December 2005 Archives

... Haven't checked out BWG's site for awhile and I came across his how should one celebrate Christmas in HK?. Heh, I liked that he mentioned that he visited the Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree. Coupled with watching the HK news today on all the arrangements for folks to ring in the New Year earlier today, it reminded me of my Christmas in HK. Mick and I ended up at a relatives BBQ for xmas. Mick has bad memories about that BBQ, he did not feel too well from eating at a fast food place before heading for the huge BBQ that night!

Anyhoo... we have our bottle of bubbly ready....

Some pics of HK ringing in 2006.. here and here. 3 more hours to go here!

Hey all, I am off out of the country for Christmas, so it will be even more quiet, unless I get internet connection.

So happy hols to everyone! I was meant to draw a pic before I go but this will have to do...

Saw this article about 1 person's view of Dublin's diversity. They found the common stereotypes of non-nationals is not what it seems in Fair Old City.

Talk to an Asian man in a convenience store, for instance, and you'll swear he's American.

Of course Asians are one of the multi-ethnic groups of people he briefly mentions. And he included a quip here and there from the locals on their view of a more multcultural society.

More like a diary, but interesting read.

The Mainlanders are not happy because they cannot communicate with Mickey and rest of Asia are not happy with Mainlanders because of their manners. Honestly, I am not surprised that English and Cantonese is spoken in HK Disneyland. Euro-Disney is mostly spoken in French (ok, they have a law there to restrict spoken English). But China has their own parks, why don't the other parks take into considerations of other cultures then? See what I mean?

Now mannerisms is a totally different issue. Mainlanders (from what I see) really don't have any. Why? Is it so hard? Or are they just ignorant. I know not all folks from the mainland are like this, but seeing with your own eyes only justifies the case that mainlanders have a problem. This is part of the culture, and I don't think the type of mannerisms we currently witness will be weaned off soon (unfortunately). But it makes me ashamed to be Chinese, and this is mainly the reason why I don't want to be associated with Mainland Chinese. No offense. But when it comes down to manners, it does not matter who you are, it is just not nice to act like a caveman.

You can discuss about this topic at IBC messageboard.

Virgin will be doubling the flights to HK next Autumn. Yay! So much more choice now.

And the HK Science Museum has a mind-boggling exhibition on.

I came across this and indirectly found engrish photos at Flikr. In my previous blog entries, I called it Chinglish. I find it funny sometimes, but sometimes I find myself cross-eyed trying to figure out a long sentance. But it's a chuckle anyway.

Oh, and here is wikipedia's entry on Engrish.