Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
nothing beats studying at home. 24-hour exam handed in, so my first class done! economic, social & cultural rights. it was great, so glad I came early for it… sort of a crash course on human rights in the UN system, and more importantly I got to read up on the right to development. Worth reading: Amartya Sen (Development as … Read More
I love double-decker buses. shot taken on my way home from badminton:
went to a fabulous restaurant last night on (49) hollywood road, near lan kwai fong. it’s a sichuan-style restaurant called 大平伙, run by a painter. his wife does the cooking. I don’t know how my aunt finds these places–set menu, and I believe set sitting time, in a small intimate place (about 4-5 tables only, and we were the largest … Read More
…with its individually-wrapped plastic fruit. (why wrap it in plastic? to keep it sanitary?)
since I was relatively caught up on my reading, and the weather has finally warmed up, I grabbed a bus on saturday afternoon to aberdeen and took a wonderful boat ride out to lamma island (南丫岛), the third largest island in the area (after hong kong and lantau islands). Population of about 6000. yung shue wan (榕樹灣) port on lamma … Read More
I decided to hop on a bus yesterday and see where it takes me. after a gorgeous bus ride along the hill overlooking the south china sea (during which I passed a couple of beaches and repulse bay, apparently the residential playground of the rich, judging by the yachts all over the place), I ended up in stanley, on the … Read More
looking down over the pathway from the east gate of the uni: where my current course is being held, in meng wah complex: campus architecture is not the most… aesthetic, let’s say, but since there are palm trees I’ll learn to deal with it. I’m here a few weeks before the 2nd semester starts because of a special 3-week seminar … Read More
this pic is for G & K:
Funny thing about New Year’s Eve. Last year it was Hong Kong. This year it was New York City. Flashback. 31 December 2005. I was limping along in a walking cast, facing the impossible task of navigating through half a million people on foot. The problem was that my hotel was way too central, being next to Hong Kong’s Victoria … Read More