For decades, Tiger Balm Gardens in Hong Kong was a top tourist attraction. My mom went there in 1962 on her first trip to the colony, but I didn't get around to it until Christmas 1996.I still remember this outing quite clearly. My parents were visiting me for their … [Read more...]
Susan Chan
The writing world is connected by way fewer than six degrees of separation, especially when the subject has anything to do with Chinese culture.Take author Susan Chan. She's the co-author along with Carol Polakoff of The Reluctant Brides of Lily Court Lane, a delightful novel … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Wherever I've lived, I've been super fortunate to have friends and family and friends of friends visit me. Whether it was Washington, DC, Hong Kong, San Francisco, or even Chicago, I've always enjoyed meeting up with these out of towners.Back during my Hong Kong years, I … [Read more...]
At work in Hong Kong
There are a few small, yet significant, scenes in Good Chinese Wife that take at my workplace in Hong Kong. A few months after I started my job as an editor at the Open Learning Institute (which later became the Open University of Hong Kong), my parents popped in for a visit. … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Pacific Between
I am always on the lookout for the great Hong Kong novel, but haven't found much. So when I came across author Raymond K. Wong and his award-winning novel, The Pacific Between (Behler Publications, 2006), I quickly bought in on my Kindle. Wong is originally from Hong Kong.The … [Read more...]
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