You've Got Photos...new addition to blog

If you look to your right-hand side of the screen...no, your other right...underneath 'Links' I've added a section for links to my photobucket site where I have and will continute to, post pictures from our various adventures and outings.

So...check it out!

how rude...

Hong Kong is

Apparently Hong Kong is considered to be one of the rudest cities in the world....no comment...no comment.

Oh great, we just moved to Hong Kong...

...and now I'm expected to move to the moon!

in Hong Kong news this week, professor Stephen Hawking, visited our little country, where he was received a "rock star" welcome. In his lecture at HKUST, he said that humans should have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and on Mars in 40 years. He states this because "Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of."

Actually, I think this would be really cool...as a kid I read this series of books about these kids and teenagers who were chosen to colonize Mars, I never finished the series, though...they may have stopped writing them actually. I left off just as they arrived on Mars...but, I don't know how things faired for these intrepid colonists.

Hey, maybe I can find a job on Mars, less competition, right? I better moving on that!

It's true what they say

Soccer is hugely popular overseas (as in, everyplace but America) Hong Kongers are abuzz about the World Cup and marketers are cashing in with several World Cup related advertising:

*If you spend HK$17 at McDonald's you get a commerative card as shown above. If that team wins the World Cup, you get a little prize!

*At California Fitness, if you bring a friend in, you both get a little gym bag with the colors for either England, Brazil, or Portugal.

*Of course, this wouldn't be complete without involving sex. As you check out at the grocery store, you find that you can purchase condoms that have the names and colors of your favorite soccer team. I won't tell you what I thought when I first saw "England Supportor" condoms in line at the grocery store.

Do you like my new haircut?

It only cost me HK$48 with a HK$30 tip because the guy worked really hard (it took about an hour, I think). That's $10 USD total.

That's compared to this, which cost me HK$250:

Hong Kong Remembers 6/4

6/4 is the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing in 1989. Organizers estimate that 44,000 gathered in Victoria Park in Hong Kong on Sunday to remember the massaacre that left 400-800 civilans dead and 7,000-10,000 injured. Thousands turn out for this event every year. This is the only place in China where the Massacre is publicly commemorated. Discussion of 6/4 is taboo in China outside of Hong Kong and Macau.

This article discusses the gathering and has quotes from those who attended.