...today by the Belfast Telegraph, titled "Life according to... Gerry Anderson - What about giving the Chinese a bit of credit, eh?. Um, not sure what to think. I think he is giving credit to a book, "1421: The Year China Discovered the World", that is out now (I saw it at my local bookstore today andwas tempted to get it). I also think he is a smoker, given his biaseness towards the no smoking ban, his language is a little rough, but to the point I suppose. ;) Just thought it was interesting to share...

Some up and coming attractions in HK. The new cables car, new theme parks. HK is so small, just amazed at how they can plan and fit all this in!

Plus, for folks who are curious on Chinese culinary history, you can go see it at The HK Heritage Museum in Shatin.

Right so... here's another shot...

So maybe it's not that Chinese people are giving us a bad name... maybe that after we've all been here for such a long time, that now we've grown accustomed to our Irish-Chinese way of life? It may not be a big change of life. It may be just the same as any HK persons life, just that we've managed to weave Ireland into it! So then these new people come along.. perfectly lovely and nice... but then they bring along all these traditions that we might miss or have not practised for years??? Or maybe that we're imtimidated by the fact that we're not so special anymore?? Like not in a bad way... but that we don't know every single chinese person that walks along the road or else that there's so many of us now that we aren't particularly noticed at all anymore?

Also with the whole market stall thing... I think it's a bit hard to have a typical HK style chat with a marketstall person hen we are all confined to our shop gruops! Not that it's a bad thing, just that it's different! It wouldn't be a very free conversation as ther wouldn't be any random chats with more intersted people who are buying the ingredients or something!

Hey all, Chinese meetup day in Dublin in 2 days, sign up for more information.