early Autumn and who knows when else at this […]
With Tokyo Sky Tree It’s that time of the year when there seems to be a reason for a festival pretty much every week. Thursday 7 July marked Tanabata, otherwise known as the Star Festival. This is one of the […]
The bones in my butt hurt, my left elbow is swelling, my thighs are a little tight and the muscles in my lower back are starting a dull ache. It feels great! This was my first time in a dragon […]
One of the 974 things I like about Hong Kong… No protracted shopping festivals where each holiday seamlessly melds into the next creating the illusion that it is actually one long holiday with different products required at each end. Holiday […]
Christmas doesn’t come to Hong Kong until late November / early December and I like it this way. This is generally my favourite time of the year and I love getting into the Christmas spirit. This year has been different. […]