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Hong Kong 1996

January 13, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I love finding old photos that I haven’t seen in years, maybe decades. And when those photos were taken in Hong Kong, even better. Before the days of the camera phone, it took a special effort to take photos–and keep them. So I’m thrilled to show these from March and December 1996.

First from March. My mom and Uncle Budgie visited me for a week that year. I write about their trip in Good Chinese Wife. I took them to the canteen (cafeteria) in my graduate dormitory for lamb hotpot.

At Grad School Canteen 1996

Another day that week I took them to the Shatin Floating Restaurant. I can’t remember if I’ve been back since then!

Shatin Floating Restaurant 1996

And here are my mother and me on the streets of Central. As I remember, she and Budgie had a pretty extensive shopping list for friends and family back in the US.

With Mom in Central Mar 1996

Later that year, my parents visited me in December for my graduate school graduation. We of course spent a lot of time walking around Hong Kong. Here’s a street scene, I think on Hong Kong Island. If anyone can identify the street, please let me know!

Hong Kong 1996 street scene

My dad and I in Tsim Sha Tsui along the harborfront. The buildings across the harbor in Central are all decked out with Christmas lights.

With Dad in HK Dec 1996

And here I am at Ohel Leah synagogue before it was restored. When my dad and I registered at the front desk, a woman offered me a job teaching Sunday School there. I declined, but have always regretted not taking it.

Ohel Leah 1996

And my dad at the Jewish cemetery at the grave of Sir Lawrence Kadoorie.

Dad at Jewish Cemetery in HK 1996

If you’ve read Good Chinese Wife, you might remember some pretty heavy stuff went down between March and December of that year (ie, those doctor visits). I was just trying to hold onto my marriage–and my sanity–and did my best to appear calm and collected on the outside.

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