Ripped from Deutsche Presse: Hong Kong was shaken and left moderately stirred Thursday evening as an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale made skyscrapers sway in the high-rise city. Buildings shuddered and some residents ran out into the streets in panic [not around here] when the underground earthquake struck in waters near Hong Kong […]
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Learning Mandarin (don’t even think about Cantonese) is hard.
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Tonight involved a very enjoyable trip to “GOLD DRAGON THAI ASIA RESTAURANT” (yes, I took a card) where the curry was coconutty (this is a good thing, even if it doesn’t sound like it) and the fish fresh. We (a group of eight) split about as many dishes with drinks and dessert for 475 HKD. […]
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Dear Lingnan Toastmasters: Yes, I know you’re doing a demo night. I know it’s worth 2 ILP credits. And I know this because I have received no less than SIX identical e-mails since 5 September which, unless I were very interested in public speaking, would have caused me as a local student to long since […]
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I made a dental appointment for Thursday a week. I wonder if I’ll come back with any teeth? Even if I don’t, getting that many extractions for about 10 USD is a bargain (retail price around 40 USD). Today I had grand plans to shop for cheap pseudo-Scandinavian household goods (at a store I’ll keep […]
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I know that some of my readers’ (or listeners’) favorite posts (ramblings) have involved food, and I’ve been pretty bad at describing that. Here are a few nuggets (gulp) of wisdom from the past few days: The fried dishes (rice or noodles) at the canteen are BIG. Any chicken therein is tasteless in a really […]
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This page has been somewhat short of material lately. It’s my fault: I haven’t gathered much. I’ve been haunting my usual haunts (the bakeries at Siu Hong). As classes go on and I adjust to Lingnan it’s natural that things get less exciting. Yesterday was one of the most depressing days (in terms of weather) […]
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Managed to drop the Taiwan class. Last afternoon offered some frustratingly aimless sightseeing in Central, but things got better when we settled into Lan Kwai Fong, drank a couple hilariously overpriced drinks, and got our dance on. It was probably frightening, but I don’t think anyone got away with any pictures or videos of me. […]
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At Lingnan: You can’t add or drop a lecture/tutorial mode class during the add/drop week without a signature from the professor who has invariably not posted his office hours. Adds I can understand, but drops? You enter a keypad code to get into your hostel, then swipe/tap your ID at the front desk. One should […]
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Had my HKID appointment at the Yuen Long Immigration Office, which smacked of DMV. It was not that bad though. It’s around 40 minutes away by Light Rail plus walking—I’m sure I could have cut time by using West Rail to Yuen Long, but I’m cheap. Maybe next time if I’m in a hurry. The […]
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