Super Typhoon Ragasa had come and gone, and fortuitously had apparently not inflicted too much damage, not that I had noticed anyway. Thank God. I had planned to post a blog shortly after Ragasa made landfall, but as usual, inertia got the upper hand and I ended up leafing Volume 3 of Mark Twain’s Autobiography…
I left off in my last blog with “Memories are made of this” and picked up two more vinyl records of oldies which I can’t resist sharing with friends. The first one was titled “UA 18 Movie Tracks” produced by United Artists Records in 1979, the year I had my first child. I googled for…
Yesterday, Su was tidying up some of the vinyl records we had picked up from Ivan Wong at Yaumatei and at old record shops in Sham Shui Po, when two pieces turned up in particular. Su recalled that I had picked them, because she was not familiar with many of the songs on them. The…
Our Facebook friend Alexander Wong often prefaced his blogs with, “Eating, drinking and dining continue,” and then went on to describe in embarrassing details what he had consumed, with whom and where, never forgetting to heap praises on his beautiful and loving wife whenever possible. His attention to details was amazing and he must have…
We were busy managing our diaries since back from Yonago – over ten days by now – and we found ourselves running between restaurants and for me trying to squeeze in a few sessions at the gym. The weather had not been stable, but we were lucky to miss the worst days. The fishing-ban period…
By now, friends who have been following Su’s posts in the social media would have known that we were in some cities in Japan last week, again, having good food and wine, or having fun in general. We are back from our third trip in as many months since May, spending 28 days in all,…
Yesterday was LiQui立秋 being the 13th solar term on the Chinese calendar. It marked the end of summer and the beginning of autumn in East Asian cultures. This year, it falls in a leap month and thus augers added meanings and traditions. Following the heavy rainstorms earlier in the week, we had banner headlines in…
My first attempt to write this blog began on the Sunday – 20 July – when the City was locked down by Typhoon Wipha and the Observatory had seen it fit to issue the No. 10 hurricane signal. I had been reminded by my brother Francis that I began my blog writing years ago –…
That is the title of a paperback recently published in Hong Kong by Earnshaw Books Ltd and was included by Swindon Book Co. Ltd in their July New Releases List. It was authored by Francis Wann who has described himself as a producer, photographer, editor and teacher; and who has a PhD in Semiotics and…
Last Thursday, Su noticed from the social media that the Hong Kong – Yonago direct flight operated by Greater Bay Airline will discontinue from September 2025 because of insufficient patronage. She instinctively checked on the prices from booking.com and booked for us a short holiday later this month – eight days – to Yonago, while…
